Eau de Givenchy (2018)

Wore this to bed last night, and had to upgrade my like to a love. Eau de Givenchy is fresh, dreamy citrus neroli with a whisper of white florals and understated, cottony musk. It's gauzy and bright, yet soft around the edges. It's the perfect soothing bedtime scent, and a relaxing way to wake up in the morning. It is surprisingly long lasting for something so sheer. I put it on a few hours before bedtime, and it's still present in the morning. There's not a lot of projection, but I can smell it on myself and get wafts of it throughout its wear. Also worth mentioning: the sprayer and the mist for this perfume is INCREDIBLE. The mist is so marvelously fine that it almost seems like it comes out in slow-motion; like an angel exhaling clouds onto my skin. Is it the sprayer that's working this magic? Something about the juice itself? I have no idea, but it's so mesmerizing it makes me want to spray it just for the fun of it.

This is exceptional. A truly joyous fragrance. I haven't worn a silk shirt since I was nine [Why, Mum and Dad?!]...but this feels like one of those - cool, classy, and so comfortable in a barely-there kind of way. I could hardly smell it last week (but could other denser fragrance) - which might've been a cold or even the dreaded Covid - but that's the beauty of this, it's so deliciously light and floaty! Closer inspection does reveal a few differences with TF Neroli Portofino (which was my closest comparison). It's a shade greener and more white-muskier, and it's also a lot longer lasting. It isn't as sweet or lush though - the neroli is fully present here but it appears drier and flatter without as much orange blossom to fill it out. Neroli Portofino is more sumptuous and juicy. But...this is cheap as chips, so I'll stick with this and an ice-cream, and pocket the £200 difference.

Simply beautiful. Hardly breaking new ground but Demanchy comes up absolute trumps with this one and in the process makes TF Neroli Portofino utterly redundant, which is a great thing in my book. As someone else mentioned, it is a shade greener and less sweet (from more neroli and less orange flower), but the overall vibe is near as dammit the same, and the longevity is much improved. So is the price. Bye bye Tom. Perfectly unisex with typical summer eau de cologne type performance, but at £37 for 100ml on the grey market you can just go nuts and spray, spray, spray! (Incidentally, I have no experience of the original so cannot compare it, and nor do not mourn its loss. I'm sure many of the dislikes are skewed from such comparisons. I wonder how this would have been rated it if it had a different name?) Pretend this is a new fragrance and you might find you like it.

I don't get the more feminine leaning vibe that alot of reviews are stating over here. Maybe it's because there are different formulations already of the 2018 Eau de Givenchy. Mine is an earlier bottle. It leans totally unisex in the opening but turns really fresh and into a very fresh leafy green neroli scent that goes more masculine towards the drydown. Projection is above average for the first 1 or 2 hours. Longevity is really good for a fresh citrus/neroli scent. So with a decent amount of sprays it will easily last you all workday and well into dinnertime so 8 to 10 hours is quite good imho. The ingredients used are quality ingredients because the orange blossom and neroli notes are very realistic as if you ripped the leaves and rub them between your hands. If you like a dry and green long lasting quality neroli scent then this is recommendable.

This is truly a lovely spin on the "classic" eau de cologne DNA, a la 4711, Neroli Portofino, and Cologne Indelebile. Of those, I think Eau de Givenchy is the best, next to the Frederic Malle, which is much more expensive of course. Anyways, Eau de Givenchy is a wonderfully bright, fresh, and green fragrance with prominent notes of neroli, petitgrain, citruses and white musk. This is an example of perfumery that is so delightful in its simplicity. While plenty of fragrances excite in their abstractions, Eau de Givenchy presents the opposite; a very simplistic take on smelling good, and it works! The fragrance is certainly unisex, I could see anyone pulling this one off in the right setting. I'd recommend this only for the summer months, and only for those who love the note of neroli (as it is quite prominent in the blend).