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Girl Gift Set
For a fragrance that behaves itself, Rochas Girl Gift Set is a reasonable answer, and as a boxed present it saves you wrapping anything.
It begins green and tart rather than sweet at all. Blackcurrant brings a dark, sappy edge, pink pepper a dry sparkle, and neroli the cool bitterness of distilled orange flower, which is the material that gives the opening its character. The flowers that follow are soft: orange blossom clean and faintly waxy, jasmine warm and full, orchid rounding the two off with a powdery smoothness. At the end, vanilla gives creaminess, sandalwood gives a smooth dryness and cedarwood gives structure, and the fragrance spends its last hours sitting quietly on the skin. Anne Flipo is credited with it, and the nine materials are used economically, which is the reason it never feels heavy even in warm weather or in a crowded room.
This is a spring and summer scent, a daytime one, and it suits a wearer who would rather smell pleasant than memorable. That is not a criticism; plenty of people want exactly that, and this does it better than most at the level. Expect it to carry for an hour or so and then to settle in quietly, which is the useful shape for a long day. The toilette strength keeps it in the background where it is meant to sit, and the box means it can be handed over without any further effort on your part.
Rochas has been going since 1925, when Marcel Rochas set up in Paris and earned the nickname couturier of youth, with perfume beginning in 1936. His wife Helene took the reins in 1955 and grew Parfums Rochas. The name was sold by Procter and Gamble to Interparfums in 2015, marks included.
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