Sharp Masculine

Howdy all.

Let's give this one a try: These days, perfumers seem to run from the idea of a - sharp - perfume. 

I Suppose because it's out of fashion and wouldn't much sell, né bubblegum. 

That hasn't always been that way? 

But to begin with, I should hope I don't have to explain what SHARP means.. Then again, some don't seem to get it. 

SHARP is not in re dress code. 

Also I'm not referring to the alcohol blast in the opening, nor the citrus top note, disappearing after 5 or even 15 minutes. 

Preferably, there should be sharpness throughout, all the way into the drydown. 

SHARPNESS can be:

Animalic (hyrax zoologist) 

Citrus (Bergamask Orto Parisi) 

Woody (Aoud Musk, Black Afgano) 

Spicy (Sauvage Elixier?) 

Citric (Oud Isphahan) 

Leather? (most leather these days is soft suede and boring AF, but I think leather can be animalic sharp as well, though I don't remember any examples rn) 

In addition, it needs to be powerful, good projection and longevity ad minimum 14+ hours. 24+ hours preferred. 

Sharp

Masculine

Aromatic

Strong 

I have examples of the above, but unfortunately 4 out of 5 Perfumes I find usually are not sharp in nature. 

Carven leau intense Was recommended as sharp. Sharp?? You've GOT to be kidding me. It's the very antithesis of sharp. 

Quorum Silver. Sharp in the top, then not. 

My nose finds most all Perfumes that are not piercing, that don't have that singeing bite, veeeery boring. 

'Sweet, soft, SMOOTH, warm...' 

No thank you. For women, OK. Not on me. 

Please comment with realistic recommendations, I'd appreciate them. But please remember what I mean by SHARP. The character of a perfume is defined by what's dominating it. It has to be 'out of balance' in the direction of sharp, to be called thus. 

Take a sweet perfume. Some scent with some mild, underlying amber sweetness, well covered by spicy and other aromatic notes can hardly be called SWEET, just because there's one small, slightly sweet note hidden in there somewhere. 

Same for sharp. It has to be noticeably, distinctly SHARP. 

Sorry if I sound like I'm talking to a retard, but Perfumes are so difficult to fathom and explain that it seems to be necessary to be as clear as can be. 

Thank y'all. 

If you’re looking for sharpness you could give Crystal Saffron Eau de Parfum a good old sniff. Your nose will need a couple of days off to recover.

Thank You SIR 😁

Will take a look! 😁 

Interlude Man Herbal/smoky

Overture Man Boozy/sweaty

Opus VII - Reckless Leather Spicy as hell

Opus XIII - Silver Oud Barnyard/smoky

Opus XV - King Blue Barnyard/fruity

"Luxor | XerJoff" Barnyard/honey

Beach Hut Man Mega sharp greenery

Sultan Vetiver The sharpest vetiver

Unutamam Spicy/animalic

Afrika-Olifant Leather/animalic

Two immediately come to mind:

Beach Hut Man

Perseus

Probably both a citrus sharpness.

Good recommendations above. I'd also suggest Signature Leather Tabac. Very dry, sharp and dirty, almost sour in the dry down.

Thank You SIR 😁

I will look into those.. Beach hut man, really? 😁 Wouldn't have tho so..

Really like Unutamam, have a backup bottle! 😎

Beach Hut Man is the sharpest, most dense green I know, none of that light, airy bs.

Bitter/spicy ivy is a lot more prominent than mint. And moss is always sharp/masculine.

Not to mention galbanum, that note alone is sharper than a thousand citrus fragrances.

Looking at it since yesterday. Thank you kindly good Sir for the recommendation! 😁

Thus far...

Afrikan Olifant

Beach Hut Man 

Sultan Vetiver 

Leather Tabac 

Are on the list. 

BTW Re the Olifant. Would you say that it's sharp? Masculine? And animalic as hyrax or less? Hyrax is a top shelver for me, fantastic on my skin.

Olifant sounds like the ticket! 😁 😎

It's sharp and masculine, but I think it's easier to pull off than Hyrax. Think of it as an interplay between sweet resins and pungent, almost fecal animalics on a leathery base. Jorge Lee is slept on, this is artisan perfumery level of sharp contrasts.

My woman hates it but asks me to put it on when it's about to go down. She would literally text or call me that she'll be home in an hour and tells me to "put on the black and gold one that stinks." Needless to say, I gladly oblige.

So yeah, it's that kind of an animalic. Stinky but deeply sexual. Jorge knows his stuff.

I'll butt in, IMO Afrika-Olifant is way more animalic that Hyrax . Hyrax really didn't do much for me. After about 30 minutes or so, I just got a weak leathery type of scent. Olifant is on a whole other level. It's at the top of my buy list for this year.

Another one that you might like is Varuek . Spicy/animalic. Definite wet fur accord (to me, at least). I really have to investigate the Prin house this year.

Wow, OK that's what I suspected. This is the way to use animalics...

OK noice, I'm leaning towards the Olifant, heeheeheee...

Whoa that Wolf sounds interesting, thank so much for the tip! This forum is a treasure trove...

OK dude, payback time.   😃    Which ones have you found or have that meet your criteria, outside of the ones mentioned in your original post?

Heeheeheee oki doke... 

But there isn't so much more, alas ... 

Let me see: I just mention all my top shelfers. 

Unutamam

Aoud Musk (apparently identical to nasomatto duro?) 

Hyrax 

Bergamask

Oud Isphahan

More than words (but too tropical fruity for me, really, so goes down to 2nd shelf) 

Intense Incense 

Amouage Figment Man 

Black Afgano (after some time it actually becomes pretty good!) 

Good ones but not top shelf because not sharp:

Interlude

Interlude black iris (bubble gum opening, not good. Powdery slightly sweet drydown, so so. GREAT heart, smoky, masculine, spicy, sexy musky. Lasts 3 days on skin, impressive) 

Tobacco Rush afnan. Cheapie but no clone far as I know. Not sharp but aromatic AF and laaaaasts... Burt Reynolds style black plastic leather jacket bare chested hair on your chest type fragrance. Only slightly sweet. 

Duc de vervins extreme houbigant. Sharp green old school masculine, but lacks performance so not a top shelfer

I think that's about it, it's simply not so easy at all to find sharp strong masculine these days.. 

Honorable mention: Kythnos from Le couvent des minimes. 

VERY pungent herbal aromatic. Performs OK, I'd say around 10h Max, after some maturation.. 

Bergamask, Black Afgano Extrait de Parfum and Figment Man are superb, you have great taste!

Thank You SIR 😁

I think I can say the same for you! 😁

I forgot to mention, 2nd shelf but rather special are Rogue Mousse illumine and Derviche, not sure if they're still the same now as I've heard he's had trouble with regulations anyways.. But these are quite old school special, lots of oakmoss in illumine and wood varnish top on Derviche, rather good. 😎

The Black Knight sharp and complex

A Midnight Stroll sharp/smoky cade oil and cypress

Une Amourette - Roland Mouret sharp akigalawood

If you like wood varnish note you need to try Bowmakers Eau de Parfum !!!!

Hey thanks! 😁 The bowmakers I have been curious about...

Spirito

Diaghilev Parfum

Fougère d'Argent

Sartorial

Overture Man

Spirito, maaaaybe Diaghilev and definitely Overture sound rather interesting... 

Here's a few more you may want to consider.

Azzaro pour Homme Eau de Toilette old school scent. Need to overspray but still won't meet your performance requirements. However, glorious masculine fragrance.

Eau Sauvage Parfum (2017) and Jules Eau de Toilette old school scents with pretty good performance.

If you like Sauvage Elixir try Sphinx Elixir . More of a spicy leather. Beast mode performance.

Guilty Absolute pour Homme strong leather and mineral spirits/gasoline scent.

Vi Et Armis strong burning wood/smoky scent.

Terror & Magnificence This is smoky/woody/spicy. I prefer it over Vi Et Armis because there's more to it than just smoke.

Iron Duke is another Beaufort that's often recommended. To me, I think "Cruz del Sur I | XerJoff" is similar but better.

Cuoium Smoky, animalic leather.

Stercus "Stercus" means dung or manure in Latin. Animalic, sweaty, ripe fruity with a very subtle background of manure. Sounds bad but it's really good.

If you like the scents of Antaeus Eau de Toilette and Kouros Eau de Toilette , try Él by Arquiste . (Thumbnail doesn't work but it's in the database here.) It's a lot stronger than those two oldies. El opens like Kouros and dries down to something more like Antaeus.

Something else that's more like Kouros is Juste Filthy. Juste Filthy is even better when layered with Scatamalis . Scatamalis can also be used as a base layer for other fragrances to make them more animalic. It has civet, musk and skatole.