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Eros Energy Gift Set
Six citrus materials in the opening alone tell you what the Versace Eros Energy Gift Set is for, and it is not winter. Bergamot, blood orange, lime, mandarin orange, grapefruit and lemon all arrive together, which is an unusually crowded start. The effect is less a single fruit than a cold, high pitched rush of rind and juice, with lime and grapefruit supplying the bitterness, blood orange and mandarin the sweetness, and bergamot and lemon the clean edge that keeps it from turning into squash. It is the loudest ten minutes of anything in the men's range.
The middle brings the heat down. Pink pepper adds a dry crackle, blackcurrant a tart and slightly jammy depth, and amber the warmth that joins the bright opening to what follows. It is a sensible piece of construction, because without that middle the citrus would simply vanish and leave nothing behind. The base is where it earns its keep. Patchouli is earthy and a bit damp, oakmoss brings a green, almost bark like dryness, and musk softens both into something skin close. That combination is what gives the dry down staying power long after the fruit has burned off, and it is the reason this does not behave like a cheap cologne. Expect the citrus to be gone inside an hour and the dry down to carry on for most of a day, which is more than an opening this bright usually buys you. This is the summer end of the Eros line and the one to reach for in heat, at the gym, on holiday or anywhere a heavier scent becomes hard work. Supplied as a gift set, it makes an easy present for a man who already likes citrus and does not want anything sweet.
Gianni Versace started the business in 1978 and Milan has been its base ever since. Donatella, his sister, has been at the head of it since he died, and the company works in clothing, interiors, hospitality and scent.
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