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Glacial Essence
Cold is a difficult thing to put in a bottle, and Bvlgari Glacial Essence Eau de Parfum 60ml goes after it with juniper berry rather than the usual marine and aquatic tricks.
Juniper berry is the first thing you meet and the thing that sets the temperature, resinous and bitter and distinctly gin like. Ginger lands next to it with a dry heat that reads as sparkle rather than warmth, and geranium brings a green, slightly metallic edge that keeps the top end crisp. The middle softens the chill. Sandalwood is creamy and low, artemisia adds a bitter herbal greenness that smells like crushed stalks, and orris lends a cool powderiness with a faintly waxy edge to it.
Musk and cedarwood finish it, which is a short base and an honest one. The musk smooths everything into skin, the cedar keeps a dry pencil sharpness going, and the result is a scent that ends up quieter and warmer than it began. The 60ml bottle is the sensible way to try something built on this much bitterness, since juniper berry and artemisia together are not to everyone's taste and this is not a blind buy.
The eau de parfum concentration here buys longevity rather than volume, so expect most of a day from it while it stays reasonably close. That makes it practical for an office, for cold weather, and for men who want something clean without it smelling like a shower gel. Eight materials in all, arranged simply, with no surprise late turn to wait for anywhere in them. Alberto Morillas composed it and it dates from 2020. This is a jeweller's fragrance in the literal sense. Bvlgari spent more than a century in Rome as a maker of gem set jewellery and watches, from 1884 onwards, before releasing a perfume in 1992. It is now one of the houses inside LVMH.
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