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Zegna Colonia by Ermenegildo Zegna ~ new fragrance

Zegna Colonia

Ermenegildo Zegna has launched Zegna Colonia, the line’s latest fragrance for men:

With Zegna Colonia, the brand unveils its personal vision of ‘la Dolce Vita’. A parenthesis of peaceful happiness bathed in the warm embrace of the Italian sun. A snapshot of an elegant silhouette and the entrancing eyes of a man dressed in white linen, captured in the space of an instant…

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Salvador Dali Black Sun Sport, Victorinox Swiss Army Swiss Unlimited ~ new fragrances

Salvador Dali Black Sun Sport cologne for menSalvador Dali will launch Black Sun Sport, a flanker to 2007's Black Sun for men. Like Black Sun, Black Sun Sport was developed by perfumer Antoine Lie, and the new scent is “designed to accompany the modern man in his active, sporting life”.

The woody citrus fragrance features notes of yuzu, nutmeg, geranium, cedar, amber and musk…

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Cerruti L’Essence de Cerruti ~ new fragrance

Cerruti L'Essence de Cerruti cologne for menCerruti will launch L'Essence de Cerruti, a new modern musky leather scent for men, in February. L'Essence de Cerruti "caters to a more sophisticated, classic taste than Cerruti’s previous fragrance, 1881 Black".

The fragrance was developed by perfumer Antoine Lie, and the notes include bergamot, white pepper, leather, saffron, sensuous woods, musk, amber and cedar…

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Davidoff Adventure ~ fragrance review

Ewan McGrefor for Davidoff Adventure cologne for men

For Davidoff Adventure, my inspiration has been what I dream about adventure…a dream of wild nature where bright colors and hot spices blend with the humid freshness of the rainforest and the sensuality of exotic woods,” Antoine Lie, perfumer*

I don’t know how much traveling Lie has done, but with Adventure, he’s stayed on the beaten path and only dreamed of wild places and rough journeys. Davidoff, who may have reined in Lie’s more daring ideas, makes many claims in its Adventure ad campaign: Adventure “explores uncharted fragrance territory” “is daring and elemental” and was “inspired by … wildernesses and raw, masculine emotion.” “Rainforest,” “wild earth,” “intense thrill,” “discovery,” “exoticism,” and “challenge” are reference points for the aura Adventure aspires to capture. This is all reminiscent of Ralph Lauren’s ad campaign for its Polo (armchair) Explorer fragrance…

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Etat Libre d’Orange Tom of Finland ~ fragrance review

Tom of Finland drawingAccording to État Libre d’Orange and the Tom of Finland Foundation, Touko Laaksonen (a.k.a. Tom of Finland) “was one of the most influential artists of the last century” and before he began creating his beefcake illustrations in the 1950s, gay men went around lisping and limp-wristed, dressed in chiffon or dandy garb or they huddled — scared, bony and uptight — in dark corners, nervously adjusting their ties, cardigans and horn-rimmed specs. In other words, gay life, pre-Tom of Finland, was full of flamers and nerds. Perhaps Tom of Finland’s aesthetic influenced the world of fashion (and ‘gym culture’) for some gay men who hopped onto his brawny bandwagon and dressed in tight jeans and t-shirts, leather boots and jackets.

État Libre d’Orange Tom of Finland was created by perfumer Antoine Lie and contains aldehydes, lemon, birch leaves, cypress, galbanum, pine, suede, musk, gray amber, pepper, saffron, tonka bean, iris, geranium, vanilla, vetiver, and styrax. Men, as you spray on Tom of Finland don’t be afraid; keep in mind it “has no sexual orientation”

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