Boston Man

5 reseñas

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• entredicho

  January 12, 2017

  

  A friend of mine used to wear this when we were very young. Whenever we went to his house to pick him up to go out into the city and have fun, he’d grab his Boston Splash bottle and put a few drops on his neck. It was like a ritual. The rest of us would wait for the key moment, just before he grabbed his keys to leave… We’d always make the same joke, and he’d smile: ‘Blacky, come on, now your Boston, it’s the secret to your success’. It’s funny that we, a group of post-teen friends, used the colognes our elders wore. My sister gave me Agua Brava, which lasted a long time since I only used it for weekend outings. Another friend wore Massimo Dutti almost always, and the three of us would go challenge the corners of the city with our fragrances from the most used 90s era, regardless of age. How can I not miss those years now that I’m a not-so-young 40-year-old? It would be nice to relive those marked moments once more. Simple things like putting on cologne to go out, like someone heading to war… were girls the enemy? I don’t think so; we were just ourselves, trying to impress them just by wearing Antonio Puig colognes like olfactory harpoons. And there we were, waiting in a corner at the bar without dancing, seeing who’d be the first to dare order something, strike up a conversation, ask for a date, or get a kiss. It was our routine of patience and faith, something we never had again in our adult youth. It’s good to realize over time that what we were looking for wouldn’t be found in weekend bar hopping. But the important thing, in the end, was that we were together, on the adventure of living the prelude to what would soon become adult life, with all its responsibilities. I recently searched for Boston until I found it as a discontinued cologne. The scent remains exactly as I remembered. It was a way to return to that moment and calm my nostalgia. I also acquired Agua Brava and use it at night at home. Its aroma is now weaker than back then (a victim of reformulation), but it’s still my Agua Brava, the one I’d generously splash on my neck every night before heading out, dreaming of those dreams some of which came true. Edit: In the same year Boston was born, 1989, Van Cleef released Tsar. The dry-down of Tsar smells exactly like Boston throughout its entire linear development…

• Bofifa

  February 10, 2017

  

  An extremely pleasant cologne that reminds me of EGB classes and makes me think everyone wore it massively across Spain in the late 80s. Another way to understand ‘smelling good’ when aquatic scents weren’t even on the radar yet. A ‘fresh’ cologne in the late 80s style, with soft and sweet woody and conifer notes. Nothing aquatic about it anywhere. I have a box from 1988, and the moment I smelled it, I realized how many times I wore this between ages 10 and 14. Not very refined, after all, it was a ‘neighborhood’ cologne trying to mimic Azzaro but more accessible for young people or students. Moderate projection and longevity. Rating: 8/10

• VegaMax

  January 9, 2020

  

  Excellent cologne, super pleasant. Antonio Puig is truly a master of fragrances. The woody, aromatic, oud, amber, fresh spicy, balsamic notes… It’s the prodigious decade of the 70s and 80s colognes and perfumes.

• Ícara

  December 26, 2020

  

  I’m writing this review because I can’t find it on Fragrantica under ‘Boston Girl.’ First off, Boston Man seemed fantastic for its price, though maybe I’m not entirely objective since my dad wore it a lot, even though it was marketed to a younger crowd. It just suited him perfectly. Boston Girl came out a bit later, in the early 90s, and oh my goodness, it smelled incredible. (Those 90s florals in general smelled amazing). It was floral but nothing cloying, slightly fruity, and quite fresh. It smelled like a lush mane of hair freshly washed and sun-dried, waving under a light summer breeze. It opened with citrus and melon, then shifted into a floral heart of neroli, jasmine, and neroli, finishing with a touch of musk, wood, and coconut. The bottle was a feminized version of the Boston Man, with rounded lines and salmon hues; it wasn’t spectacular, but in this case, they really said beauty is in the beast. I gifted it to a friend—it was clearly aimed at a young audience, yet it was so good I’d still wear it today—and I, who was hopelessly in love with it, secretly bought a bottle myself that I never used around her. For a laughable price, I couldn’t have imagined it would smell as divine as it did. Either I’m not searching hard enough, or these gems from that caliber are just gone.

• Vandersar

  December 4, 2023

  

  My absolute number one commercial fragrance of all time. Angelic, fresh, herbal, and citrusy. What a shame they discontinued it…🥺