Agua de Colonia Concentrada Eau Fraîche Gift Set
For a younger recipient, or for anybody who finds classic cologne a little stern, Alvarez Gómez Agua de Colonia Concentrada Eau Fraîche Gift Set is the obvious present, because the scent inside is sweet, sunny and almost impossible to dislike.
Three citruses and a herb are all it uses above the base. Mandarin orange comes first and sets the mood, sweet and soft rather than sour, with orange reinforcing that juicy quality and lemon providing the single sharp edge. Rosemary sits underneath them, dry and faintly piney, and it is the only thing standing between this and a straightforwardly fruity scent. Then amber and musk take over, adding resinous warmth and a soft clean skin quality that extends the citrus well beyond its usual few minutes.
That is six materials, which makes it a short composition and an easy one to understand. Nobody needs to learn how to wear it. Gift sets are judged on how safe they are, and this is about as safe as perfumery gets while still smelling like something rather than nothing. The 2020 formula is fresher and sweeter than the house's famous original, which makes it a good present for somebody who associates Spanish cologne with their grandparents. It is unisex, it suits spring and summer, and it is ready wrapped for giving.
The house itself opened for business in 1899. Three young men from Leon, by then working in Madrid's aroma trade, set up a shop at Calle Sevilla 2, and the concentrated cologne they were mixing by hand in its basement by 1912 made the family's reputation. A factory and nationwide distribution followed in the 1990s, and a fourth generation is at the head of the company.
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