Girl of Now Forever
Dominique Ropion composed Elie Saab Girl of Now Forever Eau de Parfum, released in 2019, and it is the kind of sweet fragrance that keeps a sharp edge on it from start to finish.
Raspberry opens, tart rather than jammy, with lemon cutting across it to keep the fruit bright and quick. That pairing lasts about ten minutes and then the interesting part arrives, which is the usual arrangement in a sweet fragrance and no bad thing here. Almond is the centre of this fragrance and the reason to try it. It is soft, powdery and faintly marzipan like, a sweetness with texture rather than syrup, and it sits in the middle of the composition while blackcurrant adds a tart dark fruit edge, rose gives depth and a little jam, and orange blossom lifts the whole heart with a clean white flower. The flowers stop the almond becoming a cake and the almond stops the flowers becoming formal.
The base is built for staying power. Vanilla smooths everything, patchouli puts earth and a dark depth underneath the sweetness, cashmeran adds that soft fuzzy warmth which clings to clothing, and musk keeps the whole thing close to the skin for the last hours. Ten materials and a clear line drawn through them, with nothing included for the sake of a longer list on the box.
Expect a long wear from an eau de parfum of this type, with real presence early and a soft sweet trail for hours afterwards. It suits autumn and winter, evenings and younger wearers, and it reads firmly feminine. Elie Saab founded his couture house in Beirut in 1982, at eighteen, and built it on evening gowns, red carpet dressing and bridal wear; the fragrances carrying his name are made under licence.
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