Agua de Colonia Concentrada Eau Fraîche
For somebody who already uses the original and would enjoy a change of register, Alvarez Gómez Agua de Colonia Concentrada Eau Fraîche Eau de Cologne Gift Set is close to ideal, because it is recognisably the same house in a sweeter mood.
Inside are the 300ml cologne and a 280ml moisturizing emulsion. The scent is short and legible. Mandarin orange leads it, soft and sweet, with orange adding more juice and lemon supplying the sharp edge that keeps the pair honest. Rosemary is the only aromatic material in the composition and it does the job of three, drying the citrus out and giving it a little dignity. Amber and musk finish it, one resinous and gently sweet, the other soft and close to the skin, and together they are the reason this holds on longer than a plain citrus cologne.
Six materials and no more. That is a short composition by any measure, and it is the right shape for something meant to be sprayed often rather than studied.
As a gift it works because the smell is universally acceptable and the 2020 release date means it is unlikely to be the bottle already sitting on the recipient's shelf. It suits a birthday, a thank you, or the sort of present that has to please somebody whose taste you cannot guess. Men and women wear it equally, and it is at its best in warm weather and in the first half of the day. The set arrives presented and ready to give.
Alvarez Gómez is a family owned Spanish perfumery that goes back to 1899, to three young men from Leon who had settled in Madrid, taken up the aroma trade and opened their own premises on Calle Sevilla. The concentrated cologne of 1912 was hand made in the basement below and is still the firm's defining product; the family's fourth generation runs things today.
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