Twice Rosa Eau de Toilette Gift Set

Almost nothing at this price uses carrot seeds, and Iceberg Twice Rosa Eau de Toilette 125ml builds its middle on them.

They smell earthy and slightly sweet, with a dry powderiness and a faint raw vegetable edge, and setting them in the centre of a pink fruit fragrance is a genuinely odd decision that happens to work. Above them, pink grapefruit gives a bitter, zesty opening, sharper and drier than sweet citrus, and redcurrant adds a tart red fruit juiciness that is sour rather than jammy. Jasmine softens the heart with a creamy white flower warmth and stops the carrot from dominating.

The base is quiet and skin like. Musk is the main part of it, soft and clean, with ambrette alongside, which is the musk that comes from a seed and smells warm, faintly nutty and powdery. Cedarwood keeps everything dry underneath.

Seven materials, so there is room to follow each one, and Ilias Ermenidis has balanced them so that the strange middle reads as texture rather than as a stunt.

At eau de toilette strength it is light to moderate in projection and sits close after the first hour, which suits a composition this powdery. It is a women's fragrance, it works through spring and summer and into mild autumn days, and it is comfortable for work. It dates from 2021 and extends the Twice line Iceberg began in 1994. The house itself has been an Italian fashion name since 1974, built inside the Gerani family's Gilmar business and remembered for intarsia knitwear and graphic prints. Its scents are licensed to separate perfume companies, Give Back Beauty being the current one, under an agreement signed in July 2020.