Christina Aguilera
Christina Aguilera Eau de Parfum opens on blackcurrant, tart and juicy, and that single fruit is the brightest thing in it before the flowers arrive and soften everything down. The freshness of the first few minutes is the only sharpness the fragrance offers; after that it is soft all the way down.
Peony and jasmine form the heart, the peony fresh and slightly green, the jasmine fuller and white, with plum adding a sweet weight beneath them that pushes the fruit from tart towards ripe. The peony keeps a little freshness in the middle and the plum takes it away again. Amber, musk and vanilla make up the base and turn the whole fragrance powdery: the fruit does not disappear, it is folded into vanilla and a skin-like musk until the two are hard to separate. The movement is from tart fruit through soft florals into sweet powder.
The fragrance launched in 2007. Its structure is deliberately simple and easy to read, one fruit at the top, two florals and a plum through the middle, and a warm powdery base, which is why it comes across as a single smooth accord rather than a series of distinct stages.
Moderate longevity and moderate sillage make it a close-wearing scent rather than one that fills a room, so it stays near the skin instead of travelling. Spring suits it first and it wears through winter, summer and autumn, for casual days, a night out and professional wear, where the quiet projection is an advantage.
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