Invictus Review

Driving Invictus on is a massive, dry woody-amber accord headed by the appropriately named Amber Xtreme. This is overlaid with a familiar smelling fruity-green complex of damascones/dynascone, here sweetened with Ethyl Maltol, as well as a rather simple smelling ozonic-marine accord.

In essence, the perfume a mashup of the three big trends in men’s perfumery since the late '80s, namely: the synthetic-woody; the Cool Water fougère; and the aquatic.

Noses: Veronique Nyberg, Anne Flipo, Olivier Polge and Dominique Ropion.

House: Paco Rabanne

Release date: 2013
Notes (per Fragrantica): grapefruit, marine accord,bay leaf, Hedione jasmine, guaiac wood, patchouli, oak moss, ambergris.