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Man Aqua
One uncomplicated fragrance for hot weather and nothing else is what the Jimmy Choo Man Aqua Eau de Toilette Gift Set offers, which makes it a sensible present and a very easy thing to wear in practice.
The composition runs to exactly three materials and no more. Grapefruit is the whole character of the opening, bitter and sharp with a zesty bite to it, the kind of citrus that smells cold rather than sweet on skin. Geranium follows with a green, slightly metallic quality, and clary sage sits beneath it, herbal and dry with a faint sweetness that stops the fragrance turning austere on the skin.
No base materials are recorded for it at all, and that matches the way it wears. This is a scent at its best in the first hour, which then recedes politely, giving three or four hours in total and rather less than that on a hot day. Anyone expecting depth or a long drydown should know as much before buying, because nothing arrives later to reward the wait. The flip side is that it never becomes heavy, and it can be reapplied at lunchtime without the layers fighting. Julien Rasquinet and Paul Guerlain are the perfumers. The scent reads masculine, suits summer mornings, travel and sport, and is forgiving enough to work on a man of any age at all. As a present it carries almost no risk, which is precisely why sets like this one exist.
The house itself started in London in 1996 as a maker of women's shoes and has since grown into bags, small accessories and footwear for men as well. Its scents are produced under licence by Inter Parfums rather than within the company, which is how most accessories brands handle perfume.
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