Carolina Herrera
212 Men
Woody Floral Musk · 1999 · Alberto Morillas, Rosendo Mateu
Notes carried over from an earlier source and not independently checked.
- Reported longevity
- Moderate
- Reported sillage
- Moderate
- Typical occasion
- Office/Daily
- Typical season
- Spring
These describe how the fragrance is generally reported to behave. Skin chemistry, weather and how much you apply all change it, so your own experience may differ.
Limited evidence
Grapefruit and lavender open bright and aromatic, then turn smoky with incense over sandalwood. The contrast of fresh top and resinous base gives it quiet depth. Sleek and understated.
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How 212 Men smells, measured
On Zenyra's five taste axes, 212 Men keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere, and is broadly easy to wear, familiar in its structure.
Limited evidence. Available evidence is limited, so this profile may change as the catalogue develops.
212 Men sits temperate, built on woods and soft musk rather than amber. That is 33rd percentile for warmth across 5,320 scored fragrances.
212 Men sits mid-range on projection, which for a fragrance with thin wear data reflects an absence of reports rather than a measured middle. That is 64th percentile for projection across 5,320 scored fragrances.
212 Men is broadly easy to wear, familiar in its structure. That is 7th percentile for risk across 5,320 scored fragrances.
212 Men carries body without weight, present without filling a room. That is 57th percentile for texture across 5,320 scored fragrances.
212 Men keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere. That is among the lowest in the catalogue for sweetness across 5,320 scored fragrances.
Projection, risk and texture describe how a fragrance behaves in a room and on skin. Where wear reports are thin, those scores rest near the middle by design, so a mid-range reading here is a statement about the evidence as much as about the scent. Warmth and sweetness are derived from composition and do not carry that caveat.
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