Nik lives in “dreary London” and has the January blues at the moment…he is dreaming of the Portuguese and Greek coasts where he usually goes for holidays. He wants to find a summer citrus with a little more lasting power than the usual hour or so that most summer citruses can muster, and he’d like something a little more interesting going on beneath the bonnet/hood. Probably he’d like something newer on the market, but he’s open to suggestions.
The perfect scent would be a “bracing spritz of citrus, dry, with an interesting backbone”, and he’d like to keep the cost at around £100 ($122) if possible.
Can we help?
Here is what we know about Nik:
He’s a 40 year old male.
He trained and worked as an actor for the first part of his career; currently he’s a screen writer and teacher.
Since getting Covid back in 2020, pronounced iris notes smell really awful to him.
Fragrances he has owned in the past that are along the right lines include…
The original Hermès Eau d’Orange Verte. He found the concentrate less interesting.
Santa Maria Novella Sicilia. He used to wear this a lot but tried it on recently in a store and found it a little too “candied orange”.
Comme des Garçons Rhubarb (now discontinued).
Various old school colognes that remind him of his dad, like DR Harris Twenty Nine, DR Harris Arlington and Alvarez Gomez Colonia.
Nik has also been known to steal Carthusia Mediterraneo and Hermès Un Jardin Sur Le Nil from his girlfriend, but neither is exactly what he’s after…the green tea element in the Carthusia smells too feminine to him and the Hermès just smells more “perfumey” than a cologne.
What say you?
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