| 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 | Invictus Victory by Paco Rabanne is a Amber fragrance for men. This is a new fragrance. Invictus Victory was launched in 2021. Top notes are Pink Pepper and Lemon; middle notes are Lavender and Olibanum; base notes are Vanilla, Tonka Bean and Amber. | Pure XS Night by Paco Rabanne is a Amber Spicy fragrance for men. Pure XS Night was launched in 2019. Pure XS Night was created by Caroline Dumur, Anne Flipo and Bruno Jovanovic. Top notes are Ginseng and Ginger; middle notes are Cacao, Vanilla and Cinnamon; base notes are Caramel and Myrrh. | Valentino Uomo Noir Absolu by Valentino is a Amber Woody fragrance for men. Valentino Uomo Noir Absolu was launched in 2017. Top notes are Cinnamon and Pepper; middle notes are Incense and Olibanum; base note is Sandalwood. | 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. | Polo Red Eau de Parfum by Ralph Lauren is a Woody Spicy fragrance for men. This is a new fragrance. Polo Red Eau de Parfum was launched in 2020. Top notes are Ginger, Cranberry and Pink Grapefruit; middle notes are Clary Sage, Labdanum and Lavender; base notes are Benzoin, Opoponax, Musk, Cedar and Guaiac Wood. |
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