Just Cavalli Give Me Magic for Him
Leather and tobacco put Just Cavalli Give Me Magic for Him Eau de Toilette at the darker end of the line, well away from the fruit mists that share the name.
It opens brightly enough. Cardamom and pink pepper give a dry, aromatic spice, the cardamom cool and slightly green, the pink pepper fizzy rather than hot, with lavender behind them adding a clean herbal snap. The middle is where it changes character: suede is soft and faintly dusty, hinoki brings the pale, resinous smell of freshly cut Japanese timber, and cedarwood adds a sharpened pencil dryness. Then it goes properly dark. Leather and tobacco arrive together, one tanned and smoky, the other dry and faintly sweet like a cigar box, with vanilla keeping the sweetness in and guaiac wood giving a smoked, tarry finish underneath.
That is a lot of material for an eau de toilette and the result is warmer and denser than the opening suggests. Expect a few hours in which it is plainly noticeable and then a long, smoky tail that stays nearer the skin.
This belongs to cold weather and would be wasted in July. It suits evenings, restaurants and winter rather than an office in July, and it aims at men who want smoke in a fragrance without going to a niche house to find it. Anyone who finds most designer men's scents too clean will get on with this one.
Roberto Cavalli opened as a fashion concern in 1970 and showed in Paris in the same year. The designer behind it came from Florence by way of fabric printing, and the label grew famous for animal markings and for the denim it printed and treated. Just Cavalli stands as the second clothing line, he withdrew from the business in 2015, and the scents are licensed.
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