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MimosaAmarige
Two materials carry Givenchy Amarige Eau de Toilette, and both of them are flowers with a reputation for taking over a room.
Gardenia leads, and it is one of the richest white florals there is: creamy, almost buttery, with a green edge underneath and a faintly fruity sweetness that reads as tropical in warm weather. It is a material that does not do restraint. Mimosa follows, and the pairing is clever, because mimosa is powdery and honeyed with a soft nuttiness that rounds off the gardenia's sharper corners and gives the whole thing an old fashioned gentleness.
With so little in it the fragrance stays where it starts. There is no third act to wait for, no clever drydown, and what reaches you after half an hour is a softer version of what you smelled at the start. For a fragrance built on two flowers of this strength, that is less of a limitation than it sounds, but it does mean a light hand is essential. One spray is a statement and three is an announcement.
Dominique Ropion composed it and it launched in 1991. As an eau de toilette it is lighter on the skin than a parfum strength would be, though with materials this assertive the difference is smaller than usual. It is marketed to women and it suits evenings, cooler weather and any occasion where being noticed is part of the point. Longevity is good, as it tends to be when a fragrance rests on flowers this dense.
The fragrance comes from a Paris couture house that Hubert de Givenchy started in 1952 and that LVMH owns now. Its most famous perfume is still L'Interdit, which he made in 1957 as a tribute to his friend Audrey Hepburn.
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