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Jimmy Choo
The one that started the house's fragrance range, Jimmy Choo Eau de Parfum arrived in 2011, was composed by Olivier Polge, and is still the bottle most people mean when they name the brand.
Five materials, which is short for something this well known. Pear opens it, cool and juicy with a clean watery crispness, and mandarin orange brightens the edges of that. Orchid holds the middle on its own, and it is handled as a soft, slightly powdery floral rather than an exotic one, giving the scent its rounded centre and keeping the whole thing civilised. The base is the part that makes it memorable. Toffee is an unusual thing to put in a perfume of this kind, and here it is buttery and caramelised without ever becoming a dessert, because patchouli is sitting directly underneath it with its earthy, dry, faintly bitter weight. That tension between something sweet and something distinctly not sweet is why the scent reads as grown up rather than girlish, and it is the main reason it has outlasted almost all of its generation.
Eau de parfum strength gives it real staying power. Expect a strong first hour, then a long settled phase where the toffee and patchouli dominate and sit close to the skin. Two sprays is the right amount. It works in cold weather and in the evening far more naturally than on a hot afternoon, and it suits women who want something sweet with a real edge left on it.
Jimmy Choo was founded in London in 1996 as a luxury accessories house, best known for women's shoes and now selling bags, small accessories and men's shoes as well. Inter Parfums holds the fragrance licence.
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