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eau de parfum
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The woody, leathery and animalistic scent of Rare Carbon is a tempting scent for men from the house of Afnan. Launched in 2020, this perfume features notes from violet leaf, nutmeg, cinnamon and leather as its top notes. The heart is seductive with hints from agarwood, rose, cedar and violet, while the base is desirable with hints from amber, vetiver and sandalwood.

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Very very masculine scent. Definitely doesn’t work for women. I often really like complex, beast mode performance even when it’s a bit into the male realm as I enjoy the dry down faze so much, probably the most generally and so really pay much more attention to the base notes, then add something to layer with the fragrance to pull it back a little more unisex, feminine. Generally guarantees me a very unique scent but hasn’t worked with this one. That said it is a beast in performance and for men wonderful scent. Well worth the money and love it on the two men I have gifted a bottle to. As well they really liked it with one using it almost as his signature scent and he has excellent taste in fragrance, clothing, etc… I have smelled this on one other man so 3 total, and excellent! It really shines most in the dry down which is about 45 minutes in. You can speed up reaching dry down by using a fan or blow dryer on med heat. You should get to dry down in about 10-15 minutes if like me you particularly love this as I do. It may not be a completely safe blind buy for men but I think it’s close. If they don’t have a particular problem with any note listed, it’s probably a good bet. All the notes are disclosed. I don’t pick up any others. Especially sophisticated that goes from casual to rugged professional type men. Cannot beat the price and while it truly doesn’t work for a woman, didn’t for me, it certainly never claimed to but still easily without reservation deserves the five stars I’m giving it. Great projection, moderate sillage, will hold up for most occasions and seasons. I probably wouldn’t suggest you wear it to the gym or on a very hot summer day but they are really the only considerations. Dress it up, or down, it will work for you! Good personal scent bubble about 2 hours in that heads into an intimate skin scent approximately 8-10 hours into the dry down. It stays forever on clothing, you’ll need to wash them probably twice. Seems to really hang onto fabric, sweaters, and leather a bit more so than any other fragrance I’ve worked with. I don’t think it’s bad on clothes necessarily but it does need skin ph for it to break down to the very nice dry down I think is the best part so something you may want to think about. A bit complex but doesn’t take a great deal of experience to pull off. If I had to pick an age, we’ll definitely not for a really young guy. Probably not under 25 but 30-35 plus is much better. A good office, dinner, date night, casual, to formal scent. It seems to adjust to whatever you’re doing. Again I think most men would really like the dry down on this one, which is 94% of its wear time anyway so works out well. Opening and heart notes are just fine, nothing wrong with the period (first 30-45 minutes of wear), I just thinks it takes off and is soooo special in the base! Great V-day gift for a male friend. It can be quite sexy given the circumstance and again soooo inexpensive but smells quite expensive and intentional!

Written by IngridBerglundHartgeMelling on February 13, 2026

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Absolutely amazing. There is just enough leather without being overbearing. Performance is great, lasts really long and projects sufficiently far.

Written by EM on January 15, 2026

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Its great fragances. I like it because is a good masculine fragances.

Written by Abimael Chamorro on November 27, 2025

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This is a clean leather scent layer it with bleu de chanel and enjoy

Written by Adam Norris on September 16, 2025

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I'm female. This smells too masculine for me. It's nice, but not for me. It was a blind buy. Rating it for men, I'd say it's a 7/10

Written by paula walla on April 07, 2025

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