Ultraviolet Cologne

Few masculine top notes make room for amber this early, but Paco Rabanne Ultraviolet Cologne does, paired with mint for a strange top accord, cold and warm arriving at the same moment rather than in sequence. Vetiver, pepper and spicy notes compose a dry, sharp centre with no floral softening anywhere in it. Oakmoss and vanilla let it rest green and sweet, a classical chypre gesture underneath a distinctly modern composition. There is no floral centre at all, which is rarer than it sounds. Seven notes built on contradiction, mint against amber at the start, oakmoss against vanilla at the end. Wear this amber Eau de Toilette, Ultraviolet Cologne, for colder months and evening wear, and let its character do the rest. Reach for Ultraviolet Cologne again and again without ever tiring of it.