Top Notes 
Bitter orange
Brazilian peppermint
Heart Notes 
Grass
Herbaceous notes
Chinese ginger
Base Notes 
White musk
La Réunion vetiver
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Unjustly Banned!
It is what it claims to be: certainly not a scent-maker, even if this has largely gone unrecognized and unappreciated. That’s why "Emporio Armani City Glam for Him" now resides in perfume heaven. It embodies an aura that appears mysteriously fresh yet smoothly alluring, prompting the question of what creates this wonderful scent microcosm.
The shine of the city has received an olfactory profile. But what is City Glam(our)? That is the core question that is not so easy to answer. Literally, just as it pertains to the scent, because the abstract allure is hard to fathom. When a fragrance withstands every analysis, it is usually not a bad sign. Especially since the perfume is not aloof because it seems faceless. Subtle masculinity is elegant. It is as sweet as it is lightly citrusy bitter, but also woody or refreshingly cool and yet smooth in a comforting sense, sometimes almost powdery. A diamond indeed has many facets.
A city does too, and the glamorous sides of it are filtered out here. No single component dominates; rather, they interact in such a way that each individual character blurs, but the overall work is not diluted. This may lead to confusion, as "City Glam" is not a bomb of intensity; it prefers the quieter tones, yet it possesses so much charisma that its charm is not solely due to understatement. How it achieves this is not exactly known; it can only be guessed at.
Bitter orange is lightly refreshed by a kiss of mint, but hardly noticeable, rather discreet - ginger lends the harmony a slight sharpness, and the green woody notes nestle the whole thing in a masculine context. In the background, white musk resonates, which here serves not only as a fixative but also has the opportunity to spread its own character.
This is incredibly sexy and wonderfully apt in the overall package when it comes to representing the elusive and mysterious glamour of the city in fragrance form. Not literally as a questionable best of city scents, but one knows exactly what Annick Ménardo and Olivier Cresp intended when one gets to experience it - namely to portray the shine of a metropolis. This is achieved in a brilliant manner and results in the most underestimated fragrance masterpiece of recent years. Pure glamour with an incredible amount of appeal and substance. "City Glam" is both illusion and reality!
The shine of the city has received an olfactory profile. But what is City Glam(our)? That is the core question that is not so easy to answer. Literally, just as it pertains to the scent, because the abstract allure is hard to fathom. When a fragrance withstands every analysis, it is usually not a bad sign. Especially since the perfume is not aloof because it seems faceless. Subtle masculinity is elegant. It is as sweet as it is lightly citrusy bitter, but also woody or refreshingly cool and yet smooth in a comforting sense, sometimes almost powdery. A diamond indeed has many facets.
A city does too, and the glamorous sides of it are filtered out here. No single component dominates; rather, they interact in such a way that each individual character blurs, but the overall work is not diluted. This may lead to confusion, as "City Glam" is not a bomb of intensity; it prefers the quieter tones, yet it possesses so much charisma that its charm is not solely due to understatement. How it achieves this is not exactly known; it can only be guessed at.
Bitter orange is lightly refreshed by a kiss of mint, but hardly noticeable, rather discreet - ginger lends the harmony a slight sharpness, and the green woody notes nestle the whole thing in a masculine context. In the background, white musk resonates, which here serves not only as a fixative but also has the opportunity to spread its own character.
This is incredibly sexy and wonderfully apt in the overall package when it comes to representing the elusive and mysterious glamour of the city in fragrance form. Not literally as a questionable best of city scents, but one knows exactly what Annick Ménardo and Olivier Cresp intended when one gets to experience it - namely to portray the shine of a metropolis. This is achieved in a brilliant manner and results in the most underestimated fragrance masterpiece of recent years. Pure glamour with an incredible amount of appeal and substance. "City Glam" is both illusion and reality!
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