Drakkar Noir
Guy Laroche · Eau de Toilette (EDT) · 1982
≈ $36 · 100ml · approx. retail
Drakkar Noir is a landmark aromatic-fougere masculine, opening with lavender and green citrus-herb notes over a spicy heart and a signature dark, leathery, mossy-woody base. Launched in 1982, it became one of the best-selling men's prestige fragrances of the 1980s-90s and remains widely available today.
The scent
Top notes
The opening · first 15 minutes
Base notes
The dry-down · what lingers
Best for
Perfumer
French · 12 in collection
Born in Lille and raised in Grasse, Pierre Wargnye (1947–2020) was an IFF perfumer best known for the era-defining 1980s fougère Drakkar Noir for Guy Laroche and for contributing to several major masculine launches.
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