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Tommy Girl
Tommy Girl Eau de Toilette, from Tommy Hilfiger, arrived in 1996, was composed by Calice Becker, and went on to become one of the most worn women's scents of its decade.
It is a big arrangement, sixteen materials, and it is busiest at the start. Apple blossom and camellia give a pale, slightly waxy floral lift, mandarin orange supplies the juice, and blackcurrant adds that sharp, almost green bite the material always brings. Nothing in the top is sweet in the modern sense; it is tart and crisp, and that is why the scent never dated as badly as its contemporaries.
The middle is where Becker's hand shows. Lemon and grapefruit keep the citrus running far longer than usual, mint gives a cool edge that is genuinely unexpected in a floral, and honeysuckle, rose, lily and violet build a bouquet that stays translucent rather than thickening. It smells like flowers in water rather than flowers in a vase.
The last part is quieter and slightly more serious. Magnolia and jasmine carry the floral line down, cedarwood and sandalwood dry it out, and a thread of leather sits underneath giving the skin phase a soft, worn suppleness. That leather is the reason it holds together instead of fading into soap. Toilette strength means a lighter oil load, which suits it. Expect a vivid first hour, then something that stays close and clean for a good part of the day, and reapply if you want it noticed. It works best in warm weather and in daylight, and it reads young without reading juvenile, so it suits teenagers, offices and anyone who liked the original and never found a replacement.
Tommy Hilfiger is a New York label that began in 1985 with one menswear collection, passed into PVH ownership in 2010, and licenses its fragrance to the Estee Lauder Companies, developed on the Aramis side of the group.
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