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Scarlet Opal
Aire de Sevilla Scarlet Opal Eau de Toilette 150ml puts a white floral in a bottle meant to catch the eye, and the contents are more restrained than the name suggests.
Mandarin orange opens it and is gone quickly, leaving a sweet, soft citrus peel impression rather than a sharp one. What follows is the substance of it. Jasmine is creamy, full and slightly heady, orange blossom is cleaner and soapier with a honeyed thread running underneath it, and the two of them hold the centre of the scent for most of its life on skin.
The base is the part that gives it weight. Sandalwood is creamy and milky, vetiver rooty and bitter and faintly smoky, and cedarwood sharp and sawn. Those three dry the flowers out and keep the whole thing from reading as a simple soap. Six materials in all, which is a short list, and the scent behaves honestly: bright for a few minutes, floral for an hour or two, then quietly dry for the rest.
At eau de toilette strength it sits close after the first hour, which makes it usable at work and in company. The 150ml bottle is the practical size for something you will use liberally. Warm weather and evenings suit it, and it reads as feminine without being sweet, which narrows the audience slightly and pleases the people inside it. Anyone shopping for a sugared fragrance should look elsewhere in the range, because this one never goes there.
The company that makes it, Instituto Espanol, has produced perfumery and cosmetics in Spain since 1903. It is family owned, now in a third generation, and all of its manufacturing takes place in Andalusia, at Hinojos in Huelva province, alongside colognes, shower gels, creams, deodorants and oils.
Please note: images are a guide only. Packaging and bottle design may occasionally differ from those shown due to manufacturer updates or promotions.
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