This discontinued gem is lauded as the best Armani Code flanker, hands down. A warm vanilla-gourmand with surprising depth, it's a confident, seductive choice, even if some sniffy reviewers call it generic. It's an undisputed compliment-getter, pure sex in a bottle.

A budget take on Maison Francis Kurkdjian Amyris Homme, that polished citrus-aromatic-gourmand niche favourite. Intensely Scented captures the bright mandarin opening and the buttery iris-tonka drydown, but the refined gourmand-woody balance reads simpler, and it projects softly like the original but with shorter wear.