Gentlemen Only

While the handsome Gentleman, released in 1974, had managed to mark its era with accents both very fresh and very patchouli, the house of Givenchy wished to modernize its traits. Givenchy's Gentleman remains, but in 2013 it becomes Gentlemen Only under the olfactory designs of Jean Jacques and Francis Kurkdjian. Refined yet aromatic, the two perfumers, though very different, managed to create a Gentlemen Only in the image of this elegant, charming, very Givenchy man.

Gentlemen Only, or the fragrance of a modern dandy signed Francis Kurkdjian and Jean Jacques

Gentlemen Only seems particularly linked to its brilliant predecessor Gentleman, released in 1974 by the venerable house of Givenchy. It is true that the brilliant fragrance of the 1970s, composed by Paul Léger, had managed to perfectly outline the scented contours of a man who combined chic and modernity by wearing fresh yet very virile scents. Clearly, the two perfumers in charge of creating Gentlemen Only drew inspiration from its predecessor to create the same brilliant oppositions.

Moreover, Francis Kurkdjian and Jean Jacques themselves seem to have been chosen to embody these same encounters of contrasts. Francis Kurkdjian is in particular the go-to perfumer for fresh, aromatic fragrances, as seen in his first fragrance and greatest success, Le Mâle by Jean-Paul Gauthier. For Jean Jacques, it would seem to be the opposite. The perfumer is indeed accustomed to strong sillages with an animalic character, and one of his favorite raw materials is ambroxan, which he considers the scent of life and love. By combining the very different work of these two perfumery creators, the house of Givenchy was assured of obtaining a fragrance with strong contrasts and pronounced olfactory facets.

Gentlemen Only was therefore created for a man who does not hesitate to show the beauty of his contradictions. A fragrance for gentlemen who are not afraid to affirm who they are, states Givenchy about Gentlemen Only.

Givenchy and its neo-aromatic fragrance Gentlemen Only

While the lovely Gentlemen Only and its fine ancestor Gentleman were indeed built on the same olfactory oppositions between freshness and virility, their scents are nonetheless rather different, and Gentlemen Only stands out in particular through its aromatic bursts of absolute modernity.

Gentlemen Only opens on relatively classic top notes of bergamot and lemon, only to better surprise with the splendor of a few green, crisp birch leaves, pink pepper and nutmeg. At the heart, this fine energy continues to spread through the lively woody notes of vetiver and cedar. However, the patchouli brings us back to the sensual softness of Gentlemen Only's father, Gentleman. Finally, incense and white musks build velvety, fleshy depths shaped like the scent of skin.

Of a timeless elegance, this Eau de Toilette is a neo-aromatic creation in which birch leaf signs a resolutely modern opening. Then a trio of precious woods combined with a warmed-skin accord gives it a disturbing, sultry sensuality. Givenchy about Gentlemen Only.