Imitation Man

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• Metaleroenésimo

  January 1, 2020

  

  Well, here goes my opinion. It’s rare that there aren’t any reviews yet. I tested it yesterday at Corte Inglés in Alicante carefully, thinking it would disappoint me like Bracken and Figment did. But no. It didn’t blow my mind, but it didn’t leave me stranded in the ditch either. Imitation For Man is very oriental; smelling it transports you to exotic places. It’s floral and earthy, less smoky and incense-heavy than is usual for Amouage, or at least as they used to be. It doesn’t have that baroque flair of other creations from the house, but it’s not minimalist either. It’s an elegant, balanced, and romantic oriental fragrance. Now comes the drawback, the only one I find, and it weighs heavily given the price. It resembles other fragrances quite a bit, even though it doesn’t declare oud, and smells very similar to Montale’s Black Aoud. The only difference is that here there’s a spicy touch that sometimes reminds of curry. To be frank, I was surprised to have that Amouage Arab aroma, though less dense. But it left me a bit cold regarding its similarity to other oud fragrances, and specifically oud and rose. It’s not a masterpiece, but neither is it mediocre, and that’s positive. Ideal for use at night and in autumn and winter, or for special occasions. Longevity and sillage are good, without reaching the Interlude Man marathon. I clarify that oud isn’t listed, but I noticed a medicinal accord that reminds me of that note. Curious!

• Landberk70

  May 12, 2022

  

  I’ve had this perfume for over a year and a half. My first time in 2020 was: ‘Wow, I bought a bubblegum water with flowers.’ It took me a long time to understand it; I perceived it as totally feminine. After about five wears, it didn’t seem so strange or hard to wear anymore. I grasped its essence: something complex, sweet, dense, floral, and resinous. In the opening, Turkish rose stands out with violet and citrus, very base-heavy. After ten minutes, it balances to let the myrrh, black pepper, and vetiver shine, making it very pleasant. In the mid and dry down phases, an earthy base from the vetiver and patchouli results in something like a very soft, clean leather; in my opinion, not animalistic, but a woman’s purse with that mix of cosmetic scents that were in my mom’s or ex-wife’s bag. That’s my interpretation. It’s not a beast, but it has correct performance and sillage, very versatile for autumn, spring, and cool summer nights. Totally unisex, semi-formal or formal, for people over 25. Scent 7.5/10. Sillage 8/10. Projection 8.5/10. Longevity 8/10.

• labrito03

  December 3, 2025

  

  Imitation Man. A hidden masterpiece, a fictional scent made flesh. It’s incomprehensible yet as real as imagination itself; intangible and palpable all at once. It makes me feel like I’m inside an 8-bit video game that suddenly upgrades to 1080p—fluorescent and brilliant. It feels both liquid and solid, rough yet smooth, as if mimicking a reality that doesn’t exist. I’ve imagined thousands of things: melted vinyls over fluor liquids with a leather shell, or being inside a neon game where everything glows. It’s fluid yet stuck, changing with every use: sometimes it smells of sandy, granulated iris; other times radiant violet and rose; sometimes creamy, silky leather with a glowing center, and other times bitter castoreum. It also finds resinous myrrh. The perfume is bulky, gummy, sticky. It smells ELASTIC, like multicolored latex, like cosmetics, like a woman’s purse. It smells both retro and futuristic. Incoherent yet congenial. Undecipherable. It’s magical, fun, surreal, luminous. It smells absurdly unreal but delicious. The opening is a burst of citrus effervescence, like rubber, with the spicy freshness of nutmeg and a tremendously punchy black pepper. It lasts about 30-35 minutes before the citrus hides and the spices take over. The rose, voluminous and three-dimensional, emerges to wrap around the plastic violet, like hard candy or solid slime, alongside an alkyd but granulated iris—rough yet smooth. They are plastic flowers, like LEGO flowers. The leather is unique: round, embracing, with a fine and pleasant texture, ultra-expensive and delicate, accompanied by castoreum that gives a noticeable bitterness starting from the 3rd hour. I’ve only deciphered the patchouli and vetiver as a slight earthy aspect; it’s too complex, I think I need another year to understand them fully. The myrrh smells like myrrh stone, a hard resin like a mineral, with a subtle smoky aspect from the nutmeg/leather/castoreum blend. Performance: (I have dry skin). Projection: Moderate for 2 hours, then drops to form a personal bubble by the 4th hour. Sillage: Heavy for 1h15, moderate for 2h45, light for another hour. Longevity: Batch 2021, 7-8 hours, then fades to skin scent. Seasons: Autumn, winter (works better with a bit of warmth), spring, and summer nights. Age: +24. Occasions: Formal, semi-formal, or informal, wherever you want. It’s chameleon-like. If you get the chance, don’t hesitate; buy it blind if you can’t test it, it’s a gem of perfumery.

• labrito03

  December 16, 2025

  

  Imitation Man. A gem, a wonder, a fictional scent made real. A HIDDEN MASTERPIECE. This is my favorite perfume; nothing equals it. It doesn’t smell like anything you can imagine, not even by reading the notes or accords. It’s incomprehensible and fictional, yet as real as imagination. It feels intangible and palpable at the same time, authentic, as if it had a life of its own. It’s one of those perfumes that blows your mind and makes you create a thousand images to understand it. It makes me feel inside a 2D 16-bit video game, but 3D 1080×1920 at the same time. Fluorescent, as bright as possible, totally iridescent. It feels both liquid and solid at once, rough yet smooth. It’s as if it’s trying to mimic a non-existent reality. IMITATION MAN. I’ve imagined thousands of things; like melted vinyls over fluor liquids covered in multicolored leather with flowers, to imagining myself inside a 2D game where everything is neon, everything glows and reflects, where you play at constant 120+fps but there’s sand in your vision because you’re at 16 bits. It’s fluid yet stuck. It’s a perfume that changes with every use. Sometimes it smells of sandy, granulated iris; other times radiant violet and rose. Other times you perceive creamy, silky, brown, and muted leather but with a glowing center, and other times you find the bitterness of castoreum. Other times, more resinous myrrh. The perfume is bulky, gummy, sticky. It smells ELASTIC, smells like multicolored latex. It smells like cosmetics, like a woman’s purse. It smells both retro and futuristic. Incoherent yet congenial. Undecipherable. It’s magical, fun, surreal, fanciful, luminous. It smells absurdly unreal but delicious. The opening is a burst of citrus effervescence like rubber, along with the spicy freshness of nutmeg and a tremendously punchy black pepper. This opening lasts about 30-35 minutes and then the citrus hides a bit, but the spices much more. The rose, well voluminous, three-dimensional, granulated, and a bit velvety that was already timidly in the opening, emerges much more to wrap around the plastic violet, like hard candy, like slime that’s not too sticky but more solid, alongside an iris as I said, alkyd but granulated, sandy, rough yet smooth. They are plastic flowers, as if they were LEGO flowers. The leather it has is not like any other leather you’ve ever heard of. It’s a round leather, embracing, with a fine and pleasant texture, it’s a leather worked to the utmost, ultra-expensive and delicate, being accompanied by castoreum that functions as a push and gives a noticeable bitterness starting from the 3rd hour. I still haven’t deciphered the smell of patchouli and vetiver more than as a slight earthy aspect in this perfume; it’s honestly too complex and requires a lot of time to be understood, although I think I need at least another year to finish understanding it. The myrrh smells like myrrh stone, a hard resin as if it were a mineral. It also has a very subtle smoky aspect that must be granted by the nutmeg/leather/castoreum combination. Performance: (I have dry skin) Projection: It has moderate projection for 2 hours and then slowly reduces until forming a personal bubble by the 4th hour. Sillage: Heavy for 1h15, moderate for another 2h45. Moderate/light for another hour. Longevity: Batch 2021, 7 or 8 hours, then fades to skin scent. Seasons: Autumn, winter (though it performs better with a bit of warmth), spring, and summer nights. Age: +24. Occasions: Formal to semi-formal and informal situations, wherever you want. It’s chameleon-like. If you have the opportunity to buy it, don’t hesitate; buy it blind if you can’t test it like I did, because it’s an authentic gem of perfumery.