Fragrance Notes
Esencia
Three green materials and nothing else: the Loewe Esencia Eau de Parfum Gift Set holds a fragrance with an unusually spare material list for something this well established.
Pink pepper comes first, dry and crackling, rosy rather than hot, the sort of spice that sparkles rather than burns. Basil follows, and it is the real character of the scent: green, sharp and slightly peppery, the smell of the leaf bruised between finger and thumb. Tarragon sits with it and pushes the same direction, herbal and softly sweet, a little rounder than the basil but working with it rather than against.
That is the entire composition, and it is better for being short. A herbal fragrance built on three materials has nowhere to hide, so the quality of the materials is the whole argument. There is no long development here; it opens green and stays green, drying down quietly rather than transforming. The pink pepper is the only part that fades early, leaving the two herbs to carry the rest.
As an eau de parfum it holds on well for a composition this sharp, and it sits closer to the skin after the first hour. It suits a man who wants something clean and dry rather than sweet, it works year round, and it is most at home during the day.
Given as a set, it is a safe present for someone whose fragrance taste is conservative and who dislikes anything sugary.
Loewe is a Spanish house, founded in Madrid in 1846, which took its German name in 1872, when Enrique Loewe Roessberg bought the Madrid workshop it grew from. It entered fragrance in 1972 and its perfume business now sits within the perfumes and cosmetics arm of LVMH.
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