Benetton
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
The magnolia and ylang ylang crash in with urgent floral density, candied and almost overwhelming, but within minutes that swamp accord rises like groundwater, introducing a distinctly damp, vegetative undertone that cuts through the sweetness with surprising authority.
As the florals settle into a powdery, dusty softness, the honey begins its work—deepening everything with a golden, almost autumnal quality. The sandalwood emerges as a woody anchor, whilst the black pepper adds a subtle prickling warmth that keeps the composition from becoming too somnolent.
By the final hours, you're left with a honeyed sandalwood base punctuated by those late-arriving citrus notes; the mandarin orange nectar provides a whisper of brightness against the woody-amber richness, creating a faintly spiced, vaguely gourmand finish that's more interesting in memory than in wear.
Let's Move Man announces itself with a paradox: a floral composition so densely rendered it borders on creamy, yet underpinned by an earthy, almost aquatic murkiness that prevents it from becoming perfumery's typical pretty thing. Annie Buzantian has crafted something genuinely peculiar—jasmine and lily arrive with the honeyed amplitude you'd expect, but they're immediately shadowed by that "swamp" accord, which reads as a sort of bogged, mineral humidity. It's as though you're catching white florals through morning mist rising off damp ground.
The genius lies in how the honey base transforms this tension. Rather than sweetening the swamp away, the honey amplifies its earthy character, creating something akin to honeycomb buried beneath moss. Sandalwood enters not as the expected silky smoothness but as a woody skeleton that holds the florals aloft without romanticising them. Black pepper and mandarin orange nectar provide a peculiar brightness—that citrus doesn't sparkle so much as it glimmers under an overcast sky.
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