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Acqua di Parma<\/a> has \u201cre-styled\u201d original Colonia<\/a>* (introduced in 1916) to produce the brand new Colonia Essenza. I\u2019ve recently seen Colonia Essenza in two big department stores: Holt Renfrew in Vancouver, B.C., and Nordstrom in downtown Seattle. Holt Renfrew sells the fragrance only in the men\u2019s department; but so far, Nordstrom displays Colonia Essenza with women\u2019s fragrances \u2014 even though there\u2019s an Acqua di Parma section in the men\u2019s perfume boutique. Colonia Essenza is, in stores and online, sometimes referred to as a men\u2019s fragrance and other times as a women\u2019s perfume, but I<\/em> think Colonia Essenza is a classic cologne-for-all\u2026even children can wear it.<\/p>\n Colonia Essenza includes notes of bergamot, tangerine, lemon, orange, grapefruit, petitgrain, neroli, clove, rosemary, lily of the valley, rose, jasmine, patchouli, vetiver, white musk and amber. Colonia Essenza starts off smelling like a crisp orange blossom Eau de Cologne. As orange blossom fades, warm, but still pert, citrus peel aromas appear and lead directly to Colonia Essenza\u2019s floral heart notes.<\/p>\n In Colonia Essenza\u2019s mid-development, petitgrain mingles with \u2018orris-scented\u2019 roses and lily of the valley. (The rose and lily of the valley duke it out and lily of the valley wins \u2014 barely). The lily of the valley note is not grandmotherly; it has some \u201cbite.\u201d (Jasmine? I don\u2019t detect it and there\u2019s not a hint of indoles in Colonia Essenza.)<\/p>\n The lead-in to Colonia Essenza\u2019s base comes in the form of a bitter herbal note, not immediately recognizable as \u201crosemary.\u201d This rough note arrives just in time to prevent Colonia Essenza\u2019s mid-stage flowers from becoming too dainty and ladylike. (Note: when smelled on a paper strip, Colonia Essenza will fool you into thinking it is a smooth, creamy floral scent with a hint of powdery musk. On a card, the herbal\/bitter note is not discernable, and if you don\u2019t like herbal\/bitter notes that\u2019s good to know!)<\/p>\n Throughout its development, Colonia Essenza never completely loses its floral character, but it goes from a sunny and warm green-citrus-floral composition into shady-and-cool scent territory. As the cologne enters its final phase, I get the feeling clouds, and a cold front, have moved through Colonia Essenza\u2019s \u201cgarden,\u201d chilling the flowers and fruit…and blunting\u00a0their aromas. I love Colonia Essenza\u2019s diminuendo: the muted base notes of \u201cshadowy\u201d rose and lily of the valley, chalky wood, desiccated patchouli, dusty musk, and stark, cool amber.<\/p>\n Colonia Essenza is, overall, a conservative fragrance; but it\u2019s more dashing, less prim, than its progenitor, Colonia. Though Colonia Essenza\u2019s base notes are<\/em> soft and a bit talc-y, they don\u2019t possess original Colonia\u2019s \u201csoapy\u201d\/\u201cfresh laundry\u201d vibe. Colonia Essenza has good lasting power and “proper” sillage\u00a0\u2014 it doesn’t dominate a room.<\/p>\n Acqua di Parma Colonia Essenza is $90 for 50 ml and $125 for 100 ml Eau de Cologne. For buying information see the listing for Acqua di Parma under Perfume Houses<\/a>.<\/p>\n *still in production<\/p>\n Note: top image of lily of the valley<\/a> [altered] via Wikimedia Commons.<\/p>\n Read the rest of this article »<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Acqua di Parma<\/a> has \u201cre-styled\u201d original Colonia<\/a>* (introduced in 1916) to produce the brand new Colonia Essenza. I\u2019ve recently seen Colonia Essenza in two big department stores: Holt Renfrew in Vancouver, B.C., and Nordstrom in downtown Seattle. Holt Renfrew sells the fragrance only in the men\u2019s department; but so far, Nordstrom displays Colonia Essenza with women\u2019s fragrances \u2014 even though there\u2019s an Acqua di Parma section in the men\u2019s perfume boutique. Colonia Essenza is, in stores and online, sometimes referred to as a men\u2019s fragrance and other times as a women\u2019s perfume, but I<\/em> think Colonia Essenza is a classic cologne-for-all\u2026even children can wear it.<\/p>\n Colonia Essenza includes notes of bergamot, tangerine, lemon, orange, grapefruit, petitgrain, neroli, clove, rosemary, lily of the valley, rose, jasmine, patchouli, vetiver, white musk and amber. Colonia Essenza starts off smelling like a crisp orange blossom Eau de Cologne. As orange blossom fades, warm, but still pert, citrus peel aromas appear and lead directly to Colonia Essenza\u2019s floral heart notes…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[44,90],"class_list":{"0":"post-43091","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-perfume-talk","7":"tag-acqua-di-parma","8":"tag-flanker","9":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43091\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nstperfume.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Included in...<\/h2>\n
Best new fragrances for men ~ 2009-2010 edition<\/a><\/div><\/div>Possibly of interest<\/h2>\n
Acqua di Parma Buongiorno Collection ~ new fragrances<\/a><\/div>Acqua di Parma Colonia il Profumo Millesimato ~ new fragrance<\/a><\/div>Acqua di Parma Gelsomino a Freddo Ambrosia & Zafferano Ambrosia ~ new fragrances<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/p>\n