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Fico di Amalfi
Give Acqua di Parma Fico di Amalfi Eau de Toilette Gift Set to somebody who always says they do not like perfume, because the thing inside it smells of fruit and leaves rather than of perfume.
Fig is the whole idea, and it has been placed twice in the composition so that it carries the scent from beginning to end. It is the green, milky, faintly bitter smell of the fruit and the broken branch rather than anything jammy. Grapefruit, bergamot and lemon set it up with a short, sharp citrus opening, pink pepper adds a dry sparkle beside the fig, and jasmine takes the hard edge off the green. Cedarwood and benzoin finish it, one dry and pencil like, the other softly resinous, and together they stop the composition from evaporating into nothing.
Eau de toilette strength is the right choice for a scent like this and it has consequences worth knowing: it is generous and easy for an hour or two rather than long and heavy, and it wants to be sprayed properly. That makes it a pleasure to use rather than a bottle somebody saves for occasions.
As a gift it works best for warm weather, for someone who dresses simply, and for anyone of any gender, since nothing here is pitched at men or at women. It is the sort of present that gets finished rather than displayed.
The house responsible is Italian, working from Parma since 1916, when Baron Carlo Magnani founded it in order to make something lighter than the dense perfumes of the period. Colonia was his first scent and remains the signature. The company is in LVMH ownership, makes candles and home fragrance as well, and uses the cylindrical hat box packaging that has become a recognisable part of its presentation.
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