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This is Him!
Zadig & Voltaire · Eau de Toilette (EDT) · 2016
≈ $63 · 3.4oz · approx. retail
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This is Him! pairs a sharp black pepper and grapefruit opening with a warm, smoky incense-and-vanilla heart over soft sandalwood. Released alongside This is Her! in September 2016, its cracked black bottle and easy-wearing oriental-woody profile made it one of the brand's most recognizable men's fragrances.
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French · 80 in collection
Born in Grasse and now a master perfumer at Firmenich (dsm-firmenich), Nathalie Lorson trained at the Roure Bertrand Dupont school and is celebrated for rich, sensual blockbusters, most famously co-creating YSL Black Opium, for which she won the 2015 Prix International du Parfum.
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Aurelien Guichard is a Grasse-born perfumer and son of perfumer Jean Guichard, who trained at the Givaudan school and has worked across Givaudan, Firmenich and Takasago. He is the co-founder of the niche house Matiere Premiere and is admired for his work with raw materials like rose, vetiver and tuberose.
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Cheaper clones and alternatives that share the same notes and accords — savings are flagged.
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