Irresistible Nectar
Three perfumers worked on Givenchy Irresistible Nectar Eau de Parfum and they were given three materials to do it with, which is a tighter brief than most releases of this kind receive.
Neroli opens it. That is the distilled flower of the bitter orange tree, green and slightly metallic at the very top before it warms, and it gives the first minutes a clean, almost soapy brightness. Rose follows and holds the centre, soft and full rather than sharp, the sort of rose that smells of the flower itself rather than of rose flavoured sweets.
Pistachio is the reason to try it. It is the material doing the work the name promises, milky and faintly green, more like the raw nut than the roasted one, with a buttery richness that settles onto rose exceptionally well. The combination gives the scent its character and keeps it from smelling like the rest of the counter. A short composition, then, with no hidden third act and nothing new arriving at hour four. What it does, it does immediately and keeps doing, which some buyers much prefer and others find plain.
Anne Flipo, Caroline Dumur and Dominique Ropion are credited with it. At eau de parfum strength it lasts well and projects moderately, staying within arm's length after the first hour rather than announcing itself. It is sold to women, suits spring and early autumn, and works as readily at lunch as it does over dinner. It is one of the more distinctive things the house sells at this strength.
Hubert de Givenchy opened his house in Paris in 1952. It sits within LVMH today, with the fashion side and Givenchy Parfums operating as separate maisons under that ownership.
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