Versace
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
That iced accord hits like mentholated glass, sharp and oddly synthetic, whilst yuzu provides a tart, almost detergent-like citrus brightness. The pomegranate reads more as a suggestion of fruit-flavoured coolness than actual pomegranate seeds, creating an aquatic-floral hybrid that feels distinctly chilled.
Magnolia emerges as the dominant player, its creamy-soapy character mingling with watery lotus and peony into an indistinct white floral haze. The whole affair hovers close to the skin, pretty but pale, like looking at flowers through frosted glass. That persistent coolness never quite dissipates, lending everything an air-conditioned quality.
A soft musky veil remains, faintly woody but primarily clean and skin-like, with amber adding the barest whisper of warmth. The synthetic musks dominate here, smooth and polite, whilst those woods stay firmly in the background. It's the olfactory equivalent of expensive moisturiser—present, pleasant, and largely personality-free.
Bright Crystal is Alberto Morillas at his most crystalline—a study in translucent florals suspended in something between morning frost and air-conditioning. That iced accord isn't subtle; it announces itself like crushed ice tumbling into a glass, whilst yuzu adds a tart, almost soapy citrus edge that feels more functional than fruity. The pomegranate registers as vaguely sweet-tart juice rather than actual fruit, creating an oddly synthetic freshness that either thrills or repels depending on your tolerance for aquatic florals done with a heavy hand.
What unfolds is essentially magnolia in a wind tunnel—clean to the point of sterility, yet undeniably pretty if you appreciate that late-2000s aesthetic of scrubbed, dewy femininity. The lotus and peony blur into one watery-petalled mass, whilst the magnolia provides the only real floral heft, creamy but restrained. It's the fragrance equivalent of a frosted glass vase filled with white flowers, sitting in an aggressively air-conditioned boutique. That musky, faintly woody base keeps it from floating away entirely, though 'mahogany' and 'acajou wood' are generous descriptions for what amounts to a whisper of blonde woods and synthetic musks.
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