Agua de Loewe
Hot weather is the whole reason Agua de Loewe Eau de Toilette exists, and after a quarter of a century it is still one of the most straightforwardly refreshing things the house sells.
Three materials, arranged as a single clean accord. Bergamot gives the bright bitter citrus that opens it, yuzu adds a sharper and more aromatic sourness with a rindy bitterness behind it, and tea sits underneath both with a dry, tannic calm that stops the citrus from simply evaporating off the skin. That dryness is what makes it wearable rather than fleeting.
Olivier Cresp composed it in 2000, and he built it to be used in quantity. A citrus led toilette does not last, so expect three or four hours and plan to reapply, which is the honest trade for a scent that feels like cold water on a hot morning. Spray it generously.
It is unisex in every respect, it suits summer, holidays, mornings and offices in July, and it is the sort of bottle people keep by the door rather than save for occasions. Anyone looking for depth, length or drama should look elsewhere in the range, because this one is doing something simple entirely on purpose and would be spoiled by being made heavier. It is also the easiest fragrance in the house's catalogue to recommend without knowing anything about the person buying it, which counts for a good deal in summer.
Loewe has been in Madrid since 1846 and arranges its current fragrances into collections such as Un Paseo Por Madrid, Paula's Ibiza and Botanical Rainbow. The company has made perfume since 1972, when L de Loewe appeared, and its name comes from Enrique Loewe Roessberg, who bought the original Madrid workshop in 1872.
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