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Irresistible
The value argument for Givenchy Irresistible Eau de Parfum 80ml is simple: it is the size that costs least per millilitre in the range, and it is aimed at the wearer who already knows she will finish it.
The fragrance itself is built to be worn exactly that often, which is not true of everything in the house's range. Pear gives a bright juicy opening, clean rather than candied, and ambrette adds a warm musky softness beneath it, a seed material with a nutty quality that makes the fruit feel grown up rather than sweet. The centre is a rose, and it is the reason this has sold as well as it has. Treated in a light, transparent, modern way, it avoids nearly every cliche attached to the flower, and the iris underneath contributes a cool powdered dryness that lends the composition a little formality. Two materials in the heart, balanced carefully, and nothing in them fighting for attention.
Cedarwood alone closes the composition, dry and clean, extending the rose and the pear for hours and giving the drydown a dry cedar frame rather than a sugary one.
It dates from 2020, with Anne Flipo, Dominique Ropion and Fanny Bal credited for it. A larger bottle is only sensible when a fragrance has become a daily habit, and this is exactly the sort that does: easy in every season, acceptable in every setting, feminine without being girlish, and long lasting enough on skin that a bottle of this size will see out a year or two of regular use without feeling wasteful. Givenchy is a Paris name that goes back to 1952 and an LVMH holding today, its fragrances made by a maison that stands on its own.
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