Irresistible
Rose and pear are the two materials the modern Givenchy women's range is built on, and Givenchy Irresistible Eau de Parfum is the fragrance that put them together and became the house's current pillar.
The pear is the first thing anybody notices. It is bright, juicy and slightly green, a clean fruit rather than a sweet one, and ambrette gives it a warm musky underside that makes the opening feel like skin rather than fruit salad. Ambrette is the seed material, nutty and soft, and it is quietly responsible for much of the fragrance's appeal.
The heart is where the quality shows. Rose here is handled in a modern way, bright and transparent, with none of the jammy weight that puts younger wearers off the flower, and iris sits beneath it adding a cool, powdered, slightly earthy dryness that gives the whole composition poise. The pairing is simple and very well balanced. Cedarwood stands alone at the bottom of the formula, and it does more than that suggests. Clean and dry rather than smoky, it gives the rose a frame and keeps the pear from fading away too quickly, which is what makes this last as long as it does.
Anne Flipo, Dominique Ropion and Fanny Bal composed it and it launched in 2020. At eau de parfum strength expect seven or eight hours, with a trail that is noticeable in the first hour and polite afterwards. It reads feminine, it works all year round, and it is as comfortable at work as at a wedding. For all that, the fragrance the house is still defined by is L'Interdit, created in 1957 as a tribute to Audrey Hepburn, a friend of its founder. Givenchy is Parisian, dates from 1952 and belongs to LVMH.
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