Acqua Fiorentina

UPDATE 2021: Fiorentina has moved to make way for my new local favourite: Myths Woman! This is still so gorgeous but I'll have to let you know... Have you also tried 51 Essence by Roja Dove, Amouage's Myths Woman (my hyperreal green-floral fav!), Love Mimosa (most similar to Acqua Fiorentina), Venus and Cupid by DSH, or especially another favourite in magical meadowflower art: DSH's Divine Gardens? [FEB. 2020] See... I know I said, one time, that I got sick of "beautiful"/"elegant" florals-- but after three-hit sucker punches of all things beautiful to my nose I am once again asking for them. First with: MDCI Parfum's Un Coeur En Mai (lightly spicy bergamot hot spring meadow full of mimosa, wildflowers, and pollen so realistic it makes people pleasantly light-headed). Second with: Ormonde Jayne's Prive (the smell of flower saps and grinded leaves collected under the bouquet wrap, which took 18 years to release). Finally, I have found a beautiful art floral not baroque in depth and power, but rococo in pastel grace and velvet fluffiness. May I introduce you to Creed's Acqua Fiorentina! But this is the catch: Fiorentina, unlike other dainty florals (let's say the works of Jean-Claude Ellena), is so focused in quality that it not only has the pretty-pretty organza-like transparent delicateness (of the florals of the Hermessence line) but it continues to GROW as a scent as the notes blow away in your skin, giving Creed's Fiorentina superb performance for its genre! At first sniff, the smell of Creed's Fiorentina is a cute peach-rockmelon-violet-wildflower-like combination that gives off a character similar in softness and warmth to a mimosa flower or some fairy tale's pixie dust but after 3 hours, i tried it again-- it retains its fruitiness, but then i thought "Okay this is kinda amazing" because the oil and journey of notes of this fragrance becomes (lightly) buttery, similar to the smell of oven-fresh madeleines (from a meter away), or when you put butter in a cafe hotcake (but light enough it's just right!) I can say this is from its particularly selected sandalwood accord, because depending on how its used (like Tom Ford's Santal Blush or Serge Luten's Jeux de Peau) it becomes either very smoky and dry, or very warm and buttery. 7.5 hours in, and that cute melon-pear smell is still there! A green rose gently blows in, turning this perfume from fruit-floral, to butter-floral, to fruity-green. It then fades into its last stage: a juicy fruit-not-sour bergamot at the 8.5th hour before flowing away completely into air, but by then having created some rococo-like meadow in one's mind which may inspire a thought to purchase this to bring the meadow back into reality and at home with you again.

[PART 2] TO CLOSE: Despite being created in 2009, which explains the lack of professional reviews, I can safely say I'm happy to discover Acqua Fiorentina for myself and it has now become one of my Top 3 Pure Florals Of All Time (for 2021). If MDCI's Un Coeur En Mai is the Hyperreal Spring green-floral that smells of hot sun-kissed meadowgrass, wildflower bouquets and petitgrain pollens, and Amouage's Beloved is the baroque flower church bouquet with resinous Tolu Balsam waxed roses, dried fruit spiced Ylang Ylangs, and animalic Civet-fur coated Violets, Creed's Acqua Fiorentina is the Holy Grail dreamy butterfly-delicate Rococo pastel floral with its buttercreamy pillow soft melon, peach, violets and mimosa-orangeflowers. Combine this with Un Coeur En Mai and its Tchaikovsky's Waltz Of The Flowers for your nose! FINAL NOTES: The difference between this and Fleurissimo is that Fleurissimo is more powerhouse in sillage and green-rose-magnolia-gardenia like. Creed's Fiorentina is a cute peach-rockmelon-mimosa(esque)-butter smell. I used to think all perfumes should be strong and powerful = best, but no! I do like powerhouses, but there's a lot to find beautiful of olfactory art that is balanced and displays subtleties clearly and intentionally. Also D&G's Light Blue does not compare in quality to this or I might also say "Issey Miyake's Pleats Please" but you would also know that D&G and Issey's perfumes are more colder and a bit tingly to the nose (in a way that makes you sneeze because of their alcohol). On top of that, Light Blue compared to Acqua Fiorentina is more lemon-citrusy. Fiorentina is not. It is fruit-watery, texturally smooth and pillow-soft, and becomes buttery. If you can, Creed's Acqua Fiorentina, I totally recommend! I am buying, or have already owned one myself. High price tag but will save you from needless purchases of other designer florals that try to do what it does in representational beauty but cannot. ALSO: If you like Cire Trudon, this fragrance is at the same quality level of its floral candles. Because after 4 years I found what I was looking for: Creed's Acqua Fiorenta and Frapin's Laskarina combined smells like Cire Trudon's Trianon! Also check out Auphelie by Trianon which just released this year. UPDATE SEPT. 2021: Fiorentina has moved to another more suited home with a couple ecstatic to have her under their wing, as I have taken in Amouage's Myths Woman as my new muse - slash - poster parfum instead <3

I had never even heard of this frag until a couple if weeks ago... A woman passed by me in a store and it wasn't until I was 5 ft past her that I hit a wave of fresh air. I realized it had to be her perfume so, being driven by my olfactory senses, I turned back around to find out. I stayed a good 5' away from her trying to determine exactly what some of the notes were that kept softly floating around. All I kept thinking was that it just smelled like fresh air! Brisk but not harsh. Clean without being medicinal. Floral without being flowery. Slightly sweet but not cloying. Not one note seemed to dominate but there was a soft ozonic quality to it and whatever it was I had to know! When I finally got around to asking her & she told me it was Acqua Fiorentina she said she was surprised I could detect it because she had spritzed it over 5 hrs ago. Sooo, great longevity & sillage. I was surprised when I checked on Fragrantica, and saw it compared to Lt Blue. I've worn Light Blue for years and this is no Light Blue as other reviewers have stated. The notes in Acqua Fiorentina seem more abstract, complex and perfectly balanced. I was also surprised and disappointed when I saw the price. When Nordstroms opens here I will be sampling this and if my impressions are confirmed I will absolutely have to get it regardless of the cost! No substitutions for this one I'm thinking!! Willing to swap my Coco Mademoiselle Parfum for this! If interested please PM me?

I love the fragrance but I just wanted to point something out in relation to an earlier comment about 'fakes'... My wife owns this perfume... We purchased it back in 2009 (it's an 09 batch) @ full retail... When we originally purchased it there was a soft purple color to the juice... Obviously this was a natural color because as time has passed the juice is now basicly clear... (Only a slight pink hue remains...) The bottle has been stored with the cap always on at a constant 68F-70F for temprature and has NEVER been in direct sunlight and does not smell off or what have you... The juice smells exactly like it did the day we purchased it years ago but it is no longer a purple-ish color... I am just trying to point out that if you have this juice and it is in the original packaging (Not the new 'Encore' with the purple flowers) and your juice is clear it does NOT mean your bottle is a fake unlike what an earlier post says... It just means your juice (like ours) is no longer purple... ^_^ In addition... People this does NOT smell like Light Blue... My wife has both fragrances and I put them on my arms just to compare them... Yeah... Anyone that feels this smells like Light Blue must also think crack smells like Light Blue because you must be smoking it... ^_^ Sorry... Just my opinion of course but seriously... Put them side by side and say they smell the same so I can see you do it and then I'll call you a crack head... ^_~)

D&G Light blue was my first scent ever, and when I smelled Acqua Florentina and the first whiff of plum faded I instantly thought: "Light blue!". So I went to get my bottle of Light Blue and compare them side by side and I was disappointed.. by light blue. It seems that Acqua Florentina smells like all the best things I remember of Light Blue, but side by side, light blue has a harsher side to it (the jasmine?), where Florentina remained fresh, lively, 'pretty'. They definitely share a vibe, the apple, the lemon, but after the top fades they both go in different directions. There is a hint of sweetness in the Florentina that I could swear is a bit peachy, but based on the notes must be the pear. The rose in Florentina is softer, fruitier where LB's is more woody. What surprised me most is that after just an hour LB already seems to be firmly into the drydown with no fruitiness and mostly cedar left where Florentina still caresses the skin with soft fruity rose, occasional whiffs of lemon and the sandalwood carries, rather than harsher cedar. Do you need both? Probably not, they're similar enough, but my LB has almost run out, and the softer, more lasting side of Florentina is going to make me splurge despite the price tag.

เมื่อวานยังครึ้มๆ แต่วันนี้แดดจัดจ้าเสียแล้ว เปิดลังโฟมคุ้ยมองน้ําหอมหน้าร้อนที่จะต้องเรียงใช้รายวันจนครบก็ดีใจยิ้มได้ว่าภารกิจทรมานตัวเองนี้ใกล้จบเสียที Creed ขวดเล็กๆซุกตัวสงบเสงี่ยมอยู่มุมลัง ทางแบรนด์ว่าเป็นฟลอรัลฟรุ้ตตี้ แต่มันไม่ใช่ฟลอรัลฟรุ้ตตี้ใสๆดาดๆตามสมัยนิยมทั่วไป ก็แหม....นี่ครีดนะจ้ะ ตามแบรนด์ว่าเปิดมาด้วยแอปเปิ้ลเขียว และค่อยเป็นกุหลาบและคาร์เนชั่น ช่างต่างกับที่เราดมได้ เพราะเราได้กลิ่นเหมือนดอกไม้ช้ําน้ํา น้ําลูกแพร์ และซ่อนกลิ่นเขียวหวาน ที่ว่ากลิ่นเหมือนดอกไม้ช้ําน้ํา เพราะกลิ่นเปิดพาเราย้อนอดีตไปสมัยยังเด็กที่ทําน้ําหอมใช้เอง โดยเด็ดดอกพุดที่บ้านมากวนๆกับน้ําในกระแป๋ง ใส่ดอกพุดไปเยอะๆน้ําก็พอมีกลิ่น กรอกใส่ขวดใช้ราดตัวหลังอาบน้ําก็หอมช้ําๆเน่าๆ เก็บแช่ตู้เย็นได้ 3 วันราก็ขึ้น แม่บ่นขรมเขรไป อิอิ นั่นแหละ..ประมาณนั้นเลย แอปเปิ้ลกุหลาบใดๆเราจับไม่ได้ทั้งสิ้น รู้เพียงแต่ว่าพอเข้ากลางกลิ่น จมูกเราว่อบแว่บได้กลิ่นหวานๆโทนกลิ่นคล้ายดอกซ่อนกลิ่นที่เจอ poison แต่บางใสเป็นธรรมชาติกว่ากันเยอะ และไม่ครีมมี่เท่า กลิ่นนี้บางมาก เนื้อกลิ่นมีความโปร่งแสงและแฝงความเย็นชืดๆคล้ายน้ํานิ่งในแก้ว จะว่าคล้ายน้ําลอยดอกไม้ก็พอไหวเพราะมีความเป็นธรรมชาติพอตัวเลย ตัดความช้ําน้ําในทีแรกออกไปคนคงเข้าถึงได้มากกว่านี้ ไม่เบือนหน้าหนี ท้ายกลิ่นหอมไม้สนจางๆละเอียด กลิ่นไม่กระจายตัวนัก หอมติดผิวอ่อนโยน

Just a really pleasant, uplifting, refreshing little scent that is perfect for the Summertime. Although a better fit for casual daytime wear, it works equally well for casual evening wear and doesn't feel out-of-place when dressed up. I find it extremely versatile from Spring through early-Fall. I feel Creed Acqua Fiorentina to be a moderately sexy fragrance; it's attractive...semi-sweet...and playful, but its girl next door sexy and doesn't scream seduction and debauchery. As a testosterone-laden dude, to me this fragrance reminds me of that girl that next door. You know the type: attractive, friendly, big smile, good-heartred, and when you catch a glimpse of leg, an exposed shoulder, and inhale wiffs of her delicious hair and feremones ...well, it's just the sexiest thing a man can experience. Sometimes less is far more! Performance is about average, but that's part of this fragrance's appeal. My only complaint with Acqua Fiorentina is that it that, yes, it does remind me of D&G Light Blue. However, I feel they different enough to warrant having both in the right woman's Summertime lineup, but it's a bit pricey so your mileage may vary.

A refreshing, summery, citrus/floral summer fragrance. It's very lime forward on the initial spray. I know it's compared often to Light Blue, and I see that as upon initial application LB is also very lime-y to me. However AF has much more of a floral base that comes through while LB has a more bamboo vibe. They are of the same family, but certainly not dupes. Anyway, I love Light Blue and I also love Acqua Fiorentina, and if you're into these types of scents, I can see having a space for both of them in your collection. In general, I think this is also a crowd-pleaser and a safer blind buy, especially if you love light, citrus/floral scents. The performance however is not too great, which on one hand is to be expected from light, citrus fragrances, but also still a bit disappointing given the price point. This lasts about 3-4 hours on my skin and it turns into a skin scent quite quickly. Overall I really love the scent- I suppose it's not the most unique thing out there but it smells sublime and there is a reason that this sort of DNA is so popular. I wouldn't purchase a bottle though due to the longevity/performance. 8.5/10

this is a "feel happy inside" kind of perfume... it covers you like a thin and bright cloud and you may live happily inside this cloud for hours. the price is really high, I was lucky enough to find an original bottle remaining 25 ml of perfume inside and bought it with a reasonable price. I get the great similarity to DG Light Blue but Acqua Fiorentina really leaves on the user a different effect, it has a different aura from Light Blue. Should it be blind bought, I don't know... I am happy with my purchase but if you plan to buy a full bottle, maybe it will be good to try first rather than making this big investment.... EDIT: September 2021 - I have been wearing Nuxe Parfum Prodigieux for a while but now I am back to Acqua Fiorentina. AF is like a veil that covers me and where I feel very comfortable inside... It not only relaxes me but also makes me feel very good and confident. The price of FB is very high so I will go on with decants for a while but maybe someday I can afford FB and use it properly

How have I missed this? Thank you to the staff at Lucky Scents who sent me a sample with my purchase of BR540, A la Rose and Mancera Roses Vanilla. Whoever packed my purchase sent me a bunch of samples. All of them spot on. Especially, Acqua Fiorentina. Mind you I have received samples of this before. I even have a deluxe sample from a discovery kit. But something about testing the right sample at the right time. So, I’m home dreaming of living a life without quarantine, planning my seasonal fragrance wardrobe and came across this sample and had to go for a full size bottle. It is in the same spirit as D&G Light Blue but is luxurious and long lasting. It’s refreshing and fun with out being childish. I can’t wait to where this out and about in the heat. How now it will have to be in the house.

This is so unique that it's a soft aquatic scent, yet it envelopes you in a cloud with 2 sprays. I'm going off of a decant and now I'm nervous to buy a full bottle based on some warnings of reformulations. But it's so good. It's Creed Spring Flower, but with rounded edges and more watery. I keep saying watery, I don't mean watered down. Just the opposite. And it lasts over night. I tried D&G Light Blue next to it, but the opening had zero resemblance to this except that it's in the "fresh" family of scents, and Light Blue seems 2D compared to this. Yes, this is an aquatic floral compared to Light Blue, but this isn't Light Blue plus some aquatic florals. I do hope to find something comparable but if I can't, this is absolutely worth buying a full bottle.

This is a nicely done ceadery plumy woody creed. Perfect for women any age. Indeed this is a more refind version of DG light blue. Much more refind and better dry down in my opinion but yes very similar and if this is too expensive then DG will do just fine. Starts of with citrusy plummy accords , on the sweet side , morphes into pear and flowers, still on fruity citrus side and ends up heavenly sandalwood ceader note. I am thinking of buying this one. I can't decide between Virgin island water and Acqua Fiorentina . I might end up with both but I think this I prefer for now. Then there is also Fleur de Bulgary. All three are so very good!

Very aquatic and fruity fragrance of the theme “Firenze”. One of beautiful creations from the house of Creed. Firenze was a city or a right place to think over our future. What are the things we want to reserve? What is the minimum requirement? Do we need a big change? How the world would be like in the future? We are living in a modernized way and tend to forget such a circuit of ideas. Acqua Fiorentina brings me back in such memory by its name. I want to feel natural fruity aroma and search for the notes in it. I sniff my arm repeatedly when I wear it on. I feel something missing every time, still complicated.

Although I am Italian, and often going to Florence, I confess that the name leaves me rather perplexed (which would link the scent and the Tuscan city?). The answer i've given to myself is that's a name which is quite smart and attractive. Apart from that the fragrance is reminiscent of a bag of fruit in a forgotten corner of midsummer days, almost perfect in its roundness, striking a note that I do not understand - something spicy and bitter? Perhaps rightly so, the sweetness is subdued - very intense but very original. Do not pass unnoticed , to be dosed carefully

This fragrance puts me in a carefree and playful mood. The fruity top notes, dominated by apple and lemon, remind me of happy summer days, while the woodiness of the cedar and sandalwood announce early fall days. The cedar note is exceptionally realistically done. Acqua Fiorentina easily lasts a whole day with a moderate sillage, so that I can enjoy regular wafts of the fragrance. The wafts I get remind me very much of a Garnier Fructis hairspray that I used in the early 2000s. At that time, my boyfriend loved the smell of my hair, so I guess that is a good sign...

ok, I have a confession to make: first time I smelled Acqua Fiorentina, I thought it smelled like bug spray - pungent, sweet-n-sour artificial smell. I tested it again one year later and I guess something has changed in my mind, because now I find this scent very attractive. I can really smell plum in the composition (juicy sour plum, that is still a bit green) and cedar. Acqua Fiorentina has something in common with Bond 9 Scent of Peace and Light Blue, but still different. Surprisingly, it has great projection and longevity, ans the bottle is gorgeous.

this is the fragrance i keep coming back to every summer....i try many other scents, classics, moderns, niches, colognes, body mists; but every summer, something inside me calls this scent. i do not agree with the reviews comparing Fiorentina with DG Light Blue. The only similarity between them is both being summery thats all. Fiorentina has its own way of freshening and i find it unique as a fruity floral because it is so very natural. Wearing it feels like being in the ocean, on a cruise. it is the scent of freedom and natural luxury. i love it

High quality, beautiful, light, cheerful and feminine fruity-floral fragrance. Perfect for summer because it's deliciously refreshing and airy. It was still around me after 7 hours of wear, so I have no complains about its longevity. Moreover, it clings to my clothes and I can smell a delicious plum & pear combination the next day (and I used a drop on my cleavage rather than my blouse). It opens with a fresh bergamot mixed with juicy plum & pear, fresh lemon, delicate rose & carnation It's well blended and very pleasant. Adorable scent.

I really like this. It's not as sharp as other fragrances similar to it. I ordered a sample but I am not sure if I want my own bottle. Lasting power is pretty good on my skin which is the only reason I might eventually get a bottle but the price tag is a bit steep for a scent that smells quite familiar to other perfumes. Still, this is it's own unique blend. Someone compared it to the scent of peace by Bond 9 and I agree. This is less sharp. I just bought it. Looking forward to receiving it.

An absolute masterpiece. I purchased a decant and bottle for my girlfriend and safe to say this is one of the best fragrances I have ever smelled of the opposite sex. There is not a single bad note; all of them mix harmoniously and it's genuinely difficult to describe how amazing this perfume smells. It is exactly like walking through a field full of citrus trees, but near the coast of the ocean. Heavenly, and I highly recommend.