Grandpa Juice

If you follow the shout outs, you'll know there are occasional discussion bursts about "grandpa juice", that is fragrances that are 30 years old or more and represent a genre currently out of style in the realm of masculine fragrances. However, there are some younger dudes (including myself) who really like them and wear them regularly.

In order to help other Parfumo members, I've created a "Catalog of Grandpa Juice pre 2006" shelf in my collection and have added there ones that I have discovered, but don't necessarily own. (I have a separate "Grandpa Juice I Have" shelf for the ones I own.) As of this post, there are 150 scents.

For those of you interested in this genre, feel free to browse that shelf and suggest additions here, in this thread, or send me a Parfumo message. The following criteria apply for including a fragrance:
1. It was released before 2006.
2. It is currently available on the brand website or at online stores, but not exclusively on ebay or Amazon. That is, I'm not including scents that are only available on ebay or Amazon as vintage liquid, usually at a high price. Some examples are "Tsar (Eau de Toilette) | Van Cleef & Arpels" and Rive Gauche pour Homme (2003) Eau de Toilette. Only fragrances that are easily available. Some might be discontinued but still included since existing stocks are large enough that discounters carry them. One example is Zino Eau de Toilette.
3. If there are multiple strengths available, I am including all the strengths down to (and including) colognes. In general, I don't include aftershaves unless the old time scent is only available as an aftershave.
4. Catalog is limited to fragrances marketed towards men and listed as masculine in the Parfumo database. There were very few unisex fragrances prior to 2006 anyway. Also, for fragrances that were marketed to women and then switched to men later, the most current usage applies. Canoe (1996) Eau de Toilette is a prime example.

Because Parfumo requires proof for release year in order to list a specific year, a scent with an unknown release year can be included if it's generally understood that it was released prior to 2006.

I hope you find the list helpful. Enjoy!

Link to the shelf in my collection:https://www.parfumo.com/Users/...

This is great! I'm into vintage and classic menswear, so it'd be great to pair with some fitting scents. Thanks for putting this together 👑

Thanks Smirky! Some of my favs are here!

Jockey Club Cologne

I don't know them but heard of:

Mouchoir de Monsieur

Pour Monsieur Eau de Toilette Concentrée

(There must be some old YSL besides what you already put there, but I don't know if they are really available)

Thanks @LouBe. I already included Jockey Club EdP but added the Cologne per new rule #3 above. I was unable to find Mouchoir anywhere to buy and it is not on the Guerlain website. There are others there that I will be adding. Pour Monsieur is included in the currently available EdP strength and the same on the Chanel website. The EdT Concentree is apparently no longer available.

I'll be checking Guerlain for others and also Caswell-Massey. Thanks again!

Hi,

sorry my bad for Guerlain, I thought I found it on their site but it was like a sort of "ghost" page.

Chanel : https://www.chanel.com/us/frag...

As for the Caswell Massey : i only know the cologne of Jockey Club Cologne (which I like). The edp was a bit expensive to ask it as a gift from my sister (though she would probably do as I wish), and the sample I tested was the cologne, so well. It was cheaper then (like two years ago) and I think she had a Black Friday sale (well I told her there was a sale). I doubt the Edp is as old as the cologne (but ok, release year unknown here). i bet it' s a "modern take of the classic cologne ".

I m a huge fan of No. 88 Eau de Parfum which is a new Edp version of a presumably grandpa juice No. 88 Cologne. My travel size of the Edp is now empty and at some point I wil buy the Edp of the cologne (which I didn't test...). But now there are tariffs and huge shipping costs from UK to European Union...a

Really cool project @Smirky , like the idea of honoring/reviving more "classic" fragrances! 

Maybe one day there will be "collaborative" shelves too, with people being able to add fragrances together if invited by the creator.

What a list man, super nice!

Worth considering:

Boss in Motion Eau de Toilette

Bois du Portugal

edit: I see you have Davidoff cool water listed as well. Then you might add Green Irish Tweed too but I consider those to be in a different league than most of the others. Fresh aquatic vs fougere/aromatics.

Done! Glad you like the list and thanks for the contributions!

Sorry to take this thread out of the dust but I’m really having a rekindled interest in the grandpa juices. Even nowadays there are lots of great perfumes that reminds us of the older days. Like Mousse Illuminée for example.

Any other new insights?

No, but similar to you, I went through samples of Rogue Perfumery. They have some really nice ones that are new (that is, post 2006 so can't be included in the list) but have the grandpa juice vibe! They also have better performance than many of the oldies.

I noticed that there's alot of greens;  spicy, woody, earthy scents. I've been trying to find profiles more like this but I've notice that Blue freshies make up alot of what's coming out recently. Is there a correlation between these change? Such as attitudes towards what makes masculine scents, social climate and the like? This brings up alot of interesting questions when it comes to scent trends to me, thank you for the extensive research!

@DosLos, I don't know anything about marketing, but to me, change requires buying to become up to date. The division into "youthful scents" vs "adult" vs "grandpa" also helps sales. I've talked to older men (over 60) and they told me as a boy (around 10 to 12), they received their first fragrance as a Christmas present and it was the same one their fathers wore. The "I wanna be like dad" vibe. Mainstream fragrance wisdom today would say a boy should get a youthful fragrance, whatever that means. 

Just looking at your Grandpa Juice shelf, I see a lot of fragrances that I currently own or have previously owned. As I am a Grandpa, that's probably not too surprising. I have some others that you may wish to add ...

Special No. 127

Astor Cologne (1880)

Curzon Cologne

Marlborough Cologne

Wellington Cologne

^ All from the 1800s. Others in the Trumper line came later but still old enough to make your list.

D.R. Harris goes back over 200 years, so could worth you looking at the firm's offering.

Knize Ten Toilet Water is a classic.

Cool Water Eau de Toilette

Tabac Original Eau de Toilette

Allure Homme Eau de Toilette

Allure Homme Sport Eau de Toilette

Lavande Poivre Noir

Agua de Colonia Concentrada

Boss Bottled Eau de Toilette

quite a grandpa