Tommy Hilfiger
Tommy Hilfiger
77 votes
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
The Assam tea dominates immediately, releasing a dusty, slightly peppery character that feels almost beverage-like in its authenticity. Sicilian bergamot cuts through with citric brightness, creating an initially bracing sensation—fresh without being cloying, green without being herbal.
As the volatile top notes recede, the jasmine emerges with quiet insistence, adding a whisper of florality that prevents the composition from becoming entirely masculine or austere. The tea leaf dryness remains, now mingling with gentle spice—cardamom and nutmeg contributing warmth rather than pungency, creating an unexpectedly cosy mid-stage.
Cedar anchors the base, providing a dry, woodsy backbone that allows the remaining spice notes to settle into skin-scent territory. What lingers is less a defined fragrance and more an impression—a slightly sweet, cardamom-tinged warmth that smells like you've been wearing something pleasant several hours ago.
Tommy Summer arrives as a deliberately restrained affair—a fragrance that knows exactly what it wants to be and resists any temptation to overstate itself. The opening salvo of Assam tea immediately establishes an unusual proposition: rather than reaching for the predictable citrus-florals of early-2000s unisex fragrances, this composition anchors itself in the tannic, slightly astringent world of black tea. Sicilian bergamot circles around this tea base with characteristic brightness, but the bergamot here serves more as a clarifying agent than as the dominant force, preventing the composition from becoming too brooding or introspective.
What emerges is a fragrance built on tension—the cooling greenness of that tea leaf character playing against the warmth of cardamom and nutmeg in the base, with jasmine attempting (though not entirely successfully) to soften the proceedings. There's an almost deliberate minimalism here, a rejection of the maximalist florals that dominated mainstream perfumery at the turn of the decade. The spice accord never quite overwhelms; instead, it lingers at the edges, a gentle reminder of complexity rather than an assault.
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