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Editor’s note pending — every credited perfumer eventually gets a written profile here.
The compositions
Tempore Donna
Tempore Donna opens with a trio of tropical-fruity notes that root it firmly in the late 1990s: pineapple and peach over lemon, bright and slightly synthetic in the manner of the period's best fruity florals.
1881 Amber pour Homme
Cerruti 1881 Summer Fragrance pour Homme
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The opening is a taut contrast: pear and plum offer coolness and weight, but not sweetness in the conventional sense.
Boss Intense
Boss Intense keeps things simple — a brief orange blossom opening before vanilla and rose arrive together, a soft-sweet floral combination that gives the fragrance its intimacy.
Boss Soul
A shower of bergamot and cardamom opens with surprising brightness before anise introduces a cooler, almost medicinal edge.
Hugo Woman
Hugo Woman opens with a watermelon-and-peach brightness that reads like a mid-nineties time capsule—aquatic but grounded, synthetic yet oddly appealing in its cleanness.
Naomi Campbell
The opening arrives with unexpected sharpness—star anise cutting through a haze of coconut and soft white florals, bergamot lending brightness without sweetness.
Exult
Wish Turquoise Diamond
Betty Barclay Woman
Pink Tonic
Comme Une Evidence Green for Men
Comme Une Evidence l'Eau
The opening is bright and transparent—green tea steamed over citrus, with a watery clarity that keeps everything light.