Launched 2018 by Italian luxury goods company Salvatore Ferragamo, Uomo Salvatore Ferragamo Signature is part of the Uomo collection.

It opens with tart grapefruit and juicy mandarin. The citruses are bright, elegant and aromatic. Pink peppercorn softens the fruits with its gentle rosiness so that the fragrance keeps drawing me in. As it blooms, it gets dark, warm and spicy from cardamom and cinnamon, and deliciously woody and balsamy from cypress. No doubt about it, this is a masculine scent, rich and bold. Yet, the sweet aspects of the cardamom and cinnamon temper Uomo Signature, stopped it from becoming a knuckle-dragging Neanderthal by making it smooth and elegant. If the opening draws me in, the heart notes hold me spellbound. Tonka bean bridges the heart and base notes by adding sweetness, depth and spice to the EdP. The sweetness is matched by the smell of rich, dark-roasted coffee. Earthy, woody patchouli makes an appearance but doesn’t dominate; it just adds to the allure. The house of Salvatore Ferragamo specializes in shoes and leather goods, and a lithe leather note is a nod to that and gives Uomo Signature a soft, suppleness that that makes the scent magnetic.

Every time I catch a whiff of that refined, manly, seductive dry down, something in me yields to it. This is one of those rare fragrances that, I feel, a woman can’t pull off.

Notes: grapefruit, mandarin orange, pink pepper, cypress, cardamom, cinnamon, Tonka bean, coffee, leather, patchouli.