Jacomo de Jacomo

Recently purchased this beauty. A beauty that is much like Peter Steele’s incredibly rock hard demeanor that graced the cover of Playgirl and subsequently the walls of every doomed out 90’s goth rocker that wasn’t afraid to be faced with the presence of RAW MASCULINITY. That and an ashtray filled with clove cigarettes.

The one thing all vintage perfumes share is the many memories that often come with them—far more than any technical analysis ever could. At the age of 22, with hardly enough money to buy an expensive fragrance, I can still picture the shop where I bought it. It's long gone now. And man, how I loved that scent. It came in a splash bottle with a screw cap, a design that was replaced not long afterward. Now, 45 years later, although I have a respectable collection of fragrances, Jacomo de Jacomo still holds a special place in my heart and mind. It takes me back whenever I want to travel through memories, in a way that only a song, a scent, or a taste can. And no, the version you can buy today is not the same. If only it were. It has changed, and I have changed. But in the end, it's the memories that matter.

This was the updated fougère from the 80’s. It’s a shame it seems to be discontinued. It reminds me of my father in the most positive way. Fougère meets spice, boldly masculine.

A true masterpiece from the 80's 🏆❤️ even derby by Guerlain was much inspired by jacomo de jacomo 😀 of course the vintage version was just amazing 😍

Darker version of drakkar noir Definitely close to guy laroche classic If you like/love drakkar noir you'll at least like this one Definitely not for kiddies. Main notes : Smoke (cloves/cumin?), oakmoss, old school leather smell and a lil bit of cinnamon. No iris no amber lol. This one is not for begginers

Extremely strong leather smoke and spices (mainly clove) fragrance that is 110% 1980s. Unique composition and very very strong so go lightly on this one. Very pleasant if worn light as it really is extremely intense. Some notes in it kind of remind me of the smell of vintage wood acoustic instruments.

Spicy and smoky fragrance that at initial smell is repulsive. As it calms down, the scent balances out. This is a fragrance I probably would have enjoyed at the time of release while serving overseas. Masculine, but imo did not transition to 2025. Maybe a fragrance that I would wear while visiting Galloping Ghost in Chicago playing some Crazy Climber, but it's not a fragrance that you can wear every day or often.

Another review here, for the cca 2010 bottle. Do not bother get the vintage with blue writing, this is unchanged, i have them both. I was so glad when the second bottle arrived, as It is the same juice inside. Cannot pronounce on the newest formula pictures above, never tried It. This is a Nice manly fragrance, i would recomand this to anybody that is interested in fragrances and has a certain knowladge about them. I am glad that this is a very discused and well known fragrance, as It should be. I think every person who smoke cigarettes with Brown filters, like lucky or some types of malboros, should have this in their wardrobe. I love this one!

Jacomo de Jacomo is a typical 80's style masculine fragrance. What I found unique about it is the cloves note which hangs around pretty much for the entire life of the scent. The clove note isn't overpowering or Christmas-y like those cinnamon-clove pine cones sold around the holidays. In fact, I wouldn't have minded had the cloves been a tad stronger. Also has the expected oak moss & patch component that is so good in the classic fragrances from that time. It also has a touch of cigarette ashtray, but very subtle. Nowhere near as strong as with Quorum. The only downer with Jacomo is that the longevity isn't that great. After about 5 hours, all you're left with is a pretty close skin scent. Projection is also average after about an hour. I'll still hold on to my bottle because it is a pretty unique scent and I can always respray as needed.

Jacomo starts off as a smoky woodsy scent. I don't get the "burning rubber" effect that some others have mentioned. Very quickly devolves into cloves and cheap synthetic oakmoss, though. The lavender here is so weak that unless I lean in and sniff at it my nose can't pick it up at all which makes this a very one sided fougere. For whatever that is worth. Delancy's review is pretty spot on. Once your brain makes the connection to clove cigarettes it's hard to shake it.

Quite challenging, I didn't warm to this immediately but it's grown on me. Vegetal and smoky upfront, alongside bone-dry spices, particularly clove. It's rather smooth, nothing too spiky here like other fougeres from the time. I am absolutely baffled by the comparison to Ultraviolet but there we are!

Smells like Ultraviolet for men by Rabanne, in other words, it's disappointing. But not only does Ultraviolet smells like this but it sets up the modern Rabanne DNA, and it influenced 1 Million a lot. I just saw the notes and didn't think it was amazing but I had heard good things about it so I got a sample and it's as I expected. A mix of spices that's it.

Smoky lavender, with a nice creamy soft finish. This is lovely stuff, and it lasts forever, for a very low price indeed.

I got latest reformulation. Cant wear it, smell of burning rubber gives me headaches

Epic Journey Into the Bottled Yonder, 053 ------------------------------------------------------- Purchased June 2017 Already was very familiar with this because my dad in the early 2000s sprayed this everyday and I had never understood it until I got my own bottle out of sheer nostalgic curiosity that this was made in the death of the '70s and unleashed in the dawn of the '80s. Took several tries to get out of my association by memory to get through it, but definitely Santos de Cartier was the bottle that gave me the courage to get this although I recognised the bottle from my past. It's the most manly and elegant smoky scent you'll ever find, very much leather and smoke. Can't wait to wear it again because although I've worn Jacomo Rouge more, it's this one that I miss even more as I spend time away from it.

This is so metal. Also, what I imagine art kids in the 80s and 90s would have smelled like. As a teen in the mid to late 2000s who was into indie rock (Interpol, The Strokes, etc.), who used to smoke Marlboros and Camels, and who ended up being in a fairly successful band of my own in the early 2010s, I would have loved wearing this back then. Edgy as fuck. British style leather jacket (think Lewis Leathers - Corsair model) required. Now? As an expat in my early 30s living in Jakarta, this reminds me of the clove cigarettes the locals here smoke. I'm now heavily into fitness and no longer smoke, but I still enjoy the smell of tobacco and cloves as fragrance notes. If you wear this in 2024, you will stand out, and I mean that in an extremely good way. If you're a confident guy who wears fragrances purely for their own enjoyment and you have some natural effortless swagger about you then this juice will serve you well. I'm extremely curious about how the old versions/formulations smell. Smells like: Julian Casablancas (The Strokes) or Paul Banks (Interpol) on a coke bender backstage after a show at The Mercury Lounge, NYC, in 2000. Surrounded by groupies who are smoking clove cigarettes and downing vodka sodas.

Old school. I'm all for it and believe me I would love for these frags to comeback in a slightly more modern package. BUT.. this is really challenging in the opening. I do not think a frag should to "tolerated" to blossom hours later. This is a dark beast, much like Salvador Dali PH. But imo less fresh and smooth. It really does smell like a Marlboro red chainsmokers jacket from the 80s. And I can appreciate that, but be aware this is what your get when ordering a bottle for fun online. For actual wear I would go with other similar bodied but more wearable classics over it like Dali or Anteus example. It is really pungent and you need a nose of steel or a very open mind to wear this. As a pure nostalgia trip it is superb offering a long lovely journey!

Revisiting Jacomo de Jacomo today after a couple years. I have the newest formulation, ultra matte black monolith style bottle with silver lettering (design wise I'm digging it). I liked it from the start, but today it's a love. Hard to tell which in the age old question of "did my bottle mature or my nose/tastes mature?" but either way this is smelling much more balanced and nuanced to my nose. My new bottle was very clove heavy, so much to the point where it was hard to pick up much else. I bought it for the cloves, so this was expected, but I didn't get any of the fougere, leather, moss, and fresher elements that others have mentioned. Now several years of air in the bottle later, today Jacomo blossomed into a wonderfully smooth experience that was simultaneously fresh and dark, without being heavy. Always love fragrances that can balance darkness while remaining lightweight. The cloves are still there, I'm picking up slight leather and freshness, but overall I'm experiencing it as a whole rather than picking out any the dozens of listed notes. The fresh and shaving cream smoothness are showing their heads, but only slightly. It's mostly melded into it's own. It's still dark, but not gothic. It has an old school flair, but is not dated at all, and falls outside many of the 80s stalwarts like Quorum, Drakkar Noir, or Azzaro PH. This smells fairly singular to me, and incredibly unique. Personally, this feels like it could be worn in 2024 with ease (by the right personality) without any sense of cosplaying. I could see an artsy kid discovering My Bloody Valentine (in the late 80s or 2020s) rocking this, or a mature man dressing this one up if they want to remain a gentleman, albeit with an edge. If your Dad wore this, he was probably cool, at least at one point. Performance is middle of the road, opens strong but quickly goes to medium-low projection but longevity is decent but close to skin. Would love to acquire a vintage to see how the oakmoss affects the smell and performance (new bottle has none listed, nor do I perceive any). The most special connection to Jacomo for me is the emotional one. It reminds me both of my Aunt and Uncle, who lived rather left of center lives. The aunt running an alt music/head shop in the early 90s, and my Uncle who was a very stylish and kind man who left this earth too soon. He would show us movies he loved, notably playing us the intro to Pet Cemetary as kids, which remains lodged in my brain to this day. These are good approximate embodiments of Jacomo de Jacomo to me: Pet Cemetary on VHS, black band t-shirts, living life on your terms, but maintaining some style, poise, and elegance while doing so.

The early 1980s gave us men's perfumes that announced their intention to be bold without reservation. Kouros, Antaeus, Santos de Cartier, Armani Eau pour Homme, Versace L’Homme, Drakkar Noir, and Portos broke away from tradition and made men flaunt their masculinity with staggering confidence. And then there's Jacomo de Jacomo. It's up there with the 1980s club of 10X shakers. It is dark. It is smokey. It is pungent and then powdery. As it blooms, it does not care about nuances. Officemates have complimented me on what turned out to be cumin, cloves, and cinnamon. I do not smell this spice trifecta. I do not even know how they smell together, except when I cook my masala dishes. Yet Jacomo de Jacomo is far from being nutritional. How cumin, cloves, and cinnamon got into this sensational juice is bizarre to me. I smell tyres that have just parked themselves after driving along Mumbai's gravelly streets. I sense automotive grease that's creamy and sweet. I feel the aroma of the outdoors fraught with bullets and race cars. This is probably why I feel that Harrison Ford's character wore this in "Blade Runner." Or Schwarzenegger's in "Terminator". It's one of the most unusual scents I've ever experienced. It strengthens my conviction that the 1980s were amongst the greatest years of fragrance for men. For all its bizarre attributes, Jacomo de Jacomo is one of the best, an underrated and almost forgotten creation.

Another extremely classic and european taste fragrance. Jacomo opens on my skin like a classic fougere, with that OG lavender alla Drakkar Noir and Cool Water, with touches of bright citruses, aldehydes and herbs. Smells from moment 1 like "heat", in the sense that the smoke and warm spice combo is very, very warm, gives off the sensation of being beside a woodfire, a chimney or stuff. It's not declared but it has a leather with a brutal amount of either birch or cade tars as the smoke - forward ingredients, plus, the cloves up front. I find it quite similar to Santos Concentreé by Cartier but much more likeable for my taste. Not for kids or guys unsure of wearing this. Alongside Chanel Egoiste, Lapidus Pour Homme and such, this is among the heaviest classic perfumes. To be worn ideally in winter only, but i see it working on fall and cold days of spring as well. Biased, this is great!

I bought this for an ex! I thought it was sexy! Spicy! Wow! He smelled good and got a few compliments infront of me. It wasn’t an easy fragrance to find either. I’m ashamed to say that when the relationship was fizzling, I claimed to not know how to find the fragrance anymore. This was the early naughties. Not much online shopping going on then! He moved on with his life sans Jacomo de jacomo! I agree with the commenter below JaySantalEng, that this is a chypre fragrance in it’s core. It does not seem fougere enough, though there are elements of both.

Dear users, first things first: Jacomo is NOT a fougere. (Even while having close nuances to it) Jacomo is a member of the chypre family, with particular spice - forward nuances and smoke touches as well, which in my opinion give it its signature. However, it's quite a hard time distinguishing it in a particular family since it has particular notes of both, so let's just say it is a "fragrance." Its opening consists of citrus and herbal touches, i won't deny aldehydes as well, typical from the time as well, as Jacomo is close to other fragrances contemporary to it like Santos de Cartier and Oscar de la Renta Pour Lui, which i also have in my collection and i consider quite close in some nuances. I also have to say i find it quite similar at times to Drakkar Noir and Davidoff Cool Water, with those synthetic aromatic nuances, which do make it lean closer to the fougere family, so indeed, this might be a fougere - leather - chypre - who knows what thing. Anyway, we can also naturally detect a "hot" accord in Jacomo which comes from a bunch of cloves and warm spices, like a faceful of thy which could almost burn your nose from all the eugenol, and the smoke in the backround, which interestingly enough, ends up making an accord which to my nose smells like smoking in a closed room or smelling a tobacco ashtray. We are also presented with wood and earth nuances coming from notes like patchouli, oakmoss, undeclared sandalwood and cedarwood, and a very slight accompanying sweetness from amber. While i imagine Drakkar Noir next to this, it just lacks all the smoke and the spices. One is a sporty young male and another is the same guy fifteen years later with a glass of cognac and a cigar, or something to thy extent. In my opinion, one of the greatest works of perfumery from the 1980's and from all time overall. Interestingly enough, i also find it one of the most timeless works from the time, as some can tend to be particularly temporary and lack versatility in the current, ambroxan - filled world, as could be Kouros or Lapidus. Jacomo doesn't seem to be. Yet, not a particularly easy going scent, as could be Drakkar Noir, but with the right amount of sprays, in the proper climate, with the right personality and the right clothing, this could mean the "cherry on top", as some say. Naturally, better suited for particularly cold climate, and a controlled application, of 3 - 4 sprays maximum, ideally two: One in the chest and one in the wrists to be shared between the two. I think that would be enough. Blessings.

Jacomo De Jacomo was my go to fragrance in the mid 80’s . I had the Matt Black bottle with lite blue font , there was no atomizer . I guess it would be described as a Fougere fragrance . I can’t remember all the nuances but it was a very good fragrance for the money . My girlfriend always complimented me when I wore it .

This perfume taught me to always be careful with the reviews we see out there. Challenging? Difficult? Only for those who only knew perfumery from 1 Million. Jacomo de Jacomo is a perfume that doesn't hide its purpose: it's an extremely masculine and woody-spicy fougere. It bears the mark of the time it was launched, with the same dense and forest-like base formed by oakmoss, patchouli, pink pepper (whose combination reminds me of Zino) among other minor notes that make it woody, full-bodied, and earthy, an accord that presents itself from the opening. This weight is quickly balanced by lavender, basil, cumin (which isn't even among the main notes, appearing much less than expected, fortunately), other aromatic notes that I can't distinguish, and the musk - which isn't the "sweaty" one from Kouros, Gentleman 1974 among other animalics, this one reminding more (not the same, just reminiscent) of Narciso For Him. In other words, Jacomo de Jacomo doesn't have the animalic punch of its contemporaries, which makes it less dated than them. This aromatic and woody duality is balanced by spices, a ton of them, especially clove, quite noticeable from the opening, the star of the perfume, which is by no means so difficult, on the contrary, it's quite pleasant, bringing a smoky and incense-like touch (it reminds me of the scent of ecclesiastical myrrh) that obscures this fougere. As it dries down, it becomes more balanced, neither too spicy nor too woody or aromatic, with patchouli and woods maintaining the earthy touch that becomes slightly sweet and almost creamy, always balanced by lavender (reminiscent of that in Drakkar Noir, but here darkened by the other notes). The dry down is interesting, as at certain moments the lavender stands out, at others the spices and woods, remaining so until the end of its life. It's an extremely refined and pleasant barber-shop perfume, somewhat obscured, evoking old shaving foams. I see no restrictions on usage other than special occasions (it calls for full formal attire) and temperatures below 25°C, although it shines best in the cold. It indeed evokes a dark and ancient atmosphere, I would even say that it takes me back to times even more remote than the era it was launched, presenting the same opulent dark and gothic vibe of perfumes like Van Cleef pour Homme, Encre Noire, Antaeus, and Oscar de la Renta Pour Lui (all different, only the atmosphere is the same, with the latter following a more floral path, while this one is more spicy and smoky), and those who like those (like me) will probably be enchanted by this one. Among the more recent ones, perhaps this one will please those who like Sauvage Elixir (which is a modernized and more commercial reinterpretation of this one, being much sweeter). I imagine it as something characters from old horror movies played by actors like Vincent Price and Christopher Lee would wear, evoking a villainous and somber atmosphere. I don't see men under 25 years old using or liking this one, it requires a certain maturity and personality. The performance, as far as I could test, is excellent, projecting very well for the first 2.5 hours and lasting for at least 10 hours, and as today is a particularly hot day, I believe it will perform even better in the cold. My bottle is from 2014 (lighter cap), therefore, before the last reformulation and bottle change, so these considerations only apply to it.

I see the comparison with Eucris and Open because it is smoky and classic. It is in fact old fashion. It has a lot of leather, oakmoss and smoke.There are animalic notes. It is for sure very masculine. A lot of cloves here, making it a lot like a bay rum lotion. Galbanum gives it a bitter and austere character.

I like Jacomo de Jacomo but I rarely wear it. With all the candy sweet and oud fragrances that are popular today, JdJ smells outright bizarre now, like a time capsule from 1979. This is dry, harsh, spicy, peppery and bold, though surprisingly it is not a sillage monster. Imagine an aromatic fougere like Azzaro PH, but with all the lavender, green and floral notes removed, leaving just the dark aromatics, and you'll be close to what JdJ smells like. This is a stark fragrance, smelling like a blend of cloves, anise, black pepper, patchouli and charcoal. I remember this kind of smell from when I was a kid in the late 70s and early 80s, when aromatic, manly fragrances like this were the norm.

If someone want complement, don't use this cologne. It is hard and classy, in my opinion it is more complex. Green and dark, you must be more 30 to wear this masterpiece.

I don't know about all of you, but, the very first sniff of this fragrance is...'powdery', then, I get the cloves and herbs and and smoke. Does anyone else smell the powdery smell and first too. I really love the dry-down of Jacomo de jacomo. it's rich and delicious!

Ooooo-weeee! Put your big boy pants on for this one. I love it. It's so unusual. Very dark, brooding, smokey. It lightens up as it wears. That doesn't mean it gets a lot easier to wear, just softer. For the time being, it will be an around-the-house wear. If I'm ever invited to a dimly lit room to plot counter-revolution, I'll at least have the proper fragrance.

Like Aramis or Drakkar, this is another must have for any closet of a man. This smells like true masculinity, the clove is rugged played out in a floral, fresh bsckground, the smokey note can be off-putting for some though.