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Bright Crystal
Few modern fragrances are as widely recognised as Versace Bright Crystal Eau de Toilette, which Alberto Morillas composed in 2006 and which has been on counters ever since. Its success rests on being extremely easy to like. Yuzu opens it with a clean, slightly bitter citrus snap and pomegranate follows with a tart juiciness, and within two minutes the whole thing is bright, fruity and entirely unthreatening.
Peony is the flower at its centre, fresh and faintly sweet with a crispness closer to petals than to perfume, and magnolia adds a creamy, faintly citrus lift while lotus keeps everything cool and watery. There is nothing heady in the middle at all, which is exactly why it is worn so widely in warm weather and by people who do not otherwise like floral scents.
Mahogany and musk close it, the first a dry polished grain, the second clean and soft, and they hold the fruit in place for the back half of the wear without adding any real weight to it.
As an eau de toilette it is light on its feet and best applied generously; expect a few hours in which it is easily noticed, and a quiet trace long afterwards. It reads feminine, suits spring and summer and works equally well at a desk or on holiday.
The house behind it is Italian, begun in Milan in 1978 and run by Donatella Versace after the death of her brother Gianni, with a business that spans fashion, fragrance, interiors and hospitality. This remains one of the most reliable sellers it has ever put on a shelf, and the reason is simply that it is pleasant to be near, which in a market this crowded turns out to be a good deal harder to achieve than it sounds.
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