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Man
Men are difficult to buy fragrance for, which is the argument for Tous Man Eau de Toilette Gift Set: the scent inside it is distinctive enough to feel like a considered choice and conventional enough that it will not be quietly abandoned at the back of a cupboard.
What makes it distinctive is Campari in the middle of the composition, bitter and herbal with an orange peel edge, which is a genuinely unusual thing to find in a men's bottle. It sits against red apple, crisp and tart, and pineapple, sweet and sour and faintly fizzy, and the bitterness is what stops that fruit turning into squash. Gilles Romey built it and the balance there is the reason the thing works.
Before all that the opening is hot and bright, with ginger prickling, Sichuan pepper adding a numbing spiciness quite unlike an ordinary peppercorn, and Brazilian orange and grapefruit between them supplying juice and bitter pith. Afterwards it settles into something softer: white musk for cleanliness, sandalwood and cedarwood for dryness, amber for a quiet resinous depth, and tonka bean bringing a gentle sweetness with a dry, faintly bitter edge.
Twelve materials, properly layered, and at toilette strength it is moderate enough to be sprayed without caution. The box makes it a present rather than a purchase, and it suits a father, a brother or a colleague, best given in autumn or at Christmas when a scent with this much bitterness in it reads best.
The jeweller behind it is Spanish, grew out of a Manresa workshop that mended watches, and it still runs the company from that town. Perfume is one of the newer things it sells.
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