Man Sport
Aldehydes are what make Tous Man Sport Eau de Toilette interesting, and they are an odd choice for a scent with sport in the name: Vincent Salaire used them in 2010 to give the top a scrubbed, slightly soapy sparkle rather than the usual blast of citrus. Amalfi lemon runs alongside them, sweet and sharp at once and more rounded than a plain lemon note, and the two together smell like a clean shirt and cold water. It is a short lived opening and a very likeable one, and it is the main reason people pick the bottle up twice. Ginger follows, dry and prickling rather than warm, with red apple beside it, crisp and tart and not at all sugary. The pairing keeps the heart lively without making it sweet, and the move from the soapy top into this drier heart happens quickly, within about ten minutes.
Underneath, it becomes a daytime workhorse. Virginia cedar is splintery and dry, oakmoss adds a bitter, slightly inky green, cashmeran brings a soft warmth that smells faintly of clean wool, and musk smooths the three of them into skin. Eight materials in all, arranged with no excess, and the overall effect is of something laundered rather than perfumed. There is little oil in a toilette concentration and this one is meant to be used freely, so three or four sprays is sensible and a top up after the gym or at lunchtime does no harm. It suits warm weather, mornings, the office and men who want to smell clean rather than noticed.
Tous started in watchmaking and made its name in jewellery, with the bear emblem eventually standing in for the whole company. Fragrance came with the broadening of the business from 2000.
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