Green Tea Scent Spray Gift Set

If you already know the person you are buying for wears this, the Elizabeth Arden Green Tea Scent Spray Gift Set answers the question without any further thought.

The fragrance inside needs no introduction to its regular wearers. Green tea carries it, dry and leafy and faintly bitter, with bergamot and lemon putting a clean citrus edge on the first few minutes. Jasmine warms the middle just enough to keep it from feeling austere, and the whole thing stays pale and transparent rather than rich. It is a scent that behaves itself in a warm room.

The detail worth knowing, if you have never worn it yourself, is celery seed. It is the material responsible for the cool, green, almost saline quality that makes this scent recognisable at a distance, and it is why the people who like it tend to stay loyal for years rather than seasons. Amber, oakmoss and musk underpin everything, giving a soft and slightly earthy finish rather than a loud one.

A set built around a scent spray is a practical present rather than a showy one. It goes to someone who gets through fragrance rather than hoarding it, which makes it a sound choice for a mother, a sister or a long standing friend whose bottle you have noticed running low. It arrives boxed, so it is ready to give exactly as it comes, with no wrapping required on a busy week. For a known wearer it is close to foolproof, since you are replacing something rather than introducing it.

The company began as one salon in Manhattan and grew into skincare, colour cosmetics and perfume. Its fragrances are made in house rather than under licence, Revlon having completed its purchase in September 2016.