In addition to producing music, clothing and a host of other endeavors, Sean Combs – also known as P Diddy, Puffy and Puff Daddy, among other names – has a fragrance named Unforgivable for men.
The scent is dubbed “Put passion in a bottle” and sometimes “Eau de Bad Boy”. There are some features about Unforgivable that set it apart from other fragrances. For those who admire Sean Combs sense of style, they will be happy to know that Sean Combs did not just lend his name to a pre-made scent; he personally selected it and got involved in the process. According to the write up on Sephora.com, “his involvement in the creation process was so hands on, he even went so far as to host fragrance sampling sessions with the perfumers in his own kitchen. After 665 attempts, Combs found the mixture that would become Unforgivable.”
The scent reminds me of Creed’s Millesime Imperialle or Silver Mountain, which are available at fairly high-end Neiman Marcus-type stores. Another detail is many men’s’ fragrances are very overt. Unforgivable is not a brash scent; it is more subtle. By applying very sparingly, you might just make people think you actually just smell good, not that you are wearing cologne.
Unforgivable for men is a citrus-musk mix made up of three main elements: Italian bergamot, green mandarin, and Moroccan birch are topped with a sparkling champagne accord scent. The middle note is the scent of Mediterranean air accord, Tuscan basil, Florentine iris, clay sage, and lavender and a final note of warm cashmere, sea moss, Australian sandalwood, amber, Tonka bean, and rum. The various products in the unforgivable line have more of a feature note aspect to them, so if you want to intensify the fresh air aspect of Unforgivable for instance, you would layer the Sean John after Shave balm that has more green mandarin and Mediterranean air accord in it. Also of note, Sean John does not like the traditional way of describing the key notes of top, middle and final notes of a fragrance so he developed his own note naming conventions of hot, fabulous and sexy.
The bottle is a sleek and modern design.
Online, Unforgivable is available at Sephora.com in the following forms: 2.5 oz Eau de Toilette Spray is $55. The 4.2 oz is $75. The 6 ounce body spray is $24. The 4.2 ounce after shave balm is $42. The 6.7 ounce shower gel is $20; the 2.5 ounce deodorant is $16. Since Sephora offers free gift wrap, free samples and expedited shipping before the holidays, Sephora is a good bet for purchasing Unforgivable. A second option online is seanjohnfragrances.com that offers free shipping on $75 orders and has a few special holiday gift sets not available in stores.
More options for buying Unforgivable: Macy’s, Saks 5th Avenue, Dillard’s, Bloomingdale’s, Nordstrom, Lord & Taylor, Sephora stores, Belk, Bon-Ton, The Parisian, Ulta, and the Sean John New York Store on 475 Fifth Avenue at 41st Street.
Visit Sephora.com and seanjohnfragrances.com for more information about using the unforgivable products in tandem and possible gift options.
