Fairy Love
Hazelnut at the bottom of a summer fragrance is an odd and rather good idea, and it is what Natalie Gracia-Cetto has done at the base of Escada Fairy Love Eau de Toilette. The top is all fruit. Nashi pear is the crisp, watery Asian pear, cleaner and less sugary than the European kind, raspberry adds a tart jammy sweetness, and orange brings a round juicy brightness over both. It is a bright, cheerful opening and it reads young without being childish.
Jasmine is the only material in the heart, and it is used lightly, giving the middle a white floral richness that keeps the fruit from standing alone without taking the fragrance anywhere complicated. Then the hazelnut. Dry and faintly toasted, more nut than dessert, it sits underneath everything and gives the fragrance a warm, slightly roasted finish that fruit scents at this end of the market almost never have. It is the whole reason this one is worth a sniff. Five materials, so this is a short composition and it behaves like one: a bright start, a soft middle, a warm end, and no surprises in between. As an eau de toilette it is light, four hours or so, easy to re-apply and easy to wear in heat.
It is a spring and summer scent, daytime, and it reads feminine and young. If you have found sweet fragrances one dimensional, the nut at the end is the thing that answers that complaint.
Escada is a German womenswear house founded in Munich in 1978 by Margaretha and Wolfgang Ley, known for colour and print used without restraint. Its clothing arm passed to the Mittal family trusts in 2009, and the fragrances are made by a licensee. Limited edition summer scents have been part of the range since 1993.
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