Description
Jean Paul Gaultier finally launches his brand new masculine fragrance in September 2011. The fragrance is named Kokorico, which is the French onomatopoeia for rooster’s cry (“Cock-a-doodle-doo” in English).
Created in collaboration with Puig and Firmenich’s perfumers Olivier Cresp and Annick Menardo, Kokorico is designed as a powerful and explosive aphrodisiac, emphasizing woody and cocoa notes. Kokorico represent an olfactory “cry”: „the boastful cry of a rooster, the conquering cry of a man-warrior, the cry of a young man filled with pleasure…”
The top of the composition features refreshing fig leaves, which provide energy, the heart is filled with raw cocoa, which stimulates (not the artificially sweet kind, but a natural extract), while woody notes of patchouli, cedar and vetiver express their masculinity and power.
Black, red and feathers are flamboyant, cocky and dramatic elements of inspiration for the package and the campaign design. The bottle is shaped like a sculpture of a male head from one side, and it looks like a torso from the other perspective. The face of the campaign shot by Jean-Baptiste Mondino is model Jon Kortajarena.
The fragrance is available as 50 and 100 ml Eau de Toilette with an accompanying collection of body care products (deodorant, shower gel, aftershave lotion).
ootbol – :
Don’t listen to ratings, always test for yourself.. I got this and enjoy it a lot.. It reminds me of layton by parfums de marly. Has a similar type of vibe. Layton smells like a combo of this and something like polo red intense mixed.. but the main backbone def reminds me of kokorico… This is a good alternative to that or something like burberry london.. It fits the same bill for me.. I really think it’s a great scent..
Scent 4.5
Performance 4.5
vika1501 – :
For such a unique name & bottle, the smell is quite…plain.
A mildly woody-spicy, mild smell of cocoa. No note overtly stands out to give it an obvious theme. The drydown is linear; the same from start to finish. A*Men comes to mind when I smell it. The same woody spicy gourmand smell, although altered here.
I really tried to like it. I sprayed it on a paper tissue & kept it for 24 hours, smelling it every few hours. I, also, wore it for an occasion just to give it fair chance. It is still a plain “meh” to me.
It is not a bad scent. Not at all. It’s not gorgeous. Just plainly nice.
Decent performance, too.
This is the kind if perfume I want the “Neutral” button for it to exist. Not a like, not a dislike.
& by the way, Kokorocio doesn’t hold a candle to Guerlain’s LIDGE.
Life is too short to wear a perfume you don’t really like.
vaddag – :
I got a sample of Kokorico from Luckyscent. It has a clean almost pine tree smell, with other pleasant wood smells, has as smell that reminds me of cooking lobsters while camping in Maine.
passadelikilsa – :
To me this is Covet’s richer, darker cousin. Both are well made and greatly polarizing cheapies. A nice woody dark cocoa scent best worn in the depths of winter.
колчак467 – :
This is a great patchouli cocoa combo.
More patchouli than any other note.
Kinda dry and sweet ( like cocoa powder lol)
Does have slightly herbal background (?absinthe/wormwood)
Decent overall to be honest.
Maybe not as refined as LIDGE but still pretty decent.
Average to good performance
Hard to love though. BUT I feel the hate is unjustified.
Very risky in designer realm, but stays true to JPG branding.
Overall 7/10
Good casual wear in fall season.
Laulleyetew – :
This perfume is so not my style and something I would never seek out on purpose but I made the mistake of spraying it on my arm about 6 weeks ago, just out of curiosity. What could the juice inside a bottle that looks like this possibly smell like?
With zero knowledge of the notes, the first thing I detected was banana-RUM and a figgy/fig leaves kind of feeling. No one else on this page has mentioned a banana smell so I guess it’s just me.
The alcohol/RUM vibe evaporated within the first few minutes thankfully and I was reminded then by Angel (Mugler.) I liked it, but I was confused by it and wandered back to the women’s perfume section and proceeded to cover every inch of my arms with a million different perfumes.
The next week, I was compelled to visit the Kokorico tester again. Will it smell like bananas and rum this time? It did! And more like figs and more like cocoa once the opening transitioned into the dry-down (a 2-5 minute process.) And that squeaky note? Vetiver. I looked it up on Fragrantica on my cellphone and suddenly I could notice all 5 of the notes quite clearly (which kind of supports my theory that many of the notes we think we smell can just be the psychology of suggestion.)
So for the next 6 weeks, every time I go to the perfume store, I kept ending up wandering into the men’s section and re-visiting Kokorico, each time saying “No, I have enough men’s cologne, plus I hate vetiver, no, just no!!” but today a 50ml little black bottle finally came home with me.
I think this can definitely be a unisex perfume even though it’s very masculine and not too sweet. To me, this is like if you took Mugler’s Angel and stripped away EVERYTHING except the chocolate note and the patchouli and removed whatever mystery factor it has that makes exactly 50% of the population adore it and the other 50% HATE it, and replaced it with a cozy, comforting fig note that no one would dare complain about, you would get something like this.
I think for a woman, this is definitely more of a winter scent, though I’d like to see how a man smells in this on a hot summer day. I imagine it being a sort of sexual musky sweaty-sexy due to the male body/skin chemistry. (Not trying to sound sexist, I hope you guys understand what I mean, talking strictly biology here.)
So yeah, definitely unisex. Sillage 2+ feet. Longevity 4-6hrs. Transitions from boozy to cocoa-ey into a soft figgy- skinscent as the time passes. For the price, safe to blind-buy if you’re into Mugler or JPG. Good for date-night for guys.
Shamil123 – :
I couldn’t agree less with those who say people praise this frag only due to the JPG’s brand on it. I’m sure I would have liked it a lot even as a no-name product. And not because it’s the first perfume in which I am able to smell and name almost all of the notes listed in the pyramid (which is not that hard, as there are only five of them, but still makes me proud). The opening is fig leaf, big time. In the company of some cocoa. The fig leaf is so prominent that it helped me to learn to recognise this note in other fragrances where it’s not so much pronounced. After 15-30 minutes the balance starts to lean towards the cocoa. As others have written, it’s not chocolate, but definitely cocoa. And the patchouli is also there. But the cocoa is the note that characterises the frag throughout it’s lifetime on me, because it’s there even after 6+ hours, when it has long become a skin scent with vetiver and something else which according to the pyramid must be Virginia cedar.
Dsl4eg – :
@ Konga500
Hi again Konga. It seems that we meet again now in the Kokorico page.
I am sory to say but, by your review, you must have bought a very bad fake of this fregrance. If it is as bad as you say just throw it away as it seems to be pure poison (but not Pure Poison from Dior).
My Kokorico – as almost all Hermes fragrances – smells divine and very similar to another divine fragrance called L’instant de Guerlain pour Homme Eau Extreme.
Better luck next time.
karengilgan – :
Smells like a fake plastic Hersey Bar. Then the dry-down smells very synthetic like Dakker Noir and to ad insult to injury- longevity is not good!
sultan.101 – :
I almost blind bought this looking at the notes because I felt that I would enjoy it despite the likeability ratings. I’m glad I tried before buying.
While people talk about the opening being harsh, I actually like that part a lot. What is harsher, in my opinion, is its transformation to a patchouli bomb from there on. There is hardly any cacao that I get. I’ll go a step further and mention this little tidbit – in India we have a popular herbal ‘tooth powder’ which is very heavy on patchouli and clove. This smells a LOT like it post the opening. I’d surely not wanna smell like it.
zeroga – :
“If you don’t know…now u know!”
IMO☺
One of the best cold weather fig/cacao fragrances ….(for the price)…..niche or designer! ….Eyes Closed!!!! Beautifully done…Annick!
purchased2013.
gagarinneon – :
This has one of the best openings in all of perfumery. The cacao is great. Four minutes (I timed it.) later the cacao and fig leaf has been submerged in a terrible patchouli. I do not enjoy the shift from sensual to moldy.
I am from a rural home and my grandparents raised chickens. I am not reminded of the merging of night into daybreak. I am reminded of chickens scratching in their own nightsoil for worms.
I gambled on a blindbuy based on my admiration for both Olivier Cresp and Annick Menardo. I dislike being so harsh, but I am thoroughly disappointed. I hate this. Kokorico is completely worthless to me. Nothing but regret. Please sample before purchase.
–KoT– – :
Kokorico ages beautifully. When i first tested it back in 2011 upon its release i was disappointed to say the least. I did not have that many fragrances back then, and my taste was mostly limited to orientals/fougeres (Rochas Man, A*Men, Esencia, Rive Gauche, Krizia Uomo, Nemo…) I was getting myself initiated in the wonderful life and art of fragrances.
At that time I was not prepared for this dry, raw and bitter creation. It smelt strange but not in a way i found comfortable. Since then i have sprayed Kokorico randomly and just did it now again. It is excellent. The fragrance is all about the cocoa with the fig and patchouly exaggerating the raw greenness of the composition. It’s still not a love, but i cannot deny its quality and the fact that i like it more and more.
Strangely I get a somber sensation out of it (more in the context of Or Black) than a feeling of a new day awakening which the story behind the release implies. And i believe Gaultier tried to fix that with the second Kokorico (which to keep in line with the dissonance is called by Night)
And to think that this is the only pillar fragrance for men (Monsieur being the other) from Gaultier that is not a reinvention of Le Male (though the bottle winks otherwise)
****(*)
Arrixrilk – :
It would be hard to put it better than @jiksjiks1 did by describing this scent as “cacao on wet earth after raining in the forest.” Spot on.
It’s cocoa for sure, but almost a powdery cocoa, offset by the patchouli, which gets a bit stronger during the dry down. It’s not a harsh or in your face cocoa smell at all, it’s very subtle and warm.
The vetiver, cedar, and fig leaf start to emerge about 20 minutes after application, and the whole bouquet comes together very nicely.
I get a decent 4-5 hours of longevity here, but with a scent as subtle as this one, don’t expect it to project very far. That’s not a mark against this scent, I don’t think, because you wouldn’t want a fragrance like this to be overpowering.
cialissale – :
Ya. Kokorico like you are smelling cacao on wet earth after raining in the forest.
Very unique. I could wear this everytime.
Too bad my girlfriend doesn’t like this.
Longevity is good. People can notice the smell easily but it’s not overpower fragrance.
Overall: 9/10
DjekShow – :
Suprisingly!! This has an amber note that remind me
A lot jean paul dupont ambre oriental
And armaf niche oud ,very round warm woodsy amber.
Very high quality this one.
So.. A lot of reviws nothing much
I can add..
Its like combination of a fruty fig fig leaf and dry fig a bit of cocoa.(my imagination but thats the effect you know)
All blended wonderfully its really for all
Ages very casual and very versatile.
This is butifull. and is high quality and also yes niche scent.
9 hours and i still get good wiffs and its
Very noticable on the skin.
Projection is very good like arm and a half for 3 hours.
Invismivy – :
I fear I have a poor batch, or I am a ‘hater’. Mine smells just as described below for five minutes: cocoa and fig leaf. The top does remind me of LIDG. But after five minutes all I smell is the cedar and patchouli combining to smell just like the laundry basket with wet clothes allowed to mildew. It is yucky on my skin and clothing.
The opening is nice. The rest is alarmingly bad.
I will try again in a few weeks to see if opening the cap improves it.
accexiasige – :
0-5 min: fig leaf gives earthy dry feeling
5-15 min: chocholate comes in the game sweet bit dry green woods
15min-4 hours: Woody sour bitter chocolate with green earthyness
4-8 hours: skin scent but very very pleasent
Not everyones cup of tea. Will be in my collection till i live
EDIT: Living and dying laughing and crying
Once you have seen it you will never be the same
Валя – :
This is so well done! The bottle looks fantastic and the scent – I have finished my first bottle in just one month by only spraying it on my hand and sniffing all day long. Now I have a second bottle, which I have started to wear regularly. So much pleasure with only a few ingredients – fantastic.
skorpio – :
Second Review: It was on my mind LOL.
This fragrance is a great subtle fragrance. This is for people that really want to smell something out of the norm that does not carry a heavy price tag, and does not shout “I am HERE!!”
You can spray 7/8 times with this due to the price and scent strength (mild). The initial scent, or top notes, do smell reminiscent of fresh potting soil lol. That is in 1st couple of minutes. Plus, it does have a “slight” vinegar or sour note. DON’T PANIC or JUDGE LMBO.
After 5 or 10 mins, it is a “cocoa and fig leaf subtle green sweet plant stem” smell that engulfs you. The patchouli in this composition was done well! It give it a dampness that makes this a very interesting scent. I know some YT reviewers say it is a dry scent, but I do not get that. It actually smells like this could be someone’s natural body scent; like a familiar scent of someone’s home. This is very natural and not skanky or musty.
This is not cologne-y or synthetic at all-CHECK. It is a fragrance for all seasons except Summer. It does well on dates where you will be close or the workplace. Dare we say, “strangely sexy-ish”, but wearable to work???? I don’t know…
This is a fragrance for the eccentric person– a signature scent. Something I can see the late great Prince wearing LOL. It is a dare to be different composition.
Don’t listen to the haters on this one, which I respect their point-of-views. This is one that will not be off putting too after a couple minutes.
Truly, it is a complex scent that does not scream with its wafts.
Lastly, it does have a “reminiscent” feel of Azzaro Visit!! I don’t know how, but it does. Like a person you see in your passing that you must admit they favor your over all description, but they are not you or look like you. Strange, I know…
7.5/10 for its PRICE and COMPLEXITY (the dry down phases)
YT ShavenontheDarkside
Review coming soon.
cSkaccuspeskc – :
کوکوریکو یا کوکوریچو
بوی گس و خیلی تیز برگ انجیر همانند زبری برنگ انجیر در وحله اول هرکسی رو شگفت زده میکنه و ممکنه نا امید کننده بنظر بیاد
اما با گذشت زمان رایحه ش خیلی بهتر میشه و درست زمانی که رایحش به اوج زیبایی ش میرسه متاسفانه پخش بوش به پایان رسیده تقریبا و دیگه اثرش از بین میره
کلا کار خیلی خیلی خاصی هست ، من بدون تست خریدمش، حتما تستش کنید و بعد بخرید
harek125 – :
I totally agree with Brandon below, this is a frag for “the elitist camp of olfactory gurus”.
Not that I considered myself to be one but at least an elitist collector. 😉
I have restocked on this one since I like it a lot and most likely is going to disappear pretty soon.
serega-petrov – :
Love at first spray. Dark, Industrial coal and laminate meets a comforting greenhouse of warm, blanketed patchouli and cocoa. Feels moist, not dusty. Reminds me of a dark, dank greenhouse in the heart of Tim Burton’s vision of Gotham City.
As for the dislikes? I’ll say this much…if you’re a fan of Kokorico, consider yourself in the elitist camp of olfactory gurus. When you purchase a unique scent like this, you’re not only paying for the juice inside this crafty looking glass bottle, you’re paying to wear someone’s artistic vision.
I agree along the lines with what one reviewer already stated several reviews below. If this same juice was poured into a Tom Ford bottle with a niche marketing campaign, the love colum would be through the roof. The posers on Fragranitica never cease to amaze me. Two thumbs way up for Kokorico! Straight to the favorites shelf you go!
BipFlotaFlath – :
This is a COLOGNE in all caps. It’s very masculine, artsy, and in your face, to me. Another reviewer described it as “intrusive”. That is definitely the word. The patchouli and vetiver come through strong! Perhaps too strong as they overpower the cacao and cedar, to my nose. The fig is there but not in a nice way? I wanted to like this one but I can’t get over the initial blast to the finer earthy qualities that apparently reveal themselves. I think patience is required here, to truly appreciate the peculiarities.
kst2500 – :
Today i bought a 2012 batch i get cacao patchouli and fig leaf. But on my skin fig leaf i think is the dominant one, cacao is also there but not bitter IMO as most said. It could fit the spring nights perfect not a project monster but after 7 8 hours from time to time still makes me remember that it’s still there from half arm lenght it is not bad for EDT. Unique smell definitely and have a bit similarities with LIDGE, but the fig leaf makes it smoother and sophisticated. I mean if LIDGE is 35 years old man this one is 25 years old.
Lıke invictus and sauvage both good, compliment getter but different leagues.
If you like this fragrance have some balls and wear it on a date i mean what could possibly go wrong…
8/10
panin58 – :
When this fragrance come out i did not like it at all, few day ago i went 2 Paris on Holiday, and i thought i like 2 give it another try , but 2 be honest with u i really do like it now it is so different, not like other fragrances , thats what i like been different, love this fragrance now it last on my skin quite a long time
i will definitely will keep this fragrance on my collection and will be wearing this winter time….
bututizb – :
This is my second review after wearing this, and it’s skyrocketed to my favorites and defended itself against the 8 frags I’ve purchased since.
It’s taken Burberry London’s place in my rotation because of its layers. The initial brash opening is beautiful and the dry down is like a second skin of earthy cocoa. I feel like a couple of hours in, it dries out and threatens to evaporate. Sweaty, oily skin wears this frag way better than drier, and amplifies projection.
It’s now a signature frag for me.
Highly recommended if you’re sick of oud’s; aquatics; and overly sweet gourmands.
евгений666 – :
Electronic patchouli from the netherworld.
The inauguration of the cacao center is a fulminating experience.
God-tier.
Garik74 – :
This starts off harsh and kind of stays that way. You won’t get the same kind of sweet smelling cocoa that you get from Dior Homme or Guerlain L’instant. You get more of a synthetic very powdery chocolate. Wore this to the gym when I first bought it, just because I couldn’t wait to put it on, and the powdery smell when I started heating up was overbearing so this would kill people in a hot climate. Blind bought this and doubt I’d be reaching for it considering I have LIDGE which I rarely reach for anyways.
страт – :
There is a tendancy not intended where I can really dig a controversial fume. Kokorico is a perfect example. Basically the cocao and fig are big winners for me here. I like an earthy smell. The base of vetiver and cedar is a woody win as well. I’d imagine the patchouli to be a trouble for me here as it tends to dominate when used in high doses. Here I don’t think patchouli at all. Weird? I have 3 mens fragrances with cacao .. add Dior Homme and Guerlain l’Instant. It isn’t like those two are so much better to my nose. They aren’t the same but cocao really seems to stand out when it is a heavy note. This is also true of the womens Rebelle and Truth or Dare Naked. Like JPG I tend to not quite understand why there isn’t more love here. Fig with caviar as just strange, like Womanity, I get. Even there it is okay just not something that goes with Anything else.
The bottle is genious. That nose. Am very glad to have this and do find more use and wear happens when it is colder weather. This is a masculine offering and wouldn’t rule it out completely as unisex but you may have to soften it by layering with another. I freely layer this with all the others mentioned (that have cocao). Dior and Guerlain are the more formal of the three for men. JPG is more casual. Kokorico is more fun to me. I’d wear it in less serious settings. It’s more of a swashbuckling choice. Guys, you gotta lighen up for Kokorico.
evgenlbr – :
Sentence Summary:
Goes on like a Garden Centre Potted Plant area, transitions to the smell you’d get if you accidentally replaced your body talc with Cocoa powder.
Overall rating 6/10
step2010 – :
@hsuru4u, I think Kokorico never was beast, on my skin performs low or moderate, nothing strong, just the first 5-15 minutes seem harsh, but quickly becomes soft, close to the skin
Xeroxfbpml – :
It starts very earth but wait for the amazing cacao drydown.
I don’t know why everytime I wear this parfume I get so many compliments.
Amazing for winter.
The projection is good and its long lasting on my skin 8+
Lionion – :
Ive always been curious about this one and finally I saw it at a duty free in an airport. First the positives, the bottle is cool, and I love the opening. Its very earthy and slightly sweet. Like you dug up a sugar beet in your garden and cracked it open. The patchouli is heavy and sweet and coupled with cocoa. Its unusual and striking and I was impressed. Sadly in the dry down it becomes a generic men scent, like something Kenneth Cole or John Varvatos would make. Just a vague patchouli and cedar combination Ive smelled so many times before. I do wish the opening lasted longer. Still if you can find this at a bargain you could do worse. It smells like an expensive cologne. Thumbs slightly up on this one.
wadim802 – :
Ordered a sample, because I am huuuge fan of l’instant. And what an insult to my nose. I must have a broken one. There is no trace of Guerlain l’instant.Nowhere. Not even a hint. It is soo weird. Kokorico smells like sqished potato beetles with a little bit of dark chocolate. Thank god i ordered a sample before byuing it.
Gundunsept – :
Amazing!initial spray is harsh but the drydown is beautiful.picked it up super cheap and very pleased
Sergei-5-5 – :
When Kokorico came out all of us were into oriental fragrances with sweet notes and nobody accepted such bitter sweet fragrances like Kokorico. Kokorico is all about bitter cocoa. A slightly powdery, bitter chocolate with cedar underground.
Time have passed and I came back again to this fragrance. Now it seems that the right time came. This fragrance smells different. Seductive.
If you like bitter chocolate or dark coffee, this is it.
nexxxt – :
I think this one is great.. Very unique and distinctive. Hard to explain the scent, but for some reason something in this reminds me of burberry london.. I am not sure what is in there that reminds me of it, but it does.. Not sure why this fragrance gets so much hate.. I really like it.
EnzoForza – :
the best 17 bucks i spend
this smell niche ,how come this was not hype
every one have to try this for the price is ok blind buy
is very close to L’Instant de Guerlain Extreme
very sexy women love it
gremearliafep – :
kk i ve had this for 2 weeks now. blind bought it because this was never introduced to the north american market and the price was good. i knew about all the hate for this fragrance but since im a huge fan of JPG and having owned le male, fleur le male and gaultier 2 i owed it to myself to try this one out. oh boy am i glad i did and quiet frankly i dont get the hate.
it starts of with a huge blast of minty leafy green fig mixed with coco. the patchouli comes in and it is in this point where i feel the fragrance feels kind of wacky. the animalistic and dirtiness of the patchouli doesn’t mix with the coco. but after about 30 minutes once the patchouli calms down and the base of cedar and vetiver comes in, it really becomes beautiful. the dry down is a woody green sweet coco with hint of dirtiness and animalistc qualities. this is not your usual fragrance and that is what i love about most JPG fragrances. after smelling all these new generic fragrances this one really gets me excited.
scent: 8.5/10
longevity:8.5/10
projection:7/10
occasion: fall and winter day or night
i think this was the last solid release from this house as the new offerings are ordinary at best
pko935 – :
OMG! I’m a woman who has been exploring unisex and man fragrances lately. Loving the spices, green notes & smokiness of them. This one is just lovely; sweet, dry cocoa with a green patchouli & woody background. The dry down is amazing. The scent has a descent longevity; it wears close to the skin, although not enough so it will get noticed. LOVE!
lena.schaporeva – :
At first sniff i was not deterred at all by the Super Sharp opening (it cuts through air; but pleasantly). I think the patchoulli is a great middle ground between the cacao and the figleaf. It works beautifully. I’m still waiting for the dry down. Someone said it dried down similarly to CK Shock, and I’m hoping because that’s what I wear that for. If I can get it with the beautiful opening of Kokorico, I’m set!
Edit: Worn it thrice now.. No longer reminds me a lot of A men and Shock, after an hour of wear. The opening is wonderful – a dry chocolate vibe layered with grassy and floral tones. My wife said very sweet when she walked into the room, then she said it smelled of flowers once it settled. An hour after wear it smells reminiscent of Zino and is wearable in slightly warmer conditions (as compared to Amen). It takes you on a great journey through different layers!
I’ll refrain from rating this. I blind bought it, and I would do it again with more and more confidence as I continue wearing it.
kot24-12 – :
@icecube, I’m not a man and I used Kokorico and also K by night:) If you like rhubarb, cocoa, bittersweet fresh colognes, buy/try both version:) They’re very cheap.
tayga1970 – :
@icecube I think a woman could give this a shot for sure but at least on me the fig is mainly in the first hour to two hours. Then it becomes more of a cocoa and patchouli your fragrance but it’s a more dirty and masculine patchouli than some I’ve smelled. Still it’s cheap enough that is worth a blind buy. Look around I online auction sites and you should find a 50ml for less than $20US.
leylatreer – :
scent : 10/10
sillage : 9/10
longevity :8/10
100% night fragrance
nice sweet scent
Robeontossy – :
Can anyone tell me if kokorico by night is more chocolate scented than this one?
hostersposters – :
Definitely not for everybody. It opens up very bright but within minutes it evolves to a very dry cacao + fig that many would consider too bitter and dirty. In my opinion is a very original fragrance and for its price (less than 30 USD for the 3.4 OZ) it wont hurt to give it a try. As it dries down it becoms smoother and more wearable but the cacao accord predominates just like at the beginning. Note that you will not get a gourmandy cacao, although a hint of sweetness can be perceived at drydown (which, again makes it more wearable and pleasing). Projection is good within the first 2 hours. Longevity is good and it will get you noticed for a while, but I am not sure if whoever smells this on you will like it or hate it. For that reason, it is a polarizing scent, which you have to consider when and where to wear it carefully. Sample it first. In my opinion, I got to love it, very original and intriguing scent. Cheers.
her959 – :
This is a first impressions on paper. For some reason near the early stages of this fragrance it reminds me of burberry london. Not sure why.. Something in there reminds me of it. So far I kind of dig it. I wonder why all the bad ratings? It smells very unique. Its hard to put what I am smelling into words.. I have to give it some full wearings to write a more thorough review but so far I like it and it has a smell that really stands out.
32felix – :
I adore this fragrance. Like somebody else has said perfectly, it is like “an old friend”.
Cacao, fig, vetiver and something that, to me, gives a very slight old school hippy feel to it – probably the patchouli.
There is an earthiness, a dirtiness that juxtaposes so well with the otherwise gourmand nature of Kokorico.
Do not blind buy – well, actually, you might as well now. It’s about £2 for 8472ml these days!
pinya – :
I bought this perfum recently for my sun (16 years old). I love it and he loves it too. The fig leaf scent is very noutorius and remains for hours.
LordVeNiK – :
Some six years ago I tried this along with its cousin (by marriage not blood) ‘fleur du male’ with one on each hand I concluded I felt a little bit of sick in my mouth, doused myself in fantasy and scrubbed my hands…
It’s amazing how our tastes change… Having recently fallen in love with FDM I decided to blind buy this now heavily discounted (£15 for 50ml). It’s wonderful!
I was instantly reminded of LIDGE but this is very green in comparison to guerlain’s spicy cacao offering (also 1/3 of its price).
It’s a masculine and bitter cacao. The freshness of the fig and violet leaf give it an invigorating aspect.
Long lasting and moderate sillage – it will be noticed and it will leave a trail but it’s refined at the same.
Rooster imagery in mind I can see myself ‘strutting’ round bars and clubs wearing this but also suited to semi-formal and corporate events – when I want to feel confident!
botanik – :
A bold glorious gem! This reminds me of a dependable old friend. Warm lovely open and constant. It might not be everyones cup of tea, but from open to dry down it holds your attention and let’s u know he is here with you. I will always have a bottle on hand for summer, fall, spring and winter.
linkin – :
Blind buy, a very good Blind buy, smells lovely love the caocao and woody dry down. yum
Scorplex – :
This does have a lot of character and is very pleasant, but it’s also dry and dusty. I would have preferred less cedar and wish it was a touch fresher. Nevertheless Kokorico is very nice and just a bit different.
garais3060 – :
@nightcutter I thought I was the only one who smells -excuse me- caca on the opening even middle. Still keeping for the bottle’s nose I like :). A cheaper, poor remembering of LIDGE but you have to deal with the shit, sorry.
vrh771intitytek – :
The top notes are horrific. They smell like a just-creosoted fence. The dry down is thankfully more bearable but I still couldn’t wear this.
dj_slavik – :
I can’t quite review Kokorico as I haven’t encountered it outside its extraordinary packaging. Having encountered Jean Paul Gaultier, memorably if briefly and some years ago at an aptly named ‘Dungeon in the Sky,’ I’m quite happy to describe the man himself as a sumptuous gourmand.
plastic – :
honestly would definitely like to try it as it has sweet smell and Kokorico is designed as a powerful and explosive aphrodisiac, emphasizing woody and cocoa notes
as presently i am using manzana l or noir
innasan – :
I think this is really perfect. It is like a much better Zino Davidoff, or closer to what I had hoped the Zino would smell like. It isn’t quite as dry as the Zino, it seems to be a better balance, and seems to have better ingredients. It has a more interesting drydown, and is fresher and greener, though only slightly greener.
I love how that cacao note is only slightly present most of the time. This is really mostly woody and fig leafy, with a nice blanket of patchouli. I have enjoyed it since the first time I used it, but I’m liking it even better with time and multiple wearings.
zimarin68 – :
One day people will understand that in fact you don’t need even ONE spray, all you have to do is buying the stuff and hold it in your hands to feel the scent radiation going through your whole body, magically. And that is only under severe freezing condition. But alas, people are still byuing and spraying fragrances all around us. Really.
I used to have Kokorico. I think it’s better than LIDGE but not as good as L’Instant EDT, which is the one wear, even during Summer, evenings or not.
Hisetikemem – :
I got a sample of this 3 or 4 years ago and I hated it back then. I didn’t understand who would wear something like this. Last week I tried it again, after reading the reviews here and I really liked it so I bought it. I would describe it as dirty chocolate.This is to be used only in cold winter and 1 spray is enough for me.
isi75 – :
کوکوریکو با رایحه گرم و تلخ و سنگین در زمره بهتری