← 5 DropsDecade
1980s
Power scents and orientalist excess. Kouros (1981) and Drakkar Noir (1982) sharpen the masculine; Poison (1985) and Obsession (1985) weaponise sillage; Cool Water (1988) launches the aquatic-fougère revolution by translating Green Irish Tweed into a mass-market template.
10 fragrances in the catalogue
Chanel
Antaeus
Chyprewarm leather chypre
1981 →
Yves Saint Laurent
Kouros
Fougèreanimalic honeyed leather
1981 →
Guy Laroche
Drakkar Noir
Fougèrecool aromatic fougère with dihydromyrcenol
1982 →
Chanel
Coco
Orientalspicy oriental
1984 →
Creed
Green Irish Tweed
Fougèreviolet leaf and iris fougère
1985 →
Calvin Klein
Obsession
Orientalspicy ambery oriental
1985 →
Dior
Poison
Orientalnarcotic plum tuberose oriental
1985 →
Davidoff
Cool Water
Aromaticfresh aromatic with dihydromyrcenol
1988 →
Calvin Klein
Eternity
Floralwhite floral with lily-of-the-valley
1988 →
Dior
Fahrenheit
Woodyviolet-leaf leather with gasoline facet
1988 →