Michael Cinco

Michael Cinco is a fragrance brand from the United Arab Emirates created by Filipino haute couture designer Michael Cinco, who has been based in Dubai and operating his eponymous fashion house since 2003. The dedicated Michael Cinco perfume line emerged as a separate luxury collection around 2023-2024, with releases such as M5 (2023) and subsequent numbered scents including M2 and M7.

Cinco’s background in elaborate couture and Swarovski‑laden gowns strongly shapes the aesthetic of his fragrances. Retailers and brand materials position the collection as opulent, detail‑driven perfumery, often described as "luxury" compositions that mirror his red‑carpet fashion work for celebrities and Middle Eastern royalty. The range leans toward rich florals, sweet amber accords, and polished musky and woody bases, frequently accented with fruits and spices for a vivid, dressed‑up effect.

The dedicated fragrance collection complements Cinco’s earlier scent collaborations with Philippine apparel brand Bench, which began in 2012 with the citrus‑fruity unisex scent Impalpable and later flankers such as Impalpable Men and Impalpable Dreams. Those Bench releases sit in a more accessible, casual segment, while the UAE‑based Michael Cinco line occupies a higher price tier and is marketed through luxury retailers in the Gulf region and online.

Taken together, Michael Cinco’s perfumes extend his couture signature into olfaction: highly stylized compositions that favor brightness, sweetness, and an evening‑appropriate presence, targeted at fragrance buyers who want their scent to feel as dressed up as their clothing.