Chaz by Revlon
Men 1975
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Description
Chaz by Revlon is an aromatic fougère fragrance for men. Launched in 1975, this composition features lavender, rosemary, bay laurel, bergamot and lemon in its top notes. The heart unfolds with carnation, geranium, cinnamon, pine, coriander, statice and cyclamen, while the base settles on moss, musk, cedar, tonka bean and amber.
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Leading answer I want it
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Leading answer Love it
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Season
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About Chaz
Chaz by Revlon is an aromatic fougère fragrance for men. Launched in 1975, this composition features lavender, rosemary, bay laurel, bergamot and lemon in its top notes. The heart unfolds with carnation, geranium, cinnamon, pine, coriander, statice and cyclamen, while the base settles on moss, musk, cedar, tonka bean and amber.
Flowers Spices Woods and mosses Green, herbal and fougère Musk, amber and animalic
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Longevity
Leading answer Moderate
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Sillage
Leading answer Moderate
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Character
Leading answer Traditionally masculine
21 votes
Value perception
Leading answer Good value
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Review of the original version with the blue box, made in Spain, and the sticker on the glass. In the Chaz advert, Tom Selleck goes cowboy, lassos cattle with a booming ‘yeah’, then showers, dries his chest, and rubs his face with the bottle. A flawless seventies masculinity ritual. Chaz embodies that lost masculinity of impossible moustaches, now as parodic as it is charming. It’s a very animalic leather with a slight sweetness, probably from musks. A leather crowned by aldehydes and, above all, by a very light rosemary that reminds me of the opening of Paco Rabanne Pour Homme. In the heart, a sober geranium; in the base, something smelling of wet, not sweet, unlisted patchouli, and oakmoss with smoky touches. It’s a perfume of contained elegance, not refined, as suggested by the ad’s ending with Selleck in a tuxedo and cowboy hat. Chaz doesn’t smell like perfume, but like the illusion of smelling a man’s skin sweating for hours. It’s the scent of the club where Al Pacino danced in Cruising, possessed by sweat, testosterone, and amyl nitrite. Chaz is a vestige of lost masculinity.
I only remember that in 1986 it was the richest-smelling perfume I had ever encountered, and then it disappeared in the nineties. Two drops lasted for hours, excellent.
A fragrance that captivates at first sight, solid, very natural, and truly delicious. A child of its time, it doesn’t feel out of place today, quite present and fruity at the start, surprising with the unexpected goodness of its scent. The perfect perfume for Magnum cruising around in his red Ferrari and for those who aren’t content with modern launches and seek a perfume with personality, soul, and good longevity. A small treasure discovered thanks to the wizard Bofifa.
Chaz has been a genuine surprise for me. It’s a very old-school cologne. The opening is particularly aggressive, loaded with herbal and citrus notes in the most ‘ripe fruit’ part, but it fades quickly, revealing delicious woods, especially patchouli and amber, balancing everything. It smells entirely like an eighties powerhouse cologne (back then it was advertised by Tom Selleck, I think there’s no need to say more). It’s pure, hard-core machismo at its maximum expression (imagine a Bogart One Man Show, but more timid); perhaps its originality lies in the fact that it’s not shouty, it tries to be soft or subtle, with a trail that becomes moderate quickly (lasting about 4-5 hours). Here comes the surprise: very rarely do I receive compliments for the perfumes I wear (nor do I expect them), but Chaz has shown it has an unusual hook. Perhaps because, despite its softer structure and an unknown aroma commercially, it attracts attention for the better. Reading reviews, I see it was very famous in the US in the late seventies and many people appreciate its seductive qualities from memory. Well, although I don’t believe a perfume is decisive for seduction, I can say that the results, at least, have caught my attention. And it’s the last thing I expected from this genre. Rating: 8/10 IMPORTANT: Nowadays, Chaz is made by the house Jean Philippe (the bottle is like the photo above). It seems reformulated and is pure rubbish. The version I used is the original Revlon, with the blue box. To anyone looking for these perfumes, I strongly recommend seeking out Revlon; in Spain, they appear from time to time, especially in neighbourhood perfumeries. It’s also advisable to apply generously, despite the opening: the adorable atomiser, with a soft and continuous spray, invites you to do so.