Custo Man

Since Custo Barcelona belongs to my favorite luxury fashion brands I felt happy and excited when I first noticed that there was a very first new fragrance for men launched by this fashion house. After having read about the fragrance notes here on Fragrantica, I expected it to be a fresh fragrance dominated by citrus and spicy notes. But my expectation turned out to be totally wrong. I don't know why, but it seems as if perfumers have the ability to create certain scents without putting the fitting notes to their creation, since Custo Barcelona "Custo Man" smells totally flowery. This is rather a floral - green scent in my opinion. When smelling this fragrance you get the impression of walking through a blooming flowerbed during midsummer somewhere in the Mediterranean. Lavender in the top and slightly soapy in the base. Melted ice-cream, bubble-gum and lemonade are some other impressions which come to my mind. The color which belongs to this perfume has to be purple, since this is the color which expresses the mysterious and the dreamy of the youth. The target group seem to be rather young people between 15-40 years of age. Not for business or special events, but for leisure time and everyday purpose. I have to admit that I'm in love. And this will be a long-term relationship, of course!

Every year I’m going during vacation to the Far East just for business. There we have monsoon, very hot and extremely humid weather. As a person completely addicted to fragrances I always have a problem what is best to wear there. Last year I took “Io” by Crthusia and this fragrance worked perfectly. Today very close fiend of mine gave me a gift – Custo Man and realy I can imagine it will be the grail for this weather. Custo is composed of neroli, citruses and tonka. All together give perfect freshness with little sweetness. It has also this very characteristic powdery nuances that neroli can create. Perfect for summer. It can be easily compared to the Fleur du male but this one is much lighter however has the same silage and lasts forever. Another masterpiece by Francis Kurkdjian with neroli in the heart.

Got a sample today, and I am all hyped up! After a quick sniff, it's a bit oriental and floral sweet with a hint of Le Male character then it quickly become just floral scent like neroli. I really like the scent tho. It's different and a bit avante garde. It has this unconventional feel to it, and I can't describe it 100% quite yet. I also smell something like scented plastic, which I don't like. Overall scent, so far, is oriental-like sweet, floral, and strangely unique. Unconventional for guy, and I could see some women wear it.

I agree with those who find this similar to JPG, but, c'mon people, this is a fantastic fragrance. It is citrusy/sweet, it has very good sillage (average longevity), and the best part is that is not expensive. I think this is a great alternative for those of us who love sweet fragrances. It opens quite citrusy, but quickly turns into an amazing sweet syrup. Tonka and musk are easily detectable. I think it is a great choice for sweet-lovers.

I was in perfumery - first blotter sprayed by Custo, second by Le Male. After 15 minutes I moved both closer to my nose - it was really hard to distinguish which is Custo, which is Le Male....Longevity/Projection/Quality are also very similar - excellent level. I recommend to try!