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Only The Brave
Diesel · Eau de Toilette (EDT) · 2009
≈ $54 · 4.2oz · approx. retail
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Housed in a sculptural fist-shaped flacon, Only The Brave is Diesel's flagship men's fragrance: a contrast of fresh citrus and violet against warm amber, leather-like styrax and benzoin. It became the brand's best-selling and most enduring masculine, spawning numerous flankers and special editions.
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French · 48 in collection
In-house perfumer for Chanel since 2015, succeeding his father Jacques Polge. Oversees new creations and modern flankers of the house's classics.
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Born in Lille and raised in Grasse, Pierre Wargnye (1947–2020) was an IFF perfumer best known for the era-defining 1980s fougère Drakkar Noir for Guy Laroche and for contributing to several major masculine launches.
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