There is a particular kind of fragrance that announces itself before you have fully entered the room and lingers well after you have left it. Azzaro Forever Wanted Absolu, launched earlier this year, is emphatically that kind of scent. If you prefer your fragrance to be more intimate, look elsewhere. This one has things to say.
Key Notes
Top Notes: Duo of incense
Heart Notes: Ambery Whisky Accord
Base Notes: Vanilla
My Thoughts
This fragrance is built around vanilla, whiskey, incense, amber and woody base notes.
Forever Wanted Absolu is boozy, sweet and smoky in a combination that sounds, on paper, potentially overwhelming, but works rather well and becomes somewhat addicting the more you smell it. The whiskey note lends a complexity that prevents the vanilla from tipping into something cloying, while the incense and woods provide a base which blends well with the vanilla and whiskey.
It sits, in tone and character, at the more mature end of the sweet fragrance spectrum. Men who have graduated from the fresh, sporty scents of their twenties and are looking for something with more gravity, more warmth, and a certain ease with its own complexity will find a great deal to like here. It is confident, sweet, and smoky.
Projection
The projection is probably what’s going to impress people here. It’s bold and intense. People will smell you before even seeing you. This is not a skin scent, but nor is it trying to be. Forever Wanted Absolu is a fragrance you put on when you want people to know you are wearing a fragrance in the sense that you have made a deliberate choice and are entirely comfortable with others noticing it.
Longevity
Longevity is exceptional. For me, it lasts a good 10 hours. I’ve wore it on a night out and woke up still being able to smell it in the early hours of the morning.
When I would wear it
It is unambiguously a evening fragrance, when you want to smell appealing, sexy and confident. I’d say this suits colder weather, being perfect for months like October and rather less than July. Personally, I don’t think this is a fragrance you’d wear to work. It’s too intense and bold for such an environment.
