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Some fragrances are simply easy to give, and the Poseidon For Me Eau de Toilette Gift Set is one of them, because the scent inside offends nobody and pleases most people. It is a traditionally built men's cologne. Bergamot, lemon and lime handle the opening between them, bitter and sharp and green in turn, and the effect is of something freshly applied rather than something sweet. Three of them at the top rather than one is a small generosity, and it makes the opening last longer than it otherwise would. Orange blossom, lily of the valley and geranium fill the middle. The first is clean and soapy, the second crisp and faintly metallic, the third green and sharp, and none of them is heavy enough to make the fragrance read as floral in the way that word usually suggests. They are there to bridge the citrus and the base.
You get the 100ml Eau de Toilette with a 250ml shower gel. Patchouli, oakmoss, sandalwood and amber finish it, giving the last hours a damp, earthy, slightly bitter depth with a creamy warmth underneath. Oakmoss in particular is the material that makes this smell like a proper cologne rather than a modern body spray. Together they give the last hours a depth that the bright opening does not prepare you for.
As a gift it works for a father, an uncle or a colleague, it needs no explanation, and it is the kind of thing that gets used up rather than put away. Eau de toilette strength makes it comfortable in warm weather as well as cold, so it will not sit unused for half the year. Instituto Espanol owns the Poseidon name, a Spanish family company in its third generation which dates itself to 1903 and manufactures at Hinojos, in the Donana area of Huelva, making colognes alongside shower gels, creams and deodorants.
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