Comments on: Acqua di Parma Colonia ~ fragrance review

By: Smart Welshman

Smart Welshman — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:42:07 +0000

Aqua di Parma Barbiere Range – WOW ! Listen up chaps.
Had a spare amount of cash so I decided to smarten up a bit and dress to impress. Got new brown brogues Russell Bromley, Cords, white/red stripped shirt Jermyn Street, Black Gant V-neck and grey sporting jacket from M&S Collezione range. Clobber out of they way, so next step was to look for some grooming products. Tried Armani then went to the Aqua di Parma booth in the superstore. I bought the whole range (Shaving cream, post-shave lotion for back of head & neck, post-shave balm for face and the colonia deodrant with black lid). Ended up going to Taylors of Old Bond Street in Jermyn Street to buy razors and brushes. End Result: Went out and never had as many women chat me up in my life and everyone wanted to know what products I was wearing ! So well done Aqua di Parma !

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:08:50 +0000

In reply to sarahcserpa.

sarahcserpa: 1979! That’s a young’un compared to some ole bottles of perfume I’ve found and that smelled pretty good. I bet if you compared your bottle to the scent today it would not smell so different…esp. if the bottle was in a box…away from light.

By: sarahcserpa

sarahcserpa — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:46:33 +0000

I found a never-before-opened bottle of this perfume my mother bought me in Italy over 30 years ago. I opened it and sprayed it on today. This review is spot on! I too found it to be pedestrian and powdery after 5 minutes. Should this perfume still ring true after 30 years?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:53:48 +0000

A week ago I finally got to AdP store/ This brand always made me think of Hannibal Lecter and his letter to detective Starling witch he sent her on scented paper.
I bought Colonia Intensa for my boyfriend but the sales person also gave me samples of Colonia, Colonia Assoluta and Mandorlo di Sicilia.
I've been wearing these perfumes for a week now and so far I find Original Colonia the most interesting. I don't find it soapy. On the contrary: after lavender and powdery iris-like rose step aside I smell russian church, old men praying, lit candles burning and aromatic oils from incensory. It is subtle, but brings strong memories.
I really like CA – it wins second prise. When two geniouses corporate nothing bad can come out. But still, it doesn't have much soul.
Intensa reminds me Cristalle by Chanel. Citrus first, then carroty leather. But hey, I'm a girl, I'd better smell this one on men.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:08:27 +0000

I also find this very powdery. I was somewhat dissapointed with this fragrance. For me it smells a little bit like “Old Man”

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 02:18:14 +0000

Robi: (PS) another possible reason I didn't take notes on Assoluta: Robin here at NST reviewed it already (in July of 2005); if you're interested in reading her review just click on Pefume Reviews at the top of the NST page and look under “Acqua di Parma”

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 01:56:20 +0000

Robi: after I write this I'll go find my Assoluta sample so I can say something half-way intelligent about it before my Intensa review posts tomorrow…I did try Assoluta twice but didn't take “notes” as I usually do, which means: “I don't need this ever.” That does not mean I hated it but probably had something like it already in the “collection.”

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 01:00:52 +0000

I recently bought Colonia on an impulse: I was all set to pick up the new Tom Ford, but spritzed, fell in love and purchased the AdP instead. After wearing it around for a couple of days, my initial passion tapered off somwhat, but I still really like this scent a lot.

I found your comments about color-change very interesting! I seem to get the same associations as you do, or at least a very clear sense of “pinkening” once the softer, rose-phase starts to emerge.

Being a Jean-Claude Ellena fan I'm also quite anxious to try the Colonia Assoluta… I wonder how far he has gone to impart his own characteristic stamp on a very traditional fragrance?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:50:53 +0000

Joe: here's to a LEAN and MEAN 2008 — I agree with your philosophy 100 percent.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:48:50 +0000

Tom…never mind the typos…as long as my reviews don't REEK! HA! You know I remember reading your review of this, was it in summer?, and I TRIED COLONIA AGAIN hoping I would finally “get it.” But there came the clean base notes again — not woody on me. With a woody base, I'd probably wear this one.