Lovely review Kelan, and you're my go to guy for classic fragrances. You and MrSmelly1977. Your classic fragrances content is superb. I have already bought this one from your recommendation 2 years ago, together with Giorgio Beverly Hills for Men and Lomani Pour Homme. I saw your video on affordable Classic Scents for Men back in 2021 and I went and blind bought them and man oh man do I love these Gems...
I'm not sure any men's fragrance is as strong as the bottle of Giorgio for Men from Giorgio of Beverly Hills I bought in the 1980's! I still have about a third left along with 2 five year old bottles. The current version has some staying power but isn't the oakmoss bomb of 40 years ago!
i bought this one on your recommendation a over a year ago. It certainly struck me as a vintage smell on first try. It's now my daily go-to, there's still some left and i use it most days. last all day. smells great, very vintage very masculine.
Great job as always, wore this the other day...a classic! I remember seeing this in department stores in the 80's, always gave me the impression it was some kind of 'next level' fragrance. Upscale from Drakkar, Azzaro and Quorum.
Great review Kellan👊🏼it’s awesome that these reviews will reach guys that missed out on this when it came out in the 80’s.. thank you for helping keep alive this amazing fragrance!
Someone wants 10K subscribers, LOL! Seriously though, I do really like that your choices for men's colognes to review. Bijan Men is like you said "Iconic" and it is one of my favorites. Side note: They are charging $360 for this on the official website, no joke ( I think it goes for $25 everywhere else) and forget about their clothing line! This fragrance is beautiful. This, although there are a lot of notes , is a clove bomb (in a good way), and very masculine. It is rough at first but it dries down into a very nice smooth scent. There really aren't many men's scents that go as fearlessly masculine as this.
@@ScentsOfSouthJersey Yeah, really! The same is done on Ebay. They try to charge insane prices for some stuff, I guess just to see who will fall for it......
I just checked their site and that $360 price is there! Someone has got to email Bijan and tell them that Bijan for Men is licensed and distributed by 5 Star Fragances which is owned by Perfumania Holdings, Inc. Perfumania only charges $25 for the 2.5 oz bottle! I bought it from them 5 years ago for about $10!
Kelan, I agree that "Bijan for Men" is one of the better inexpensive fragrances from the 1980s which is on the market these days. I think it's better than "Zino" and "Jaguar for Men", for example.
Hi Kelan. I enjoyed wearing "Bijan for Men" within the past few months. Over a year ago, you influenced me to get a bottle of it, and I appreciate having it in my collection. I think that it's a masculine, floral fragrance which somewhat reminds me of Roja Parfums "Creation-E" and Robert Graham "Fortitude", only it smells like it is from the 1980s and it is not as good as the other two fragrances. I think it is a good fragrance, especially for its price: I think I might have bought mine for about $10. At first, I didn't feel like I would wear it, but now I like to wear it sometimes.
From what I remember back in the day that was a high dollar fragrance only available in the Bijan boutiques. So weird how time goes by, they go out of favor, and it's $15 with a free coupon for a corn dog if you buy a bottle. Bijan isn't my style but of course I appreciate what it is and I'm glad you revisited the bottle. It's one of those powerhouse classics that just lingers on your clothes, lingers on the shelf.
i ordered bijan like 2 or 3 years ago, and i was living in a town called bellport on long island. the back gate to my apartment complex led out into an office/industrial park. i get the bottle of bijan and read the sticker......five star fragrances, bellport NY haha. so it was made walking distance from my apartment but i waited a week. want to see something hilarious? bijans known as a super cheapie.....but go check how much they sell it for on Bijans website...and yes its the same one lol
In the 80s Fortune or Forbes had an article about Bijan the man and he was pictured with the fragrance boasting about how expensive the bottle was to make and that it was the most expensive fragrance in the world. What a surprise to see it as a cheapie now after 40 years.
That’s funny because on the actual Bijan website the scent is sold for over $300 lol which is ridiculous because anywhere else online it’s $20 or under
@@ScentsOfSouthJersey lol, wow. Actually heard that the son is now in the middle of revamping the business and making it an exclusive brand again. Let's see!
5 Star along with Parlux are subsidiaries of Perfumania where I bought my bottle of Bijan for about $10 five years ago. I haven't worn it in awhile but I remember it as sort of perfumey and very strong, with a really nice dry down. Don't use Fragrantica for notes, They're often wrong and list loads of notes voted on by forum members. According to Basenotes, there are 11 notes for Bijan: Top Notes bergamot, rosemary, lavender Heart Notes nutmeg, vetiver, patchouli, sandalwood Base Notes musk, amber, oakmoss, vanilla
To me, the modern version is like a mix of amber and the bottom of a kitchen spice cabinet. 😆 And I keep mentioning that I get this fresh parsley vibe that nobody else seems to get? It really has that woody herbal edge though. Plus the bottle always reminded me of a pacifier. 👶 But it still has more character and presence than most designers marketed today. Not a bad buy at all!
@@ScentsOfSouthJersey It's gotta be my 2015 bottle then. 😄 Batch #5135. Bit unusual, but unique. Quite a few flankers in the line too! There was a blue one I remember that looked kinda cool.
No I haven’t, mainly because I’m almost positive I wouldn’t like it, it’s supposed to be like eros from what I’ve seen and if I did review it I know I’d slam the fragrance and I’d rather not buy it just to have it sit around. All of that is based on my personal scent preference so if you like it then By all means enjoy it
To my memory ... back in the day this colonge was only available at the house of Bijan and rather pricey. Bijan Pakzad was a designer from Iran and popular around the same time as the Giorgio of Beverly Hills era was. All 80's California stuff. Not sure if the colonge on their website is the same as the cheapie. On the website its $360 a bottle. To my nose I get a incense vibe which I like.
The actual Bijan website still sells this for $360 it’s crazy I doubt anyone buys it for that price at all when it’s sold on discount sites for 20 bucks lol
I see this one as you see Zino. I get a strong peppery note that rubs me the wrong way. The hole in the bottle shows where the missing ingredient belongs that would make this a decent scent.
I’m an older guy. I’ve been wearing this since it first came out. It was expensive back in the day but much cheaper than Bijan’s clothing. They have many other iterations that I have either owned and wore or wanted. I especially liked and miss the D.N.A. Version. Discontinued and missed! I like this one and I have several bottles.
I have this. Makes me smell like a God. Always getting compliments on it. I’ve been wearing it during summer and man o man, crushing nostrils left right and centre
I thought this was going to smell like or similar to Pierre cardin cologne spray for men. 😅 I almost bought it thinking that. I personally actually love LOVE Pierre cardin cologne spray.
Wtf? Your sprayer is wayyy better than mine and also BEAST performance?! It lasts like Drakkar on me so 4-5h MAX. I must have gotten some reformulated crap cuz even my box looks a little bit different even though it's also 75ml and by Five Star :( Btw. it was first released in 1981 :) oh and it has been confirmed by one person who managed to ask Sly Stallone what's his signature fragrance and apparently he keeps wearing Bijan since the early 80s :)
They might as well put pink paint and multi-color sprinkles to just get the donut presentation down. I couldn’t get into this one. Smelled like peanuts. Pass. Love all the content lately. Would love to see a re-review of Lacoste Original.
Peanuts loll I don’t get that at all thankfully god that would be horrible. And Lacoste original? I made the review about 7 months ago lol I’ll send you the link
I also really like it, but…I’ve seen a review by Ramsey at RUclips and he compared the vintage and the actual version. As he said they are two different fragrances, but both good.
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It smells kind of like Giorgio Beverly Hills, which I returned. Pretty sure I would prefer Bijan over Giorgio. Giorgio smelled like Baby oil from what I recall
I feel intensely masculine when I wear these classic masculine fragrances. I just got sealed vintage bottles of Drakkar Noir and Obsession. I'm fragging out over here. Lol
@@33musicgroupentertainment it’s from fragrancenet, it’s a cheap fragrance the Bijan website just lists it for a high price for anyone dumb enough to buy it from them directly lol
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Great review Kelan. I have this one and you summed it up really well.
Thanks Dan ! This is a loud in your face classic from the 80’s 😂
Kelan is really cranking out the content this week 👍🏽
Thanks so much for watching and commenting !
Really love this one. What an artistic composition and ultra maculine, serious scent! Wore it on Halloween, dressed as a Mafia guy hahaha
It definitely fits well with that costume could definitely see it being a gangsters scent
Lovely review Kelan, and you're my go to guy for classic fragrances. You and MrSmelly1977. Your classic fragrances content is superb. I have already bought this one from your recommendation 2 years ago, together with Giorgio Beverly Hills for Men and Lomani Pour Homme. I saw your video on affordable Classic Scents for Men back in 2021 and I went and blind bought them and man oh man do I love these Gems...
Thank you so much for watching and commenting and for the support !
I'm not sure any men's fragrance is as strong as the bottle of Giorgio for Men from Giorgio of Beverly Hills I bought in the 1980's! I still have about a third left along with 2 five year old bottles. The current version has some staying power but isn't the oakmoss bomb of 40 years ago!
I will forever LOVE this classic !
It’s a beast !
This was my sotd! Go figure Kelan you made a video on it. I love this . In your face unapologetic frag. Lasts all day. Great video, keep it up!
Absolutely it’s an intense loud masculine scent !
i bought this one on your recommendation a over a year ago. It certainly struck me as a vintage smell on first try. It's now my daily go-to, there's still some left and i use it most days. last all day. smells great, very vintage very masculine.
Oh that’s awesome to hear ! Love it when people discover / first try a fragrance from hearing about it from a video I’ve done
@@ScentsOfSouthJersey anything else you'd recommend of the same caliber?
@@toaderg Just watch his channel, he recommends great classics all the time. There are many fine scents to explore.
Great job as always, wore this the other day...a classic! I remember seeing this in department stores in the 80's, always gave me the impression it was some kind of 'next level' fragrance. Upscale from Drakkar, Azzaro and Quorum.
Killin it with the reviews recently pal....been sat on the fence for a while with this one, you nudged me to make a purchase 👍
Hope you enjoy it, keep me posted !
@@ScentsOfSouthJersey arrived this morning, first impressions are very positive, will definitely purchase a back up bottle 👍
Great review Kellan👊🏼it’s awesome that these reviews will reach guys that missed out on this when it came out in the 80’s.. thank you for helping keep alive this amazing fragrance!
Thanks so much for watching and commenting !
There are few fragrances that I LOVE. This is one of them.
It’s definitely grew on me
Great review and I enjoyed it and I'm going to try it and have a blessed day
Definitely give it a try !
Definitely will GOD BLESS 🙏
Someone wants 10K subscribers, LOL! Seriously though, I do really like that your choices for men's colognes to review. Bijan Men is like you said "Iconic" and it is one of my favorites. Side note: They are charging $360 for this on the official website, no joke ( I think it goes for $25 everywhere else) and forget about their clothing line! This fragrance is beautiful. This, although there are a lot of notes , is a clove bomb (in a good way), and very masculine. It is rough at first but it dries down into a very nice smooth scent. There really aren't many men's scents that go as fearlessly masculine as this.
I can’t believe that’s how much it goes for just on the Bijan site alone like who buys it from there lol …probably only Arnold
@@ScentsOfSouthJersey Yeah, really! The same is done on Ebay. They try to charge insane prices for some stuff, I guess just to see who will fall for it......
I just checked their site and that $360 price is there! Someone has got to email Bijan and tell them that Bijan for Men is licensed and distributed by 5 Star Fragances which is owned by Perfumania Holdings, Inc. Perfumania only charges $25 for the 2.5 oz bottle! I bought it from them 5 years ago for about $10!
Kelan, I agree that "Bijan for Men" is one of the better inexpensive fragrances from the 1980s which is on the market these days. I think it's better than "Zino" and "Jaguar for Men", for example.
Hi Kelan. I enjoyed wearing "Bijan for Men" within the past few months. Over a year ago, you influenced me to get a bottle of it, and I appreciate having it in my collection. I think that it's a masculine, floral fragrance which somewhat reminds me of Roja Parfums "Creation-E" and Robert Graham "Fortitude", only it smells like it is from the 1980s and it is not as good as the other two fragrances. I think it is a good fragrance, especially for its price: I think I might have bought mine for about $10. At first, I didn't feel like I would wear it, but now I like to wear it sometimes.
Great review Kelan keep it up 👍👏👏👏
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Here in Europe its very expensive and hard to find sadly.
From what I remember back in the day that was a high dollar fragrance only available in the Bijan boutiques. So weird how time goes by, they go out of favor, and it's $15 with a free coupon for a corn dog if you buy a bottle. Bijan isn't my style but of course I appreciate what it is and I'm glad you revisited the bottle. It's one of those powerhouse classics that just lingers on your clothes, lingers on the shelf.
i ordered bijan like 2 or 3 years ago, and i was living in a town called bellport on long island. the back gate to my apartment complex led out into an office/industrial park. i get the bottle of bijan and read the sticker......five star fragrances, bellport NY haha. so it was made walking distance from my apartment but i waited a week.
want to see something hilarious? bijans known as a super cheapie.....but go check how much they sell it for on Bijans website...and yes its the same one lol
That’s insane lol like who buys it off the website and how do they get away with that
Your impersonations of Arnold are hilarious! I just can’t stop laughing. Cheers! :)
🤣🤣 a funny voice to make
Awesome scent so clean powdery fresh and masculine
In the 80s Fortune or Forbes had an article about Bijan the man and he was pictured with the fragrance boasting about how expensive the bottle was to make and that it was the most expensive fragrance in the world. What a surprise to see it as a cheapie now after 40 years.
That’s funny because on the actual Bijan website the scent is sold for over $300 lol which is ridiculous because anywhere else online it’s $20 or under
@@ScentsOfSouthJersey lol, wow. Actually heard that the son is now in the middle of revamping the business and making it an exclusive brand again. Let's see!
I've had this fragrance in my collection since 1992! I've gone through many bottles, and it's still a FAVORITE!🔥🔥🔥
Thank you for watching Dean !
5 Star along with Parlux are subsidiaries of Perfumania where I bought my bottle of Bijan for about $10 five years ago. I haven't worn it in awhile but I remember it as sort of perfumey and very strong, with a really nice dry down. Don't use Fragrantica for notes, They're often wrong and list loads of notes voted on by forum members. According to Basenotes, there are 11 notes for Bijan:
Top Notes
bergamot, rosemary, lavender
Heart Notes
nutmeg, vetiver, patchouli, sandalwood
Base Notes
musk, amber, oakmoss, vanilla
Love that content Output
Thanks so much for watching
To me, the modern version is like a mix of amber and the bottom of a kitchen spice cabinet. 😆 And I keep mentioning that I get this fresh parsley vibe that nobody else seems to get? It really has that woody herbal edge though. Plus the bottle always reminded me of a pacifier. 👶 But it still has more character and presence than most designers marketed today. Not a bad buy at all!
There are $50 vintage 75ml on eBay, a steal imo..it’s a frag that, to me, is backup bottle worthy
@@Frank_999Scoobydooby Agreed. The vintage is better imo.
Wow I definitely do not get fresh parsley at all lol but the bottle does look like a pacifier now that you mention it
@@ScentsOfSouthJersey It's gotta be my 2015 bottle then. 😄 Batch #5135. Bit unusual, but unique. Quite a few flankers in the line too! There was a blue one I remember that looked kinda cool.
8:12 Kelan Schwarzenegger 😆
Auuuulllll!
Ever consider reviewing guess 1981 Los Angeles? Most reviews are positive.
No I haven’t, mainly because I’m almost positive I wouldn’t like it, it’s supposed to be like eros from what I’ve seen and if I did review it I know I’d slam the fragrance and I’d rather not buy it just to have it sit around. All of that is based on my personal scent preference so if you like it then By all means enjoy it
To my memory ... back in the day this colonge was only available at the house of Bijan and rather pricey. Bijan Pakzad was a designer from Iran and popular around the same time as the Giorgio of Beverly Hills era was. All 80's California stuff. Not sure if the colonge on their website is the same as the cheapie. On the website its $360 a bottle. To my nose I get a incense vibe which I like.
The actual Bijan website still sells this for $360 it’s crazy I doubt anyone buys it for that price at all when it’s sold on discount sites for 20 bucks lol
@@ScentsOfSouthJerseyI’ve seen the cheap ones do you think they’re all legit or knockoffs?
@@apilkeythey’ll be real, ain’t no way a cologne from rhe 80’s is still selling for 300+
That’s why it’s at discounters for so low
One of the one's that's a joy to spray on. Just makes ya smile! :)
I enjoyed it much more my second experience with it than I did when I initially got it 2 years ago
I see this one as you see Zino. I get a strong peppery note that rubs me the wrong way. The hole in the bottle shows where the missing ingredient belongs that would make this a decent scent.
Well I understand how that goes, when you hate a scent you hate a scent lol I get it
Thanks for the review
Thank you for watching !
I’m an older guy. I’ve been wearing this since it first came out. It was expensive back in the day but much cheaper than Bijan’s clothing. They have many other iterations that I have either owned and wore or wanted. I especially liked and miss the D.N.A. Version. Discontinued and missed!
I like this one and I have several bottles.
I have this. Makes me smell like a God. Always getting compliments on it. I’ve been wearing it during summer and man o man, crushing nostrils left right and centre
I thought this was going to smell like or similar to Pierre cardin cologne spray for men. 😅 I almost bought it thinking that. I personally actually love LOVE Pierre cardin cologne spray.
Ask 100 people what Bijan smells like and you'll get 100 completely different answers.
That’s and half of them will hate it lol
I can't find your Mercari 🤔
www.mercari.com/u/385123230
There is the link for you
is this smells like denim original ?
Wtf? Your sprayer is wayyy better than mine and also BEAST performance?! It lasts like Drakkar on me so 4-5h MAX. I must have gotten some reformulated crap cuz even my box looks a little bit different even though it's also 75ml and by Five Star :( Btw. it was first released in 1981 :) oh and it has been confirmed by one person who managed to ask Sly Stallone what's his signature fragrance and apparently he keeps wearing Bijan since the early 80s :)
Wow 4-5 hours ? It lasts all day on me
Review the Facconable 1994 vs L original 2021!
I always liked Bijan!
I have since the Eighties...
It’s a solid classic !
❤Bijan 4Men had used it last year. I’ve found out it’s Sylvester Stallone favourite cologne. If it’s good for Rambo it’s good for me. 🤘
I heard that as well and Arnold
What camera do you use?
My iPhone
They might as well put pink paint and multi-color sprinkles to just get the donut presentation down. I couldn’t get into this one. Smelled like peanuts. Pass. Love all the content lately. Would love to see a re-review of Lacoste Original.
Peanuts loll I don’t get that at all thankfully god that would be horrible. And Lacoste original? I made the review about 7 months ago lol I’ll send you the link
I also really like it, but…I’ve seen a review by Ramsey at RUclips and he compared the vintage and the actual version. As he said they are two different fragrances, but both good.
I’ve heard the vintage is a bit different as well, I’m happy with the current for now, at least until I finish the bottle
Can you post a link to your Mercari page?
Username is SOSJ, however you might not be able to search usernames. If you search a fragrance I have listed you’ll find my page and the logo is the same
One for my YT channel. Search “Wall Street” cologne that I’ll bring up my listing and you can follow my page and view all the items on there
@@ScentsOfSouthJersey Thanks !
This and Kouros by YSL defined my colognes in the 80s
I feel like with the name and bottle it has to have for men after its name.
They had a blue bottle like that in 90s was fire 🔥
AMAZING !!!!
Just ordered a vintage bottle. Cologne for man.
I’d be interested in trying a vintage of this at some point
The Schwarzenegger story appears to be a myth. Arnold gave an interview where he says the only thing he's worn is Brut.
Omg finally! I hated Bijan and gave it away. But I feel like I would like it now if I tried it again.
I didn’t love initially but didn’t hate it either, liked it much more the second time around
I liked it much more the second time I wore it compared to the first time I wore it.
It smells kind of like Giorgio Beverly Hills, which I returned. Pretty sure I would prefer Bijan over Giorgio. Giorgio smelled like Baby oil from what I recall
I might try this
I feel intensely masculine when I wear these classic masculine fragrances. I just got sealed vintage bottles of Drakkar Noir and Obsession. I'm fragging out over here. Lol
18 or 19 dollars? That must be the fake one from Amazon. The real one is $360 USD from House of Bijan.
@@33musicgroupentertainment it’s from fragrancenet, it’s a cheap fragrance the Bijan website just lists it for a high price for anyone dumb enough to buy it from them directly lol
apparently this is jack nicholsons favorite fragrance.
Bijan for Men or Hombre ?
You are 1 of the more refined south Jersey "dudes" lol
Gym, no Tan, Laundry, Smell good as fck!
This one is, my cheapest favorite.
Yep, I threw that one straight in the garbage after the first try.
Arnold smokes cigars too, which stink, so I wouldn't say he's the standard.
He’s the bench mark of awesome lol
You are Arabic man. Hate without any reason. Shame on you
Bought this one. It sucks. Cheap hotel soap. Wearing it now.
Good ....very good
in Bulgaria is 15$ :)