Givenchy Eau de Toilette, 100 ml

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This Citrus Musky fragrance evokes summer days spent in the gardens of Clos Fiorentina in the South of France. It opens with the bright top notes of Calabrian Bergamot Essence. Then bitter Almond Essence and Petitgrain Essence add bite to this zestful and exhilarating scent. At its heart, Tunisian Orange Blossom Absolute and Essence reveal a blooming bouquet infused with luminosity. While the base comes to disturb this freshness with the enveloping notes of a White Musk accord. Givenchy doesn't create anything new but something very beautiful. Cologne du Parfumeur von Guerlain has always been a favorite of mine in summer. The magic here is a subtle, light honey note in the base, as with the new Givenchy. For me, Eau de Givenchy is like a very naturally scented light version of a mixture of Nerolia Bianca and Mandarin Basilic from Guerlain. A beautiful light summer cologne - and therefore a clear test recommendation for all lovers of the genre! The characteristic G motifs of the logo are laced like a Greek key, a beautiful design motif that is indicative of the entirety of the 1980s and 1990s up to a certain point. The creation is a reflection of the green chypre of 1970 that consolidated the Givenchy brand as a producer of "serious fragrances," Givenchy III, to mark the opening of a prestigious store by the brand at the location 3 Avenue George V, in Paris. In many ways Eau de Givenchytakes inspiration from the green clarity of the predecessor but deviates in that it is more youthful, more carefree, much more optimistic and delicate. It's got something of a sporty character, without being sporty in scent at all.

Givenchy pays tribute to its iconic fragrances, including Eau de Givenchy Eau de Toilette, with a new refined bottle emblematic of the Maison's style. Reminiscent of Hubert de Givenchy's taste for purity, it evokes the authentic luxury born of the designer's talent for Haute Couture. As I haven't yet had the opportunity to smell the original Eau de Givenchy, I don't have any direct comparison to offer. But there's no doubt that this brand new version of Eau de Givenchy smells like a product conceived to fit and made in our modern era, rather than one trying to convey vintage characteristics.The bottle and box design did take some turns over the years, reflective of the changing policies in the marketing of the firm. The consolidation of the G logo, which is repeated horizontally and vertically to form a "square" or a seeming Greek key motif on the boxes, would become characteristic for Givenchy in the coming years, all through the 1980s and 1990s, while the sparser lines adopted during the millenium are a desire to renew, inspired by the clearer, less "fussy" bottles that dominated the 1990s with their idea of "purity" that they pushed. Clos Fiorentina garden; Google images; Paris/ C. de Virieu from The Givenchy Style,The Vendome Press, New York 1998.

An intermediary re-issue of Eau de Givenchy came in the collection of classical re-issues by the firm in 2007, to mark its 50th anniversary, and it was called Les Parfums Mythiques Eau de Givenchy. The scent was included in the ten best classic scents out of the productive collection, alongside their steady production of L'Interdit, Organza, or Amarige. Although the composition pyramid looks thinned out, it's more of a streamlining of the scent than a completely different scent. Grabbing a Mythiques edition is still a rather nice investment and not a loss of your money. Its focus on neroli and its cousins also reminds me of Tom Ford Neroli Portofino and Frederic Malle Cologne Indélébile. However, while they're interchangeable to a certain extent, Eau de Givenchy differs more significantly in the dry down, with its more substantial, cotton-y yet slightly metallic musk adding more heft and rendering it more opaque comparing to the sharper, leaner, soapier and somewhat more "robotic" Neroli Portofino, or the more refined and traditional Cologne Indélébile. Although I haven't yet compared them side by side, the prominently musky dry down of Eau de Givenchy is reminiscent of that of Byredo Blanche's to my nose, more than other eau de cologne-type of fragrances. I'm always imagining purple lilacs. Lilac blossoms and again something like honey. You could almost call it the copied Guerlain DNA. I'd love to have it even stronger and longer green, but the great bottle already says: I'm simple, clear, quiet and noble. Humble water. Holy. Clean. Untouched and beautiful. This woman’s perfume evokes the playfulness, joie de vivre and youth celebrated by Hubert de Givenchy. Eau de Givenchy Eau de Toilette is a fresh, crystal-clear fragrance expressing light-hearted elegance.With their personality-revealing qualities, Givenchy fragrances are timeless products enhancing a person’s unique style. Each creation offers a distinctive olfactory signature that ensures its wearer is never forgotten. Discover the sophisticated and thrilling L’Interdit, the fun and magnetic Irresistible or Gentleman Givenchy, with an intensity full of fearless charm. The original presentation of Eau de Givenchy is a product of the cusp between the 1970s and the 1980s, with a clear nod to the fresh scents of the 1970s, as a splash in the usual, generous size of 120ml (4 oz) and even bigger. The formula was circulating under two different boxes, one in pale dusty pink with the successive G logos emblazoned, the other in a warmer hue of pale apricot cream. The explanation has to do with pure logistics and different suppliers. There is no weird or sinister reason behind a formula change or anything of that kind. However, that is not the case with the relatively recent re-issue of the 2018 Eau de Givenchy edition. The newer scent is, in a way, more 1970s than the original, reprising the fresh citrus cologne style of formerly popular (in the 1970s) splashes, like Eau de Patou, for example.

Radiance rather close to the body. Neroli fires the start with green notes, mandarin, spring blossoms, violet sounds, musk, all creamy round after 30 minutes of freshness. More feminine. Not too Cyrtrian. Not woody.The 2018 version of Eau de Givenchy is a quite straightforward eau de cologne on my skin, with a slightly more pronounced feminine touch of tender floral and cottony musk. The idea behind the newer 2018 Eau de Givenchy is to capture the scent of summer throughout the year and to evoke the natural image of this season. Notes of orange blossom, sea breeze, and a bunch of citrus fruits (such as bergamot, mandarin, lemon, and orange) along with greenery, are based on woods and musk. Perfumer François Demachy, more known for his work for Dior at the moment, created this unisex perfume inspired by the gardens of Hubert's Clos Fiorentine mansion in the south of France, in the town of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat. This idea of a garden-inspired scent is very Hermes! And it kinda works too.