Top Notes 
Lavender
Rosemary
Tarragon
Aniseed
Neroli
Bergamot
Heart Notes 
Fern
Cedar
Cyclamen
Patchouli
Carnation
Geranium
Base Notes 
Oakmoss
Tonka bean
Leather
Musk
Amber
01/02/2025
Noturfave
91 Reviews
Noturfave
1
Fearless and aromatic fougere. Absolutely up to no good.
This opens with a heavy blast of green herbs, the ones you'd commonly use in Italian cooking. I almost swear there's cumin in the initial blast, because it's somewhat musty like body odor. Then there is a lovely anisic, sweet tarragon, and the whole thing is anchored by smoke and patchouli.
From my 2024 point of view, this smells like a man with a moustache or beard, or at least hairy chested, with most of the buttons open on his shirt. He has a lot of confidence. He is definitely above 30. He's bold, imposing, and might even be wearing some gold on his fingers or neck. (Sorry - but this evokes Tony Soprano).
I could also imagine a woman. A badass butch - the kind of woman who would wear Bandit (1944) Parfum - dressed in a full suit and trousers, with suspenders, reminding me of Madonna in her best suit looks, or Marlene Dietrich in drag in The Blue Angel, or the Bandit advertisement in the 1940s, with the women dressed all in black and parading with their knives, masks and crowbars to rob banks and generally get up to no good.
It's quite traditionally masculine, but anyone with confidence can pull this off. As long as you're okay with smelling different than everyone else.
Today, this fragrance will be considered old-fashioned. This is the kind of thing you might get scoffed at for wearing in public. However, for me in 2024 - nothing smells like this. This is complex and incredibly exciting. If someone bottled up something just like this today, I don't know if it would sell, but it would be obvious to everyone what incredible quality, craft and lasting power this has.
Sorry, I've gone on too long, but I think this is a great one. It conjures the smells of the human body - its sweat, its odor, its musk - in a way that most fragrances never do these days. In a culture obsessed with hygiene, this one is dirty, sexy and subversive.
From my 2024 point of view, this smells like a man with a moustache or beard, or at least hairy chested, with most of the buttons open on his shirt. He has a lot of confidence. He is definitely above 30. He's bold, imposing, and might even be wearing some gold on his fingers or neck. (Sorry - but this evokes Tony Soprano).
I could also imagine a woman. A badass butch - the kind of woman who would wear Bandit (1944) Parfum - dressed in a full suit and trousers, with suspenders, reminding me of Madonna in her best suit looks, or Marlene Dietrich in drag in The Blue Angel, or the Bandit advertisement in the 1940s, with the women dressed all in black and parading with their knives, masks and crowbars to rob banks and generally get up to no good.
It's quite traditionally masculine, but anyone with confidence can pull this off. As long as you're okay with smelling different than everyone else.
Today, this fragrance will be considered old-fashioned. This is the kind of thing you might get scoffed at for wearing in public. However, for me in 2024 - nothing smells like this. This is complex and incredibly exciting. If someone bottled up something just like this today, I don't know if it would sell, but it would be obvious to everyone what incredible quality, craft and lasting power this has.
Sorry, I've gone on too long, but I think this is a great one. It conjures the smells of the human body - its sweat, its odor, its musk - in a way that most fragrances never do these days. In a culture obsessed with hygiene, this one is dirty, sexy and subversive.
ChicoRoch1
