Azzaro Wanted Eau de Toilette

Before The Most Wanted made Azzaro famous for sweet cardamom, there was the original Wanted Eau de Toilette. Launched in 2016 and created by Fabrice Pellegrin, it is a zesty lemon and ginger scent over vetiver and tonka, fresher and far less sweet than the flankers that followed. It carries a revolver-cylinder bottle and a woody citrus spicy profile. Aromatica carries the Azzaro Wanted Eau de Toilette decant in Bangladesh, so you can hear the original tune before the remixes.

Fragrance Notes

Top: Lemon, Ginger, Lavender, Mint

Heart: Apple, Cardamom, Juniper, Geranium

Base: Tonka, Amberwood, Vetiver

Full note breakdown on Fragrantica.

The Scent

The opening is lemon and ginger, bright and a little spicy. Some wearers find the first minute busy, with several notes pushing at once, before it settles into a clear lemon-ginger freshness. Mint and lavender sit around it in the listed pyramid and add a cool, aromatic edge.

The heart turns warmer. Cardamom gives a green spice, and juniper adds a dry, woody bite. Apple shows up as a soft fruity note that several reviewers can pick out, with geranium adding a clean floral touch. This stage is aromatic and slightly spicy rather than sweet.

The drydown is vetiver and tonka over amberwood. It gets creamy and smooth, with clean vetiver and a light tonka sweetness. One reviewer compares the ginger drydown to Davidoff Horizon, only softer. Another only fell for it later in the day, when it sat close to warm skin as a clean, classic vetiver.

There is one thing to know about the notes. Fragrantica lists lavender, mint, apple, geranium and amberwood, but Azzaro's own published pyramid is shorter: lemon and ginger, then cardamom and cade juniper, then vetiver and tonka. Either way, the skeleton is the same. It is a citrus, spice and vetiver scent, and the extra listed notes describe how it smells to wearers rather than what the house announced.

When to Wear

Wanted EDT is a versatile daytime scent. It suits office days, university, casual outings and warm weather, and it works in the Dhaka heat better than the sweeter Wanted flankers. In cooler months it still wears well during the day. Explore more in the Daily Wear collection.

Who Is It For

It suits men who want a clean, easy designer scent for everyday wear. It is a good starter fragrance, since it is fresh, familiar and safe. Men who already own The Most Wanted and want something lighter for daytime will find this a real contrast rather than a repeat. It also suits someone who finds most blue fragrances too sweet or too synthetic, since the lemon and vetiver keep it grounded. Opinion on it is mixed among enthusiasts, some calling it generic and others loving its clean skin finish, which makes a small size the sensible first step.

For the sweeter side of the line, compare Azzaro Wanted EDP and The Most Wanted Parfum. Browse the full Azzaro collection at Aromatica.

Available as an authentic decant in Bangladesh at Aromatica in 3ml, 5ml, 9ml, and 15ml.