Iceberg
Iceberg
102 votes
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
That Amalfi lemon explodes with razor-sharp bergamot and neroli, the green notes creating an almost herbal pungency—think crushed lavender stems and lime leaf. It's aggressively fresh, almost uncomfortable in its astringency, as if someone's sprayed your skin with a botanical astringent.
The spice emerges as the citrus settles, nutmeg and carnation creating a distinctly dry warmth, whilst freesia and hyacinth introduce a powdery, slightly soapy character. Rose and cyclamen add subtle fruitiness, but the overall effect remains cool and restrained, synthetic smoothness preventing any real sweetness from developing.
What remains is predominantly woody and muted—Virginia cedar and sandalwood forming a damp, almost cool base, oakmoss contributing an earthy, slightly pharmaceutical dryness. Musk and ambergris fade quietly, leather adding the faintest raspy edge before the whole composition becomes increasingly invisible on skin.
Homme Iceberg arrives as a deliberately chilly proposition—a fragrance built on the tension between Mediterranean brightness and synthetic cool. The opening salvo of Amalfi lemon and bergamot feels almost too clean, sharpened by that prominent green accord until it cuts like citrus peel against your wrist. But this isn't a cheerful summer cologne; there's something deliberately austere about it, a minimalist's take on masculine freshness that refuses to coddle.
What makes Homme Iceberg intriguing is how its heart subverts the fresh opening. Nutmeg and carnation emerge with unexpected spice—that 88% spicy accord isn't subtle—whilst freesia and hyacinth introduce a slightly powdery, almost soapy femininity that would be jarring in a lesser composition. The interplay between the red berries' tart sweetness and the iris's metallic dryness creates an almost uncomfortable dissonance, which is precisely the point. This is a scent for someone who appreciates fragrance as intellectual exercise rather than olfactory seduction.
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