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V1 Freedom
At 30ml, Map of the Heart V1 Freedom Eau de Parfum 30ml is the small bottle of a scent usually bought in a large one, and it is the sensible way to find out whether this house suits you before spending properly.
The composition is cool and green before it is anything else. Blackcurrant starts it, tart and leafy with a faintly metallic sharpness rather than any jam sweetness. Tunisian neroli follows, bitter and bright in the way that flower is when nothing has been added to sweeten it, with orris beside it bringing a dry, powdery, almost root like quality and peony adding a watery floral lightness over the top.
Underneath, white cedar wood keeps the whole thing dry and sharpened, australian sandalwood turns it creamy, incense threads a cool smoke through the end of the wear, and musk softens all of it back into skin.
Eight materials and a clear line running from green to smoke, with no sudden changes of direction along the way and nothing added for effect. At eau de parfum strength it has a quiet persistence, staying close for most of a day rather than announcing itself across a room, so this is a scent for people who like to be noticed at conversational distance. It is unisex, suits spring and autumn particularly well, and works in an office without any risk of annoying the person at the next desk.
The house is Australian, founded by the writer Sarah Blair with the filmmaker Jeffrey Darling, who built a numbered series of fragrances out of their own photographs and journeys. The bottles are thick clear glass, each with a heart cut through the middle of it, and the fragrances themselves are produced in France.
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