Man
Of everything the house has put out for men, Jimmy Choo Man Eau de Toilette is the one that sells, and it sells because it is sweet, easy and immediately likeable rather than because it is clever. Tangerine opens it, juicy and a little bit sherbet like, with melon giving a watery sweetness behind it and lavender running a clean herbal thread through the middle of the brightness. That lavender is what stops the opening from being purely fruity, and it is the reason the scent reads as a men's fragrance at all.
Pineapple and pink pepper take over next, the pineapple sharp and slightly green rather than tinned, the pink pepper dry and crackling, with geranium adding a green, metallic sharpness between them. The base is patchouli, suede and amber. Patchouli brings the earthy, faintly damp depth, suede gives a soft brushed texture that rounds the fruit off, and amber supplies a dry warmth underneath that makes the last few hours comfortable rather than sugary.
At eau de toilette strength it is moderate on both counts, four to six hours with a decent first hour, and that makes it wearable in more places than its sweetness suggests. Spring and summer suit it best and it is at home on nights out, dates and warm afternoons. It is marketed to men, and it is the obvious starting point if you are buying from this house for the first time.
The name belongs to a luxury accessories house that opened in London in 1996, made its reputation in women's shoes and now sells handbags and men's footwear besides. Inter Parfums manufactures the perfumes under licence, and Man has been extended further than any other men's name in the catalogue.
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