Wild

There is something deliberately understated about Wild by Dsquared², the Italian fashion house's 2014 Eau de Toilette for men. Where the name and the image campaign promise a raw, untamed energy, the fragrance itself goes quieter and more interesting: an earthy, resinous masculine that smells like forest floor, dried herbs, and cool bark rather than anything loud or obvious. Aromatica carries the Dsquared² Wild decant in Bangladesh in all available sizes, making it easy to sample the fragrance before settling on a size.

Fragrance Notes

Top: Santolina, St. John's Wort

Heart: Cypress, Resin Accord

Base: Neo-Labdanum, Opoponax, Vegetable Amber, Humus Accord

The Scent

Two botanicals most people have never encountered in a perfume lead the opening: santolina and St. John's Wort. Santolina is a Mediterranean herb with a sharp, camphorous, slightly medicinal green bite. St. John's Wort adds a waxy, faintly honeyed green note. Together they create an entry point that feels genuinely unusual. Not citrus, not lavender, not bergamot. It reads as outdoors and slightly wild in the truest sense: crushed greenery from something you might find growing between rocks on a hillside. The two notes do not blend into a smooth accord so much as sit in productive friction, the sharper camphorous edge of the santolina keeping the waxy sweetness of the St. John's Wort from ever settling into comfort.

Within the first ten minutes, cypress pushes forward and anchors the composition. This is dry cypress, not the fresh aquatic interpretation some houses use. It is cool, almost mineral, with a faint smoky quality. A resin accord starts building underneath, and this is where the character of the fragrance shifts from green to something darker and more meditative. The two notes work in tension: the cypress keeps things airy and slightly astringent while the resin pulls toward depth and warmth. That interplay between cool herb and encroaching resin is what gives the mid-stage of Wild its particular identity, a sense of standing at the edge of a conifer wood as the afternoon light fades. The resin accord does not announce itself loudly; it seeps in gradually, thickening the air around the cypress until the green quality becomes something rooted and still.

By the thirty-minute mark, the base structure is fully visible. Neo-labdanum is a modern, cleaner reinterpretation of the classic labdanum resin: slightly sweet, waxy, with an almost leathery undertone. Opoponax brings a deeper, almost balsamic sweetness that stops short of oriental territory. The humus accord is the genuine surprise here: a note that smells specifically like damp earth, turned soil, or the forest floor after rain. It gives Wild its most distinctive quality and can read either arresting or too strange depending on the wearer. It is an accord with almost no precedent in mainstream masculine fragrance, and it reads as a genuine creative choice rather than an accident. The opoponax and neo-labdanum work together to keep the earthiness from feeling raw, folding it into a quietly resinous warmth that carries the composition forward. Where the opening was sharp and herbal, the base is slow, dense, and grounded, the kind of dry-down that rewards a full hour of wear.

Vegetable amber rounds out the dry-down by softening the earthiness into something skin-close and warm. The finish sits right on the skin rather than broadcasting outward, which divides opinion. Some wearers find this intimate quality sophisticated and wearable in a professional setting or a quiet weekend morning. Others feel a fragrance called Wild should announce itself more boldly, and on that point they have a fair argument. The name is a genuine misnomer. This is subtle, considered, almost contemplative. A second skin of resin, earth, and cool greenery rather than anything untamed or aggressive. The transition from the sharp herbal opening to this quietly warm close is what makes the fragrance worth following all the way through.

Wild sits in the same family as Kenzo Homme EDT and quieter takes on Versace Man Eau Fraiche, but the herbal opening and earthy base give it a more niche-adjacent character that those fragrances do not share. The dry-down in particular, with its humus accord and neo-labdanum, is closer to what smaller niche houses do with forest and soil territory than what you typically find in a department store. Perfumers Daphne Bugey and Annick Menardo made something that rewards patience more than first impressions.

When to Wear

Cool to mild weather is where Wild performs best: autumn walks, weekend mornings, or low-key indoor settings where an earthy, resinous green scent can unfold without competing with heat or humidity. It works in a professional environment where you want something present but not dominant, and equally well on a casual day off when you want to smell considered without any effort showing.

Who Is It For

Wild suits someone drawn to niche-style earthy and resinous compositions who wants to explore that territory at a mainstream price point. A good fit for people who wear things like Terre d'Hermes or Kenzo Homme and want something with a more unusual botanical angle.

If you enjoy Kenzo Homme Eau de Toilette, Wild occupies similar earthy masculine territory and is worth comparing side by side. Browse the full Dsquared² collection at Aromatica.

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