Wanted

A LEMONY CEDAR SCENT TALE IN A REVOLVER DISGUISE Just by the scent, I would never guessed this perfume to be from the house of Azzaro. I kind of like it but is miles away from the traditional Azzaro DNA... and it's not a bad thing. Azzaro spent a lot of time exploring flankers for its original "Pour Homme", designed to be a signature scent. And it still is following that policy through the launching of the magnific "Edition Noire", "Amber Fever". The name Azzaro is very well established in the perfume industry and, as a product line, refers only to products bottled in the familiar pretty octagonal flask. "Wanted" is meant to be a distinct product line. Azzaro came out with other similar initiatives like the Visit and the Chrome line. Visit is discontinued now but, although is a very fine fragrance, never lost its title of being a less expensive Gucci Rush for men. Chrome has a different family story and it's one of success. It explores different paths than those followed by the "Pour Homme" and "Wanted" families. It has a fresh aquatic-citrusy-synthetic footprint and it lives in the bathroom near the shower area. For many anonymous customers, Chrome became an informal brand of its own. The name Azzaro is only remembered if engraved in the bottle. Wanted shares the bedroom and wardrobe area with the "Pour Homme" series. It has the difficult task of imposing a new family/brand name, a controversial new bottle shape and, most of all, a new unique scent. I am not afraid of calling it unique as I do not agree with the similarity claimed to exist between Wanted and PR Invictus. I showed the bottle to several people asking "What does this flask look like?". I always got the same answer. Everybody answered that It looks like a revolver or, better still, that it looks "like that round thing where you put the bullets in". No one believes Azzaro when they claim that the shape mimics a clock mechanism. The revolver magazine shape is very explicit. Explicit are also marketing tactics in the same path as those used by Paco Rabanne for some of his product lines. THE FRAGRANCE Wanted presents us a fairly common opening with zesty Calabrian lemon blended with spicy and sharp ginger. The Innovation comes with the use of common Guatemalan cardamom blended with cade oil, extracted from the "Juniperus oxycedrus" tree, or if using only common words, a type of cedar. Cade oil is obtained by the distillation of cade wood. It exudes a dark green scent with a tarry and smoky accords. Probably it's used in small quantities in Wanted, as both the tar and the smoke accords are not prominent in the perfume scent. But it is quite enough to create a new and innovative fragrance. In the bottom phase we get a common blending of vetiver and tonka. The cade oil is persistent and it is present in the dry down mixed with the tonka sweetness and the vetiver woodiness and smokiness. I am still learning to enjoy this fragrance. It is a bit innovative due to the use of Cade and has some tribulations to impose itself in the market. Boss had a similar problem with the innovative "The Scent" trying to impose the fairly uncommon maninka fruity note. The Wanted by Night flanker had an initial bigger acceptance through the introduction of additional heavy cinnamon and tobacco besides a sweeter mandarine instead of lemon. With 3 sprays, longevity (7 hours) and sillage (4.5 feet) are average for this type of note. Projection lasts more or less 1.5 hours. Scoring this oily pistol magazine: ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ - Scent opening: 7.5 (nice zesty lemon and ginger) - Scent Dry Down: 8.5 (the dark mood due to cade oil makes the difference) - Longevity: 7.5 (up to 7 hours with, 3 sprays) - Sillage: 7.5 (4~5 ft with, 1.5 h of projection, 3 sprays) - Versatility: 8.0 (above average; not effective on cold days and nights) - Usability: 8.0 (above average; Not suitable for a night out, clubbing, sports and seaside) - Compliments: 7.0 (agreeable but not a compliment magnet) - Uniqueness: 10.0 (unique) - Quality: 8.0 (above average quality, good cap & sprayer, heavy bottle) - Presentation: 9.0 (a matter of opinion) - Price: 7.0 ($ 35 for a 100 ml tester- and it was on sale) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ - Average: 8.01/10.0 between 7 and 8 => above average; between 8 and 9 => recommended; equal or bigger than 9 => don't miss it; My opinion on this unique Azzaro: Good presentation, good overall scent, agreeable, elegant, making a nice choice for daily wear and office! Average performance. Pricing is still a bit expensive. During 2020 and onwards, the online price will certainly come down. Recommended? I suggest you try it before purchasing it. Is blind purchase worthy? No, unless you fancy the unusual bottle. Music: "The Ballad of Jesse James" by Bruce Springsteen

A love at first sniff for me. It has become my signature scent and it is my most complimented fragrance yet. Also got me into the world of fragrances so a positive right there. Scent: It opens up with a lot of aromatic and citrus notes mixing with the sweetness from the tonka bean. The apple and lemon can be picked up right away along with the mint and ginger in the background, giving it a bit of fresh spiciness. As it dries down, the vetiver comes out, giving it a bit of a woodiness, reducing the sweetness from the tonka bean. The sweetness can be overwhelming for some people but spraying less is always an option. It doesn't smell cheap and synthetic like some reviews state but rather it smells quite different from the trend of the fragrances going on right now, which focuses on more of a syrupy and heavy sweetness. Performance: For an eau de toilette at the price point it is at, which in my country is around 45 dollars, the performance is way more than I expected. It opens up pretty strong, might even fill a room if you spray too much and could get sickeningly sweet so I would not recommend spraying more than 12-14 times. For the first 2 hours the projection is good, a few feet from me, creating a nice scent bubble around me. I get below average projection and sillage after the 2 hour mark, projecting 1 or 2 feet around me but still, its not bad. It becomes a skin scent after 4 or 5 hours, depending on how much I sprayed, and lasts for about 8-10 hours. Solid performance. Versatility: This fragrance is pretty versatile if you want an average all year round fragrance. Many people would disagree with me but I definitely see myself wearing this in fall, winter, spring and even the start and end of summer, if I spray less. The only time I would not wear it is in those high heat situations. As for the where to wear it, it could be described as a young boy party kind of fragrance. Could be worn to clubs and to casual events. Not a good formal and office scent; I wouldn't want an adult wearing this. Basically, this is a fragrance that is best suited to a teenager who is new to the fragrance world. I get why people hate it; it has too much of a playful vibe that some people who have smelt like 2000 fragrances wont really like and they would argue there are much better scents than this but for someone who's new, again, this could become his signature scent. Would I recommend testing this? Definitely.

Severely underrated, keep it that way so I can buy more up cheaply. Seriously, Ignore the haters this is still one of the best in the Wanted line, also why do people keep saying this is for the younger guys? I’m 59 & this is my signature go to scent, hence why I have filled my drawers with around 10 bottles of the stuff & grab more when ever I see it on offer. I have most of the Wanted flankers & as much as I love the Most Wanted EDP Intense, this original Wanted is just easier to wear & lasts pretty good, just love the smell of it & it lasts me a few hours before dying down. For reasons unknown to me Wanted By Night gets all the love, but I find with my barely used bottle the orange notes in the opening are too sweet for my liking, also it’s just to weak & longevity sucks big time, within an hour I just don’t smell it & it’s not even that strong when first applied. There’s a reason Azzaro discontinued it right. This original Wanted is a sexy fragrance & I love when I’m wearing it just getting a blast of it as I’m going about my day, it’s been around a good while now but for me it’s one of the best & I just love it, ladies love this on you. For me The Most Wanted EDP Intense in the black bottle has got a sexier scent, but this Original Wanted EDT is easier to wear all year round & smells just as good. Stop comparing this frag to Invictus, are you guys crazy it’s nothing like it, those who claim it’s similar or close to PR Invictus are completely nuts, I had Invictus & got rid of it as too floral & weak, nothing like this sexy Wanted to my nose.

The opening starts with a burst of a lemon-ginger-mint hit so sweet that it's more like lemonade than lemon. Not gonna be for everyone, but I really like it. That opening doesn't tone down per se, it's just that the apple-cardamom-juniper combo adds a lot more fruitiness, but I still like it. Not wearing this to the office, but I have no problem letting this project in casual settings day or night. The fruitiness eventually gives way to the tonka and amber base, and when the fruitiness pulls back, the ginger/tonka.amber combo takes over, and reminds me more of Calvin Klein Euphoria than a Sauvage ambroxan attack. The sillage is pretty decent, and it's really sweet, so be forewarned. Might be too cloying for some people or people you are with in the heat. However, the longevity of the projection is short for me. I get 1 - 2 feet for about three hours, then it dies down and becomes a skin scent for me. The skin scent lasts a few more hours. Sometimes this combo is a plus for me, though. When it's all said and done, I enjoy citrus, I enjoy fruit, I enjoy cardamom and ginger and I enjoy sweet, spicy fragrances. Put it all together, and Azzaro Wanted is still great for me. I dig the whole line, though, so depending on the situation, I frequently choose a different flanker rather than the original, so my bottle has a less of a dent than it would because the flankers are so good.

This flies under the radar for most & is seriously underrated, as Wanted By Night & Elixir get all the hype. But this IMO is Still ‘The Best’ in the Wanted line (I have the entire line up of Wanted flankers except for the latest Absolu which I currently have no desire to own) this OG Wanted edt on the other hand is my signature scent & has been for years, if I don’t wear it for several days because I’m wearing or trying out new frags it always greets me with that amazing sexy scent profile & reminds me just how versatile & great this scent is. One word of caution this stuff is counterfeited all over the place so make sure you buy it from a reputable source. I’m actually glad this gets hated on, as that means us guys who wear it & enjoy it are able to get it cheaper, also you smell more unique than everyone else with their SWY & other sugary ‘female leaning’ gourmand liquids like Althair etc, this gets me compliments when other stuff doesn’t & as a result I can burn my way through a 100ml bottle of this easily in just a month, it’s so damn sexy! If you want to spend less there’s a dupe of this by Fragrance World called ‘Azzure Hunted’ & it’s very close in scent dna but not quite 100%, if I had to put a figure on it I’d say it’s close to 90% accurate in duplicating it.