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Guilty Pour Homme
Gucci Guilty Pour Homme Parfum 50ml holds the strongest concentration in the men's range and the shortest formula in it, three materials and nothing else, which takes some confidence at this end of a line.
Lavandin opens it. It is the larger, sharper hybrid of the herb, grown for yield rather than for finesse, more camphorous and less floral than its parent plant, and at parfum strength it arrives with a bite that the lighter bottles in the family never have.
Cistus is the interesting decision in the middle. It is the resinous gum taken from a Mediterranean shrub, dark and sweet with a faintly leathery, balsamic warmth, and it is the thing that turns a herbal opening into something dense and slightly ecclesiastical. Very few mainstream masculine scents use it, and it is the reason this does not smell like a reformulated version of what came before.
Patchouli is the entire base. Earthy, damp and a little sweet, it has nothing competing with it, so the drydown is unusually legible: you can smell precisely what you are wearing, which is rarer than it should be. A parfum carries more oil than an eau de parfum, and in this case that buys longevity rather than volume. Ten hours is realistic, with the scent sitting close to the body after the first hour instead of filling a room, so two sprays is the ceiling. It suits men, autumn and winter, and the evening, and 50ml at this strength is a long term purchase rather than a summer whim.
Gucci dates from 1921, when Guccio Gucci opened in Florence with luggage and travel cases, and the equestrian hardware, loafers and clothing all followed. Kering owns the company, and its fragrances are developed and produced by outside licensees.
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