Jacques Bogart
Jacques Bogart
90 votes
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
The coriander-bergamot top note hits with an almost peppery snap, immediately followed by ambrette's soft, amber-dusted warmth. It's crisp and slightly animalic from the start—never quite fresh in the conventional sense.
The florals emerge around the 30-minute mark with cinnamon providing a spicy scaffold for the carnation and jasmine. The civet becomes increasingly prominent, lending an indolic, slightly dirty sensuality that transforms this from a refined composition into something with genuine tension and provocation.
Oakmoss and vetiver dominate, with musk and amber creating a soft, sweetened powder. The vanilla emerges tentatively, creating a pale, somewhat fleeting finish that feels anticlimactic given the drama of earlier phases—a limitation of the Eau de Toilette format that leaves you craving more before it's gone.
Furyo is an arresting study in controlled chaos—a fragrance that refuses to whisper when it could speak plainly. Ron Winnegrad's 1988 composition marries the clean, almost medicinal brightness of ambrette seed and coriander with an unexpectedly feral heart, creating something that feels equal parts barbershop and leather-bound library after dark.
The spiced florals (that cinnamon-carnation-jasmine triad) sit uncomfortably close to the animalic backbone, with civet and musk prowling beneath the surface like something barely domesticated. There's a restless energy here—the thyme adds a slightly green, herbaceous snap that prevents the composition from settling into pure sweetness, while the oakmoss and patchouli foundation keeps everything grounded in earthy reality rather than allowing it to drift into decorative florality.
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