Unisex for Everybody
Fragrance One (2020)

Fragrance One: Unisex for Everybody (2020) comes across like an expensive joke being played on the rabid fanbase of Jeremy Fragrance. For starters, this plainly states that it is for everyone, twice. Then, the scent goes on to be literally just a retread of Fragrance One: Date for Men (2019) without the false pretense of oud, swapping in some DNA from Maison Francis Kurkdjian Baccarat Rouge 540 (2015) to justify the "unisex" portion. Primarily, this is for the numbskull "muh compliments bruh" demographic of "fragbros" that want to weaponize fragrance as Human equivalent of peacock feathers anyway, so I highly doubt any self-respecting lady is going to touch it. Really, this should have just been called Date for Men Two: Electic Dateloo, and boy has reviewing this scent been a tiresome exercise. If a single fragrance in the line managed to be half as exciting as the personality of the brand owner, we might actually have something fun to wear here, instead of terribly rote cocktails of "successful DNAs" lifted from JF's favorite commercial fragrances in his own personal wardrobe. I'm trying to be nice here, I really am, it's just a huge test of patience with this stuff.

The opening is a fruity ethyl maltol mess with some token JF bergamot pop carried over from the previous two male market releases, with some beta and alpha ionones to mix fruity woody tones and a touch of powder. If I had to give the fruit a name, I'd say it's closest to pear. Cinnamon breaks ties with the comparisons to Jean-Paul Gaultier Ultra Mâle (2015) and moves us into the "Baccarat Rouge phase" of the base, with no real middle transition to speak of. Elemi resin is the only listed base note, but the reality is you're getting cashmeran, musks, the usual back-of-box ingredients fixatives, and some of that psuedo-saffron BR540 nondescript thickness that is a bit dustier than the real deal, but blends with the cinnamon and fruitiness of the top to remain warm. All told this wears fairly well if boring, and isn't quite as sweet as the Gaultier nor disappears on skin like the MFK, so I guess in theory it is an improvement. Extrait de parfum concentration assures longevity, and unlike the notorious Fragrance One: Office for Men (2019), you won't asphyxiate anyone with your projection. Best use is in fall through sprng in evenings.

Unisex for Everybody has the same psychopathic commitment to getting compliments as the previous mens fragrances, and really doesn't actually work much as a unisex fragrance at all because there's nothing here that really feels like a compromise to make it work for women too. No discernable fruity florals besides the brief poof in the opening, no real gourmand tones, no rose or patchouli, nothing in the modern commercial bag of tricks for marketing women's fragrance mixed with stereotypical "men's cologne" DNA that becomes the two-headed hydra most perfume houses tapping the kind of market Jeremy does tend to present as their own takes on "unisex". In short, this feels like it was labelled unisex merely for appeasement and nothing else, which when factored in with the bare-bones Fragrance One packaging and $160 price for 50ml, means you're left wondering if this isn't instead just the new "entry level" for guys replacing Office for Men with fake gender neutrality for cheap brownie points. In any case test first (or buy a sampler) before going in, unless you've already sacrificed your first born in fealty to the man himself. Neutral

Smells like a smooth mix of UltraMale and just a little bit of BR540. Very sweet and heavy but smells really good. I like this better than Date for Men.

It does straddle unisex nicely, should appeal to both sexes. Feels best for cooler weather and date nights. Projects like crazy so spray and wear accordingly.