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This Is Her!
Of everything the house has put its name to, Zadig and Voltaire This Is Her! Eau de Parfum is the one that sold, and the reason is the chestnut.
It opens sharp and bright. Pink pepper gives the dry sparkle, sambac jasmine arrives almost at once with its warm, rich, slightly indolic weight, and silkwood blossom sits alongside as the softer, creamier floral element. Michel Almairac and Sidonie Lancesseur put a lot of flower at the top and very little citrus, which is part of why the opening does not smell like anything else on a shelf.
Then the chestnut. It is roasted and dusty, sweet but not sugary, with a faintly burnt edge that reads as warm rather than as dessert, and alongside vanilla, which here is smooth and creamy rather than thick, it gives the heart a nutty, comforting character that people recognise instantly.
Sandalwood and cashmeran close it. Sandalwood keeps a milky smoothness and cashmeran provides that soft, musky, slightly fuzzy warmth that blurs a drydown and makes it feel expensive. The scent ends up sitting very close to the skin and staying there.
This is a 2016 release and it wears well in cold weather and in the evening, though plenty of people wear it year round. At eau de parfum strength two sprays carry several hours easily. It is pitched at women and reads that way, warm and soft rather than sharp. It is a comfortable scent rather than a daring one.
Zadig and Voltaire began as a Paris ready to wear label in 1997. It does not make its own perfume: the licence sits with Beaute Prestige International, a Shiseido company, which took it over from Clarins in 2014.
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