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Drakkar Noir Eau de Toilette(1982)

Guy Laroche · Pierre Wargnye · Fougere

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Created by Pierre Wargnye for Guy Laroche, Drakkar Noir opens on bergamot, lavender, rosemary, basil, and coriander, moves through a heart of jasmine, patchouli, and juniper berries, and closes on sandalwood, cedar, tonka bean, oakmoss, and leather. Its darker, more aggressive reworking of the original 1972 Drakkar became one of the best-selling and most influential masculine fragrances of the 1980s, its dense aromatic-woody-leather structure widely imitated across the decade and still regarded as a defining reference for that era's mainstream men's perfumery.

Did you know? This scent's leather note traces back to 16th-century Grasse, where perfuming foul-smelling gloves accidentally built the world's perfume capital. Read the full story →
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Launched
1982
Family
Fougere

Drakkar Noir Eau de Toilette is a fragrance from Guy Laroche, released in 1982 and composed by Pierre Wargnye. It sits in the Fougere family. It opens with Bergamot, Lavender, Rosemary, Basil, and Coriander, moves into a heart of Jasmine, Patchouli, and Juniper Berry, and settles into a base of Sandalwood, Cedarwood, Tonka Bean, Oakmoss, and Leather.

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Top notes
BergamotLavenderRosemaryBasilCoriander
Heart notes
JasminePatchouliJuniper Berry
Base notes
SandalwoodCedarwoodTonka BeanOakmossLeather
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