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- Top notes
- Pear, Jasmine, Blackcurrant
- Heart notes
- Vanilla, Iris, Praline
- Base notes
- Patchouli, Tonka Bean
- Longevity
- Moderate
- Sillage
- Moderate
- Brand
- Aire de Sevilla
Aire de Sevilla Bella Eau de Toilette 150ml is the sweet one in the range, and it is aimed squarely at anyone who wants a dessert leaning fragrance without paying designer money for it.
The start is fruit. Pear is cool and juicy, blackcurrant brings a green and slightly sour bite that keeps the sweetness honest, and jasmine is already there in the opening, creamy and full rather than waiting politely in the middle. It is an unusual way round and it means the scent is recognisable from the first second.
Then it turns soft. Vanilla is the obvious centre of it, smooth and warm rather than sharp, and praline sits alongside with its caramelised sugar and toasted nut sweetness. Iris is what saves the heart from becoming a pudding: it is cool, powdery and slightly earthy, with a faint raw carrot quality to it, and it puts a grey shade through all that gold. Patchouli and tonka bean finish it. Patchouli is dark and damp, tonka is the softer of the two, closer to the smell of a biscuit tin than to vanilla itself.
Eight materials, and they are arranged for impact rather than for subtlety. At eau de toilette strength it is moderate in projection and will give you most of an evening, and the 150ml bottle means that reapplying is not an expensive decision. It is cold weather wear, it is night wear, and it is unambiguously pitched at women. If you already know you like vanilla and nuts in a fragrance, there is very little risk in this one.
Behind the label is Instituto Espanol, founded in 1903 and still family run three generations later. Its production sits at Hinojos, in Huelva province, and the company is emphatic about being Andalusian from end to end.
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