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Key Notes
- Top notes
- Citron, Pear, Bergamot, Neroli
- Heart notes
- Orange Blossom, Freesia, Jasmine, Osmanthus
- Base notes
- Amber, Guaiac Wood, Benzoin, Musk
- Brand
- Versace
- Launch date
- 2014
Where the lighter version is bright and airy, Versace Yellow Diamond Intense Eau de Parfum goes in the opposite direction and makes the flowers the point of the exercise.
The citrus opening is familiar: citron, bergamot and neroli for sharpness and softness together, with pear adding its cool, crisp sweetness. It passes quickly, and that speed is deliberate, because what follows is considerably richer and needs the room. The brevity is a deliberate piece of staging.
Osmanthus is the material that changes the character. It smells of dried stone fruit and tea leaves at the same time, slightly leathery and slightly sweet, and it gives the heart a depth that a lighter floral arrangement could never reach. Orange blossom, freesia and jasmine fill in around it, the jasmine adding proper floral weight and the orange blossom a honeyed sweetness that carries into the base.
That base is warmer too. Amber supplies soft sweet warmth, benzoin adds a resinous, balsamic thickness, guaiac wood brings a dry smoky edge, and musk keeps the whole thing anchored to the skin rather than letting it drift. The difference between the two versions is large enough that liking one tells you very little about whether you will like the other.
At eau de parfum strength it lasts well into the evening and projects properly for the first couple of hours, so two sprays is the sensible dose. This is the version for cooler weather, for nights out and for anyone who found the lighter one too slight to bother with. From 2014. Versace is Italian, opened in Milan in 1978 by Gianni Versace and guided creatively by Donatella Versace since his death.
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