Magic Man Bruno Banani 2008 Eau de Toilette

Magic Man (Eau de Toilette) by Bruno Banani

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Magic Man (Eau de Toilette) (Bruno Banani)

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Magic Man (Eau de Toilette) is a perfume by Bruno Banani for men and was released in 2008. The scent is spicy-woody. It is being marketed by Coty.

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Fragrance Notes

Top Notes	Cardamom Nutmeg Black pepper Frankincense
Heart Notes	Cyclamen Cocoa wood Pecan Pimento Tagetes
Base Notes	Amber Woody notes Patchouli

Ratings

Scent

5.8140 Ratings

Longevity

5.6118 Ratings

Sillage

5.4111 Ratings

Bottle

5.3121 Ratings

Value for money

7.329 Ratings

Submitted by DonVanVliet, last update on 14.01.2022.

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08/14/2021

9
Scent 7
Longevity 7
Sillage 7
Bottle 9
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Roselfi

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Roselfi

2

Starry sky

Dark, mystical and magically attractive.... My association with the Magic Man is therefore somehow the starry sky on a cool summer night.

I can't really smell out the individual scent notes. A synthetic, clean mixture of shower gel, deodorant, chewing gum?, wood, and something tasty - I think cocoa - fits the scent description quite well.
Spicy? Yep, not really, the scent is too cool for that.
The durability is adequate for a drugstore fragrance, price-wise the magic man is totally affordable. More depth and durability, and the fragrance would easily compete with the big brands in the upper price range.

Picture Magic Man on the big city boy who doesn't want to spend much on a perfume but still wants to impress the girls when he goes out. And for the discerning country boys among us: Yes, of course there are more qualitative; more individual; but sometimes it's just the simple things. At least with me, because I find the fragrance as a woman super ;)

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10/28/2020

5.5
Scent 8
Longevity 7
Sillage 4
Bottle 8
Pricing

Demetera
21 Reviews

Demetera

2

Strange Spicy-sweet-woody mix

So first of all I dont like this one, because its different, but in a bad way. Let me explain.
Is it a sweet fragrance? No, because its too spicy for it.
Is it a spicy fragrance? No, because its too sweet for it.
Is it a fresh fragrance? No, because..no, its just not fresh enough.
Is it a woody fragrance? No, because when you smell the woods, there are a lot of cocoa there, and its not the most woody note.

Than what the hell is this fragrance? Its a mixture of aaaall the sexy-masculine notes, spices, woods, freshness(?), sweetness and..cocoa. Well I like pizza and hamburger too, but its a bad recipe to put the burger in the top of my pizza to make it even better. Its just not how things works, and its the same with Banani's magic man.

So I dont like this one because its a bit too inconsistent in its notes. But here is the surprise.
I wear(and like) some sweet or spicy fragrances like YSL La Nuit, Zadig This is Him!, Armani Code, CH Men Privé, and fresh ones like Sauvage, Prada LR Carbon and its a surprise for me, but this one got at least(!) the same amount of compliments than the previously listed ones, except Carbon and La Nuit, so like it or not, women like this one.

Nevertheless its a safe fragrance because its not overpowering, not punch in the face, got a medium sillage, so if someone like it, its useable not only for a night out fragrance, but in the office too.

02/16/2019

7.5
Scent 5
Longevity 5
Sillage 6
Bottle

Jazzy76
320 Reviews

Jazzy76

1

spicy and " blue " pleasure

You think of the brand Bruno Banani and immediately you imagine oblique bottle and weird or fummy shapes, anyway refined and of design.
i was at my usual drugstore when on the shelves I saw this new fragrancefor man: I was attracted by this blue colour recalling me something deep and mysterious. So, I sprayed the scent: the opening accord, with its spicy-incensed touch conquired me, because i 'm a fan of oriental notes. Then, I perceived something warmer and deep: the cocoa note, noticeable although not so heavy or intoxicating. But I didn't a smell a true "base", of course, I perceived some Woody warm notes, but not so longlasting and able to leave their traces for hours on the skin. What a picty, because it could be the perfect bouquet: round, spicy, deep and pleasant for Her too.
for its quite weak sillage and its inoffensive character I think that this scent could be worn without problems at the office too and in every season, although it gives its best when it's quite cool. You can as well wear it as a night scent igf you have to go in crowded places where too heavy or "heady" perfumes could disturb your neighbours.
The price is quitev affordable but the sizes are small and you must spray the scent again and again.
anyway, if you're a Young man or an alternative spirit , you 're classy with a little bit of mystery and you're searching something different form the most sold perfumes, give a chance to this scent !

08/16/2018

3
Scent 6
Longevity 4
Sillage 4
Bottle

ElysaShades

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ElysaShades

Very helpful Review 9

Just not so squeamish..

... We Parfumo/as know that not every fragrance that is cheap has to be bad, maybe not even if Bruno Banani is on it. So get that stuff up!

Yikes. . First of all alcohol and smell of stomach... Tester tilted, so first change the shop and try again. Pfft pfft... Alcohol again, but if we are not like that, with such a favorable smell this may happen.
After one minute it becomes pleasantly dark spicy.

Soft incense that has nothing of church, pepper, nutmeg and cardamom are rather reserved. I don't know if cocoa wood has a special smell. It smells spicy rather than woody. Possibly the warm and slightly bitter smell of cocoa beans is meant and in the background something woody. I like it a lot. You can also wear the scent if you are not a "Checker". You don't even have to be called Kevin. (Sorry to all Kevins here, I forgive you for making a blonde joke).

Unfortunately, after a short time a quite sweet and Heerenduschgel-like smell sets in. I'm out with that because I just don't like it. It is by no means as penetrating as my personal hate scent "men's changing in the bottle" - Invictus, however, so that it disturbs me. That's too bad, otherwise I would have bought Magic Man. The shower gel then unfortunately also runs through the amber patchouli base, which would otherwise also have been very dark-fluffy-pleasant.

Someone downstairs used Hugo Dark Blue as a comparison. In terms of fragrances, this one and Magic Man should actually be similar. But it's within reasonable bounds. Magic Man lacks that dusty and mouldy thing that disturbed me so much about Dark Blue. As I said: 'Too bad that he smells like shower gel, otherwise he really would have been something for me What also surprises me is that there are no parallels to the ladies version at all. This is a really trashy artificial fruit scent, which is funny from time to time, but has nothing at all of the spicy and dark men's variant.

Durability is by the way quite good for a Bruno Banani. Half a day it already holds out, whereby the Sillage with moderate dosage should disturb nobody.

Who has nothing against shower gel smells, can risk here quietly times a Schnupperer

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