Vibrant Aqua Body Mist 250ml
Oakmoss is what separates Roberto Cavalli Vibrant Aqua Body Mist 250ml from the sweeter bottles sitting either side of it, and it is the reason this one reads as a proper scent rather than as a toiletry. Bergamot and peach start it off, bitter citrus against a soft ripe fruit, and the contrast is the best part of the first minute. Lily follows on its own, clean and slightly powdery, which keeps the middle of it very simple indeed. Then the base does something more interesting than a body mist usually attempts: amber gives a warm resinous sweetness, vetiver an earthy dryness, and oakmoss a damp, green, faintly bitter quality that is closer to a forest floor than to a bathroom shelf. It is that last material which gives the mist its grip.
The format remains a mist, so the strength is modest and the bottle is large. Use it freely over arms, shoulders and chest after a shower, or keep it for a top up during the day, and reckon on an hour or two before it fades.
It is the most wearable of these mists for somebody who normally buys perfume, because the dry finish means it never reads as sweet. Spring and summer suit it, so does the daytime, and it works on anyone who wants to smell clean rather than sugary. At 250ml there is a generous amount of it for the money, and that matters with a product you are meant to use liberally.
Roberto Cavalli, an Italian fashion house of 1970, was the work of a Florentine designer who started out in a cloth printing workshop, reached Paris with a collection in that first year, and made pattern and treated denim his signature. He left the business in 2015, and its scents are licensed.
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