Fragrance Notes
Vibrant Woody Mandarin
Angel Schlesser Vibrant Woody Mandarin Eau de Toilette is a short composition of three materials, two of which the name hands over before you open it: mandarin orange, pink pepper and cedarwood, and there is nothing else in there at all. Mandarin orange leads. It is the sweetest and gentlest of the orange materials, soft and juicy with a warm peel quality and none of the sourness or pith that the sharper citrus materials carry, and it makes an opening that is immediately likeable rather than sharp.
Pink pepper sits on top of it, fizzing and dry and faintly rosy, with none of the heat that true pepper carries. It is there to give the citrus some texture, and it does that job well, adding a dry prickle across the top that keeps the sweetness from settling too comfortably.
Cedarwood is the floor. Dry, sharp and dusty, close to the smell of a freshly sharpened pencil, it gives the fragrance a finish that outlasts the citrus by several hours and stops the whole thing evaporating into nothing. It is the material doing the structural work, and in a three part composition that matters more than usual.
The arrangement is simple and the fragrance never pretends otherwise, which is the right approach to take at eau de toilette strength. Expect a bright first hour and then a dry, quiet remainder sitting close to the skin. It reads unisex, suits daytime and the warmer months, and is an easy thing to wear to work without anyone remarking on it. Notably pared down is how the Madrid studio's work tends to be described. Angel Schlesser was a founder member of the Spanish association ACME, has shown on the Pasarela Cibeles from 1988, and added perfume in 1999.
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