ANTAEUS Pour Homme by Chanel Fragrance Review 

I think Antaeus is a 10/10. One of my all time favorite designer fragrances

A true classic 👌

I just truly wish that most all of you on here would’ve experienced what I did as a young guy in my 20s in the early 1980s regarding cologne. The 1980s repeats of today are nothing like what they were back then and it kind of saddens me that so many of you younger people won’t ever really know what those true originals were like.

I like your Methodology when it comes to Reviews. You Put a nice Dent in everything you Review and spend some time with the Scent.

Great review and I enjoyed it and I'm going to try it and have a blessed day

It's amazing to see so many people message you on this fragrance Great WORK BROTHER

One of my all time favs. Old Antaeus was a beast! Both in performance and animalics. I have a 90’s bottle and early 2000’s (silver sprayer). Both big projectors, and huge castoreum. The new bottles (black sprayer) not so much at all. I respray every 4-5 hours. They really toned it down with the modern formulations. Still excellent though! Just more polite 😊

The old batch with silver sprayer is totally different the animalic and oakmoss was still there.performance and projection were way better. But nothing beats kouros💪🔥😎

I always wear this with a black shirt ....it evokes a serious vibe and well put together gent.

A true masterpiece

Antaeus at the gym 😂 Holy hell I find it much more leathery than Oscar Pour Lui. I find the deep vintage and also the modern version are very animalic. I like the 90s version most, it's less animalic so the top notes like citrus are more pronounced.

Nice review. I love Antaeus. One of my wife's favorite scents on me. A dark, smooth, and classy scent. I get about 7-8 hours of performance.

Great review Kelan 👏👏👏

I love the smell but yeah wish it projected more. Was one of my Christmas scents hanging out with family

I don't know why but whenever I wear Antaeus I seem to make middle aged ladies mad and argumentative (for random reasons). It happened three times. Once at a juice bar at the gym, Once at Supercuts, and once at Starbucks. That is one reason why I like Antaeus! Because normally nothing eventful ever happens to me at any of those types of places. At Supercuts the emplyee randmly started telling me how bad she didn't want to cut my hair and she just wanted to go home (so i walked out before i got the haircut). At Starbucks the employee started openly mocking my choice of sweetener (unsweetened almond milk) to another emplyee (she later apologized and gave me free coffee). And at the gym the employee started accusing me of not wanting to pay for my drink (before I even had a chance to take out my wallet!). I had the newer batch most likely because i bought decant last year.

A true classic. I always remember a conversation I had with a sales rep years ago. She mentioned this was her absolute favorite on a guy, drove her crazy if she caught a whiff. They didn’t carry it at the store, so it was legit. 👍🏻

Great Video. I'm also a big fan of YSL Kouros and I was curious if You have ever smelled Kiehl's Musk Eau de Toilette Spray, and what your thoughts on it were?

It’s interesting that there’s no lavender in the classic note lists you can find online whereas Chanel’s website describes Antaeus as “The striking alchemy of fresh, aromatic lavender and a rare and complex leather accord”. As with most Chanel scents, the blend is so smoothed out that it can be difficult to pick out specific notes but I love lavender and love modern Antaeus so it would explain a lot.

A beauty of a chypre. Lavender, oakmoss, leather and labdanum bomb. Admittedly, it was a rather sharp opening. But after 15-20 min is when it begins to shine. I get a solid 10 hours with good projection for the first 2 or 3 hours. Aramis is another great chypre for cheap.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="469">7:49</a> yea same reaction ! People say it’s the rival to Kouros but , Kouros is Animalic , and somehow fresh soapy . Antaeus is the complete opposite … dark , leathery and spicy … no animalic, no dirtiness …. Was so disappointed

I was thinking today about this classic. Maybe my next frag or Loewe esencia pour homme edt.

Antaeus is the GOAT that started my interest in fragrances back in the early 1980's, a genuine p***y magnet.....or at least it was back then 😊 Had numerous bottles over the years, however something I've noticed, for me it does not keep well, no matter how its kept ie in a dry, cool, and dark place, it always looses something in the blend over time, at least for my nose anyway...

I've had this for six months and after finally getting used to the profile I've learned it is a great fragrance. It is unique, especially for the times we live in. btw, why dont you let your mustache grow, you got great lines bro

Thanks, Kellan! I was lucky enough to find a nearly full second-hand bottle at half-price ($60). I also think Kouros is much better.

Awesome scent

My favorite. I never got the comparisons to Pour Lui

What's your favorite Chanel? I flip back and forth between Chanel Egoiste Platinum & Chanel Allure Homme as my faves from that house

I was 12 when this came out and I loved this along with Kouros because it was Tom Selleck hairy chest big mustach Magnum TV show.....The 80's was when I got into my fragrance journey after my godfather bought me Givenchy gentlemen for my 12th birthday. By 14 I was on my collection and my eighties rotation was 1. Versace L'homme, 2. Armani Eau Pour homme (both house's debut frag's) 3. Antaeus. 4.Kourous 5. Givenchy Xerus. 6. Cool Water and 7. Dior Fahrenheit . 8. Drakkar Noir .What a great decade of fragrances to be a teenager

Buongiorno Kelan. I got this last year (2023) thinking it would be a masculine, rugged beast, like Kouros. But all I get is a strong lipstick/ makeup bag vibe. Oscar De Laurentis Pour Lui is much more wearable, I think. Peace 🤜🏼🤛🏼

Considering people are complaining about projection and longevity on the new formulations, if I can get a bottle of Pour Lui for $20 at this point I should be able to do the same for Antaeus, but of course any premium I'd be paying is simply for the name at this point.

Great review! I like it, but don’t love it. Very well blended for sure, and a cool bottle. I actually don’t think it’s a bargain, either. You can get more bang for your buck with other fragrances.

I have 1982 version and it's a bit Kouros-ish at times in the air. Of course it's a different scent, but it has loads of civet leather and castoreum funk My 2020 bottle is just "meh". Other time i sprayed some 2014 tester bottle in the store and it was way better than the 2020. Way more dense and with loads of bees wax

Do you think you the vintage would have more of a "kick" to it? - you might like it a little better?/that OSCAR DE RENTA i had to open up to it (as i do all the old school scents) but i get the vibe of these old school scents,just started the ted lapdius, it threw me off at first (cat piss opening lol)then the dry down saves the day lol...

My most complimented fragrance which is a shocking to people, but yes i agree the performance is just subtle

Personally, I don’t get into what’s “modern” in terms of frags. I wear what I like. Antaeus is fantastic but like all others, it depends on my mood and destination at the time of wearing. They also had a GREAT body balm that is hard to find. Didn’t need the cologne.

Monsieur Musk is the best “man scent” that is mega beast and stays with you. I stand with you on Zino, I find it Messy or shall I say too many things going on that clash. It’s disastrous!

man.. i really want like 4 masutto shirts but they are all out of stock. ive been waiting for weeks and no restocks :(

Antaeus, in it's true vintage version, is beyond fantastic. Purchased a 10ML mini bottle and it was almost too good for words. Purchased a100ML bottle what was said to be a vintage version with the silver sprayer and it didn't smell like the same fragrance. I almost think perhaps the seller put something else in the bottle. In short, I pitched it. The problem is twofold. One, how do you know you're getting the right vintage batch and even if you do, it's going to set you back significant $. It's a risky proposition.

I own the vintage (silver cap) EDT and EDC: both killer versions in comparison to the - very weak - current version (black cap). #1 FURYO #2 KOUROS #3 ANTAEUS

The older / vintage version's more funky and animalic.

ok bro but you know that this has been reformulated over the years... yea they took the castoreum out but it's still a powerful scent. more floral now, i have a bottle probably from the same time.

I have the late eighties early 90's version and it's quite beastly for sure. Don't know about the newer formulations. It's animalic but classy in a hetero p**sy magnet way. Kouros is more of a New York/San Fran male bathhouse frag. The only other frag that comes close to this would be older formulations of Trussardi Uomo.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="499">8:19</a> a fecal note did I hear that correctly? 🤣🤣🤣

I love Antaeus but to me . Égoïste is the best of Chanel

Antaeus unisex? wow this is the first time I hear something like that, to me this is masculine to the maximus and in my opinion better than Kouros because it is more elegant and classy so I do not agree but hey is your experience, I think a fair comparison with Kouros will be comparing the original formulas, Antaeus is going to be more refined for sure but the original formula was a beast today's formula is not even close however I still consider it a fragrance with very good performance if compared with modern fragrances with EDT or EDP concentration.

It smells like business daddy in a clean white shirt.

Scent of the day 😂

Yo dawg is u italiano

And I do agree is unisex it smells alot like ysl opium to me the women version