Acqua di Parma Blu Mediterraneo - Cipresso di Toscana

I remember when I first started collecting. I always liked cypress and pine as favorite notes. This was discontinued. Glad it's back! It was a blind buy. I heard it had a lot of anise, which is often too sharp and bitter for my taste. I was glad at first impression, I got the anise, but it's perfectly blended with the citrus. It felt a bit peppery, like the Blenheim Bouquet structure of citrus, pepper, lavender, conifer. A lot of cheepos have poor synthetic cypress. But the cypress and pine are quite good and recognizable. The cypress took some time to be really noticable, around the mid. It's fresh and spicy in an Italian way perhaps. Love the conifer base. Will be best in Summer, but has good enough projection to be enjoyable in Winter. Just a side note: Clive Christian Cypress, is the best quality, realistic cypress I have found. PS: Just put it as my signature for Summer. It takes 15 minutes to settle to a harmonious fragrance of spicy, green, conifer fougere. Fresh yet has warm spicy touches. Rating: 8.25/10 God bless. John 3:16

This is a beautiful scent, but I think it is more appreciable if you've ever spent any time in Tuscany, and I say this for a reason. AdPs Blu Mediterraneo line first came out while I was living in a small town in Tuscany. As a fan of this house, I immediately investigated the new line at a local boutique, and Tuscan Cypress resonated with me greatly. It was EXACTLY the scent of the town I'd been living in and what I loved so much about the "air" and atmosphere around me. I purchased two bottles right away, and over the years, it became harder to find. I have a few from this collection, but CdT is my favorite. During my time in Italy, I traveled to many regions and towns throughout the country, and Blu Mediterraneo does an excellent job in capturing the "essence" and vibe of each of the locations in its lineup both through using extraits indigenous to those regions and in transporting you there, yourself. Magical.

Sea water..the first sensation at very first sprinkle is of sea water! I love how Acuqa di Parma has such natural tendencies ( in the only 2 that I have tested). Another enjoyeable facet of this perfume is that the florals are just enough, never too forward or sweet, and there are so many individually distinguishable notes-and so many perfectly blended and meshed combinations of scents here. I do love unisex perfumes, this one leans towards masculine. I think it is the lavender, sage, petit grain, all combining together, and then, the added zing of pine and sometimes cypress, that makes it so manly. However, the cardamon here is not so strong, neither the patchouli. The sillage is medium to high, the lasting power is long and excellent. (The spicy notes last forever during the dry down). Highly enjoyable, leafy, herbal, fresh, a bit of a voyage in a bottle.

I recently discovered this lovely gem. It reminds me of scents like Halston Z-14 and Ralph Lauren Polo (Green). To me, there's something very nostalgic about it. I guess, the men around me when I was a child, back in the early 80's, smelled similar. Thus, this is my perception of what a real man is supposed to smell like and I love it. I feel, I gravitate more and more towards these old school type of fragrances. I don't understand the criticism about the longevity. I've worn it a couple of times now and it lasts, especially on clothes. I sprayed it around 19 hours ago now and I can still smell it prominently on my shirt. The other day I sprayed it on my arm and also got a good 8 hours of a nice whiff now and again. Such a shame that it's discontinued. You can still find it, but it's going and soon it'll just be another memory of how men used to smell...

Brilliant stuff from ADP. A clean, piney top with the characteristic soapiness in the drydown. I have no idea where fragrantica got their fictional note list from. According to ADP’s website, the notes for this fragrance are: Top: orange, elemi, star anise Mid: lavandin, clary sage, petit grain Base: cypress, pine needles, fir balsam The longevity is solid with this one, more so than others in the Blu Mediterrano line. Cipresso's piny qualities are quite different than other masculine pines like Polo, Quorum, One Man Show, etc. Do not be quick to dismiss it if you haven't cared for piney scents before-this is all done with debonair nonchalance, as if the fragrance is carried to you on the breeze rather than condensing thick in a murky miasma in a coniferous bog. A perfect summer woody scent.

The Acqua di Parma line is new to me, having only recently sampled some of the cologne and EDT/EDP offerings, and overall it does feel like the ingredients are natural and high quality. Cipresso di Toscana is probably my favorite in the AdP lineup (I've still to sample the entire range). I liked Mirto di Panarea as well, which was my top choice from this house until today when I sampled CdT. CdT to my nose, has a dark/smoky tinge probably from the pine or cypress (not sure which, some other pine scents don't have the same smokiness) that reminds me of Mon Vetiver by Essential Parfums. Overall, the scent is a 9/10, but the longevity and projection do fall short, which being an EDC, might not surprise anyone but I do kind of expect better performance if the prices are more like EDTs and EDPs.

Currently making my way through my first batch of fragrance discovery sets and I also got Blu Mediterraneo samples intrigued by a couple of influencers... Safe to say I'll be bying a full size of at least three of the scents. Cipresso Di Toscana was one of the first I tried and it was not an immediate love. The first time I sprayed it on it was on a very hot day and the scent simply didn't stick well with my skin. The next time it was a totally different story. While I couldn't smell much of the citrus, the cypress was obvious from the get-go. As time went by, a smoky note came through and stayed for the rest of the wear. This is one of the most long-lasting in the line, a good 3-4 hours. It's a beautiful autumn-winter scent for me. Not too dark, but serious and deep.

Fantastic cypress smell with herbs. I've been grown up in a country where cypress is very common and indeed, the smell of this fragrance gives this smell of air passing through cypress. I consider it a very nice and natural smelling perfume. The longevity is so and so according to others but i'm not in a position to determine this now. Definitely, a perfume for summer first and all year round for those who do not like heavy artilery perfumes. I cant see a woman wearing this as the odour of cypress is more or less, masculine...and this is it! it is a masculine perfume for men that reminds pino sylvestre somehow but CDT is much more quality fragrance. These that wear pino sylvestre, should try this, it goes in the same way.

On a sun-drenched morning in Tuscany, you walk through a quiet, winding path lined with tall cypress trees. The air is crisp and fresh, filled with the bright scent of orange and star anise, as the sunlight filters through the leaves. As the day warms, the earthy aromas of lavender and cypress rise from the trees, mixing with the soft breeze. By evening, as you rest near a rustic wooden bench, the grounding scent of pine and cashmere wood fills the air, capturing the essence of the tranquil countryside around you.

Acqua di Parma Cipresso di Toscana... ...is my journey from Salsomaggiore Terme to Firenze in scent form. It reflects the hilly italian countryside perfectly with all it's herbal green and woody whafts of goodness with the mediterranean see poking through with some blue freshness every now and then. It is a very natural interpretation of a good herbal and woody scent. I personally don't understand how some people label this as dated because time and scents are impossible to combine.

Perfect fresh and masculen scent. Its kind of chanel egoist platinum but Toscana is more natural. Cypress and levander top and bottom notes. There are not many examples similar scent like this. Therefore if you want to fresh and everyone likes, you can buy this absolutely. Longevity quite poor unfortunately. If you want more longevity you selection must be chanel egoist platinum. Scent: 9/10 Long: 6/10 Sillage: 7/10

My absolute favourite from entire AdP. While im lying on hammock, the smells of thick pines and cypress comes thru the wind. Deeply aromatic, powdery, clean and manly. Somehow classic, but not in the old school way. Perfect all arounder. Hands down mr.Duchaufour.

This is the least favourite of Acqua di Parma. I agree with sf2explus that it smells like shaving foam. I think that its more suitable for men than women. It is not offensive and I am not dying to scrub it off, but it just doesn't get me excited.

So, unfortunatly, I don't really get any cypress. I was hopping for a more mature Gucci Sport, but have received a less sharp Platinum Egoiste. Still a nice scent, but nothing to Dow ith cypress, at least on me :(

I bought this since it was on sale. I feel this like a modern interpretation of a barber shop and I wish we had more similar to this, because this is really good. Longevity is in the ball park of 6-7 hours for me.

I have the image of greek summer by smelling this stuff.Passing through the beautiful pine trees with the car and smelling the divine aromas coming from the forrest along with the beautiful sea breeze.

This scent is absolutely divine! It's so fresh and herbal, with a really lovely woody undertone. I love the citrusy opening – it's bright and uplifting. It lasts all day on me too, which is a bonus.

Most of this line are great value solely due to the quality of materials. Phot realistic and mouth watering. Not usually projectors or long lived, but if you got the dough, these are worth it.

This does not smell very impressive in the bottle but amazing on. Like a freshly showered well-groomed man who has just brushed his teeth. It's classy, refined, complex, minty, and clean. Yum.

I really like this one. I can't help but to compare this to Suavage Elixir--the dry down has a very similar vibe. I think it's the combination of the anise/anethole and the other green notes.