Gentleman Givenchy Eau de Toilette Intense
Givenchy · Eau de Toilette (EDT) · 2021
≈ $95 · 100ml · approx. retail
Gentleman EDT Intense is a green woody-aromatic that leads with bergamot, basil and cardamom before a gentle iris and cypress heart settles into coumarin and cedar. Signed by Olivier Cresp and Nathalie Lorson, it offers a brighter, more aromatic-spicy take on the iris-centred Gentleman DNA.
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French · 30 in collection
A Grasse-raised master perfumer at Firmenich and 2018 Fragrance Foundation Lifetime Achievement honoree, Olivier Cresp is one of the most influential noses of his generation, responsible for the genre-defining Mugler Angel and a string of bestsellers.
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Born in Grasse and now a master perfumer at Firmenich (dsm-firmenich), Nathalie Lorson trained at the Roure Bertrand Dupont school and is celebrated for rich, sensual blockbusters, most famously co-creating YSL Black Opium, for which she won the 2015 Prix International du Parfum.
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