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Pour Homme
Davana is the reason Givenchy Pour Homme Eau de Toilette 100ml does not smell like every other citrus fragrance sold to men. The first minutes are straightforward enough. Grapefruit and mandarin orange come up together, one bitter and one sweet, with coriander behind them adding a dry, slightly soapy spice that is more savoury than hot. It is a clean, confident opening and it does its job quickly.
Then davana takes over the middle, and it is an unusual material to find at the centre of a men's scent. It smells of apricot jam with something faintly boozy and herbal underneath, sweet but never sugary, and it gives the fragrance a warmth and a slight strangeness that most citrus compositions never get near. Vetiver sits alongside it, dry and rooty, keeping that sweetness firmly in check.
Underneath, cedarwood and frankincense finish the job. The cedar is dry and clean, closer to a planed board than to anything sweet, and the frankincense adds a cool resinous smoke that gives the last hours a little gravity. Seven materials, cleanly arranged, with nothing wasted.
An eau de toilette of this type is built for daylight. Expect several hours with the best of it early on, and do not be shy with the atomiser. It suits spring and summer particularly, works in an office without irritating anybody, and reads as polished rather than showy. Three sprays is not excessive. The 100ml is the everyday bottle.
The house was founded in Paris in 1952 by Hubert de Givenchy, whose couture clients and close friendships shaped its reputation. The fashion house and Givenchy Parfums are today separate maisons under LVMH ownership.
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