Mexx
Mexx
84 votes
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
The mandarin and grapefruit explode with sticky-sweet immediacy, their honeyed character undercutting what should be crisp citric attack. The green apple darts in peripherally, adding tartness without managing to cut through the sugar's gravitational pull. Within moments, the aquatic notes rush forward with synthetic determination, transforming the composition into something considerably soapier than the fruit suggested.
The aquatic settles into an almost cologne-like midstage, with the jasmine barely visible through the aquatic's persistent shroud. Cedar emerges sporadically, offering flashes of woody character that never quite consolidate into something substantial. The sweetness from the tonka bean begins its creep forward, but the overall effect remains frustratingly diffuse and lightweight.
The fragrance collapses rather than evolves, with the base notes arriving as whispers rather than statements. Tonka bean sweetness and amber's warmth provide marginal comfort, yet patchouli and sandalwood feel phantom-like, present in composition but largely absent on skin. Within five hours, Ice Touch Man fades to something barely perceptible—a ghost of citric sweetness clinging to clothing rather than radiating from flesh.
Mexx Ice Touch Man arrives as a study in calculated refreshment—a fragrance that prioritises the immediate gratification of citrus and aquatic brightness over lasting presence. The mandarin orange and pink grapefruit form a candied, almost jammy opening that sits oddly against the green apple's tart bite, creating an initial impression of fruit-forward sweetness rather than the crisp, ozonic freshness the "ice touch" name suggests. The aquatic notes dominate the composition with an almost plasticine quality, those synthetic accords rendering the fragrance feel more like a scent-delivery system than a living, breathing composition.
What's intriguing—and ultimately frustrating—is the cedar and jasmine heart, which never quite manages to anchor the flighty citrus elements above it. The jasmine appears wan, overwhelmed by the aquatic's soapy insistence, whilst cedar struggles to provide the woody backbone the composition desperately needs. The base notes—tonka bean, amber, patchouli, and sandalwood—promise depth and warmth, yet they arrive with such minimal projection that they function more as an afterthought than a climactic resolution.
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