Armani Eau Pour Homme (new)
The 2013 reformulation of Armani's Eau Pour Homme opens with a bright shock of bergamot and basil—green, almost culinary, but pulled back from the kitchen by a cool mineral quality.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 12 accords.
Every perfume in Sillage is represented as a distribution across canonical accord slugs — a lingua franca for scent. Two fragrances with overlapping fingerprints are scent-twins, even if they share no literal note.
- Bergamot70
- Sandalwood65
- Oakmoss55
- Patchouli40
- Rosemary30
By the editors · 2 min readThe 2013 reformulation of Armani's Eau Pour Homme opens with a bright shock of bergamot and basil—green, almost culinary, but pulled back from the kitchen by a cool mineral quality. The basil here reads more botanical than herbaceous, a leafy freshness that keeps the citrus from feeling too sunny or casual.
As it settles, nutmeg introduces a subtle warmth while lily adds a soapy, aqueous texture. This middle phase feels scrubbed and proper, like pressed linen still slightly damp. The combination is oddly austere for something so clean.
The base anchors everything with sandalwood, oakmoss, and patchouli—a classic woody-mossy foundation that feels more restrained than vintage iterations might suggest. This is Armani tailoring translated to scent: streamlined, polished, designed for someone who wants to smell intentional without announcing it. A daytime scent that works equally well in an office or a gallery, provided you're someone who prefers understatement.
