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Affaire
Five materials, a citrus opening and a sweet close, and nothing in between: Saphir Affaire Eau de Parfum 200ml is as simple as a fragrance gets. Bergamot, lemon and mandarin orange make up the whole of the opening, and they are the only bright things in the bottle. Bergamot is clean and bitter, lemon is sharp and bright, mandarin orange is softer and sweeter, and together they give the first minutes a familiar freshness that needs no explanation from anybody. It is the smell of a clean start and nothing more complicated than that.
We hold nothing at all for the heart, and the fragrance is honest about the consequence. It moves from that citrus start more or less directly into its base, which is vanilla and sandalwood. The vanilla is warm and sweet in the straightforward way, and the sandalwood is smooth and dry with a soft sweetness of its own that keeps the vanilla from turning into a dessert. That transition, from something sharp to something warm, is the entire structure, and it works better than it has any right to at this price. What it does not have is development. Anyone who enjoys following a fragrance through three distinct stages will find nothing to follow here, and anyone who simply wants to smell clean and then warm will be perfectly happy.
At eau de parfum strength it lasts better than most light citrus fragrances, with the vanilla and sandalwood doing the holding once the top has burned off. It reads as unisex, suits daytime in any season, and the 200ml size makes it something to use without counting sprays. Saphir makes and distributes its fragrance from Spain and has done since 1940, selling its own lines alongside licensed designer names.
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