Spring Rain

Spring Rain is a natural Eau de Toilette that smells like a garden just after a shower: wet leaves, cut grass and crushed herbs. The brand calls it fresh and aromatic, and it was the first Eau de Toilette it made. The opening is cool and bracing. Mint leads, lifted by lemon and blood orange, with rosemary giving a dry herbal edge. Lavender and geranium make up the heart, and the rose is deliberately silent, a faint, slightly sour touch rather than a flower. Beneath it all lies a bed of tree moss, frankincense, cypriol and cabreuva wood that gives the freshness some body, and wearers hear a mossy base and finish. Being an Eau de Toilette, it is light and easy: it sits close to the skin, lasts a few hours and is best in spring and summer, when the herbs and citrus feel at home. Its natural character makes it a fair office choice and a good everyday scent, and nine in ten voters like or love it. Not everyone reads it as outdoor air: one wearer smells the geranium first and thinks of a calm indoor spa, while others hear pure lush green. It suits anyone who wants a gentle, androgynous herbal fresh scent with a mossy backbone.