I was curious about this fragrance but couldn’t get hold of the vintage version which is notoriously more animalic. I came across a tester bottle of the reformulated version in a retail store, put my nose to it... BIBLICAL… purchased it without waiting for the dry-down, and here is the review.
Disclaimer: Understand that for a kid raised on a steady diet of Denim Original in the 80s and 90s like me, Arrogance PH is going to be the ne plus ultra of masculinity.
A big, dark, spicy-citrus, masculine AF opening gives way to a rose and carnation mid, then oakmoss, patchouli, and leather come alive in the dry-down... but it's very spicy throughout. While the newer version lacks the bucketload of civet and castoreum, it's still a manlier fragrance than 99.999% of what's produced today.
Arrogance PH projects very strongly for a couple of hours, and then takes ages before becoming a skin scent. I catch energizing wafts of macho spice repeatedly during the day. Warning: It's like Red Bull, don't wear for bedtime.
Arrogance is not a well-respected perfume. Frag-heads consider it unoriginal, a mish-mash of more popular fragrances that preceded it. Azzaro Pour Homme with a shotgun. Denim Original with sunglasses and an Uzi. Good enough for me!
Masculinity Level: Snake Plissken, WWIII hero turned criminal. The apex of badassery.
