Buying fragrance for someone else at Christmas can feel high risk. But if you want something that’s near impossible to get wrong, let me steer you towards Azzaro The Most Wanted, the brand’s bestseller.
Key Notes
Top note: Red Ginger
Heart note: Incandescent woods accord
Base note: Bourbon Vanilla
My Thoughts
This is a properly masculine scent but not in the old “aftershave your dad wore in the 90s” sense, but in the modern, sexy way. It opens with that warm fougère, ambery, spicy thing that so many men’s fragrances try to do. The caramel and Bourbon vanilla give it this molten, grown up sweetness, while the woods keep it grounded. It’s the sort of scent that makes you involuntarily lean in closer, which may or may not be helpful depending on your current relationship status.
If someone you fancy is wearing this, there’s every chance you’ll find yourself lingering, flirting, and then wondering how, exactly, you ended up snogging them in a doorway at half eleven. It’s that sort of scent.
If you like Armani Stronger With You, you’re absolutely in familiar territory. Same family, same sensual amber-woody warmth, but this feels a touch deeper and more sexier.
Projection
On skin, the sillage starts off strong in the “I smell good and I know it” kind of way. It then settles into something much more intimate as the day goes on. Personally, I like that it quietens down. It becomes the kind of scent someone notices only when they’re close enough to deserve it.
Longevity
The Longevity is excellent. You won’t need to top up unless you’re actively trying to recreate the full early-evening waft.
When I would wear it
This is absolutely a cold-weather fragrance and can be worn at cosy pubs, winter dates or a night out where you might end up brushing past each other more than necessary. A very safe, very sexy Christmas gift that the man you buy it for will surely love, and you’ll love him wearing it too.
