Narciso Rodriguez For Her eau de toilette is the fragrance that launched the house's perfume line in 2003, and it remains the centre of the women's range. Christine Nagel and Francis Kurkdjian composed it. 

Osmanthus opens it on its own. Musk takes the centre, while amber and patchouli sit underneath and carry the dry-down.

Two things in that listing are worth knowing before you buy. First, the musk sits in the heart. Not the base. In most perfumes musk is one of the last layers, the part still on a scarf the next morning. Placing it in the middle means the clean, skin-like quality people associate with this scent arrives early, right after the osmanthus fades, and stays the main event for most of the wear. Second, the family is given as floral chypre, yet the listing holds one floral note and the chypre side rests on patchouli and amber alone. Expect something softer and cleaner than a classic mossy chypre. 

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