Eau de Givenchy for women

Scent story

To me this smells like the French Riviera in 1980, preserved perfectly under glass. Grapefruit, bergamot, mint and mandarin open sparkling and green, with red fruit adding a sweet flash — the smell of a market morning. Then the white flowers arrive in force: ylang-ylang, honeysuckle, jasmine, narcissus, tuberose, lily-of-the-valley, rose — a whole garden, lush and unapologetic. Oakmoss, musk, cedar and sandalwood ground it in the classic chypre structure underneath. It is big, floral, and from another era's idea of femininity — generous to a fault, and all the better for it. Beginner-friendly.

✓ Beginner-friendly