{"product_id":"affinessence-bergamote-racines-eau-de-parfum-100ml","title":"Bergamote-Racines Eau de Parfum 100ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe name says what it does: Affinessence Bergamote-Racines Eau de Parfum 100ml is bergamot above and roots below, and there are only five materials in it, which makes the contrast the entire subject.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBergamot is the lead and it is given proper room. It is the most perfumed of the citruses, bitter at the rind and faintly floral underneath, the smell that makes Earl Grey recognisable, and unlike lemon it does not simply evaporate into sourness. Lemon is there beside it in a supporting role, sharpening the first minutes and keeping the opening cold. Ginger is the hinge. It is hot and dry rather than sweet, with a soapy, slightly resinous edge, and it links the brightness above to the earth below without belonging to either. Musk sits with it, soft and skin close, softening the join.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVetiver is the root the name promises and it is where the fragrance spends most of its life. Vetiver smells of dry earth, smoke and the inside of a cut grass stem, with a bitter, slightly nutty depth that gets better the longer it is on skin. Here it is not cleaned up or sweetened, and because the composition is so short there is nothing to distract from it. Fabrice Pellegrin composed it. As an eau de parfum it is long lasting, most of a day, and it holds fairly close after the first hour rather than filling a room. Two sprays is right. It reads as unisex, works through every season and suits daytime wear, offices and anyone who prefers a fragrance that stays recognisably itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAffinessence is a small French house set up in 2013 by Sophie Bruneau, a perfumer who had spent decades composing for other companies. Its stated method is to turn the usual structure upside down and build from the bottom of the composition, so that what you smell lasts and alters very little on the skin.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Affinessence","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54476035359047,"sku":"BTS397254","price":135.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/5049\/1463\/files\/bts397254.webp?v=1785486964","url":"https:\/\/thescentvault.ie\/products\/affinessence-bergamote-racines-eau-de-parfum-100ml","provider":"The Scent Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}