Agua de Colonia Concentrada Eau d'Orange
The orange tree is treated here as a flower rather than as a fruit, and Alvarez Gómez Agua de Colonia Concentrada Eau d'Orange Eau de Cologne 150ml is the gentlest thing in the range because of it.
Lemon and bergamot start it off with a few minutes of clean, bitter citrus peel, and then the real idea arrives. Orange blossom is the central material, a white floral with a honeyed, slightly waxy quality that is a long way from orange juice. Almond sits next to it, soft and faintly marzipan like, and the pairing is what gives this its gentle, powdery, old fashioned charm. Nothing about the middle is sharp.
The base keeps it from becoming a dessert. Cypress is dry and resinous, cedarwood pencil sharp and clean, and musk underneath lends a soft warmth that holds the flower in place for longer than a cologne usually manages. Seven materials in all, so this is a compact composition with a clear shape rather than a slow unfolding.
Introduced in 2020, it is the softest and most comforting of the Concentrada variations. At cologne strength it is light on the skin, which suits it; orange blossom and almond at any greater concentration would become heavy very quickly. Spray it freely in the morning, on bed linen, or on a summer evening when you want something undemanding. It reads as unisex and is particularly easy to wear for anyone who finds standard citrus cologne too austere.
The house dates from 1899, when three men who had travelled from Leon to Madrid for the aroma trade opened premises at Calle Sevilla 2. The cologne it is known for was being mixed by hand in the cellar there by 1912, and the fourth generation of the family now directs the firm.
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