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The Band for Him
Scalpers The Band for Him Eau de Parfum 100ml is the full size bottle of the label's main men's scent, and it is a sharper, drier thing than its sweet opening minutes suggest.
Agusti Vidal and Pierre-Constantin Guéros composed it. Grapefruit leads, bitter rather than sweet, with black pepper and ginger giving it an immediate bite, so the first impression is bracing instead of comfortable. The middle is very short: geranium, which is green, herbal and slightly metallic, and patchouli, which arrives far earlier than usual and sets the direction for everything after it.
The base carries most of the fragrance. Cedarwood is dry and pencil like, white tobacco is the dry, hay sweet treatment of the material rather than the ashtray kind, leather supplies a smooth animal warmth, and tonka bean rounds the edges with a faint, almost bitter sweetness. The pairing of tobacco and leather over that early patchouli is what gives the scent its character, and it is noticeably more grown up than the citrus opening.
A hundred millilitres is the size for someone who already wears this and goes through it. At eau de parfum strength it will see out a working day and most of an evening, sitting close after the first hour. Two sprays are enough on a shirt collar and it will be detectable at the end of the day, which is more than the bitter opening would lead you to assume.
Perfumes y Diseno produces the fragrances under licence for the label. Scalpers was founded in Seville in 2007, selling suits, shirts and accessories, and the embroidered skull on its ties and slippers is still the thing people recognise; menswear remains the core of it, with womenswear, childrenswear and, from 2021, homeware alongside it.
Please note: images are a guide only. Packaging and bottle design may occasionally differ from those shown due to manufacturer updates or promotions.
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