Canali Style (2008)
by Canali

I am trying to like this and paid only a modest amount of money for what is an Italian-made offering. Trying is the operative word because it still smells like a cheap Coty concoction at the minute. But then, so does the new YSL Pour Homme.

12nd April, 2011.

Soft, but distinctive leather start and middle, with a morph into a very light musk dry down. Not particularly complex or startling. I bought my 100ml for $20, so there's no complaint here.

26th October, 2010.

Initially, I loved it, and thought it smelled like a leather furniture store. Now, I really seem to notice the pineapple note. Now I merely like it, but would purchase it again(I paid $19.99 for a 100ml of Italian-made cologne), even thought it smells like a pineapple slice on a couch.

28th August, 2010. (Last Edited: 7th October, 2010.)

Unpleasant fragrance.
Smells like Pledge original furniture polish.

26th June, 2010.

Dark, sombre woods and anice - Italian style. Perfect for a Mafia funeral - capiche?. Sillage and longevity both outstanding. I love it.

4th March, 2010. (Last Edited: 15th March, 2010.)

Somewhere between dark oriental gourmand and leather is where you’ll find Canali Style. There’s a lot of the roasted coffee vibe from Yohji Homme in here, plus some of the powdery licorice of Lolita Lempicka au Masculin, but all these edibles are tempered by a dark, smoky accord which renders the composition far less cloying to me than those other two.

The foundation includes some of the crude, fuzzy, woody base notes that spoil many recent masculines for me, (Guerlain Homme comes to mind,) but in Canali Style’s case the offending accord does not dominate as completely as it does elsewhere. I attribute this to an astringent edge on the lingering leathery accord that effectively cuts the suffocating synthetic blanket. I myself don’t find it original enough to get excited about, but if you enjoy woody gourmand men’s scents and find Lolita Lempicka au Masculin, A*Men, or Le Mâle too sweet or overbearing, Canali Style might be worth a try.

12nd December, 2009.