{"product_id":"alvarez-gomez-agua-de-colonia-concentrada-eau-bleue-eau-de-cologne","title":"Agua de Colonia Concentrada Eau Bleue Eau de Cologne","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmong the variations the house has built on its 1912 cologne, Alvarez Gómez Agua de Colonia Concentrada Eau Bleue Eau de Cologne is the one that goes warm instead of cool. Bergamot and orange open it, and that is the only part that behaves like a traditional cologne. Bergamot is sharp and faintly bitter, orange rounder and sweeter, the two of them bright for a few minutes before the middle takes a turn. Neroli arrives first, which is the white floral and slightly green side of the orange tree, and then ginger and cinnamon appear and change the register entirely. Ginger is fizzy and dry, cinnamon warm and a little sweet, and together they give a cologne a spiced middle that you would not expect from the name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe base is the interesting part. Black tea is tannic and dusty, the smell of leaves rather than of a cup, and frankincense sits with it adding cool resinous smoke. The result dries down darker and more serious than the opening suggests. Seven materials and a genuine progression, which is more than the house usually offers. As an eau de cologne it is still a light concentration, so expect two or three hours rather than a full day, and spray generously without worrying about it. Launched in 2020. The spice and the tea make it the version to reach for in autumn and in the evening, and it leans masculine without being closed off to anyone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlvarez Gómez is family owned, Spanish, and has been trading since 1899, the year three young men from Leon opened a Madrid shop at Calle Sevilla 2 after finding work in the aroma trade. Its reputation was built on the concentrated cologne first blended by hand in that shop's cellar in 1912. A later generation industrialised the firm in the 1990s and a fourth generation directs it now.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alvarez Gómez","offers":[{"title":"80ml","offer_id":54326457205063,"sku":"ENG220680","price":30.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"150ml","offer_id":54426139427143,"sku":"ENG220679","price":38.3,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/5049\/1463\/files\/eng220680.jpg?v=1783793533","url":"https:\/\/thescentvault.ie\/products\/alvarez-gomez-agua-de-colonia-concentrada-eau-bleue-eau-de-cologne","provider":"The Scent Vault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}