Givenchy
Givenchy
91 votes
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Pink pepper crackles sharply against ripe white peach, the top notes fizzing with bright bergamot, immediately sweet and fruity. The sweet pea arrives like a whispered counterpoint, introducing a powdery floral note that immediately softens the fruit's exuberance.
Magnolia blooms with creamy density whilst amyris introduces subtle woody warmth, and the tiara accord wraps everything in a soft, musky haze. The composition becomes increasingly powdery and skin-like, the florals settling into something intimate and diffuse, lacking projection entirely.
Sandalwood provides negligible warmth to a base that's become largely synthetic and wispy, the fragrance fading into barely perceptible musk and powder. Within four hours, Play for Her has reduced to little more than a gentle, soapy memory on the skin's surface—a scent experienced only in close proximity.
Play for Her arrives as a distinctly feminine whisper masquerading as something bolder. The opening volley of pink pepper and white peach creates an immediate sweetness—almost gourmand in its generosity—but the sweet pea adds a delicate, slightly powdery floral restraint that prevents it from tipping into cloying territory. This is where Emilie Bevierre-Coppermann's hand becomes evident: she's constructed a fragrance caught between playfulness and restraint, between indulgence and ethereal subtlety.
The heart reveals a peculiar softness through tiara (a musky white floral accord) and amyris, which introduces a woody warmth that feels almost abstract against the magnolia's creamy brightness. The magnolia-sandalwood pairing is the fragrance's most interesting moment—where creamy florals meet warm, smooth wood, there's a momentary impression of refined elegance. Yet this is fleeting.
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