Tous Gift Set
Two spices sit in the opening of Tous Gift Set, which is not where most floral fragrances put them. Cassia is the first, a sweet warmth taken from bark, and coriander is the second, drier and more aromatic, with the faintly soapy clarity the seed has rather than any of the heat of a kitchen spice. They are set against violet leaf, which is green, cool and slightly metallic like a freshly cut stem, and bergamot, which supplies the citrus brightness. The effect is a top that is crisp and warm at the same time. From there it opens into a bouquet of gardenia, peony, jasmine and rose, each still identifiable: creamy, cool, bright and full in that order. The base is dry, with white musk for cleanliness, iris for a cold powderiness and Moroccan cedar for a resinous finish. Eleven materials by Olivier Cresp, and the spiced top is what distinguishes it from the many florals it otherwise resembles.
As a present it works for the person who wears perfume every day and would rather have a bottle of something dependable than a novelty. It reads feminine and it carries through the year without ever being the loudest thing in the room. That modesty is deliberate and it is why the fragrance has lasted: there is nothing in it to tire of. Expect a few hours of clear presence and a soft spiced trail afterwards, and apply with a free hand, because toilette strength forgives that.
Tous is a Catalan jeweller, Manresa based, and its bear is the mark most shoppers would place before the name. The company dates itself to 1920 and to Salvador Tous Blavi's watchmaking apprenticeship, built up with his wife Teresa Ponsa, and it has sold fragrance alongside the jewellery since 2000.
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