Giorgio Armani, you sly devil you. How do you make everything so perfect?

The legendary fashion house, Armani, has just released a refined duo of fragrances, comprising the latest additions to the Armani/Privé Couture Fragrances collection: Blanc Kogane and Noir Cogane.

Respectively crafted in ivory and deep black tones, each flacon is adorned with gold patterns, mirroring the preciousness of Kintsugi pottery and paying tribute to this ancestral Japanese art. Like the familiar ying-yang symbol, equally contrasting as it is complimentary, these two fragrances make a voluptuous scent pairing, turning the heads of everyone lucky enough to walk past the one wearing it.

Blanc Kogane is a luminous, seductive, and deconstructed musk scent, shaped around precious white jasmine notes. And Noir Kogane is an earthy, leathery, mysterious vetiver fragrance, enhanced by warm and spicy saffron notes.


Since 2004, Giorgio Armani has translated the essence of his Haute Couture collections into a selection of unique fragrances with meticulously crafted ingredients that convey an uncompromising perfection. The Armani/Privé Haute Couture Fragrances span four collections of distrinctive and refined scents: Les Eaux, La Collection, Les Mille et Une Nuits, and Les Terres Précieuses. And for obvious reasons, all of us here at Esquire will forever salute the Armani flag.

Need some additional convincing? Check out this clip of Richard Gere cruising down Malibu donning his Armani suit in 1980’s American Gigolo (the film that made Giorgio Armani and his eclectic, monochromatic wardrobe, a superstar).

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Anton Brisinger

Los Angeles native, Anton Brisinger is the lifestyle editor at Esquire Middle East. He really hates it when he asks for 'no tomatoes' and they don't listen. @antonbrisingerr