Millésimé Panama 1924 2010 Eau de Toilette

I already know so many perfumes by now that I usually just glance over everything in perfumeries - my gaze sweeps over the shelves: where is the unknown bottle, the packaging that I haven't seen anywhere else? And well-managed perfumeries can still surprise me.

Recently, I discovered the pretty but inconspicuous bottle of Panama Millesimé at Beauty Affair. At first, I thought of an old acquaintance. But be careful: "Panama" is not only from Boellis but also from Borsalino. Boellis currently offers a Panama 1924 and a Panama Sport on their website - however, the Millesimé can only be found on other websites, along with partially different fragrance pyramids. The one above comes from www.italianshavingshop.com, and I think it fits best.

Panama Millesimé is a reserved, pleasant, and subtle men's fragrance. In its base, it has a rather noble, dignified appeal - fitting for a well-dressed gentleman with a similar hat.

Only one thing stands out clearly here and significantly alters this basic character: there is a very dirty spice. At first, I thought of cumin, but looking at the fragrance pyramid, the ambrette seed also seems plausible to me. Whatever it is, this dirty note does not fit at all with the distinguished Italian gentleman of an older age, to whom one would actually want to offer this Panama. The distinguished gentleman turns into a good buddy - and with the spicy note reminiscent of sweat and body heat, he can easily be invited on a drinking spree, with spicy food as the foundation.

Normally, I don’t like to wear perfumes with dirty spices. I don’t want to smell like I ate too spicy at the Indian restaurant the night before. Yet somehow, the dirty spice in Panama Millesimé comes across so sympathetically that I almost bought it. Only the admission that I wouldn’t actually wear it held me back from the purchase.

But there are plenty of lovers of dirty spice notes!