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Azzaro Pour Homme Elixir ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 19 August 2009 8 Comments

Azzaro Pour Homme Elixir cologne for men

Next month, Azzaro launches Azzaro Pour Homme Elixir, a new variation on 1978's Azzaro Pour Homme.

The new spicy amber oriental fragrance was developed by perfumer Michel Girard; the notes feature bergamot, lavender, geranium, oak moss, coumarin, tonka bean, vanilla, benzoin, rockrose, mandarin, lemon, pear and blackcurrant.

Azzaro Pour Homme Elixir will be available in 50 and 100 ml Eau de Toilette. (via moodiereport, osmoz, dfnionline)

Filed Under: new fragrances
Tagged With: azzaro, michel girard

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  1. pyramus says:
    19 August 2009 at 12:09 pm

    This sounds very similar to the original, a classic, but I can’t guess what pear and blackcurrant are doing in there.

    Still, oakmoss (even if it’s synthetic) and tonka-vanilla-benzoin (three sides of the same triangle, really) mean I have to check this out.

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    • Robin says:
      19 August 2009 at 12:31 pm

      Per Osmoz, the original was an aromatic fougere, and this one is decidedly not. I haven’t smelled either so no idea!

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      • pyramus says:
        19 August 2009 at 1:25 pm

        It’s true that they’re listed as being in very different categories, although they can assign it whatever category they want: Bond No. 9 does this all the time, calling Bleecker Street a “woody gourmand oriental” (not a chance) and Lexington Avenue a chypre (THAT one is a gourmand oriental, to my nose).

        I really meant that the list of notes seemed very similar, since the original Azzaro has lavender, geranium, oakmoss, and citrus notes as well. I guess the addition of all those vanillic base notes is enough to turn it into something else, though.

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        • Robin says:
          19 August 2009 at 1:58 pm

          Quite so, but Osmoz goes out of their way to make the point: “The passion-red bottle unveils a juice that is quite different from the original fragrance. Lavender and aromatic herbs have practically disappeared, leaving room for a new, more ambry-woody-spicy theme with a powerful leathery base and sweet, juicy fruity opening”

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  2. Joe says:
    19 August 2009 at 4:07 pm

    After reading all the hoopla about its classic status, I wasn’t overwhelmed by the original ApH. I find the launch of this and those recent Aramis relaunches interesting from the perspective of “revival”. I’ll give them this: most of these scents are a damn sight better than most men’s launches of the past several years. So even if this Elixir is quite different from the original, maybe it will still be better than most. Or maybe it will be related only in name and not in spirit.

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    • Robin says:
      19 August 2009 at 7:47 pm

      Never tried the original so it will all be lost on me!

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  3. yzahbelle says:
    20 August 2009 at 11:54 pm

    not a fan of azzaro perfumes…
    but adding lavander as one of the notes… hmmmm
    maybe my husband will give it a try!?

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    • Robin says:
      21 August 2009 at 9:28 am

      I understand the lavender is stronger in the original Azzaro Pour Homme, so perhaps that’s the one he should try!

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