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Pour Homme Blue Label
Lavender is the hinge of Givenchy Pour Homme Blue Label Eau de Toilette 100ml, and how you feel about lavender in a men's fragrance will decide the whole thing for you.
It starts bright. Grapefruit and bergamot arrive together, tart and slightly bitter, the sort of citrus that reads as clean rather than sweet. Black pepper and cardamom follow quickly and change the mood, dry and aromatic, the cardamom in particular bringing a cool, almost eucalyptus like lift. The lavender sits among them, herbal and a little soapy in the traditional barbershop sense, and davana adds a strange, jammy sweetness that stops the whole arrangement from turning austere.
The base is dry and clean. Cedarwood gives a sharpened pencil quality, vetiver adds a rooty bitterness and frankincense brings a cool resinous smoke that lifts rather than weighs. Nine materials in total, and the structure is classical: a citrus and spice opening, an aromatic middle, a dry finish. It is the kind of structure that has dated well rather than badly. The toilette strength is meant to be sprayed with some confidence. Expect four to six hours on skin with the strongest stretch early, and reapply if you want it to carry an evening. It is unambiguously a men's fragrance, works all year, and is most at home at the office, at lunch and in daylight generally. The 100ml is the standard size and the one that makes sense for everyday wear rather than occasional use.
Givenchy has made clothes in Paris since 1952, when Hubert de Givenchy founded the house, and fragrance since long after. Both arms are now owned by LVMH and run as separate maisons within it.
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