Baldinini Man
Baldinini (2008)

Opens with a sweet and tart fruit note on a wave of ethanol...very reminiscent of an apple martini...also perhaps a pineapple based cocktail. The fruit notes are not natural or "green", they are the artificial scents of sour hard candies. After an hour of wear...the alcohol/ethanol quality diminishes (but doesn't disappear entirely) and a synthetic cinnamon note comes to the forefront that is also quite synthetic and evokes thoughts of room fresheners. The spice is actually very minimal and fleeting. I don't get much tabacco or patchouli either.
BALDINI MAN is a "commitment" for the wearer...not bad, but not sophisticated either. Might serve well for teenagers...definitely lacks the dignity and maturity for a professional gentleman.

The sharp beginning is fruity/green for sure and you can detect by soon a durable fresh combination of citrus, lavender, fruits (apple and pineapple), aromatic herbs and musk but there is (on the side of a soon noticeable musk) an heady element that you can catch in a while after the first spray (an element which is dominant till the base and that works a role of protagonist on the side of the musk) i mean a sort of licorice kind of smoky tobacco utterly darkened by an earthy patchouli. Some highly spicy and almost boozy amber (on the side of some powdery woodsy) introduces a touch of final smoothness (or better white powder) in the middle of the fruity/herbal smoky final musk. The juice is anyway a bit too much synthetic for my full pleasure and i would have liked more woodiness and less powder at the end. Reminds me a bit Arrogance Uomo.

Ps: i smell and smell again the dry down on my wrist and think:" what the hell does it remind? This is familiar, yes, i know this smell, is similar to something i know well" and....and, guess what..... yes, of course, this juice is a sort of sharper A*Men (lavender, patchouli, musk, amber etc etc), far less creamy/caramellous but with a similar, really close basic smell.

Starts with a blast of fresh apples. However the beauty is in the subtle drydown. Aromatic spices of cinnamon and cloves coupled with the sweetness of tobacco and musk. It's like a citrus fresh version of Burberry London for Men with out the boozy accord.