At Perfumarie, let your nose do the picking

New York

CLOSE your eyes. Imagine a perfume.

It smells like honeyed amber and smoky tonka beans, topped with a squeeze of bergamot oil. Perhaps you detect a hint of chalky violets and the dry prairie winds of vetiver grass.

Inhale again: Now you get a slice of mandarin orange, a burst of cardamom pods and a fresh cake of Irish Spring. The scent is spicy and a little feral but still bright and clean. It's the sort of scent that makes you want to go out dancing.

Open your eyes. Were you picturing Pitbull for men?

If you were told that it's a celebrity cologne from 2…