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Guilty Pour Homme
There is a rose in Gucci Guilty Pour Homme Eau de Parfum, and there is a chili pepper next to it, which tells you most of what you need to know about how the house approached a masculine eau de parfum.
Those two materials make the opening and they are an unusual pair. The rose is not a romantic rose here; it is handled dry and slightly metallic, as a sharp floral rather than a bouquet. The chili pepper does not burn, but it adds a dry heat and a prickle that keeps the flower from reading as feminine. For the first ten minutes the fragrance is genuinely distinctive.
Lavender and orange blossom follow, and they soften it considerably. Lavender is the herbal, cool, slightly medicinal note of a barbershop, while orange blossom brings a clean white floral sweetness with a hint of bitterness behind it. The two together bridge the spiced opening and the base without drawing attention to themselves.
Cedarwood and patchouli finish the composition, dry wood against damp earth, and that is where it spends most of its time on the skin. The eau de parfum strength gives seven to eight hours with solid presence in the first couple, and the drydown is where it is most conventionally wearable, which is either a relief or a disappointment depending on whether you bought it for the opening. It is aimed at men, it works across the year, and it fits evenings and cooler days best.
Gucci began in 1921 in Florence as Guccio Gucci's luggage and travel goods business, moving later into equestrian accessories, the loafer and full collections of clothing. Kering is the owner, and every Gucci fragrance is produced by a licensee.
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