It's such an original scent. The only word I can think to describe it is spicy. I wasn't aware that it was a man's scent. When I smell it, I think more "sultry and exotic" than "masculine." I knocked it down one star because the darn stuff does not last long enough. I can smell it if I keep my nose to my wrist all day--and I have to admit that I do that. It smells that good!