Fragrance Notes
Italian Mandarin
Bergamot
Cardamom
Clary Sage
Cinnamon
Night Blooming Jasmine
Virginia Cedar
Tonka BeanSpirits Absolute Mahogany
There are twelve materials in 18.21 Man Made Spirits Absolute Mahogany Eau de Parfum 100ml and almost all of them pull in the same direction, which is unusual and is the reason to try it.
Italian mandarin, bergamot and cassia bark open together, so the citrus arrives already spiced rather than clean. Cardamom and cinnamon follow within a minute or two, cardamom cool and slightly soapy against cinnamon's dry heat, and clary sage runs underneath all of it with a herbal, slightly sour bitterness that stops the spice reading as a kitchen shelf. Night blooming jasmine is the one soft thing in the composition, more a smoothing agent than a flower you would pick out. Then the bottom half takes over and stays. Virginia cedar is sharp and pencil sharpened, mahogany woods darker and more varnished, and between them they give the scent its name and its character. Tonka bean sits in there doing something closer to an old pipe than to a dessert, Tahitian vanilla bean is used dark and faintly smoky rather than as icing, and golden amber rounds the lot into something warm and resinous that you can still smell on a collar the following morning.
At eau de parfum strength there is enough oil here to make two sprays the sensible dose. It carries properly for the first hour and then settles into a close, dry warmth that lasts most of a day. Autumn and winter suit it, nights rather than mornings, and it is pitched at men without being aggressive about it.
The house behind it began in 2014 when three people from the professional haircare world started building grooming products in Texas. Its colognes are sold as Spirits, a deliberate Prohibition joke that runs through the name itself, taken from the amendment that outlawed drink and the one that restored it. Ownership moved to New World Natural Brands in December 2019.
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