The Most Wanted Parfum
Azzaro (2022)

I have the Intense version and while there are many similarities, this Parfum version does not have the animalic spicy cumin note found in the Intense. The opening is just as sweet and dry as the Intense but the drydown is a nice, soft, powdery sweet crowd-pleaser that is more versatile. This may not be the best work scent or daytime pick, but can be worn successfully with minimal sprays. Feels best for cooler weather still due to the loud sweetness.

I got it from the Father's day sample pack sale Dillards has going on right now

Reminds me specifically of walking through the flea market as a kid in Kentucky.

It had been built over years and years so none of the walls or lights ever conformed for too long of a stretch.

Shambled hallway after hallway dense with stoner art and incense. Old ladies selling spicy fresh wicker art. Old men selling greasy tools and sculptures with corks.

A tornado took it down when I was a teenager and the new joint is fine, lacks character

Great presentation, soft and fruity with enough spice to stop it from reading too sweet in my opinion

I asked my partner if they liked it and they said yeah and then a little later said "yeah that really does smell good"

Update: they added the 150ml size, nice! Bought myself one as a backup to my 100ml.

I tried on some Wanted by Night and The Most Wanted. I loved the spiciness of WbN and the sweetness but not gourmand profile of TMW. Turns out the perfumers behind this agreed, so they mixed half and half and ended up at TMWP. The opening of this is kind of bad for the first 5 minutes, but then it's a stunner. Just make sure you don't spray this on and hop into a car with a girl because it's so strong and so bad off the top.

If you look at the fragrantica most popular fragrances and frag awards, this is at the top. How is this so popular for a new release? Easy - Azzaro hit it out of the park with this cool weather scent and took the market by storm. D&G The One and its MidEast flankers are much more expensive and don't perform as well and are way less versatile than this. This goes up against LNDL, but is it better? Well, the smell is almost as good and this lasts hours longer. Code Absolu, the best competitor, is gone from the running now. Before you say Noir Extreme, it was reformulated and killed. I know these get compared to the SWY line and are supposedly similar, but you can find TMWP whenever you want.

The bottle isn't as pretty as the matte black version it improves upon, but otherwise this is the best of the line. I was immediately hooked and bought a bottle after trying it on once. Shame they don't offer the chonky 150ml size.

This fragrance is similar to Wanted (2016) but has a bit more complexity and depth. However, I have never been a fan of the Wanted DNA, and this fragrance still smells cheap and generic despite having a higher concentration. On the bright side, it is not likely to offend anyone, so it could be a good gift for a young man. The drydown has a boring bubblegum sweetness that is typical of basic designer sweet scents.

In summary, it's a decent fragrance if you're not an enthusiast. It does the job of appealing to the masses, but I don't think it will satisfy most of us on Basenotes.