| 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 | 212 Men by Carolina Herrera is a Woody Floral Musk fragrance for men. 212 Men was launched in 1999. 212 Men was created by Alberto Morillas, Rosendo Mateu and Ann Gottlieb. Top notes are Green Notes, Grapefruit, Spices, Bergamot, Lavender and Petitgrain; middle notes are Ginger, Violet, Gardenia and Sage; base notes are Musk, Sandalwood, Incense, Guaiac Wood, Vetiver and Labdanum. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 1 Million Elixir by Paco Rabanne is a Woody Aromatic fragrance for men. This is a new fragrance. 1 Million Elixir was launched in 2022. Top notes are Apple and Davana; middle notes are Damask Rose, Cedar and Osmanthus; base notes are Vanilla Absolute, Tonka Bean and Patchouli. |
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