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Cuero Homme Gift Set
Alvarez Gómez Cuero Homme Gift Set is the simplest way to put this fragrance in somebody's hands without having to guess what they already own, which is the usual problem with buying perfume for somebody else as a present.
You get the 150ml Eau de Parfum, a 30ml spray for the bag and a 200ml shower gel. What is in the box smells of leather, and leather of a particular kind: soft, dry and worn in rather than tarry or aggressive, the smell of an old jacket rather than a new saddle. Amber gives it a resinous warmth underneath and sandalwood keeps the finish creamy and smooth, so the leather stays comfortable instead of turning harsh on the skin.
Above that sit cedarwood and nutmeg. The cedarwood is sharp and dry, the nutmeg dusty and gently warm, and the two of them are what give the opening its shape before the leather takes over properly. Five materials in total, which makes it an easy fragrance to describe to the person you are giving it to, and an easy one for them to decide about.
As a present it works for the man who is hard to buy for: it is masculine without being obvious about it, it has no fruit and no sweetness in it to argue with, and it is far more likely to be worn than admired once and then left on a shelf. Autumn and winter suit it best, and so does anybody who has decided that most modern men's fragrance is too loud and too sweet by half. There is no fashion in it to date, which also makes it a safer present than something of the moment.
Alvarez Gómez is a Spanish family perfumery. Three young men came from León to Madrid to work in the aroma trade and opened a shop at Calle Sevilla 2 in 1899, and the fourth generation of the family runs the business today.
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