Gentleman Reserve Privée
Givenchy Gentleman Reserve Privée Eau de Parfum opens on bergamot and whisky together, a citrus brightness laid over something boozy and warm, so the first minutes read fresh and heady at once. The sweetness that follows is nutty rather than sugary, and the fragrance settles quickly into a soft powdery warmth with dry wood gathering underneath it. It is a warm scent from start to finish, but the warmth is kept dry rather than syrupy.
Chestnut sits at the heart, sweet and faintly toasted, and orris takes that sweetness and dries it out into powder. Benzoin rounds the two with a resinous warmth that keeps the middle soft. Below them, cedarwood, vetiver and patchouli give the composition its floor, the cedar sharp and pencil-dry, the vetiver rooty, the patchouli earthy and a little damp. Gentleman Reserve Privée moves from spirit-soaked citrus through a powdery nutted middle to a grounded woody close, and it is the woody, iris and whiskey accords that define it, with violet, amber and a warm spiced edge threaded through and a gourmand nuttiness that never tips into dessert.
Nathalie Lorson and Olivier Cresp composed Gentleman Reserve Privée for Givenchy in 2022. The house was founded in Paris in 1952 by Hubert de Givenchy.
Givenchy Gentleman Reserve Privée Eau de Parfum is long lasting with moderate sillage, so it holds through a full day while staying within arm's reach rather than filling a room. It wears across all four seasons, with the cold months bringing out the whisky and resin and the warmer ones leaning on the bergamot and iris. It is as comfortable at work as it is on a night out or a casual weekend.
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