Wanna dote on dad
but can't figure out what to pick up for Pap's Day? Follow
your nose.
1.
Allure
Homme by Chanel
($48.50 for a 3.4-ounce spray at Nordstrom, Meier &
Frank and Saks Fifth Avenue)
Images of sipping champagne out of riding boots come to
mind soon after applying this light floral scent. Introduced
last December, Chanel's soapy-smooth fragrance seems more
appropriate for the months of May through October. If plans
include spring picnics or twilight summer strolls, even
the most rugged fellow can get away with this blooming blend.
The smell is so sweet, though, that it will likely be the
year-round choice of fancy lads and New Romantics.
2.
Emporio
Armani
($52.50 for a 3.4-ounce spray at Nordstrom, Meier &
Frank and Saks Fifth Avenue)
This scent comes in a black streamlined canister with no
text mucking up its clean finish. The cologne is fresh and
distinctive while not overbearing; it has a woody, smoky-sweet
quality, kind of like the smell of new money burning in
a campfire. The press kit speaks of the eau de toilette's
"eternally modern" style and notes that "as we approach
the next millennium, a turn-of-the-century couple emerges--masculine
and feminine, individual yet intertwined." I'm not sure
what that means, but if you don't know what you'll be doing
on Dec. 31, 1999, at least now you know what you should
smell like.
3.
Le Male
by Jean Paul Gaultier
($65 for a 4.2-ounce spray at Nordstrom and Saks Fifth Avenue)
Everything about Gaultier's cologne screams sex. From the
frosted, striped blue bottle in the shape of a male dancer's
body to the musky, leathery finish of its contents, Le Male
presupposes a wicked, wonderful world in which to play.
It's not surprising that many women sneak a spritz of Le
Male for themselves: This scent matches the pervading sexual
rubric of modern life, the anything-goes, bicoastal-meets-bi-curious-for-a-quickie
quality of hooking up. So throw on the latest Massive Attack
disc, grab the first thing that moves and splash about.
4.
Le Dandy
by D'Orsay
($75 for a 3.4-ounce spray at the Perfume House, 3328
SE Hawthorne Blvd., 234-5375)
The Paris perfumery D'Orsay, put off by the proliferation
of commercial fragrances, quit production in the 1960s,
resuming only last year. This sweet, citrusy blend in a
simple glass bottle is subtler and more interesting than
most colognes. We found Le Dandy at the Perfume House, which
carries over 350 men's fragrances--exotic colognes from
all over the world, including Prometeus from Russia and
Amouage, which was apparently commissioned by the sultan
of Amman.
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Willamette Week | originally
published June 16, 1999
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