Coffee Man

Coffee é uma franquia de O Boticário que me agrada bastante, e o Coffee clássico é o mais sisudo de todos, com uma composição belíssima e distante da maioria dos flankers que são mais doces. Esse é o tipo de fragrância que me deixa confortável! A pirâmide olfativa descrita pelo O Boticário, tem alguma coisa a mais ou a menos. Está bem similar. Eu sempre procuro as pirâmides descritas pelas próprias empresas. A fragrância abre um pouco alcoólica, nos primeiros 10/15 segundos, e logo vem um acorde áspero, especiado e com um toque cítrico. O especiado mistura cardamomo, gengibre e não consigo identificá-los separados, a não ser pela pimenta que salta com maior intensidade, e nem tento distinguir os acordes cítricos, pois a violeta e a íris ganham vida e logo são quase devoradas pelo tabaco e o couro. A pirâmide olfativa é extensa e eu não sou capaz de fazer distinção de tantas notas. O que mais fica evidente ao meu olfato é tabaco, café, couro, íris, violeta e pimenta, envoltos por almíscar e âmbar, e bastante cedro. A propósito, o motivo de muita gente não sentir o acorde de café, pode ser porque o café utilizado aqui é o arábica premium, não tão similar ao café popularmente comercializado. Coffee Man é sofisticado, viril, maduro, sério, elegante e até romântico. É uma fragrância para temperaturas amenas, tem boa performance na minha pele (mais de 9 horas de fixação e boa difusão, com destaque para a silagem, que me garante perfumação pelo dia todo). Pra testar esse perfume, eu utilizei em temperaturas mais altas, mais baixas, utilizei por uns dias, deixei de usar e voltei pra concluir minhas impressões. Acho que uma semana ainda não é o suficiente pra descrever um perfume. Talvez um mês... Eu gostaria que a íris tivesse um destaque maior na minha pele, como ocorreu com o Homem Tato, onde ela salta às minhas narinas, e onde também me traz um cheiro de tabaco, mas lá, o aspecto é mais licoroso. Já que eu mencionei o Homem Tato, acho que o Coffee Man é absolutamente recomendável para as mesmas ocasiões e clima. Deixo claro que não acho os 2 perfumes similares, apesar de compartilharem alguns acordes em destaque. O Carbon Turbo sim, parece ter tido Coffee como certa inspiração. Voltando ao Coffee Man, é um perfume totalmente autoral e uma ótima opção pra ter exclusividade. Perfumaço!

I've been retesting this perfume several times alongside other national and imported ones with my 5ml sample, and I can only reaffirm that this is one of the best national perfumes I've encountered so far. It's sophisticated, sensual while being appropriate for the Brazilian climate, has one of the most pleasant scents in perfumery, boasts extremely good performance, and has suitable projection for the climate, making it ideal for adoption as a signature scent. I'll go even further: Coffee Man is, for me, what I imagined and hyped (in my mind) La Nuit de L'Homme by YSL to be. A sensual cardamom with spicy nuances, creating something smooth and balanced, yet extremely cohesive and recognizable. Unfortunately, in my sample, La Nuit's performance is so poor that it becomes counterproductive to use it. Additionally, the lavender is much more subdued than I expected, making it a one-dimensional perfume. Not so with Boticário's Coffee Man. Coffee Man deviates from the predominant trends of national perfumery, being a "simple" yet sensual, spicy, and warm perfume, but also moderate and appropriate. If there is a negative point, and this is directed more towards perfume aficionados for appreciation and study, it is that despite the broad composition of notes, Coffee Man is quite linear. The perfume remains basically with the same scent throughout its duration, which is not a demerit. For example, some of the most delightful scents I know in perfumery—like Terre d'Hermès Eau Givrée, Y EDP among others—also have this strong linearity characteristic. Edit: After testing all the other Coffee Man variants available at the Boticário I frequent, I can say without a doubt that this one is the best. The most cohesive, most elegant, giving the impression of being the most well-crafted and the best aroma. An honorable mention goes to Fusion, which manages to be original in relation to this one without falling into the cloying gourmand category like many of the others.

When a fragrance claims to have coffee inside and shows it as much as O Boticario do by naming its fragrance Coffee Man I expect much. The ingredients list on the package shows Coffea Arabica Extract. Seems that there is real coffee inside. Next step, how does it smell? It has a masculine, slightly sweet scent. It wouldn ́t remind me of coffee instantly but of something brownish, a little bit of chocolate. The undertone is cedar-like and seems to be Iso E Super. And the lasting power? Coffee Man seems to be a fragrance that, if overdosed, isn ́t recognized by the wearer anymore but may annoy your sourroundings. As the fragrance is well concentrated, 2 sprays last about 2 hours and then turn down to a Iso E Super mono scent. What ́s the purpose to wear? It may fit to any situation, meeting, club out or office. Summer or Winter. It ́s an oriental, but as written above a darker one, not as sweet as many others. Which age would fit the fragrance? Seems to be pretty mature, the older the better. But for the over 60 years old I would recommend something powdery. All in all a well done creation by the brazilian brand.

Now I wore this fragrance for a longer period. I bought my bottles in the official store in Portugal in March 2016. The price for a bottle was 25 Euro with a discount. The fragrance is Made in Brazil. The fragrance is well concentrated and lasts and projects over 8 hours within a half meter (one spray). That's a very good performance for a eau de toilette. The main notes that I get are coffee, tobacco, pepper and leather. So the fragrance smells slightly sweet, fresh and spicy. I compared Coffee Man with Pure Coffee from Thierry Mugler. Pure Coffee has a thick patchouli note that makes Pure Coffee much more powdery. Both can't be compared together, both don't represent the classic coffee smell to me. But Coffee Man is so much better than Pure Coffee. It's the perfect night club fragrance. Long lasting and great smelling. For me the fragrance is so much better than any Le Male, 1 Million, Spicebomb or Egoiste. And by the way, nobody wears it outside of Latin countries.

This is a very popular fragrance around here. Although it has a very warm appeal, I've had no problems at wearing it on hot days, unless the amount used is overdosed. At first sniff you might be able to mostly feel the scent of pepper mixed with bergamot and grapefruit, cardamom and a noticeable note of ginger. A rich floral blend shows up, coming next from the remnants of pepperish and greenish notes; in the end it leads to an outstanding combination of tobacco, amber , leather and coffee. Despite the label "Coffee", the coffee notes are just too plain, what would not justify the name of the fragrance. My favorite fragrance by O Boticário, they've done a great job by this. 10/10.