ADN Neroli Ecstasy Eau de Parfum Gift Set

ADN Neroli Ecstasy Eau de Parfum Gift Set is the bright, blossom led end of the ADN range, offered here as a set. Mandarin orange and bergamot start it off, juicy and sharp together, and pear slips in beside them with a soft, slightly grainy sweetness that stops the citrus being merely clean. Then the flowers take over and they are the whole point of it: orange blossom full and honeyed, neroli cooler and greener, more like the leaf and the twig than the petal, and jasmine warming the pair from underneath so the middle hours are rich without going heavy. The close is simple and comfortable, vanilla giving a gentle sweetness, amberwood a dry warmth with a touch of smoke to it, and musk holding everything softly against the skin. It smells expensive in an uncomplicated way.

Sold at eau de parfum strength, it has the concentration to carry blossom properly, which matters because neroli and orange blossom fade fast in weaker versions; two or three sprays will see out a day. It is at its best in spring and summer and in daylight, and it works for men and women alike, since the greenness in the neroli balances the honey in the blossom. It comes as a set, so it is ready to give as it is, and it makes an easy present for someone who likes citrus and flowers and does not want anything sweet or heavy.

The house was started in 1976 by a Galician designer whose family had run a tailoring business in Ourense since 1950. Its first fragrance appeared in 1990 under the founder's own name, the first time a Spanish designer had done that, and the company holds that Agua Fresca is now part of the country's scent memory. Puig handles the perfumes under licence, and Agua Fresca de Rosas and Unica from 2017 are the names most people recognise beyond the ADN line itself.