Guerlain

Aqua Allegoria Herba Fresca

Aqua Allegoria Herba Fresca by Guerlain is an unisex eau de toilette from 1999 in the premium price tier. It opens with mint, lemon and bergamot, moves into green tea, mate and jasmine and dries down to white musk and sandalwood. Expect around 4 hours of wear, and it projects softly.

Notes, explained

Opening

• Mint Cold and tingly. Great in small doses, toothpaste in large ones.
• Lemon Clean, sour, instantly recognisable. Bright but burns off fast.
• Bergamot Sharp citrus with a faint bitter edge. The opening of about half of all men's fragrances.

Heart

• Green Tea Dry, slightly bitter, calm. Quiet and very easy to wear.
• Mate Dry, smoky, bitter green tea. Toasted rather than fresh.
• Jasmine Heady, sweet and slightly animal underneath. Rarely subtle.

Dry-down

• White Musk Clean, soft, laundry-like. The 'smells like nothing but better' note.
• Sandalwood Creamy, milky wood. Soft and almost edible.

Smells like this

• Elizabeth Arden Green Tea
• Maison Margiela Replica Matcha Meditation
• Hermès Voyage d'Hermès
• Nishane Wulong Cha
• Mancera Melody of the Sun
• Guerlain Aqua Allegoria Nerolia Vetiver

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