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Subtile
The name is a promise and Brecourt Subtile Eau de Parfum Gift Set keeps it: this is a quiet rose scent with no intention whatever of filling a room.
Rose appears at the top and again in the heart, so the flower is the spine of the whole composition rather than one stage of it. At the opening it is fresh and green, cut with peony, which is watery and faintly peppery, and bergamot, which brightens without sharpening. In the middle the same flower turns deeper and rounder, and it is joined by blackberry, dark and jammy, and by patchouli, which brings earth and a dry bitterness underneath. That patchouli is the reason the fruit never tips into syrup, and it is what gives an otherwise gentle scent some backbone. Without it this would be a pretty rose and little else; with it there is something to hold on to as the hours pass, and the blackberry reads as fruit rather than as jam.
Amber, musk and sandalwood close it, warm and creamy and close to the skin. The finish is soft rather than long, and the scent as a whole stays within arm's reach of the wearer, which for a great many buyers is exactly the point. At eau de parfum strength it holds quietly through a working day, and it is easy to refresh at lunchtime without the result becoming overpowering.
As a present it is an easy one to give, since a well made rose offends nobody and most people have room for one. It reads feminine, suits daytime and most of the year, and is particularly comfortable in an office or anywhere close quarters make a loud fragrance unwelcome. Brecourt is a small niche perfume house based in France, with a short, considered range of eaux de parfum to its name.
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