Man Ice
Hot weather is what Jimmy Choo Man Ice Eau de Toilette was made for, and unlike a lot of summer bottles it has enough underneath it to survive the afternoon.
Michel Almairac composed it and it dates from 2017. Citron, bergamot and mandarin orange open it in a rush, the citron tart and rindy, the bergamot clean and slightly bitter, the mandarin orange rounder and sweeter. Together they do the cooling work the name promises, and they are generous rather than fleeting.
Apple follows, crisp and green rather than candied, and this is where the scent starts to firm up. Cedarwood brings a dry sharpness, patchouli an earthy depth and vetiver a rooty bitterness, so the middle is considerably more substantial than the opening suggests. The base keeps that going: musk softens everything, oakmoss adds a damp, slightly green earthiness, and ambroxan gives the mineral, almost salty dryness that modern scents lean on to make themselves last. It is the most substantial summer scent the house makes for men.
In wear it manages five or six hours, which is decent for an eau de toilette built on citrus, and it stays reasonably close after the first hour. Daytime, heat, holidays and the office in July all suit it. It is aimed at men, and it is the one in the Man line to reach for when the heavier variations become hard work. Two or three sprays is reasonable, since the citrus burns off quickly and the base is the part you are really paying for. A fourth spray makes it sweeter rather than louder.
Jimmy Choo began trading in London in 1996 as a women's shoemaker and now sells handbags and men's footwear as well. The fragrances are an Inter Parfums licence, and Man Ice is the summer entry in that men's line.
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