Ange Ou Démon Le Secret
A pale, clean fragrance is a strange thing to buy in quantity, but Givenchy Ange Ou Démon Le Secret Eau de Parfum 100ml makes sense at this size for anyone who wears the same scent every working morning.
The reason is the structure, which is light enough to apply generously. Tea opens it, dry and leafy with that slight bitterness real tea has, lifted by cranberry for tartness and Amalfi lemon for a bright, oily citrus sharpness that burns off within the half hour.
It is an opening you can wear at nine in the morning without thinking about it. What remains after it is a soft floral heart. Peony brings its crisp, faintly soapy freshness, water lily the cool damp impression that gives the fragrance its watery character, and jasmine a touch of warmth underneath so the whole thing does not read as merely clean. It is a restrained middle, and anyone hoping for a big white floral should look elsewhere.
Patchouli is the only material in the base, and it carries more weight than one name suggests. Earthy, slightly inky and faintly sweet, it grounds everything above it and gives the drydown a shape that most transparent florals lack. The contrast between the watery top and that single dark root is the whole idea, and it is handled with more care than the simplicity of the material list implies.
Bernard Ellena is the perfumer, and the fragrance was released in 2009. The eau de parfum concentration buys longevity rather than volume: expect it close to the skin for most of the day, perfectly suited to offices, meetings and warm weather, which is where the 100ml bottle earns itself back. In perfume the house is still measured against L'Interdit, created in 1957 as a tribute to Hubert de Givenchy's friend Audrey Hepburn. The Paris fashion side dates from 1952 and belongs to LVMH.
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