Canali Men (2005)
by Canali

only for the smell. I GIVE THUMBS UP. Longevity is so bad on this one , maybe my skin

27th January, 2012.

A complex cocktail of citrus, fruits, greens, florals, spices, woods, balsams, resins and leather. Being it a modern designer fragrance is synthetic but not in an untollerable way. The starting is pleasantly crisp, aromatic and watery as a green trasparent fruity fluid with the tasty undertone of tangerine, pineapple and apple sweetened by spices, nutmeg in particular. The floral notes of jasmine and iris imprint sophistication while, in agreement with fruits, set a sort of deep, almost edible, melancholy feel. The usage of violet, fortunately moderate, is a support for the citrusy crispiness but is balanced by the powderiness of iris. The evolution is woody and ambery with a sort of bitter aftertaste (may be the link of cedar, vetiver and tonka) and a barely perceivable touch of suede. An office's fragrance subtle, discreet but a bit common and in the same vein of YSL L'Homme, Capucci, Imprinting and many others.

3rd October, 2011. (Last Edited: 7th October, 2011.)

Canali Men was bitter and unpleasant on me. Nobody else has used the word "bitter" to describe it yet, and I'm wondering where all these reports of a fruity, floral leather scent came from. It smelled something like a stale cigar with nutmeg to me. Strange.

24th July, 2011.

Yet another fruity amber pointed directly towards men. Rises above the dreck by focusing on pineapple instead of sour apple and guaiac wood instead of cedar. Has sort of a new clothes smell that you encounter at the entrance of Bachrach. Good but...like being the best player on a bad team.

2nd July, 2011.

Just another fragrance with no purpose. Canali does absolutely nothing for me. It reeks of so many different notes that it's hard to pull apart, it's just a synthetic smelling mess. I guess it's fair to say that everything is blended together very smoothly, but I don't know what it is I'm smelling. Grapes, lemons, berries, woods, leather, tobacco and spices along with many other fruits, citrus, florals, etc.. all in one huge accord. It doesn't by any means smell bad, but very boring, and uninspired.

This fragrance is kind of along the lines of Allure, in terms of genre. It doesn't really fit in any genre.. I got one we can put them both in.. "synthetic city".

24th October, 2010.

I have to agree with Ranger.
Love the top-notes. The longevity issue has'nt always been this way though (when I first used it in '06 I got around 9 to 10 hours out of it). Perfect scent for the summer just to bad it doesnt stay on as long.

17th October, 2010.