Yes, oh yes it can.
Created by the same guy who made Opium by YSL (Jean-Louis Sieuzac) in 1988, perfume Fahrenheit smelt different from all the other masculine stuff around back then, and still does now.
Citrus notes (mainly orange) won’t be able to tame the cloud of gasoline and dirty smoked leather of the opening (it’s honeysuckle and hawthorn for the fine noses).
But the dirtiness is only apparent. The effect is actually quite smooth, and with an ambiguous attractiveness, like – in a certain way – the one that real gasoline has.
And of course there’s more in this Fahrenheit Dior perfume for men, but its evolution is very slow. After a couple of hours, the inflammable stuff has blended with violet and sandalwood, but the result is still powerful and peculiar. Imagine an old dresser that has just been polished with a petroleum-based solvent, yet crafted in a way that makes you want to stay there and smell it.
As the intensity fades, the florals – patchouli and vetiver in particular – can finally play at the same level with the more masculine side, leading to an oriental, spicy and sweet finale.
And age-wise: under 30, keep off, Fahrenheit parfum is too dense, too smoked, too earth (no wind) and fire for younger ages.
You don’t have to ride a Harley Davidson to wear this Fahrenheit Fragrance. Indeed a freshly-shaven and (at least a little) formal style will be just perfect, as it will create a kind of unsettling, asymmetric clean/dirty, good/bad, normal/wild type of image.
Gotta love this fragrance, or hate it, but you DO pay respect.
If this perfume was a color, it would be this:
Fahrenheit Christian Dior
Fahrenheit Cologne For Men
