Solo Ella
Three materials is all we hold for the fragrance in the Loewe Solo Ella Eau de Parfum Gift Set, and it is better to say so at the start than to dress it up: this is a short composition and it wears like one.
Apple is the lead and it is handled crisp rather than stewed, closer to biting into the fruit than to anything baked, green at the edges and only lightly sweet. Neroli sits with it and does most of the work in giving the thing its class, clean and slightly soapy and faintly green, with a bitterness running underneath that keeps the apple from collapsing into a sweet. Tea finishes it, pale and dry and a little tannic, the smell of leaves rather than of a cup, and it is what gives the fragrance its calm.
What that means in wear is simple. There is no long story to follow here. The first ten minutes are broadly the whole fragrance, and from there it softens and closes in towards the skin. Eau de parfum strength means it holds on for four to six hours even at that low volume, so it lasts a good deal longer than it ever projects.
It suits people who want perfume to be quiet and well mannered, and it is particularly good in offices and in warm weather, where sweeter and heavier bottles become a chore for everyone standing nearby. Boxed as a set, it is an uncomplicated present.
Loewe was founded in Madrid in 1846 and describes itself as the second oldest luxury fashion house in the world. The German name came in 1872, when Enrique Loewe Roessberg bought the Madrid workshop that became the business. The fragrance side of the business began in 1972 and now sits inside LVMH's perfumes and cosmetics division.
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