| 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 | Oud Bouquet by Lancôme is a Amber Woody fragrance for women and men. Oud Bouquet was launched in 2016. The nose behind this fragrance is Fabrice Pellegrin. | Invictus by Paco Rabanne is a Woody Aquatic fragrance for men. Invictus was launched in 2013. Invictus was created by Veronique Nyberg, Anne Flipo, Olivier Polge and Dominique Ropion. Top notes are Sea Notes, Grapefruit and Mandarin Orange; middle notes are Bay Leaf and Jasmine; base notes are Ambergris, Guaiac Wood, Oakmoss and Patchouli. | Invictus Legend by Paco Rabanne is a Woody Aromatic fragrance for men. Invictus Legend was launched in 2019. Invictus Legend was created by Domitille Michalon Bertier and Nicolas Beaulieu. Top notes are Sea Notes, Sea Salt and Grapefruit; middle notes are Bay Leaf, Geranium and Spices; base notes are Red Amber and Guaiac Wood. | Bad Boy Le Parfum by Carolina Herrera is a Leather fragrance for men. This is a new fragrance. Bad Boy Le Parfum was launched in 2021. Bad Boy Le Parfum was created by Fanny Bal, Bruno Jovanovic and Nicolas Beaulieu. Top notes are cannabis and Grapefruit; middle notes are Black Pepper and Geranium; base notes are Leather and Vetiver. | 212 Sexy Men by Carolina Herrera is a Amber Fougere fragrance for men. 212 Sexy Men was launched in 2006. 212 Sexy Men was created by Alberto Morillas and Rosendo Mateu. Top notes are Mandarin Orange, Bergamot and Green Notes; middle notes are Pepper, Flowers and Cardamom; base notes are Vanilla, Guaiac Wood, Sandalwood, Musk and Amber. |
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