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Bright Leather
Citrus and leather is an old pairing and Salvatore Ferragamo Bright Leather Eau de Toilette treats it with more lightness than most.
The opening is all peel. Bergamot, mandarin orange and grapefruit arrive together, the bergamot clean and bitter, the mandarin sweeter and rounder, the grapefruit sharp and faintly sour. It is a generous citrus start and a convincing one, bright enough to make the name of the fragrance sensible before the leather ever appears.
The middle brings herbs and then the material the bottle is named for. Basil is green and a little sharp, rosemary is resinous and dry, and the leather accord sits underneath them, smooth and clean rather than smoky or animal. This is the polished kind of leather, closer to a new jacket than to a saddle, and it is kept deliberately light so the citrus above it stays legible.
Cedarwood, patchouli and musk finish it. Cedarwood is dry and sharp, patchouli adds earth, and musk smooths the two together and holds everything near the skin. Nine materials and a clear progression from bright to dry. At eau de toilette strength this is a daytime fragrance and should be bought as one. Expect a vivid first hour, then a close, clean presence for several more. It is aimed at men, works best in spring and summer, and is an easy choice for an office. Antoine Maisondieu composed it.
Salvatore Ferragamo founded his house in Florence in 1927 as a shoemaker, and the business has been based at Palazzo Spini Feroni since 1938. It added fragrance only in 1999, under licence from Bulgari, before taking the category in house, and Inter Parfums has run it since 2021.
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