Les Eaux d'un Instant Mediterranean Cypress
Cypress gives Angel Schlesser Les Eaux d'un Instant Mediterranean Cypress Eau de Toilette 150ml both its name and its character, and it is the kind of tree material that smells of dry air and resin rather than of damp forest floor.
Above it the opening is crisp. Bergamot is the citrus, clean and faintly bitter, lavender adds a cool herbal sweep, and cardamom brings a green, almost soapy spice that lifts the first ten minutes above a plain cologne. The middle turns floral without going soft. Jasmine warms it, geranium contributes a cool floral greenness with a metallic edge, and mint runs through the pair as a cold draught. That mint is the detail which makes the whole thing feel coastal rather than simply tidy. The base is where it settles for the long stretch. Cypress and cedarwood are both dry, the first resinous and the second sharpened like a pencil shaving, and sandalwood softens the two of them with a creamy smoothness. Tonka bean sits underneath, adding just enough sweetness that the dryness never turns austere.
As an eau de toilette it is built for repeated use rather than for impact. It carries well for the first hour and then keeps a comfortable distance, which is the right behaviour for office hours and hot afternoons. A 150ml bottle holds a great deal of liquid at this strength, and that is rather the point. This is a scent for every day, not for occasions, and the size is meant to be used without thinking about it.
The house behind it is a Spanish fashion label working out of Madrid, built on a minimal design language and among the original members of ACME, the body that represents the country's designers. It has been part of the Pasarela Cibeles calendar since 1988, and its fragrance line opened in 1999.
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