Agrumi Amari di Sicilia

It was late August, I was visiting Siena, walking through its narrow streets with my boyfriend in a fresh summer afternoon, while a light rain was picking up from the wet ground all these evocative and rich scents of a Italian ancient city that only who loves Italy can understand: wet ancient marbles, smell of the trees, the spices, the food, the magic... So we were jumping from a store window to another trying to avoid to get too wet, when we saw this tiny ancient perfume shop close to Piazza Campo, a typical place where you can only find treasures. So we get into the shop attracted by the new Villoresi's Mare Nostrum displayed on the window, but since it was already sold out (they don't keep too much products since they're a small business) the knowing salesman of the shop selected few other juices to make us try: nasomatto, laboratorio olfattivo, villoresi... One better than another, but anything so incisive to push me to make a instinct buy. At last he made me try this Bois 1920, a single last spray on my wrist, without any presentation but just according to my tastes I told him, as a gift he left me before I left the shop without buying anything for my indecision. The magic comes: as I put my feet out of the shop and I gave a sniff to my wrist, I had to close my eyes and enjoy a rapture that only certain emotions can give you. This stunning and absolutly beautiful Bois (yes, it was Agrumi Amari di Sicilia) made me go back in my memory, precisly in a hot and golden lighted afternoon walking through the secret garden of Giardino degli Aranci in Rome, surrounded by the charming colors of the Ethernal City, admiring a breathtaking landscape on the panoramic terrace caressed by the breeze, where the air around you is full of an orchestra of citrus and orange flowers' perfume, giving you a deep feeling of joy, that taste of mediterranean summer that make you smile, and make you want to fall in love for the first time again. So you can understand what make me turn back on my own steps and walk in the perfume shop again, where that young salesman was smiling on me, as he knew that I would have come back for this bottle of italian summer paradise in every sense. He even made me a great price since it was the last precious bottle he had, so I went out of the the shop smiling as something fabulous just happened but not sure of what, a hint of love I suppose. As soon as we got back in the streets, we were drawn into the festive crowd celebrating the victory of the Palio of Siena occurred two days ago, so now with this new beautiful tresure in my company, the magic journey continues... This Fragrance is sweet, sour, woody, fresh, flowy and fruity at the perfect balance. Make you mouth-watering as only you can do when you're peeling a fresh sicilian orange or squeezing a just picked bergamot orange. Because of the my affection related to this perfume, I can't use it without feeling in love.

Thank you, PITBULL FRIEND, for the lovely 10ml decant of this GORGEOUS scent from TPC! When I opened my swap package of a few months ago, I knew there would be "surprises" in there, but I NEVER expected anything like this. Argumi Armari...what?!? (I found out that means "Amari citrus from Sicily", BTW!)This is, perhaps, the TRUEST citrus perfume I have EVER sniffed. WOW! What a scent...truly Mediterranean and amazingly elegant and simple, but no less beautiful! Fresh citruses garnished with green leaves and a just a bit of warm spiciness. Though I am in the US right now...I FEEL, after sniffing AAdS, I am sitting on some patio somehwere in the Italian hills and overlooking groves of fresh fruits and smelling warm and balmy breezes blowing gently around me. The citricity is amazingly balanced and well-blended. Grapefruit, maybe more so than orange or lemon, takes the lead but is not in this alone. I am not only smelling the flesh of these lovely summery fruits, I smell their rinds and the actual zest, too! The citrus in the heart is much more tart, but neither too bitter nor overly sour. Currants add a dark sweet-tartness to it as well. The words "clean" and "green" come to mind, with nuances of soft warmed blossoms and ancient sun-dappled trees and rich fertile earth. God, what a beautiful creation this is! The base has MUSK as the only listed note and, if there is any here, it is the sheerest most sexy skin musk there is, like the clean saltiness of warm skin. This is the first BOIS 1920 scent I have ever smelled and immediately I fell in love; this is like a summer abroad (with all its beauty, wonder and romance) in a plain glass bottle. Sillage: above average Longevity: very good Overall: 4.75/5 I love how this company makes all their bottles (for the most bart) the same, and let the JUICE do the talking! A must have for the serious mediterranean citrus lover...and the quality of the raw materials in this perfume is very high and the blending is nigh on divine! Though it could be (I guess) considered somewhat LINEAR in its development, there are subtle changes here and there but the beauty of this is not in its complexity, as much as in its down to earth richness and "au naturelle" appeal! Grazie, Bois 1920...GRAZIE!!

Bois 1920 has an interesting array of fragrances, but not very many "winners". I don't see anything that truly stands out. My first exposure was Extreme. It's very similar to Davidoff Zino, almost enough to make Extreme redundant. Then in my next blind buy spree, I finally decided on Agrumi. This is VERY nice, as so many have pointed out. A truly summery kind of fragrance, reminiscent of the fragrant Italian countryside with herbs and flowers in full bloom. The quality is undeniable, and certainly one could see this coming from the house of Acqua di Parma. Agrumi has its own signature. I don't know if it's the prominent petitgrain paired up with black currant and citruses, garnished with traditional lavender and jasmine, that makes it distinctive. Alas, it is a bit fleeting as is typical of citrus predominant fragrances. But, I don't think that is a stark negative. If a citrus fragrance would have bold longevity, I imagine it would have a thickness that makes it cloying in hot weather. You can't really have both. I'm happy to re-apply later in the day.

fantastic dirty citrus. summery, yes, but with backbone. definitely a masculine on me,

unfathomably italian. i sprayed it behind my knee. dirty whimsical and erotic