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Gypsy Water

4.0/5 · 9,882 votes Unisex 2008
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Fragrance notes

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Character

Longevity2.6/5
Sillage2.1/5
Day100
Night35
Spring90
Summer81
Fall77
Winter39
Our take

Juniper and pepper open Gypsy Water with a cool, sharp snap, and lemon and bergamot add a citrus lift that keeps the first minutes lively. Pine needles and incense move in next, with orris root softening the middle into something powdery and quiet. It leans warm-weather, best worn through spring and summer air, and it sits close to the skin from the very start, more private than announced. What sets it apart from most woody aromatics is how little effort it makes to be loud. The incense never turns heavy or churchy, and the orris root keeps the whole middle section feeling more like dry air than smoke, which is part of why it wears so easily on both men and women.

Vanilla, sandalwood and amber round out the base, adding warmth without much heft. It carries average staying power, present for a while and then gone quietly, staying a skin scent throughout, felt only by whoever is close enough to notice. Someone who wants a fragrance as a personal habit rather than a statement will get the most from it. What lasts to the very end is the pine and incense together, the smell clinging to a wool sweater after a walk outside in cold, clear air.

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