Select One
The note list for Saphir Select One Eau de Parfum 200ml does not follow the usual order, and that is the first thing worth saying about it.
It opens conventionally enough. Bergamot gives the clean bitter lift, mandarin orange the sweeter and rounder citrus beside it, and peach adds a soft fruit roundness underneath, so the first fifteen minutes are bright and friendly.
Then the middle does something unexpected. Musk and vetiver, both of which usually live at the bottom of a fragrance, are listed in the heart, with plum alongside them. The effect is that the warmth and the dry green rootiness of vetiver arrive early, while plum keeps a dark, winey sweetness running through the middle, so the fragrance never has a purely floral stage at all.
The base then returns to something softer. Lily brings a white, slightly green floral quality, vanilla sweetens, and amber gives the finish its warm resinous depth. It is an inversion of the normal arrangement, with the heavier materials in the middle and the prettier ones at the end, and the result wears less predictably than most things at this price. Nine materials in all. It is comfortable across seasons rather than tied to one, it reads as unisex, and the 200ml bottle makes it a sensible everyday choice rather than something kept for occasions. Expect a full working day from it, with the first hour the loudest.
Perfume at a price people can actually pay is the stated aim of Saphir, a Spanish company that has been in the business since 1940. It started as the Zaragoza family warehouse Almacenes Corinto, has never left Spanish ownership, and manufactures everything carrying its name at its own Spanish plant and research centre.
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