Hot Couture

Givenchy · Eau de Parfum (EDP) · 2000

≈ $75 · 100ml · approx. retail

Hot Couture is a fruity-floral fragrance for women created by Alberto Morillas and Jacques Cavallier and launched by Givenchy in 2000, led by a prominent raspberry note over a peppery magnolia-vetiver heart. The warm base of sandalwood, amber and musk gives it a soft, slightly smoky drydown.

The scent

Top notes

The opening · first 15 minutes

Heart notes

The core · the next few hours

Base notes

The dry-down · what lingers

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Perfumer

Alberto Morillas

Spanish · 53 in collection

Alberto Morillas is a Spanish master perfumer at dsm-firmenich who joined Firmenich in 1970 and has shaped thousands of fragrances over his career. He is one of the most prolific noses in modern perfumery and also runs his own house, Mizensir.

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Jacques Cavallier

French · 16 in collection

Jacques Cavallier Belletrud is a French master perfumer born into a Grasse perfumery dynasty who, since 2012, has served as the in-house nose for Louis Vuitton. Before that he revolutionized modern perfumery with aquatic and designer landmarks, most famously Issey Miyake's L'Eau d'Issey.

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