Aqua Allegoria Bergamote Calabria

omg OMG this is IT !! This fragrance is EVERYTHING i recently bought this at sephora and it was FATED WITH ME as a fan of bergamot, this BROUGHT ME TO HEAVEN!! When i first sprayed it onto the paper,,, it was a sharp,distinct, but yet SENSUAL bergamot and the warm spicyness really brought me to life.After it dried down,, it made me LIKE it to LOVE it! It was like a gourmet lemon tart but something about it is yet spicy but sensual and the sensualness simply COULD NOT BE DESCRIBEDD.It was a lingering spicyness and sourness but yet so soft,, its like a soft, spicy lemon bed except its not lemon,but the calabrian bergamot.I can definitely smell the warm spicyness of the cardamon when first sprayed, but afterwards the sensualness comes from the mix of the bergamot + the creaminess of the white musk. The woodiness at the end was definitely an extra touch to elevate the sourness of the bergamot, and to give this fragrance a sophisticated touch. In general, I really appreciate how this scent is unisex cos i would LOVE to smell this on men too, definitely not super masculine, but more of a cozy yet sophisticated person, and i would definitely see a man in his 30s wearing a clean white blouse to be wearing this fragrance.Tho i i cant foresee any younger man wearing this, i can definitely see a mature and developed ( but also not old ) man wearing this. In fact, regardless of who is wearing this fragrance, smelling this on someone would give anyone the urge to cuddle into their neck ans give them a WARM BIG HUG!! However, although this fragrance really brought me to heaven, the sillage and longevity was not fantastic. Since i bought this at a sephora store, i got to redeem some things from the many points i have and one of those was those portable refillable bottles.i filled it up with this fragrance and LITERALLY sprayed the ENTIRE bottle in one day but each time i sprayed it it only lasted for 15 mins and the next moment i could only smell it when i put my nose right at it.Maybe its because of the hot and humind weather here in singapore but if i were to give a brief estimation of how long this fragrance lasts, it would be at most 3 hours.So, if you are someone especially particular about longevity, i highly do not recommend this. BUT,,,, good news is this fragrance is rather versatile so i could definitely see myself wearing this in all the seasons,, both during the day as a everyday fragrance,, but also as a sensual and gentle night fragrance;)) OVERALL: my rating would be a solid 9.5/10 GO GET THIS NOW!!:))

COLD & PULPY Bergamot with WHITE MUSK finish. Opens with a burst of multi-faceted bergamot with lime, lemon, bitter, fresh & sour nuances, that transitions into a heart of spicy ginger, all resting on a white musk base with woody tones. While this is predominantly a cold citrus fragrance, however a few hours in to the drydown and it transforms to a sweet white musk with reminders CK One. Moderate projection with better than expected longevity. Contrast to Gatsby 22 Ormonde Jayne: These are different, but there are similarities with bergamot over white musk. BC is much more citrus forward which carries longer into the drydown, and is predominantly a s citrus scent, while G22 is predominantly a white musk scent imo. Both end up at the finish line smelling like CK One Calvin Klein. Contrast to CK One Calvin Klein: It's hard to compare anything to CK One, as it's instantly recognizable, and these are different, but there is a similar soft, sweet musky drydowns. BC is more citrus forward, and outperforms CK One's light performance. Contrast to White Citrus Bath & Body Works: These are different, but there is a similar cold citrus vibe in the opening. WC isn't as complex. BC outperforms. Overall: Above average performance for a citrus scent, with beautiful, unisex scent profile. This is the perfect scent to wear on a hot & humid day. It's a love for me. 10/10. Enjoy!

I love this one. Bought it due to the comparisons to MM's Under the Lemon Trees, which is another favorite of mine, and while I don't think think they are actually very similar (Lemon Trees is a sweeter, less pithy citrus) if you like that one, you'll probably like this too. Where that fragrance is a warm tea with lemon/lime and honey, this one a more spicy-citrus musk. The bergamot here has a citrus-peel zest and sparkle, which is complimented by the spices peeking through--a bit of ginger, the cardamom to my nose is less pronounced. The dry-down with this is a lovely musky that stays close to the skin. It's unisex, inoffensive, classy, fresh, and if you like your citruses to be effervescent and bubbly, and this is likely to hit the spot. Probably not for folks looking for beast-mode performance (but if you are, none of the Aqua Allegoria line is likely to scratch that itch for you). I'm personally not someone who wants to smell like something all day long and frighten the neighbors with my fragrance's nuclear projection, so I'm happy to re-apply or change things up later in the day.

The opening was a sharp, vibrant and luminous bergamot that quickly softened into an aromatic, effervescent and slightly sweet blend which created the perception of a "virgin mojito" or sparkling lemonade on my skin. The fragrance had a soft temperature with a horizontal structure: after the opening it remains stable with minimal evolution. Volatility is high and requires constant reaplication, which is expected from a citrus aromatic profile. Cardamom rounds the heart of the composition, adding a faint but noticeable fresh spiciness that, in my opinion, reinforcess the summer cocktail impression. Projection: Low. Longevity: Low. Sillage: Short. Most noticeable after application. Intimate scent after 1h Reapplication recommended 2h/3h in hot weather. Profile: Citrus Aromatic. One of my favorite compositions from the Aqua Allegoria Collection. One of my favorite fragrances of my entire collection. 100% recommended.

I finally have it and I'm happy! Love at first smell! Finally, a citrus like I've always imagined.. A wonderful juicy refreshing bergamot, without any hint of artificiality, or even worse toilet freshener. Bergamot, which "slapped" me so much that I was salivating :D Yum! I want to eat the bottle lol, no matter how stupid it sounds, but I eat lemons at home just like that, so you can understand my deviation. :D Anyway, in my opinion, longetivity is quite good for a citrus EDT, which we know that citruses are not very persistent and develops into a pleasant warm citrus-woody scent where it gets a little sweeter and I can smell a very gentle whiff of green tea.. In this form and at this stage, I quite reminiscent of Priscilla Presley Indian Summer. They really have something in common, although Priscilla is much sweeter, but still they are a bit like distant cousins.. So a double win for me :))

No doubt about the citrus in this one, it is strong and green and very fresh. Bergamot is always giving me tea vibes, and the ginger is giving that perfect kick to balance it out. Though, the citrus top is almost giving an herbal note, like a lemonbalm, but that might be petitgrain? As I said, I love the ginger, and I love that the base notes are fighting for the spotlight. I am drawn between the exiting woody notes, or a very clean citrus musk. But with the ginger it is leaning a little bit towards the woody, but in a clean and fresh way. The more I smell the more I might get to satisfy my longing after ‘Herba Fresca’ from the same fragrance line that sadly is discontinued. The fragrance is of great quality, and the price is pretty good. Though, the longevity is relatively poor, but that could be said about a lot of citrus fragrances, so I don’t know if I that is relevant to mention.

I liked Acqua di Parma’s version, but found it forgettable, albeit pleasant. This one, however, was an immediate love for me. I think the difference is the petitgrain, as that’s one of my favorite fragrance notes, and it adds a greenness to the freshness of the initial spray. The second time I tried this, I realized the opening smells extremely similar to Gritti’s Pomelo Sorrento. In a direct comparison, Pomelo Sorrento is sweeter, whereas Bergamote Calabria has an easily detectable ginger note. While the opening of this was unisex leaning feminine, I found the dry down to lean masculine. It’s sweet and woody on me, but I prefer the dry down of Pomelo Sorrento for its soft tea note. Even though I do love this, it’s close enough to Pomelo Sorrento that I can’t justify buying an FB when I still have the Gritti.

First impression: explosion of bergamot. Like being hit in the face with a water balloon filled with perfectly ripe but also a little unripe and tart citrus juice. I love it and wanted it immediately. As it dries down it gets more ginger and petigrain which elevates the citrus. It becomes a bit spicy with a clean musk. I'm almost out of Acqu Di Parma Bergamotto di Calabria, and I was considering replacing it with this when spring arrives. I'm no longer considering it, it's going to happen. Scent 8/10 Performance 5/10 P.S. after wearing the whole bottle I still like it but since that time I've tried much better bergamot fragrances. Also worth mentioning I enjoyed the ASP Bergamotto more than this. It's more natural and has more character although this has better performance

Sprayed it in my elbow at the shop, it was such a delicious bergamot with depth!! Very enthusiastically went home, got there less than one hour later, let my partner smell it. "Oh, it was a gourmand wasn't it?" Ah yes, the longevity of citrus. There was only cardamom, ginger and musk left. But at least the drydown is still delicious, and there's something left of it, unlike some other citruses. I had Mandarine Basilic on the other arm and it had almost entirely disappeared, and I tried Orange Soleia in the past and it wasn't better, after two hours they were entirely gone. So I'd say the price is more worth it for Bergamote Calabria. There _is_ a drydown, it's not the longest but it's there, and it's still beautiful.

Simple but stunning fragrance. My 75ml bottle is empty (got through the whole thing in about 5 months) and I can’t afford to purchase a refill yet sadly - when I tested it in store yesterday I was reminded just how much I missed it. Beautiful, juicy, fresh, zesty, yet airy bergamot supported by a delicious concoction of musks and spices, that makes it come across as both sharp and sweet simultaneously. It does not last that long on skin (2-3 hours usually, maybe up to 4 in colder weather) but the scent is so gorgeous I do not mind respraying, and it does have a very good tenacity on fabric - and considering you can cop this for about £55-60 if you know where to look, it’s not at all bad value as well.

As a bergamot lover this really knocked me off my feet upon first smell. Gorgeous, regal, rich and fresh. I couldn't stop smelling the scent strip for hours. It is literally my dream perfume (again, i adore bergamot). I don't mind that it's an intimate skin perfume since i don't like walking around like a perfume bottle and prefer a scent that only people who come near me can smell. Another plus is that the staying power is really good for an EDT in the citrus family. Very suitable for day wear at work or school or meeting with friends. I would wear it any season as a bergamot fanatic, but i guess for most people it's mainly a spring/summer perfume which can also perform well in autumn.

This Italian-style cologne combines classic notes (the signature Guerlain Bergamot, Lemon Petitgrain and White Musks) with more modern, spicy accords (Cardamom, Ginger and Pink Peppercorn). The Brand's website doesn't list any Woody notes in it. It is marketed towards women but it's appropiate for the whole family (grandparents, parents and grandchilden who enjoy this type of fragrances, will apreciate it). It's more classic and more unisex than the Fragrantica ratings might suggest. Regarding perfomance, it's an Eau de Cologne, so apply and re-apply generously before putting on your clothes. Simple, clean, refreshing, citrusy, green, spicy, office-safe, well made, nice.

A largely citrusy fragrance that contains all the luminous magnificence of Calabrian bergamot also known as "the green gold of Calabria", a precious citrus fruit that grows in the southern Mediterranean, kissed by sunlight and the tonic vitality of the sea breeze. Sour, juicy fragrance, sublimated by the spicy notes of exotic cardamom, lively pink pepper, refreshed sweet and pungent ginger, all magically illuminated and toned down by the petit grain of lemon and enhanced by the enveloping and reassuring notes of white musks that emerge voluptuous in the base notes. Fragrance for those who love to immerse themselves in sour and citrus notes.

Well, I am lucky, this stays on me the whole day. This is a perfect fragrance for summer, very delicate, but it's freshness lingers until the very evening. When my husband uses it in the morning, I can still smell it on his shirt, when he comes back from work. It opens with zesty citrus and mild green tea, but this phase lasts less than an hour. The dry-down is very different from the opening, the most stable notes there are cardamon and ginger, but this combination is still pretty fresh and unisex. We used up the 75 ml bottle in 8 months and bought a 125 ml replacement without hesitation. Definitely a keeper:)

This more of a bergamot bomb than an allegoria with an incredible penetration power in all of my pores, amplified by ginger and modulated by tender muscs and a hint of cardamon. I waited more than 2 hours before getting some woody notes, very discrete, too, in front of the power of the citrus here. Longevity on my skin is about 3-4 hours, but I didn't expect more. This degree of green freshness surpasses the one of Guerlain's just discontinued Limon Verde, Bergamote Calabria is supposed to replace. Very nice for getting an extra-fresh spur on some mornings when Habit Rouge Edt doesn't look likely to make it.

This will be my Spring/Summer fragrance, hands down. It opens with juicy, fresh orange/lemon/citrus and then dries down with a fainter bergamont but a slightly woody and cardamom dry down. Sillage and longevity are decent- half a day I would say and perfect for office wear. Also, regardless of the citrus vibe, this is not very sweet at all, which I love- I detest sugary, overly feminine fragrances. As a 50 year old professional woman, I no longer want to smell 21 and frankly shouldn't. This fits the bill very nicely. Absolutely gorgeous, sophisticated and timeless.

Since Habit Rouge l'Instinct was not what I hoped, I needed something other Guerlain. Found this one! Really delicious, refreshing but with a warm base making it not too sharp. Very wearable for men as well, perfectly unisex. I tried lots of citrus fragrances but his one amazes me. Not one dimensional, and you will get lovely wisps later in the day when you don't expect it anymore, very impressed! Next on my list: Nerolia Vetiver and Herbes Troublantes if I dare to afford it :D

This is an extremely well made refreshing cologne type scent thanx to the Calabrian bergamot. The typical aftershave offering but of the highest class. Its v unisex and clean. The cleaniness and powderines is attributable to the musks in the dry down. And the ginger and cardamom notes in the heart uplifts the fragrance. Surprisingly its not that short-lived. Close to skin but descent longevity considering that its an aqua allegoria. Its v good all in all

Amazing blend I really love every single note its very fresh and therapy like smell, I love how its start very citrusy and lemony and then dries down to more light spicy and woody , Aqua Allegoria Bergamote Calabria is blind buy for me and I am so glad and extremely happy with the result, I trust Guerlain perfumes enough to buy it based on reading the notes only , I love to discover perfumes through "blind buy" all the time it really so much fun!

This fragrance started my love for perfumes. My dad gave it to my mother for Christmas, and when I smelled it, I immediately fell in love with it. The next Christmas, he surprised me with it. I love everything about it — how simply beautiful it is. It’s easy to wear, but at the same time it has character and tells a story. It’s my go-to summer scent. It’s fresh, feminine, and sweet, yet at the same time spicy and deep.

Pure medicine for the soul. This stuff should be prescribed in pharmacies as a mood enhancer for how good it is. The most soothing bergamot with uplifting, smooth ginger and a hint of black tea. By far the best bergamot fragrance—takes the Acqua di Parma and Le Labo to school. The ginger and tea-like quality actually make it smell a bit orangey, not too far from Hermes Eau d'Orange Verte, but I still prefer this.

Light, airy bergamot, very easy to wear - I can't detect the cardamom unless I really try, unfortunately. It feels exceptionally natural and layers beautifully with Guerlain's Eau de Fleurs de Cedrat. It does last on skin, but projection dies right down after a few minutes. I'm usually a max 2 sprays person even for light perfumes but with this I go all out, i.e. 6+, to help it project a little better.

Woody, musky, citrus scent. The petitgrain note is just beautiful. Love, love, love it for spring and summer. Very uplifting and invigorating, this is a comfort/clean scent. Surprisingly good longevity on my skin at least 4-5 hours with low projection which is more than ok for the aqua allegoria range. Very unisex and casual, anyone can wear and enjoy this beauty.

Amazing scent! Not the most unique but also not the most basic, an old school take on fragrances like Begamask. Definitely not a loud fragrance, more of a skin scent, however if u spray a bit more it lasts a solid 5-6 hours (the price makes it possible to overspray). Don’t see how people say it only lasts an hour, probably depends on skin.

This is my favorite Aqua Allegoria! It's lime-y, herbal-y, with some "cardamom", and it's refreshing. It not too sweet so that it gets cloying or like a gummy candy which I find is common now a days with sweet perfumes. It smells good on skin and on clothes, and they are both different. It's less spicy on my skin.

cologney fresh with a hint of sweet , warm spices. perfect for a hot, humid summer day! bergamot game is strong in the opening, then it introduces more sweet, spicy ginger and cardamom. surprisingly, i got a little bit of woods in the end, which is a very nice touch in my opinion. very nice cologne with a twist!

Sparkly bergamot and spices which quickly dry down to a very woody musk base. This is very nice and more suited to the average male fragrance user due to those base notes, which render it dry and quite austere. This fragrance is as if someone took a classic eau de cologne and smartened it up for the modern man.

I adore this. It is never too hot a day for this fragrance, never an inappropriate time or place to wear it. It is elegant, simple, and somehow reminds me of Fruit Loops cereal. Lasting power not amazing, but it's the kind of perfume that comes back strong when your skin heats up.

Simple bergamot perfume in the way most of the Aqua Allegoria line is...like most citrus perfumes this doesn't last long...but I could keep spraying this forever - so it's a good thing the bottle is BIG!...one of the best this line has to offer...

Fresh spicy uplifting luxurious smell ,cardamom sometimes could be a hit or miss but in this it fits very well a perfect unisex, silage isn't that great but longevity is decent with solid 3.5 - 4 hours .some beautiful thing's isn't meant to last

I have 4 Aqua Allegorias but this one is my favorite. Very light and soft so doesn't stay long. However it's a very delightful scent reminding me of a Lemon Cheese Cocktail. White musk is covered the citrus scent softly, a bit creamy and warm.

My favorite from the allegoria line. Worthy of summer signature. It's difficult to decide to wear anything else in the summer. (I used to spray this in the car on long cross country drives all night - kept me perked up)

Great fresh summer scent, but dries down quite quickly to pretty much the exact same scent as the drydown of Chanel No.5 L'Eau! I love L'Eau, but was looking for something that stayed a little more summery for longer.

Makes me wanna olé and shoot guns. Perfect citrus. SO fulfilling. I spray this and I'm fully englobed by a bubble of zesty money lime. No flaws. I don't wear it much, but if I weren't myself, I would. Olé!

Compré esta fragancia por varios años cuando vivía en Florida. Lo disfrutaba muchísimo después de bañarme. Me sentía fresca y lista para un desayuno o brunch. Es deliciosamente fresco y natural.

Nice and bergamot-y , but not linear. It changes from a sharp fresh bergamot to a nice smooth citrusy cozy warmth. Has the same cozy mouth-watering effect as the hermes un jardin a cythere.

This is a lovely citrus scent, but doesn't have any lasting power, as others have stated. It's unfortunate because it really does smell yummy.

After time in Amalfi and Sorrento this summer...I found this. I really like the Limon scent. Great escape to the Med!!

Reminds me of summer in Italy. Beatiful and simple fragrance. Definitely Bergamote Calabria plays the main role here.

The opening is so juicy,sweet and natural smelling it’s hard to stop myself from wanting to drink it 😆.

Italian ice. Lovely, crisp, bright. Well blended and refined. Elegant, intimate scent.

One of the best bergamot forward fragrances I've tried and completely unisex.

Citrus fregrance, very pleasant for more winter time.

Full disclosure and perhaps a contentious point here: JPG and Mathilde Laurent composed better Aqua Allegorias than Thierry Wasser or Delphine Jelk have. There, I said it, it’s my opinion, and I stand by it. Fight me. This is one of Wasser’s and Jelk's good ones though. How much of it is owed to either perfumer is unknown, but a lot of what was happening at Guerlain during this decade or so is a mystery that probably doesn't interest too many people reading this. Anyway.... Bergamote Calabria is actually a pretty and very pleasant homage to Calabrian bergamot, which naturally differentiates itself from typical bergamot with warmer, floral, and woodier aromas than we are so used to. A massive dose of lemon juice and lemon zest start the opening, and if that wasn’t enough to charge a lightbulb in some perfumista’s heads they will notice that it is not your typical bergamot because of an earthy sweetness already playing upwards. Calabrian Lemonade, maybe. Shifting downwards the perfume uses petitgrain to keep the citrus lift while cool woody cardamon comes in, and then a slightly sweetened vanilla slowly makes itself present from the base, pulling off the mask disguising the sweetness we received at the start, along with musks surprisingly lacking any citrusy floral or soapy characteristics. As I mentioned, in terms of evoking Calabrian bergamot this AA does so quite well. However, it does need a lot of heat and humidity in your environment in order for the fruitiness to have any durability, otherwise it will rush into the vanilla and musks with the speed of a bullet train. That said though, including the muskiness and the slight sweetness of the vanilla, it is very pleasant to wear in any weather; Wasser/Jelk have done a solid job of keeping materials and their accords under control and well-stitched together. When I’m aiming for a perfume while being outdoors in high summer that goes a bit a sweet without crowding me, this does the trick very well. Solid work.

The trend with these AA fragrances is that they're lovely, but fleeting. This is my third try from the line, and my favorite thus far. The bergamot is SO Fresh, juicy, and crisp without smelling synthetic. It's quite honestly one of the best openings I've smelled from a fragrance this year, a heavenly 10 minutes. We're having a horrid heatwave in Washington state currently, and it just glows in the sweltering temperature, albiet close to the skin. Even with this weather, it's still not leaping off of me or projecting much. After 10 minutes the ginger emerges, which I've always loved for being a warm note that never smells heavy in the heat. It's incredibly fresh and clean still, and renders this slightly masculine in my opinion...but not overly so (wheras Pera Granita was slightly feminine). It's laced with cardamom, which is dries down into as a super intimate skin scent after about 2 hours if it's sprayed into clothing. Overall, I do love this on scent alone but as with the others, wish it lasted a bit longer. I'd definitely purchase it on sale, because even without great performance it's obviously great quality.

For me this is one of the best in the AA collection. This fragrance has a bit more staying power, possibly due to the ginger. Even though this one is pretty middling in terms of lifespan and sillage it's still better than most other AA offerings. I'd still classify it as a skin scent as the sillage is arm's length early on and rapidly drops off. The warm spicy notes and ginger pair beautifully with bergamot. This is a fantastic scent for summer months and i'm sure it'd be fine for spring and autumn too. I'm a little unhappy with the drydown, it loses all of the spice and bergamot scents and becomes somewhat more masculine smelling, somewhat alcoholic and a tad musky. Feels like every note dies off and you're left with just a faint skin scent of alcohol. If they had come up with a way to improve this (add a component that might have enough staying power to solve this issue) then i'd rank this among my top tier fragrances for sure. This is very easily a unisex scent, i think anyone can rock this.

Something has to go terribly wrong for me to dislike any citrus-focused scent, especially on hot summer days like today, so it's no suprise that I really like Bergamote Calabria as well: it's a classic citrus, nothing groundbreaking, but really nice and well-made. I like the way the bergamot note is interpreted here: not too bitter, but a bit sweetened, which goes together very well with the ginger and other mild spicy accords. The lack of bitterness makes it less realistic, but also more wearable - and the opening is bright and sparkling enough to satisfy any citrus lover. Of course it doesn't last long, but for a summer cologne it's not too bad. I wouldn't mind a little decant to add to my growing collecion of citrus choices - I feel I can never get enough slight variations on that theme. But just because I love the category so much, I don't think I'll ever need a full bottle; this one just doesn't stand out among my many citrus favourites.

Vanishingly ephemeral waft of angels' breath. Just painfully beautiful bergamot, zinging out all that radiant fresh Earl-Grey-tea-ness which lifts the spirits and snaps my brain into HD focus as soon as it hits the nose. The wafts of ginger and cardamom only make it lovelier. I bury my nostrils into my skin and clothes, trying to wallow in its aura of light and cleanliness and nature. Then it's completely gone in 20-30 minutes. *howls with anguish*. Would live in this if it lasted. Even as it is, I'm tempted. Evanescent beauty in a bottle. It's not faaaaaaaair..... ETA: I succumbed to a discount deal, and am wearing it a lot now medical issues are ruling out my usual heavy-hitter favourites. Its citrus radiance still doesn't last as I'd like, but I get much more of the ginger and cardamom, lovelier than ever. Needs reapplying more or less every second hour but somehow I don't even care. The epitome of fragile gorgeousness.

The opening is a sharp, crisp bergamot, like if you cut a bergamot and stick your nose on it. The drydown is a musky/powdery candied ginger, with some supporting spices and vanillic woods. The fresh opening leans slightly masculine, but the drydown and structure of this one makes it definitely a feminine fragrance, that I would suggest to wear in Spring more than Summer, because of its sweet base. A good scent, but performance is very poor. $30 for 125ml sounds like a good deal, but given the amount one needs to spray in order to smell something and the need to respray another 2-3X per day to counterbalance its poor longevity, it isn't really. Spring/Summer days (not too hot), women 20+

This just makes me happy... it’s fresh but somehow remains grounded in a warm base... I would understand when people associate this with cleaning products because it does have that kind of pure citrus explosion vibe you might find in high end concentrated cleaning products ..but personally I don’t think that’s a bad thing... citrus is just uplifting and makes me happy... I don’t get much of the ginger.:. Just a bit of the cardamom and lots of the pretty clean musk on the drydown... I’m usually not the biggest fan of clean musks (they remind me of laundry detergent) but this one is somehow nice and fresh and lovely ...I will be overspraying this all summer