Mankind Hero

Mankind Hero is the hottest and to clarify, this is the wife of the wearer. Just wow. It is the fresh, outdoorsy, yet refined, very manly and classy fragrance and better in those ways than I have ever imagined for a man like mine. I close my eyes and it's just us, hiking in our peaceful evergreen forest, and I'm walking hand in hand with my love when a fresh breeze sways the trees with a heavenly fresh scent. I'd guess the lavender is the fresh spicy component as there really is no pine in it at all! As a female fragrance addict, surprisingly enough, I haven't bought many-a-bottle for my husband and love of 24 years and counting. (More fragrance budget for me?) There have been a few through the years, maybe one fragrance per decade, and they were certainly adequate, and he was happy. AND THEN, I discovered this one shortly after he turned 40 years young. Mountain air accord- yes! My hero husband loves a good, remote mountain top so much that he eventually bought us one to live on. Fresh air, working hard and playing hard and time outdoors at home, filled with laughter and joyful moments with our children and me simply mean everything to him. What a capture of that amazing time this Mankind Hero is! Fresh and sweet at the opening, Italian lemon and coriander are delicious and fresh-smelling, clean and brisk but never sharp. Within minutes begins the classy husband scent trail that literally makes me follow through the house to find him. Disappointing when I trace incorrectly back to our room, where he dressed and sprayed himself two or three times and I've been fooled. In fact, he has wandered elsewhere in the minutes since then! Silage would not be offensive, but with one spray you may get a skin scent shortly thereafter. Two to three sprays and you've got silage for the first half hour to an hour that will get noticed, so be careful out there, boys! By a half hour, what fully develops is a, breathe-the-air-deeply-oh-my-goodness-he-smells-so-good, fresh and yet sultry plum wood/woods, and a balanced herbaceous and refined combination of both lavender and clary sage- I mostly detect brisk and herbaceous lavender. You want to talk about aromatherapy and calming lavender? At this point, I have found my love for sure, and am moving in for a hug and complimenting him on how good he smells! Breathing in deeply, I never really detect vanilla, but I think that must be the smoothness and sweetness of the mid-note blend which smooths out the herb and woods notes. Heavenly, heavenly, heavenly. The midnotes seem to last several hours on him, lucky me! An hour or two later, silage is dramatically decreased,and for the next few hours, I have to lean in close and the skin scent on his neck is warm, cozy, and gorgeous musk, warm woods, and sure, I do believe I can detect fresh forest moss. Such a handsome fragrance from opening to base notes! Lastly, while bottles don't seem to mean much to my man usually, when I gifted this to him (perhaps I gifted this to myself, in reality), he remarked upon opening it that the bottle's sides are leather trimmed and that it was "One of the coolest bottles" he'd ever seen. He was hoping he'd love the fragrance as much as the bottle, and he truly likes it even more. I am a hard sell for fragrance, and men's fragrances simply don't impress me much, but this one is a 10 for 10. P.S. Even the youngest our five children recognize this as "Daddy's Hero smell" now. Perfect for date night and handsome for suit-and-tie situations professionally, this is also fantastic for a day out (or home!)with friends or family, Mankind Hero seems the right choice for our hero husband and daddy. It is office safe (I would not use more than two sprays in that case) and I highly recommend this even as a blind buy, you probably can't go wrong. Figure you'll have decent silage for at least 4 hours, more skin scent in the last three hours, with traces of Hero for up to 12 hours very close. If you're needing to refresh between office and date night, bring the bottle along! If anyone sees you with it, they'll think it's the coolest- like a dark and mysterious bottle in a refined biker's jacket. Did I mention 10 for 10? I may have meant 11 for 10!

This is a very sexy scent... Must have in your collection, plus if you find it under $35... it's an easy blind buy. Worth it. I can't break the notes apart, i love it as a whole. And so do my coworkers, friends and family. It's a very good scent, for the price you get more than you paid for. Again a must have. Man this thing rocks, found a hidden gem... A must have people, a must have. Can't speak bad about this scent, not at all! I used six sprays...both wrist, back & front of my neck, chest and front of my shirt. Will I buy this again?...Yes. Does this fragrance enter BEAST MODE, good, just okay or weak sauce at best? It enters BEAST MODE. What's the strength of this? EDT. Am i willing to trade this fragrance? No. Should You Skipped It, Sample It First or Blind Buy It? Blind buy worthy. Can you use it as a unisex scent? No. Is it the old, new formulation? Old. What's its availability; in production, limited edition or discontinued? In production. SKU Number: 608940566909 (Tester) Batch Number: 15351R32 (Production Date: December 17, 2015) Age: 21+ From: Hookup Size: 100 ML Scent: 5/5 (Sexy). Value: 5/5 (Cost Free). Sillage: 3/5 (Three feet). Longevity: 4/5 (Eight hours). Creativity: 5/5 (Clean but manly, breezy...btw how the hell is this breezy, earthy & sweet). Projection: 4/5 (Two & a half hours). Versatility: 5/5 (Anytime & anywhere). Compliments: 5/5 (Awesome complements). Until next time, I'll catch you on the flipside.

All the negative reviews on this one are just incorrect. People just stopping by to feel superior lol. This is a great scent. I saw a comment that said it smells like Boss Bottled. It doesn't smell like it but it has the same type of smooth airiness about it. This is a nice, kind of dark, smooth scent that really kind of puts you at ease when you smell it on skin or in the air. I hold this fragrance in very high regard and I also own quite a few of the top dogs in the fragrance world. BDC Parfum, Absolu Aventus, Aventus Cologne, Layton, Angels Share, etc. I enjoy Mankind Hero just as much as those. For me to describe it, it is like if you took Bond No 9 Lafayette Street(which I also have) and turned the volume down about half. Not a complete match but it feels within the same realm of scent. I've never had performance issues with it. It doesn't last as long as Spice Bomb Extreme but you can get a cool 5-ish hours give or take depending on where you spray. On my 3rd bottle of this stuff.

Punches way above its weight class as a cooler weather dumb-reach. That soft profile of the vanilla and fruity metallic ('mountain air?') mixing with the musk is SO delicious but in a 'I can't get enough' way rather than a 'woah that's a lot' way. Mildly unpleasant metallic opening (5 seconds). By the time you leave the washroom it's already reached an awesome fruity apple-lemon mixed with a less harsh metallic flavor to it, and with this wonderful soft vanilla note supporting it. As it dries down the vanilla and musk takes the center stage, and lasts for 5-6 hours. The drydown isn't obnoxious and is where most people told me I smelled great. If compliments are your measurement of success this performs better than BdC and Dylan Blue for me, and it's also less identifiable, making it a better signature scent.

Just bought this blind. I gotta tip my hat off to Hero. Honestly guys, this shit right here is some fire. And i mean that in the best way. I will start off by saying that this smells similar to Boss Bottled. They are 90% similar when they are first applied. However, Hero ends up being more fresh and airy, and has a slight metallic tinge. Boss Bottled is more spicey and gourmandish. Both are great in their own right. Overall, Hero is an extremely pleasant smell. The "mountain air" accord that's listed is nothing more than the opening fresh notes of lemon mixed with lavender. It does evoke a sense of fresh mountain air though. Almost like a walk through a mountain meadow in spring. I'm not disappointed that I bought it. Woman will drool over this, and it will draw compliments!! Enjoy ladies & gents. 8.5/10