Fragrance Notes
Agua Fresca de Flores Flor de Iris 150ml
Alvarez Gómez Agua Fresca de Flores Flor de Iris 150ml is a fresh flower water rather than a perfume, and it should be judged on those terms.
There is one material in it: iris. That is the whole note row and there is nothing hidden behind it. Iris is an odd and lovely thing to smell on its own. It is not a bright floral at all but a cool, powdery one, with a raw rooty quality underneath that suggests damp soil as much as a flower, and a dry, almost chalky softness on the skin. In a light water like this it reads clean and slightly austere, the sort of smell associated with freshly pressed linen and cold rooms rather than with scent counters.
A product of this kind is made to be used freely over the body after washing, as a splash or a quick all over refresh, and it is not built to last all day or to be noticed across a room. It will fade within an hour or two, which is what it is for. Reapply whenever you want to feel clean again. The 150ml bottle is sized accordingly, generous enough for daily use. It is unisex, it suits warm weather and hot climates particularly well, and because it is so simple it layers easily under or over something stronger if you want more from it. Iris is also one of the more costly materials in perfumery and it is unusual to meet it unaccompanied, which makes this an interesting thing to own even if it is not the fragrance you wear out.
Alvarez Gómez has been in the same family since its first shop opened at Calle Sevilla 2 in Madrid in 1899. The three men behind it had come from Leon to work with scent. A factory and distribution across Spain were built in the 1990s, and a fourth generation of the family is responsible for the house now.
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