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MimosaAmarige
Gardenia is the loudest white flower in perfumery and Givenchy Amarige Eau de Toilette 100ml uses it without apology, which is why the fragrance has never quite gone away.
There are only two materials in this row and the composition behaves accordingly. Gardenia is creamy and full and faintly overripe, the sort of floral that leaves a presence in a lift after you have gone. Mimosa supports it from below with a powdery, mellow softness and a green bitterness at the back that keeps the gardenia from turning syrupy. There is no third act. What arrives in the first minute is what you wear, settling a little closer to the skin as the hours go by.
Dominique Ropion composed it and it dates from 1991, and both of those facts show in the wear. Eau de toilette it may be, but the concentration is deceptive: this projects hard, lasts most of a day and needs a very light hand. One spray, placed low rather than at the neck, is the way to wear it, and a bottle of this size will last for years at that rate.
It is a feminine fragrance, best in autumn and winter and after dark, and it is for someone who wants to be noticed. If your taste runs to quiet skin scents, look elsewhere; if you miss the confidence of older florals, this is the real thing rather than a revival of it, and the 100ml bottle is the one most people buy once they are sure.
The house behind it has been in Paris since Hubert de Givenchy founded it in 1952, and its fragrances are made within LVMH by a maison dedicated to them, run separately from the clothing side. Few designer houses of that generation have kept a fragrance of this age in production.
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