Best Company
Best Company (1999)

So far as I can tell, Italian perfumery Best Company only issued two fragrances: Best Company (1990, for women) and Best Company (1999, for men). The whole thing looks like an afterthought by parent company Eurocosmesi. They didn't even go so far as to add "pour Femme/Homme" or change the (really lame) logo; the boxes were pink for girls, green for boys.

What perceptible notes there are peg my sample as of the 1999 masculine, yet this Best Company is still easily unisex, being by turns woody, musky, slightly floral, and a tad fruity. The blend is so smooth that digging out the pyramid notes is not only beside the point, but seemingly contrary to it. While the pineapple steers this slightly sweeter than I generally like, it's far from overbearing. Mostly, it just smells kinda good without being so compelling that I'd run out and buy a bottle. But, you know, if I already had one, I'd probably break it out on occasion.

If only they'd amped up the tobacco and birch (and the unusual asarum note in the base), I might've gone hunting for it. Still, you could do a lot worse for the asking price as of this writing. By the time I use up my sample, I might just change my mind and go for it after all.

Sporty, fresh and young fragrance, supposedly consisting entirely of original American ingredients - Kansas water mint, Carribean lime, Central America geranium and Virginia juniper among others.