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Ironie
There is a particular kind of fruity floral that dominated the counters for twenty years, and Saphir Ironie Eau de Parfum 200ml is a confident, large format take on it.
It opens on pear. That is the material that sets the tone, juicy and green edged rather than syrupy, and bergamot sharpens it with a clean bitterness while blackcurrant adds a tart, slightly inky depth underneath. The first ten minutes are bright and a little sour in the best way, which is what keeps the sweetness that follows in check.
The middle is all white flowers. Jasmine is the richest of the three, heady and full. Orange blossom is cleaner and brighter, almost soapy at the edges in the way that reads as freshly laundered. Neroli, drawn from the same tree but distilled differently, is greener and more bitter, and it gives the bouquet a lift that stops it settling into something heavy. Together they are the longest stretch of the wear and the part most people will remember.
Then it warms. Vanilla sweetens the dry down without turning it into dessert, musk gives it that soft, clinging quality that makes a fragrance feel worn rather than applied, and ambergris adds a salty, mineral smoothness underneath, which is what gives the base a polish the price would not lead you to expect. Nine materials, a proper three stage structure and a 200ml bottle. It is a scent for women, it works from the office through to the evening, and it is more comfortable in spring and autumn than in deep winter.
The maker is Spanish. Saphir has been in the perfume trade since 1940, growing out of a Zaragoza family warehouse named Almacenes Corinto, and the company is still owned in Spain and still manufactures there, at its own plant with a research centre attached. It builds its own ranges and makes licensed designer fragrance alongside them.
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