Just Cavalli Sunset Shimmer Body Mist 250ml

Orange blossom is a more grown up opening than most body mists bother with, and it is what Just Cavalli Sunset Shimmer Body Mist 250ml leads on.

The three materials are arranged simply. Orange blossom comes first, clean and white flowered, honeyed at the edges, with a bitterness underneath that keeps it from going soapy. Peach follows, soft and fuzzy rather than sharp, the ripe part of the fruit instead of the skin. Vanilla finishes it, and here it reads more like custard than like sugar, thick and smooth and warm. Nothing else is in the bottle, so there is no hidden depth to discover after an hour. As with any mist, the strength is low and the volume is high. Spray it freely over the shoulders, the arms and the backs of the knees, and expect an hour or two of closeness before it needs doing again. The 250ml bottle is built around that habit rather than around rationing, and it is the kind of thing that ends up in a beach bag rather than on a dressing table.

Holidays and warm evenings are where it makes sense, and it is an easy thing to pack because it will not leak scent through a case the way a strong perfume can. It suits someone who likes fruit and flowers together and would rather not spend perfume money on a scent for the daytime, and it is an easy present for a teenager or a first fragrance purchase.

Roberto Cavalli is Italian, with 1970 as its starting point, when a Florentine turned a cloth printing business into a clothing one and showed the results in Paris. Pattern, particularly animal pattern, did the rest, with printed and treated denim close behind it. Just Cavalli came later as the second line, the founder withdrew in 2015, and the perfume is licensed.