Wild Cherry

Mancera's Wild Cherry arrives as a candy-coloured reverie masquerading as fruit fragrance—and that's precisely its appeal. The opening marriage of black cherry and Calabrian lemon creates an immediate burst of jammy sweetness tempered by citric snap, but this isn't fresh orchard fruit; it's the concentrated intensity of preserved cherry cordial, the kind that stains your fingers. What's genuinely interesting here is how the Sumatra patchouli threads through the heart, lending the fragrance an earthy backbone that prevents it from becoming cloying saccharine. The patchouli doesn't dominate—it hovers beneath heliotrope's powdery almond whispers and jasmine's slightly soapy florality, acting as counterweight to the heavy gourmand leanings.

This is a scent for those who find pleasure in the artificial, the indulgent, the unabashedly sweet without apology. The synthetic accord (64%) isn't a shortcoming here; it's the entire point—this reads as a contemporary gourmand, closer to modern confectionery than classical perfumery. There's something almost retro-futuristic about it, evoking 2010s fragrance trends when sweetness was currency. Wear this when you're feeling unapologetically hedonistic: an evening at a wine bar where you order the dessert wine first, layered over cashmere and dark lipstick. It suits the person who owns multiple Tom Ford Private Blends and doesn't apologise for their sweet tooth. The iris, meanwhile, adds a whisper of powder and restraint—the only nod to conventional elegance in an otherwise indulgent composition.