Agua de Colonia Concentrada

FRESHER THAN A LEMON ICE CREAM [short review] This perfume isn't free, but it's still very inexpensive. "Alvarez Gomez Agua de Colonia Concentrada" opens with a marvellous, spicy, intense and vibrant lemony note. This citrus accord smells like a hand-picked bio lemon sold at an expensive market stall in any given Spanish town, where local master chefs are loyal customers for the sheer quality of lemon peel and oil. This highly concentrated citrusy scent is quickly topped up with a strong dose of exquisite lavender. The same master chefs are then solicited to add herbs and spices. They probably employ bouquets of rosemary, thyme, cloves and aniseed seeds. Throughout the entire evolution, the highly aromatic scent of the lemon oil remains bright and clear. The fragrance has been sold throughout Spain for more than 100 years now. It is presented as an EDC, but in reality, it has an EDT concentration. The performance isn't famous, but a 400 ml or an 800 ml splash bottle, will be quite enough for you to shower with it several times a day during a hot day, and for a long time! My opinion: Don't trust this fragrance to be a seductive and cuddly fresh scent. In reality, it turns out to be a scent energizer, a true lemony fragrant Red Bull that may grow an addiction among its users. Music: Monty Python - "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life"

Paradise with citrons... I have tested it in German Pharmacy today in Merz Apothecary in Chicago and its really nice. Yes yes... you won't see lemons from Capri... straight to Carthusia... but it's a nice summer water. I use it in the winter too... blends well in Mexico and in really warm weather. Perfect for the summer in the big city full of dust and humidity. One of my fav colonial water. I feel the little medicine scent in it but with this type of lemons.. I see it kinda attractive. Believe me I had in my hands bottles for $1200 for 100 ml and I still appriciate it. Just because it cheaper doesn't mean is bad. Just because you don't see it in magazines doesn't mean is worse than others. I really respect this scent. Besides design of the bottle is really cute as well. I like this look of old fashioned scents. You won't find anything like this bottle form any house around. And I consider it as a plus. If you ask me if it's similar to 4711- classic. No. Its has similarity but this one is more unisex- while 4711 is more masculine. Besides this one is more zesty lemons/ zitrons

Fresh, zesty and refreshing scent from a traditional well established perfumery in central Madrid, Spain. The scent has lemon, rose and geranium notes. My grandfather used it on a daily basis for years so it brings wonderful memories; we would visit him in the morning running into his apartment looking for him; he would nearly always be having a shave sat next to a massive square white porcelain basin checking every inch of his face for the perfect trim... This scent is a classic if you were born in the 60`s as on those days there were not very many perfumes/scents in Spain; French scents from Paris were the only ones available...maybe General Franco had something to do with it...Paco Rabanne emigrated to Paris on those days... Huge perfume line in general...shower gel, body lotion, bath salts, hair conditioner, soaps...etc and very well priced with decent longevity Give it a go if you fancy a sniff of the Spanish civil war...1936-1939... Big thumbs up...!!!

This is the definition of fresh, clean and energizing. Its a blast of aromatherapy with real natural oils of lemon and bergamot. Its not sugary or synthetic. Real fresh scents dont last and have to be reapplied. They are ment to give you a very uplifting punch for an hour and fade to very beautiful skin scent. Long lasting freshies do not exist. Even though jeremy fragrance wants them to. Anything fresh and long lasting is pure chemical. This house was founded in 1899 in Madrid Spain, and this scent was created in 1912. They've never had big marketing and have just a loyal fanbase. This is a timeless classic at a stupidly affordable price, the only downside being that you have to reapply if you actually want to project. It smells better than Aqua di Parma and has a higher percentage of natural ingredients. People are going broke buying fragrances meanwhile this fragrance is cheap, fresh, clean, timeless, natural...

Tal cual, un caramelo de limón y eucalipto, pero de los antiguos. O sea, como más artesanal pero con mucho limón, afortunadamente. No sienta como esnifar Vic's Vaporub. La bergamota es FLIPANTE aquí. El geranio da contexto pero no invade. El romero y la lavanda se dan la mano. A mí esto me huele también a malvavisco a veces. Es un limón dulce y abizcochado a medida que se seca. Al rato predominan las hierbas y se nota el tomillo, yo creo que hay algo de salvia también por aquí. Huele exactamente a orégano brujo llegados a este punto. Me gusta mucho, yo creo que es la que más me gusta de las tres. Compraría el formato grande, pero desde luego te digo que no dura un c*raho. Es pa llevar el formato pequeño encima siempre. Por el precio no me quejo, la verdad.