Some men smell vaguely musty. You walk into their houses or sit next to them on the bus and you know what their laundry baskets smell like. (My theory, based on many years of membership at a food co-op, is that many of the musty men are vegans.) Some men smell intensely personal, like you're smelling their raw flesh. Smelling this kind of man makes me uncomfortable. It's too intimate. Other men have a natural tantalizing fragrance that is gently spicy and musky. A whiff of this scent is more intoxicating than a cocktail. To me, Parfums MDCI Invasion Barbare smells like that type of man after he's showered with lavender and bergamot soap.

You might see MDCI and try to translate it from Roman numerals. In fact, it stands for Marchal Design & Créations Indépendantes, after Claude Marchal, Parfums MDCI's founder...

There are three fragrances for women, all created by perfumer Francis Kurkdjian:

Promesse de l'Aube is an oriental floral:

The head notes express the exhalations of an enchanting bergamot, enhanced by touches of mandarin of Brazil and California lemon. The olfactive ballet goes on with heart notes built around Ylang ylang and Egyptian jasmin...