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Seduction Man Gift Set
Bought as a present rather than for yourself, the Saphir Seduction Man Gift Set does the job a gift should: it arrives boxed, it needs no explanation, and the scent inside is confident enough to be remembered.
You get the Eau de Parfum at 200ml with a 30ml spray. That scent starts citric and quickly stops being so. Mandarin orange and grapefruit open together, sweet and bitter side by side, and the brightness is brief by design. Rose takes over as the middle, used in the dark red way that works on men rather than as anything floral and polite, and cinnamon presses against it with dry heat and a dusty, slightly peppery bite. The pairing reads spiced and a little stewed, in the best sense.
Then the base settles in and holds, and this is the part that does the work. Patchouli brings earth and a faintly inky depth, and leather finishes it dry, firm and a shade smoky. The drydown is warm and serious and lasts well into the evening.
As a gift it suits a man who already wears fragrance and is not frightened of something with character, and it is an easier choice than a blind bottle because a set feels considered. Think birthdays, Christmas and the sort of present where you want to spend sensibly and still hand over something that looks generous on the table.
Saphir, which makes it, is a Spanish perfume company whose fragrance business dates from 1940 and whose origins lie in Almacenes Corinto, a warehouse run by one family in Zaragoza. The firm is entirely Spanish owned, all its branded product is manufactured in Spain at a Zaragoza plant with its own research centre, and it has built itself on keeping perfume affordable while also selling fragrances it makes under designer licence.
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