Pheromone for Men (1999)
by Marilyn Miglin

Pherómone opens with a rather raspy herbal accord… There’s more scratchiness involved in the opening than can be explained by the herbal (basil – thyme) heart notes – I don’t know where the raspy tone is coming from, but I find it more interesting than annoying. I think my confusion might be confounded by the honey from the base of the fragrance, which supplies a sharply sweet, somewhat urinous note that clashes with the thyme note. The herbal rusticness is pretty much all I get from Pherómone. As with some other Marilyn Miglin fragrances I’ve tried, I don’t get much of a base: they seem to either be very short lived or they last but are linear. In the case of this fragrance, it has good sillage and very good longevity.

I don’t dislike the fragrance, but I’m not sure I like it very much, either – it will take a lot of getting-used to for me to get a positive feeling for it. It is interesting though… and unique. Like other Miglin fragrances, it is Miglin-unique and not a copycat of some other fragrance. Pherómone’s herbal scratchiness and slight dissonance set it worlds apart from the usual run of designer fragrances. It reminds me a bit of a gentler, kinder Sud Est by Romeo Gigli. If I had been doing a blind test on this, I would have thought it a niche fragrance…

7th June, 2011.

This is a throw back that never goes out of style. My friend for this for years before he passed. I smelled this every single day for five years while working together. The scent is unforgettable. I don't know where people come up with this hairspray idea. The Pheromone collection is brilliant and Marilyn Miglin sure knows how to create a scent for man. I stand behind this 110%.

17th February, 2011.

You have to consider the Miglin Institute note on that: made up of 100 natural oils, it is very complex and fascinating. More complex than Antaeus too (supposed of being a sum of up to 92 compounds!). I'm really fascinated with this. The perfume is dark, persistent, natural not in a semplicistic way. I do not detect the synthetic note supposed to be here. May be that the "hair spray" touche at the very beginning is something to be considered in the fair light.
It somehow similar to Nino Cerruti pour Homme of the 80es, which was outstanding stuff. The bottle is not so nice, but if you are the kind of man able to wait to make this perfume grown on you, please try. It could be a BIG SURPRISE.

14th January, 2011.

This is an astringent and decidedly synthetic-smelling melange. I do get the hair spray aroma, but there is more than that in the frag. I also detect a musty incense-like aspect combined with fresh and herbal accords. It becomes more attractive in the dry down, but I am not sure this fragrance can overcome its "chemical-like" insinuation. The appeal of this one definitely has to be a subjective taste, so I would never recommend it.

24th April, 2010.

Use with a light hand. Spray it on heavy and you and everyone around you will pay with a headache. Lightly applied, its rather forgiving. It's a dusty green scent that comes off clean, but not in a fresh modern way.

I wear it often, but lightly. It's from the same era as Kouros, so that should tell you something.

29th March, 2010.

smells like emergency room in hospital

20th March, 2010.