Halloween
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Basil and violet leaf strike first with herbaceous immediacy, alongside a sharp mandarin brightness. The Martini accord emerges distinctly—an almost botanical dryness that feels more aperitif than perfume, slightly disorientating in its refusal to be conventionally sweet.
Cinnamon and ginger flower warm the composition considerably, whilst orange blossom smooths away some of the herbal prickliness. Lavender weaves through, preventing the spices from becoming cloying and adding a measured complexity that shifts the fragrance toward something genuinely evocative rather than merely aromatic.
Vanilla softens into the leather and musk base, creating a weathered, intimate quality—more second skin than projection. The ambergris provides subtle sweetness rather than gourmand indulgence, whilst the leather remains quietly present, lending an almost nostalgic, faded quality that lingers closer to the body.
Halloween — Man arrives as a peculiar contradiction: a fragrance caught between the herbaceous snap of a cocktail hour and the creeping warmth of autumnal spice. Clément Gavarry has constructed something deliberately off-kilter, which feels entirely appropriate for a scent bearing such a provocative name.
The opening gambit is pure aperitif—basil and violet leaf create an almost savoury green quality, one that feels more gin botanicals than traditional perfumery. Mandarin orange provides the sweetness, but it's undercut by a distinctly herbal edge; this isn't the cosy citrus of winter fragrances, but rather something bracing and slightly unsettling. There's a Martini accord threaded through, contributing a whisper of vermouth's bitter elegance that prevents the composition from veering toward simple gourmand territory.
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