Azzaro
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Mint and lavender strike immediately, but this isn't a gentle herbal pairing—there's a medicinal sharpness, almost antiseptic, that the thyme amplifies with its savoury, slightly camphorous character. The bergamot barely registers as citrus, instead providing a fleeting brightness that dissipates within minutes, leaving you with the full force of those green, aromatic herbs.
The geranium emerges with its characteristic metallic-rosy edge, but here it reads more foliage than flower, tangling with a proper oakmoss that brings damp forest floor and subtle bitterness. Sandalwood appears not as a creamy cushion but as a dry, woody support structure, its slightly austere character keeping the composition taut and upright rather than allowing it to sprawl into conventional freshness.
What remains is a quietly persistent skin scent of cedar and amber that hovers between warm and cool, never quite settling into full cosiness. The cedar retains a faint sharpness, almost aromatic in itself, whilst the amber provides just enough resinous depth to anchor the whole affair without sweetening it—this is the memory of herbs rather than their full presence, ghosted over a woody, slightly powdery base.
Wanted x Nasty arrives with the bracing clarity of a proper fougère from the early eighties, before the genre became sweetened and softened for mass appeal. The opening lavender carries a medicinal edge, sharpened by mint that feels more herbal infusion than confectionery, whilst thyme adds an almost savoury, rosemary-adjacent facet that prevents this from sliding into polite aromatic territory. The bergamot merely punctuates rather than dominates, allowing the green-grey character of the herbs to establish themselves fully.
What distinguishes this from countless other fresh aromatics is the way the moss and geranium combine in the heart—there's a stemmy, almost bitter quality to the geranium that recalls crushed leaves rather than petals, and it meshes with the oakmoss to create something earthy and grounded. The sandalwood here isn't creamy; it's dry, almost dusty, with that characteristic pencil-shaving quality that speaks to its era. This isn't a scent that flatters or seduces in obvious ways.
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