Mediterranean

🗣Elizabeth Arden: "Mediterranean Edp": "And They Say That Perfume Is A Memory" Well This One Sure Is Just That For Me!! Firstly I Have To Say That I "REALLY LOVE" This Fragrance, And Secondly That Elizabeth Arden Gave It The Wrong Name!! For It Should Have Been Called "Elizabeth Arden MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN OR GARDEN'S"!! For This Fragrance Is Definitely "NOT" Aquatic In Anyway!! But It Certainly Does Carry And Lend A Salty Sea Air Vibe, That's Mixed With The Most Beautiful Floral/Fresh/Garden Notes, And Citrus Blooms!! Just Imagine A Beautiful Coastal Garden Somewhere In South Spain, Your Sitting On The Adjoining Terrace Area, Enjoying Both Iced Drinks, And The Warm Mediterranean Evening Sea Breeze, And The Blazing Spanish Sun Dipping Lower In The Early Evening Sky, The Salty Sea Air Carrying The Full Array Of Beautiful Mixed Floral Notes From The Flowers, And Citrus Bushes Planted In The Garden, Before You Head Out For Evening Dinner!! This Is What "Elizabeth Arden Mediterranean" Really Is And Stands For!! I First Smelt This Very Fragrance On A Very Nice Air Hostess, Who Was On-board Our Outbound Flight To Lanzarote, As She Busily Served Us Our In Flight Evening Meal, Leaning Over Me, She Smelt Absolutely Beautiful And So Fresh, That I Basically Had To Stop Her In Her Tracks, And Compliment Her On Her Choice Of Perfume She Was Wearing!! And I Remember Her Smile, And Saying To Me, "You Like It, Agh Thank's Very Much For Saying, It's That Brand New One (Just Launched) From Elizabeth Arden Called Mediterranean!! And The First Time Im Trying It Out Tonight!! "Well It's Really Beautiful On You" I Said!! "Well I'm Near Sure It's On Special Intro Offery Price Here Tonight, And There's A Few 100ml's On The Duty Free Trolley, I'll Be Bringing Round Later On"!! "Tell You What, I'll Put One By For You, Incase You Loose Out On It, As I Don't Think You'll Find It In Any Of The Perfume Shop's On The Island Just Yet, Nor In Duty-Free In Arrecife Airport"!! And Im Sooooooo Glad That She Kept Her Promise, And Did Put One By For Me That Night, As The Twelve On-Board The Flight, Where Soon All Quickly Snapped Up!! And Im More Than Happy To Say, That I've Always Had It In My Vast Perfume Collection Ever Since!! The Bottle It Arrives In, Is The Most Stunning Shade Of Blue, Heavy Glass Pebble Style, With A Tight Fitting Hammered Silver Top, The Bottle Fit's Perfect In The Palm Of Your Hand!! And As I've Said Before, I Really LOVE This Fragrance In Spring/Summer - Daytime/Nightime Use!! Longevity: Around 7-8 Hours. And The Longer It Wear's On Your Skin, The Nicer It Becomes!! It's Also Priced Really Well, For A 100ml Edp!!

This is an old favourite. It starts off with a mix of fruit and flower (to my nose it smells more like fruit, but in slightly colder weather the flower becomes more distinct). I didn’t know which flower this was till I checked fragrantica, and since I haven’t smelled wisteria in its real form, I’m not able to identify it as a separate note, and I assume the flowery strain is wisteria. The plum and peach are strong, and though I can’t tell most of the other notes, they give this fragrance a complexity and yummy-ness I can’t get over. Often, when I use this, I think how I would love to dig into cake that smells this way! But it’s not gourmand at all. Just yummy. What’s particularly delicious is the sandalwood, which is detectable to start with, but becomes very pronounced in the drydown. There’s this soft, lingering, woody sweetness that sits close to the skin after 2-3 hours of wearing Medi, and once it gets to this stage, it lasts surprisingly long, for a good 7 hours I’d say. By this time of course, I’m the only one who can smell it. Since I’ve come to like woody fragrances very much, I appreciate this perfume even more now than in the past. For a long time, I thought the sillage was good, but I’m not too sure now. It could be that my bottle is more than 3 years old, so perhaps it’s not so effective any more. I’d say Medi’s appropriate for all ages, and I’m sure I’ll get another bottle once this one’s over. Like I said, an old favourite.

Fruity sourness, intensive flowery notes and amber sweetness make Mediterranean unusual enough. Sicilian mandarin and Damask plum sourness is too noticeable. Peach Nectar Sorbet is noticeable, too, but not as much as the mandarin and the plum notes. And it really reminds more nectar than the typical peach note. The most noticeable flowery note is wisteria. It's very intensive. I wouldn't say that I can detect the magnolia note clearly or the orchid note. Only maybe they make this fragrance more warm as a background. The amber note is very noticeable. It makes the fragrance warm and sweet, but not too sweet. The sandalwood note is noticeable, but I wouldn't say that it's too heavy. And luckily I almost don't feel the musk note. This fragrance seems too me warm, sour and sweet at the same time. The sourness really brings some freshness to this fragrance. Maybe that is why it seems a little bit unusual. The staying power is good enough. I don't know why, but my mom says that it smells soapy. I don't think so. I would that that it smells fruity sourness and flowery honey and a little bit candied sweetness. Sometimes it seems to me a little bit annoying, but I can say for sure that it's not that kind of fragrance you can easily imagine just looking at the notes pyramid. And it's a plus for sure. Not genius, but interesting enough to like it.

Just got my bottle a few hours ago and it is a wonderful floral - light but distinctive. While the blue bottle really is gorgeous, the fragrance that wafts up to my nose is distinctly purple, for some reason! Perhaps it is the wisteria because I can't really smell the plum or the mandarin for that matter. What I get is the lovely delicate haze of summer blooms. Personally I don't see much resemblance to davidoff's cool water, as mentioned by other reviewers but that's probably my skin chemistry or the weather (It is about 24 degrees celsius over here.) If you like the smell of wisteria you will enjoy this. This is the first perfume in my collection with a strong wisteria note and I am happy to welcome this beauty in to my collection. Update: A friend of mine came over and applied this liberally like a cologne and that resulted in her making a dash to the powder room to scrub it off. I have to admit that it was cloying and smelt terrible on her. Made me realize that this is quite strong and I thanked my lucky stars that I use a gentle hand while applying most perfumes. Applying this very lightly on one or two pulse points will leave you smiling and smelling good for hours!

The thing about Mediterranean is it doesn't smell like what you think it's going to be. Judging by the reviews, I think a lot of the confusion is because of the packaging and presentation, the watery blue color and what not. The bottle looks like of Cool Water-ish, but it's not that at all! Well... almost not. It's not "aquatic" so much as it is "oceanic". It's a bitter fruity floral with a substantial dose of sea-salt folded in. It's like standing in a flowery garden situated very close to the sand and sea. When I say "very close" I mean literally steps away. This isn't an easy-breezy comfortable scent; I can see why it's so polarizing. You either love it or loathe it. I actually learned to love it, but only as a nighttime before bed spritz. Listen: the stuff is dirt cheap. You can find a full sized bottle for ten bucks, which is very decent for what you're getting. It's pretty good quality!