Ambra Eau de Parfum

This amber is salty. Truly, undeniably so. No sweetness or bubble gum, no smoke, as might be expected. No, there's a certain fragrant dryness as sensed in pencil shavings and oily graphite, orris root, ambrette and clay. But most of all, thick ambergris the way I imagine it without having smelled the real material. Seamud, deep and rich mineralic smell, crossbred with the original Colonia's bitter-floral orange blossom. It seemed force-fed into the fragrance at first and I can imagine it's obligatory for all AdP fragrances to contain it in small amounts; but it surely gives a certain familiar soapy barbershop angle to the saltiness, a bit of light in this glowing dusk of a fragrance. It is salty ambergris, yes, but taken out of the sea, inhabiting it's own space between storms and cozy homes. Ambrarem by Histories de Parfums renders a similar salty amber accord, pairing it with equally elemental oud note. It is more dramatic and somber at the same time, like a gothic driftwood from a Frankenstein movie (love it). Here, thanks to the Acqua di Parma lining, a strange but acceptable balance, or contrast, is achieved. Despite the raw unsweetened nature of the material, it can easily serve as a regular cologne, too

Reading reviews you would think this juice is going to be horrible but I find it very good! I don't get any gross out vibes but there is Ambergris in this and I don't think many people have smelled real Ambergris. Ambergris on its own its disgusting, but mixed in here its a fixative and gives some real depth. It's also got some really nice woods & musk. But IMO the real star is the labdanum. Smells very classy and would pair perfectly with a suit. There's some resemblance to Sandalo, Oud EDP and Colonia leather DNA. Is it my favorite signature of the sun ADP? No, I think I might still lean towards Oud EDP but this is a close second. It's actually pretty similar to Oud EDP but just add Ambergris, cypriol and petigrain. 7.5/10 for me.

I love most of Acqua di Parma fragrances. I am not getting the reason for low reviews. Probably chemistry may be off-putting for someone. This is definitely not the classic oriental amber that someone may have in mind. For me is a masterpiece. I cannot smell fish or paint or animalic, but a cloud of classy fragrance. It is very difficult to describe notes, probably because I have never smelled real ambergris(?). It is mainly dry and pungent. I would love on my husband, although the performance is close to skin scent, something more intimate. To me this is heavenly. Test before buying. 4/5

I received a sample of this when getting my Fico Di Amalfi and was obsessed with it ever since. To me, it’s creamier and more intimate that the Colonia Ambra. It opens very bright and fresh to me, and then dries down beautifully with ambergris and sandalwood being prominent and the vanilla slightly peeking through. My only issue is that for some reason it dries down very quickly on me. I wish I had more of the gorgeous opening notes last just a bit longer. Nevertheless, this will easily be one of the top fragrances for me once I buy the full size of it.

Absolutely enchanting. Ambra shares the AdP Oud DNA but is more salty marine. It's the ambergris. By all accounts this has real ambergris in it, and it certainly doesn't smell like ambroxan. It's dirty-sexy, aquatic-animalic, intoxicating, get-outta-here-if-you-don't-like-it boss man smell. Ambra EdP is powerful enough to survive swimming and a shower, so a little will go a long way. Beautiful creation and a dividing line: either hang out with the ambroxan bombs in the mall, or walk this way to smell life at it's richest.