Flores Mediterráneas Jardín de Té Verde
Twelve materials make Alvarez Gómez Flores Mediterráneas Jardín de Té Verde Eau de Toilette 150ml, which is a long list for something this light on the skin. The opening is busy and sharp. African lemon and Italian bergamot supply two different kinds of citrus, the lemon more acidic and the bergamot rounder with a bitter rind underneath. Orange peel adds a zesty bitterness of its own, mint brings a cold green snap, and rhubarb a tart, stalky sourness. Five materials competing, and the effect is bracing rather than sweet. The heart calms down. Camellia is barely there, delicate and almost watery, and carnation does the opposite, peppery and dry with a spiced warmth. Jasmine brightens the pair, amber warms underneath them, and musk begins the softening. The close is dry and slightly strange: caraway, sharp and seedy and herbal, with oakmoss bringing a damp green earthiness and musk running on through. It is an eau de toilette and it behaves like one, light on the skin, easy to overapply without consequence, lasting a few hours with a soft trail afterwards.
It reads unisex, works best in daylight and in warm weather, and the 150ml bottle suits the sort of liberal use this kind of fragrance invites. With twelve materials there is more going on than a light fragrance usually bothers with, and the caraway in particular will either intrigue you or put you off within seconds, so smell it before buying.
Alvarez Gómez is a Spanish perfumery that has stayed within one family. Its origin is a shop at Calle Sevilla 2 in Madrid, opened in 1899 by three young men who had come down from Leon to work with scent. A later generation built a factory and took the range across the country from the 1990s, and a fourth is in charge now.
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