Ungaro Pour
l’Homme II is an attractively anachronistic fougèriental that repudiated the early ‘90s trend for clean, metallic smelling masculine scents
and instead took for inspiration Guerlain’s Jicky – the animalic reference launched fully a century prior.
Both fragrances open
with an arresting blast of civet drenched citrus (principally bergamot) atop a
lavender dominated aromatic accord that’s sweetened by a balmy- musky-vanillic
oriental fond.
Where though
Jicky can hardly wait to show off its star base-note ingredient coumarin, whose
pasty, hay-like odour was still novel in perfumery at the time of its
composition, Ungaro II is given a vibrant lift by the addition of geranium oil
which extends the citric top and adds a fresh, manly rosiness to the heart.
Nose: François
Demachy (?)
House: Ungaro
Release date:
1992 (discontinued)
Notes (per
Fragrantica): orange, coriander, lavender, basil, neroli, bergamot lemon, carnation,
ginger, pepper, orris root, jasmine, rose, geranium leather, amber, sandalwood,
tonka bean, patchouli, musk, benzoin, civet, vanilla, cedar.
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