Paco Rabanne Olympea Eau de Parfum 15ml Spray Lulu Castagnette Bergamot and pepper open sharp

Bergamot and pepper open sharp — the kind of fresh-and-spicy that feels more athletic than formal

the kind of fragrance that sits close to skin and lets people get within a handshake before they notice it

Spicebomb swings the other way: cardamom and cinnamon first

it carries enough to be noticed by people who aren't sitting next to you

then settle into a woody base where cedar and vetiver do most of the talking

Paco Rabanne Olympea Eau de Parfum 15ml Spray Lulu Castagnette Bergamot and pepper open sharpCoconut, ambroxan, and salt that sunlit, almost mineral quality that smells like sunscreen and sea air without being salty in the literal way. Olympea opens bright, then settles into something warmer and skin close by the dry down. 15ml spray bottle, so it's a handbag refill or the travel version of the full size. Two or three spritzes from skin; it reads as a skin scent rather than projection, so let people get within a metre to notice it.