Missoni
Apple is named twice in the composition of Missoni Eau de Parfum, once at the top and once in the heart, and that repetition is the clue to how the fragrance works: it is a fruit scent that refuses to fade into a flower. The opening pairs apple with ginger. The apple is crisp and juicy rather than sugared, and the ginger beside it is dry and peppery, which gives the first minutes a bite that stops the fruit from reading as a shampoo.
The heart keeps the apple going and builds around it. Jasmine supplies creamy white floral weight, clary sage a herbal, slightly nutty dryness, and Egyptian geranium a sharp green rosiness, while musk is already present, softening the edges from the middle onwards. It is a busy heart handled with a light touch; nothing shouts. The base is short and modern. Musk carries through, clean and skin like, with patchouli giving it earth and a dark grounding. What is left after several hours smells warm, slightly fruity and very close to the wearer. Maurice Roucel composed it. Seven materials, moderate projection and solid longevity, and it is one of those fragrances that works equally well in an office, in daylight and in mild weather. It reads feminine and it suits someone who wants fruit without sweetness. Two sprays will carry a day, and it never becomes tiring to wear.
Missoni is an Italian fashion house founded in 1953 by Ottavio and Rosita Missoni, who began with a small knitwear workshop in Gallarate and built the business on multicoloured zigzag and striped knits. Control passed to their children Vittorio, Luca and Angela in 1996, and in 2018 the family sold a minority stake to an Italian state backed fund while keeping control of the rest.
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