Soleil Neige

Soleil Neige is Tom Ford's alpine answer to Soleil Blanc, and the All Over Body Spray carries the same idea at a fraction of the strength. Retailer listings for the 150ml can name bergamot, carrot seed, Turkish rose, musk, benzoin and vanilla, and Tom Ford's own copy for the spray describes a cool burst of bright green citrus giving way to winter white florals and rose absolute. That is an accurate description of how it wears. The opening is genuinely crisp, bergamot doing the lifting while carrot seed adds an odd, slightly rooty, powdery-orange quality that keeps the citrus from being generic. The rose in the middle is Turkish rather than Bulgarian, so it stays airy and clean instead of jammy. Where the fragrance earns its name is the base: musk dominates, soft and skin-like, with benzoin and vanilla adding a low sweetness that reads as warmth against cold air rather than as a gourmand. Tom Ford files it under citrus musk, which is exactly right. At aerosol concentration it is a clean, close, comfortable scent for an hour or two, best used as a post-shower layer or under the Eau de Parfum. Winter and spring suit it, and it is one of the few Private Blend sprays that works for the office.