| Content | Honour Man, the regal, dramatic masculine fragrance with a spicy, woody character, is heir to Amouage’s ongoing (soap) operatic narrative that began with Jubilation, and continued on with Lyric, Epic, and Memoir. With an intensely peppery, dark opening, Honour Man creates olfactory storm clouds of disquiet, confusion, and drama befitting its back story, which was written by the perfume house’s creative director Christopher Chong and inspired by Puccini’s tragic opera Madame Butterfly.
In Chong’s melodramatic creative brief, Honour is the son of Madame Butterfly, Puccini’s tragic heroine who commits suicide when the American soldier who abandoned her years before returns to take their son. Honour has come back, so the narrative goes, to confront his mother’s tragedy and to come to terms with his identity. After the blast of pepper, Honour Man allows a fresh, rosy-floral note from geranium to peek through the dark clouds, followed by a succession of warm, woody, and spicy notes, including an intense patchouli that reminds us that Honour is still a fiery young man.
Chong suggests that these comforting, beautifully blended base notes represent the reconciliation of our hero’s troubled quest with his “filial elegy to honour his mother.” Its dry down does indeed feel like the denouement to a stormy, existential drama. Honour Man is housed in a white crystal bottle with a gold-plated cap affixed with a white opal Svarovski crystal. Honour Man Notes Pink pepper, black pepper, geranium, elemi, nutmeg, patchouli, frankincense, cedarwood, vetiver, tonka bean, musk | Black XS (2018) by Paco Rabanne is a Amber Woody fragrance for men. Black XS (2018) was launched in 2018. Black XS (2018) was created by Olivier Cresp and Rosendo Mateu. Top notes are Citruses, Lemon, Tagetes and Sage; middle notes are Praline, Cinnamon, Tolu Balsam and Black Cardamom; base notes are Patchouli, Black Amber, ebony tree and Palisander Rosewood. | Polo Red by Ralph Lauren is a Woody Spicy fragrance for men. Polo Red was launched in 2013. The nose behind this fragrance is Olivier Gillotin. Top notes are Cranberry, Grapefruit and Italian Lemon; middle notes are Saffron and Sage; base notes are Amber, Coffee and Woodsy Notes. | Invictus Platinum by Paco Rabanne is a Woody Aromatic fragrance for men. This is a new fragrance. Invictus Platinum was launched in 2022. Top notes are Grapefruit and Absinthe; middle notes are Mint and Lavender; base notes are Cypress and Patchouli. | Bad Boy by Carolina Herrera is a Amber Spicy fragrance for men. Bad Boy was launched in 2019. Bad Boy was created by Quentin Bisch and Louise Turner. Top notes are Black Pepper, White Pepper and Bergamot; middle notes are Sage and Cedar; base notes are Tonka Bean, Cacao and Amberwood. | Polo Deep Blue Parfum by Ralph Lauren is a Aromatic Aquatic fragrance for men. This is a new fragrance. Polo Deep Blue Parfum was launched in 2020. The nose behind this fragrance is Carlos Benaim. Top notes are Green Mango, Grapefruit and Bergamot; middle notes are Cypress, Clary Sage and Geranium; base notes are Sea Notes, Ambroxan, Fir Resin, Musk and Patchouli. |
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