Gentleman Society
Daffodil is almost never named in men's fragrance, and its presence at the centre of Givenchy Gentleman Society Eau de Parfum is the most interesting decision in the composition.
It is not a pretty flower in perfumery terms. Daffodil smells green and sappy with a honeyed sweetness and a bitter, slightly rubbery edge, and paired here with vetiver, which is rooty, dry and a touch smoky, it gives the heart of the fragrance a character that is floral without being soft and masculine without being obvious.
Above that heart, the opening is clean, dry and aromatic. Sage provides a bitter herbal greenness, grey rather than bright, and cardamom a dry spice with a faintly soapy quality, and the two of them set up a cool, tidy first impression that lasts a good twenty minutes.
Nothing in that first half hour is sweet, and that restraint is what makes the rest work. The base is the comfortable part of it. Cedarwood is sharp and clean, sandalwood creamy and smooth, and vanilla softens both without turning the finish into a dessert, so the last hours are warm, dry with cedar and sandalwood, and held close to the skin.
Karine Dubreuil-Sereni and Maïa Lernout composed it and it was released in 2023. Expect eight hours or so from an eau de parfum of this sort, with a moderate trail that settles down after the first of them, suiting the office, dinners and most of the year, though it is at its best in cooler weather. It reads masculine and it is a safe choice in company. Givenchy Parfums makes this, and it is a separate LVMH business from the couture side, with Irresistible the other pillar of its catalogue.
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