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Tony Iommi Monkey Special XerJoff 2021

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Ranked 15 in Unisex Perfume

8.5 / 10 2268 Ratings

A popular perfume by XerJoff for women and men, released in 2021. The scent is sweet-spicy. Projection and longevity are above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Sweet

Spicy

Leathery

Fruity

Woody

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Passion fruit

Rum

Bulgarian geranium

Calabrian bergamot

Heart Notes

Leather

Singapore patchouli

Bulgarian rose

Cinnamon

Base Notes

Caramel

Ambergris

Australian sandalwood

Labdanum

Musk

Tonka bean

Vanilla

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Ratings

Scent

8.52268 Ratings

Longevity

9.02170 Ratings

Sillage

8.72161 Ratings

Bottle

9.22104 Ratings

Value for money

7.01949 Ratings

Submitted by TiKu91, last update on 09/19/2024.

Interesting Facts

The fragrance is part of the "Blends" collection.

Smells similar

What the fragrance is similar to

Tony Iommi Signed Crystal Limited Edition

Passion Fruit Brandy

Oajan

Macaron Bourbon

Oud Hypnotique

A*Men

Statements

29 short views on the fragrance

BertolucciK 3 years ago

10
Bottle 8
Sillage 8
Longevity 9
Scent

Gourmand opening with rum, soft leather and sweet passion fruit. In the drydown, patchouli spiced with cinnamon and a smoky, woody base.

5

Artistscent 2 years ago

2
Bottle 4
Sillage 5
Longevity 3.5
Scent

Starts off very interesting, like a malt mango beer but the drydown is a gross synthetic cherry and banana, smells like Electric Dreams.

4

RisingChaos 2 years ago

7
Sillage 8
Longevity 9
Scent

Rich, sweet passionfruit + leather blended with light hits of rum, cinnamon, patchouli dries to a creamy sandalwood + vanilla caramel base.

4

TRehf 3 years ago

10
Bottle 9
Sillage 9
Longevity 9
Scent

Rum, patchouli and leather are the main notes. Not for work but great for night out situations. Great performance. Unique & Worth the price.

4

MoWody 3 months ago

10
Bottle 8
Sillage 8
Longevity 5.5
Scent

This is a mature decent fragrance, but Attention, this could not be worn anytime!!
Just when it is really freezing & you have some night out

2

MrJoff 6 days ago

10
Bottle 9
Sillage 10
Longevity 10
Scent

Smelled his once, basically blind bought after. What a stunner, I smell it after 15 hours and a shower on my skin. Beautiful packaging.

2

Leolight421 2 months ago

Smells like rum with caramel and spices at the beginning, however base notes are not for everyone. For me it came to church candle wax and mint.

2

NicheOnly 8 months ago

10
Bottle 8
Sillage 9
Longevity 8.5
Scent

After the sweet & boozy open (the passion fruit is mild), Iommi largely dries boozy-chocolatey leather w/ hints of patchouli. Fall-winter.

2

Janludwig 10 months ago

9
Bottle 9
Sillage 9
Longevity 9.5
Scent

Heavy Metal in a bottle

2

Jlundo 10 months ago

8
Bottle 9
Sillage 9
Longevity 9
Scent

Really, really good. A beast of a fragrance that will turn heads.

2

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93 in-depth fragrance descriptions

01/10/2023

8
Pricing 10
Bottle 10
Sillage 10
Longevity 9.5
Scent

Tiagofml
24 Reviews

Tiagofml

Very helpful Review 2

Joyful Rock'n'Roll

This was pretty much love at first sniff.

A “bright” Rockstar fragrance

What do I mean by this?
A very easy to like, dare I say, mass appealing, kick*ss rockstar from the 60/70s.

I really love what the legendary Black Sabath guitarrist Tony Iommi and Sergio Momo were able to create here

Monkey Special - in homage to Tony’s Gibson Guitar

This is essentially a caramel patchouli with a delicious boozy opening with passion fruit and rum, and rosy nuances throughout.

This feels so rich. Complex.
I just love the way it acts on my skin and develops through the day.
And it sure has legs to make you company through the entire day and then some!

Iommi “Monkey Special” truly is something special!

01/24/2022

7
Pricing 8
Bottle 7
Sillage 7
Longevity 7
Scent

Landshark321
587 Reviews

Landshark321

3

Rock-and-roll floral, woody, sweet, semi-gourmand

Sampling the most recent special release from Xerjoff, Tony Iommi, a collaboration with the Black Sabbath guitarist. It’s fruity, spicy, gourmand-ish, and a little floral, even, and it feels aptly rock-and-roll sort of fragrance. It’s definitely a bit sharper in the opening and then a bit smoother after a couple hours on skin, and I prefer it in the dry down. It reminds me a bit (in concept) of 4160 Tuesdays Take Me to the River, albeit a bit sweeter and slightly more gourmand-leaning, but particular with the sweet, floral, leathery aspects there is a rock-and-roll commonality that I dig. I don’t think either fragrance is really for everyone, but both are great for standing out amongst the crowd and are recommended tries that perform well, in parfum concentration.

There are two versions, the standard Monkey Special retailing for 197 euros, with the signed Crystal retailing for 450 euros, available for purchase directly through the Xerjoff Universe website.

7 out of 10

04/29/2024

7
Pricing 10
Bottle 9
Sillage 10
Longevity 10
Scent

IdleExpatter
17 Reviews

IdleExpatter

3

Carnal sin, bottled

Based on my tastes, I shouldn't love this fragrance. I shouldn't even LIKE this fragrance. And yet: Tony Iommi Monkey Special is the one fragrance that, if I heard it was going out of production, I'd do whatever I needed to procure enough backup bottles to last the rest of my natural life.

This is a rich, dark, deep, intoxicating blend that has more "motion" to it than any other fragrance I own. What I mean when I say motion is the way the fragrance develops not just over time, but in a single whiff. I often have a hard time distinguishing the head, heart, and base notes in a fragrance, but not with this one!

On first spray/sniff, you get the booze and the citrus. It has some lift and some brightness to it, and for a second, you think this might be a lighter fragrance. But oh, no. Not at all.

Because next, you start floating through the florals. The passionfruit fades into the softness of geranium, which pulls you right into a velvety rose. I generally cannot stand rose in my fragrances, but in this one, the way it slinks in and wraps itself around you just works for me.

And once it has you in its grip, down it pulls, and you sink into the sumptuous, absolutely stunning base. The caramel in this is absolutely sensational - so buttery and rich without ever going cloying. It's probably my favorite aspect of the whole design. You get an earthy and almost loamy quality from the patchouli, just the faintest hint of some leather, and then the powdery musk lifts you back up and out to start the whole journey over again.

It sounds discordant and weird, and yet somehow it works. It holds together so well as a singular and stunning composition.

In my head, this IS a rock star's fragrance: a whiff of booze and a supermodel's lingering perfume clinging to a leather jacket...and, uh, doused in caramel for some reason. I can't get enough. It bowls me over every single time I wear it.

Longevity is unimpeachable. This is almost certainly the longest-lasting fragrance I own: I've been able to clearly smell it on myself a day and a half after first application, even after showering. Strength and sillage are also tremendous. Spray carefully: this is probably not one you want to fill a room with, and I've never felt the need to go heavier than two sprays with it. And it's a good thing it's so potent, because otherwise the value proposition here would be nonexistent: even with the minimal sprays required, this stuff is NOT cheap.

It is also NOT versatile. This is not office friendly in the slightest, and even though I said it isn't cloying on the whole, it can definitely get that way in warmer weather. But for a date night, or an indulgence in cooler weather, you can't go wrong.

What a masterpiece.

08/30/2024

8
Pricing 10
Bottle 10
Sillage 9
Longevity 9.5
Scent

MikePiccoli
20 Reviews

MikePiccoli

3

Let's Rock babyss

This fragrance make me really crazy , one spray and bring me back to Woodstock
Patchouli rum and drugs are on the air
Beautiful vocative fragrance, unique dna profile a really modern twist
Love the opening whit a juicy maracuja and the dry down bit a really nice and spicy karamell
Big performance, strong sillage and durability
Recommended use in autumn and winter
Nice work xerjoff !!

03/19/2024

4
Pricing 6
Bottle 8
Sillage 8
Longevity 7.5
Scent

Suuhl
7 Reviews

Suuhl

1

Bonkers, which ever way you interpret that.

There's something hard to resist in fragrances that can pull off being everything at the same time without coming off as trash. Sweet and fruity - woody - leathery - spicy - hint of gourmand - touch of screechy soapiness - dash of ultra-sour candy - inkling of bug repellent. Monkey Special is all of it. It works and it doesn't. One day I am enchanted, the next day I want to flush it.

Though Xerjoff is indubitably a behemoth of the fragrance universe, their pretty juices generally do not mix well with my sensibility and personality. Monkey Special is the only one I am able to pull off. The passion fruit, bergamot and rum play so well of each other in the beginning (I also get caramel right off the bat), giving way to subtle leather and patchouli. The musk and ambergris that join the choir at the end of the drydown really do it for me.

If there's anything I particularly dislike about this fragrance is that at times it smells predominantly like PEZ candy on steroids. The price tag is also not something to hold in high regard.

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