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Agua Fresca de Azahar
Orange blossom is the whole subject of Aire de Sevilla Agua Fresca de Azahar Eau de Toilette 150ml, and it is a fragrance that smells unmistakably of an Andalusian spring. The opening is generous with citrus. Clementine and mandarin orange give it sweetness and juiciness while bergamot provides the cleaner, more bitter edge, and the three of them together make a start that is bright without being sour. It is a cologne style opening and it is meant to be enjoyed immediately rather than waited out.
Orange blossom then takes over completely, honeyed and slightly green, with that particular soapy sweetness the flower has when it is used generously. Lily of the valley adds a dewy coolness beside it and jasmine a creamy depth underneath, so the white flowers have some weight to them rather than evaporating.
The ending is brief. Amber gives a soft resinous warmth and musk a clean skin like softness, which is all that is needed to keep the flowers in place for a few more hours. Eight materials and a 2012 release, built for pleasure rather than for complexity.
This is a light concentration meant for liberal use, which the 150ml bottle encourages. Spray it freely in the morning and again after lunch; the whole point of a fragrance like this is that it is not rationed. It reads as feminine, spring and summer are its seasons, and it works in the heat where heavier compositions do not.
The range comes from Instituto Espanol S.A., a Spanish perfumery and cosmetics manufacturer founded in 1903 and still run by the same family in its third generation. Production is at Hinojos in Huelva province and the company describes itself as entirely Andalusian, making colognes, shower gels, creams, deodorants and oils, with Gotas de Oro and Anfora Oro as its traditional standard bearers.
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