Steam clean, white and dressy

A fragrance I've always imagined and dreamed of finding would be something that smells very white, steam clean (metallic is ok, just not thin and sharp like say, chrome), laundry-esque but better. Purity. But, I want it to be masculine.

The closest scent to what I'm imagining is Narciso Rodriguez's Essence - it has it all, the steam clean aldehydes, the white feel thanks to iris and a kind of white rose note. Some sharp lemon, cashmeran and laundry esque notes without smelling too cheap. White musk but well blended. But.. it comes across as too feminine on my skin. The rose/iris/benzoin gets an almost sultry edge to its clean cut character.

The next closest scent I've found is Sartorial. I'd tell you where it doesn't meet the mark exactly, except I have not been able to revisit it since wearing it last over a year ago, because I wore it the night I found out my mom was admitted to the hospital, and the associations there are strong and painful. I do remember though it wasn't quite what I had in mind. It was perhaps too traditionally fougere like. I know, it's very modern as far as fougeres come, but it still doesn't have the same level of modernity as Essence - with its relatively weightless sheen.

Mugler Cologne has the steam clean feel but does not strike my nose as being 'white' in any way. Outrageous! by FM also has the steam clean feel but has too much color and is too playful. The scent I dream of will be more clean/fresh/elegant. Bvlgari Man comes close, but it is too.. I don't know. Not elegant enough, perhaps? I think if Bvlgari Man was a bit less woody/starchy and had a sheer rose note (ala Essence or the rose in Xerjoff's Uden) it would be perfect.

I'm imagining the scent I dream of will probably feature iris, and quite possibly rose. Tonka, light cedars or sandalwoods, etc.

So, does this scent exist?

Infusion d'Homme is indeed close but not quite right. I wish I could pinpoint exactly why but I'm not sure. A bit too starchy perhaps. It's been a long time since I've tried it though so I will definitely revisit, as it is at least very close to what I'm imagining! Thanks for the recommendations so far guys

Dry clean sounds awesome. I love bay and guiacwood, and they both meld so well w/ rose. I'll definitely be checking that out. Heck, they all sound good although i'm not sure i'll be able to find the Sissel Tolaas's.

And Aqua Universalis? Well, there are reasons that it doesn't fit the bill here, but I'm not sure I'm er, qualified to mention them.

Alright, I'm gone for the weekend now (yup, still no internet on the weekends. Argh!)

All of these suggestions have been VERY good so far. I've tried most of them (those I mentioned earlier and also Invasion Barbare, Helmut Lang edc) and I can totally see why people recommended them but it's still not quite right.

The key element is that the scent smell very white or perhaps silvery, but without smelling too thin/sharp. Romance Silver, for instance is kind of a nice metallic silver, but it's a bit thin and too greyish. Honestly, I wish I could just up the woods and tone down the rose and sweet musks in Narciso's Essence. It would be perfect!

Has anyone tried the other Essences? The musk version, iridescent version, etc? How do they compare to the original?

Oh, another scent that comes close is Omnia Crystalline, just for reference.

Thank you for all the suggestions. It was wonderful to come back to a thread filled with suggestions! Also, in the original post I forgot to emphasize one of the other most important qualities - it needs to be more than just clean and white and pure, but elegant, too! Rich, of sorts. Like laundry detergent or dryer sheets, maybe, but so much richer that people wouldn't mistake it for something you'd find at the local store.

More comments on the suggestions made that I've already tried:

Invasion barbare - great suggestion and great fragrance. This has the depth and elegance that I'm looking for, which all too many clean, white-shirt scents do not. Alas, there's a synthetic in the drydown that bothers me a bit, and the scent reads a bit too much like shaving cream to my nose. Granted, this would be the most expensive shaving cream that only a prince could afford, but shaving cream all the same.

Pour Le Matin - a great scent, just not elegant enough for what I am thinking. I want a more assertive floral element in the middle, and the lavender/iris here is wonderful but more comforting than elegant.

Nasomatto Silver musk - I've heard this is similar to Bvlgari PH, which I just retested over the weekend. Bvlgari PH gets close to what I'm looking for, actually, but there's a thick musk in it that I find very off putting and it becomes more and more prominent as it dries down.

Molecule 01 - too basic, although the idea is there. I'm not a fan of iso e when it is naked, though.

Gendarme, Puro Lino, etc - I've not tried these, but are they elegant at all? I actually did smell some variant of Gendarme long ago and I remember it being very clean and detergent-esque, but not particularly elegant. More casual and comforting.

L'Anonyme - sounds interesting - clean and pure but with a geranium note. Geranium is one of my favorite notes when well used.

Lalique White - this sounds really good. Curious if it's at all similar to Honour Man, since Honour Man is close to what I'm imagining but Honour becomes too dry/woody for me.

Cartier Eau de Cartier - somehow Cartier always slips under my radar. I hadn't even heard of this scent, but it sounds really quite good. I wasn't thinking violet originally, but I can see how that would work in this context.

ok... there are many other good suggestions but if I keep this up I'll be writing a small book.

Also, I should add that I think I may have found - and had, all along - the scent that I was dreaming of. What scent is that, you ask? Amouage's Silver Man. I don't know why I never really got into this scent with prior samplings. I first sampled it a few years ago and really liked it, but was more wowed with Reflection Man and ended up buying a bottle of that instead. Silver is far more refined and, I thought, less interesting than the rather bombastic Reflection. But now Reflection seems like it is trying too hard to impress, while Silver Man is still standing there, quietly, as trimmed and proper as ever.

I totally forgot I had a sample of it and managed to stumble across it while looking for some other samples. I had a sniff and had a bit of a eureka moment. Foetidus's review of this is spot on and it has a particularly choice quote:
"I have a difficult time describing it, except to say that it has a strong element of dryer sheet accord to it—granted, it is a profusely opulent dryer sheet with abundant depth and refinement."

I agree with that sentiment. An opulent dryer sheet indeed, amidst a wonderful frankincense note. What an unexpected juxtaposition - but how beautiful! The sharpness of the incense contrasts wonderfully with the smooth musk, slightly indolic flowers, and hints of powder. It manages to smell like dryer sheets, sort of, but never descends into the cheap/scratchy musks that are so prominent in so many of these scents (which is one thing that plagues NR's Essence, in the later dry down).

Still, this may be too opulent for regular wear - as I'm not the type that likes to dress up often - so I'll be checking out as many of the suggestions that I can reasonably get my hands on.

edit: just for reference, the notes of Silver are
Top notes: plum, bergamot, mandarin, orange blossom

Heart notes: jasmine, rose, orchid, ylang-ylang, heliotrope

Base notes: amber, musk, patchouli, sandalwood, vetiver, frankincense

I think it's the use of heliotrope here that is blowing my mind. It does make it smell somewhat like Boucheron by Jaipur, but Silver is a bit 'thinner', more modern and less stuffy.

I'm going to have to revisit Himalaya - a great suggestion btw - as it definitely has some similarities to Silver although I recall Himalaya's dry down being a bit more masculine and peppery. Himalaya, like Silver, is a scent I never really gave proper attention to because it was perhaps too "well blended." I was always seeking the odd, the stuff that pushed the boundaries, and Himalaya and Silver didn't, although I do think Silver actually does raise the bar in its respective genre! Perhaps Himalaya does, too? I'll have to try it again and find out. I just hope there's some juice left in my sample - it's about 4 years old and they tend to evaporate.

A great suggestion. I love and hate this frag, but regardless if its a love or hate day, I am always intrigued by it. That milky-lactonic quality is very interesting, and the way the salty vetiver pokes through the clean vanilla and orange blossom is intriguing. Bittersweet. I'll have to wear this again - sometimes I think it captures all the parts I love of Reflection Man while dropping the parts I am ambivalent about. Other times F32 just seems a synthetic, but interesting, mess.

Does anyone wear this successfully in the summer heat? It seems like it would be too thick and milky for high heat. The times I've been most inspired to wear this scent is on cloudless and very sunny winter days.