Panama by Borsalino

guest_

yeah, i agree with Mj, the scent vanishes into the air after a couple o4 hours, but noticeable to some extent... I'd like to mix it with a different scent and see how it behaves...

iMaverick

Panama seems to be directed towards the older, refined, discerning, reserved, quiet type, much in the way I suspect are the type of clientelle of Borsalino.

Aquatic is the way it is described here on the opening of this scent, but to me it is spicy-bitter herbs (coriander and tarragon in it perhaps?) against citrus, smells of a symbolic Jewish holiday remembering sad days (bitter herbs) with a dash of hope (citrus). As the opening notes calm and fade, floral and very spicy notes emerge with a faint powdery edge to it--ginger, clove and nutmeg on a background of violets. A citrus quality hovers over it, and as it fades, and the spicy aspects mellows, it deepens, with its woody facets emerging at the base. At this point there are so many things happening with this scent. It is a showoff of complexity and execution. Not totally about cleverness, but more like whimsical rapid firings of notes and accords.

Sweeter facets emerge, of rounded, somber woods and resins and a dusty/musty patchouli used in Prada and Angel and a transparent vetiver. I catch some coffee like notes to it too.

It seems a temperature controlled scent. In cooler weather, it seems very much the spicy-green oriental that wears close to the skin. On warmer days, it is high pitched and spicy--almost giving it the impression that it is woody, aquatic, and citrus.

Much going on with this scent, to the point where someone who doesn't study and analyze scents this way might think it just too fussy for them. I'd certainly like to wear this when I have moments where I'd like to stir my senses into a bit of heightened excitement. I wonder if this is what Panama, the city, is all about?

guest_MJ

I had bought it 5 months ago.

coooool smell and very quiet :)

But it wouldn't last more than 2 hours