Fiore dell'Onda

I kinda knew it would be quite a long-shot pick for me, as marine perfumes aren't my cup of tea, yet I was so curious given the credit this fragrance has, plus the 15 ml size is a very affordable way to take the risk of a blind buy. Unfortunately I only get the algae and the sea notes here, I expected it to be a bit more complex. The performance is poor in terms of longevity, but coherent with the brand, also you can refresh it throughout the day quite easily. I'll still get to use it while on vacation in a maritime location, but it's hard to see other occasions where this perfume (or, at least, the way it performs on my skin) would fit. I see that, in reviews below, a vanilla dry-down is mentioned, yet I don't perceive it at all (reformulation? Who knows). EDIT Throughout time, I found it way more pleasing than at the beginning. I don't think it has changed, but I grew to love it, as it reminds me of summer. Definitely a future repurchase!

mare profumo di mareeeee... eccoci, fiore dell'onda è perfetto per l'estate. le note di testa sono marine ed acquatiche, leggermente floreali con il loto e il glicine. l'assestamento è più agrumato. adoro indossare queste fragranze marine d'estate: nell'insieme danno un'impressione di acqua salata, lozione solare e sabbia rovente. questo profumo ricorda i classici di rem (compreso l'etoile), aqua motu di csp e acqua di sale di profvmvm. La differenza consiste per lo più nel prezzo: questo è assai abbordabile mentre gli altri citati sono molto costosi. la durata è dignitosa. estate in bottiglia

A peculiar salty-sweet floral fragrance which works a magic for me. It does smell like sea and sand! I feel the fresh salty and floral notes the most but there is also something very balmy underneath. The lasting power is amazing. I can see it as a year-round fragrance. It reminded me of Mugler Womanity, just less fussy and fresher.

It's almost similar to Aqua Motu. Not just a small resemblance, but a dead ringer. Not tipical aquatic, in the meaning; fresh water. It's about sand, with a little hint of salt, and a kind of vegetation. Do you know the smell of the freshly grinded poppy seed? Something like that. Good!!!! Wellbeing, meditation, leasure time.

Lovely marine aquatic scent, inexpensive and pleasant. Less bitter and dry of Acqua di Sale and more gentle of Rem edt. Wonderful on summer days and whenever you miss the sea. Natural ingredients, not cloying, not chemical or alcoholic. Highly recommended for marine scent lovers. 3/5

THIS IS A WONDERFUL OCEANIC PERFUME!!! IT'S ALSO A GOOD FOR YOU PERFUME SINCE IT CONTAINS SEA WEED EXTRACT - NOT MANY WOMEN REALISE HOW GOOD THIS IS FOR OUR HEALTH... THANK YOU L'ERBOLARIO FOR MAKING THIS GREAT FRAGRANCE! PLEASE MAKE A BODY OIL TOO!!!

What a joy! As I cannot wear any fragrances at the moment as I am breastfeading, today I will go to the L'Erbolario shop and get the soap for some spa feeling at home. Can't wait to have a shower with it.

Wonderful oceanic. Reminds me of aqua motu, lasts much longer than that one. Wonderful wafts of ocean breeze. Very relaxing.

LOVE IT! It might smell similar to other perfumes but it's made from mostly natural ingredients and that's most important.

The little sister of Montale Sandflower, Rem and Aqua Motu of Comptoir... a good buy!

I love it! Already finish my first bottle and bought my second today:)

i love it... it is so fresh,... of course I prefer it during summer.

I totally understand the comparison with Acqua di Sale by Profvmvm Roma, and I see the the similarity. It essentially shares that scent profile of a sweetened, grassy and salty blend, sunkissed and all that rose-tinting bullshit. This is honestly a really good product because we're not rating it in comparison to synthetic or fortified ingredient blends. This is a natural fragrance to it's very heart, with the notes being represented quite beautifully with no clashing. It lacks the harsher, more serious side of Acqua di Sale and favors a bouquet of damp seaweed and delicate flowers covered in little drops of iodine. I'd say it's 30% Salty marine and 70% airy sweetness, of the same family as BR540 with its characteristic, enveloping sweetness that isn't cloying or sugary. Spray 8 times if you want to get it noticed, or 4 if you're going on a date with someone you know has no problem scooting into your personal space. It's truly intoxicating for its juicy, tangy qualities and despite having a 1hr sillage, 2h tangible dry down and 2h as a skin scent, you will enjoy respraying for that addictive sparkle you get at the very top of its opening. 5h out of a €25 perfume that's designed to be 100% natural, light and matched with its scented line of products is a steal, especially with how smooth and pleasant that blend is! I use it with the Fiore dell'Onda Body Cream, spreading it thinly on my neck and going at it with 4 sprays of this little blue bottle and one at my nape of either Megamare or its lighter dupe, Equivalenza Marin. Great combo for this summer, especially when night has fallen and it's 25-30 degrees out.

This one is very similar to Salis by Erbario Toscano. Both are cheap Italian floral aquatic perfumes, that smell rather like showers by the pool than the real sea, or if you need a comparison to something more natural then it's rather a muddy water pond with some flowers than the sea. Salis is a bit more salty, Fiore dell'Onda is a bit more floral, but the difference is really miniscule. You can't tell what kind of flowers are used in any of them, it's rather a generic "floral note" than anything else. They are both OK, inoffensive, kind of retro fragrances, but Fiore dell'Onda beats Salis to the ground when it comes to projection and longevity and it's all in all more pleasant. You don't need any of these two, but if you can't afford a better floral aquatic perfume, choose Fiore dell'Onda, not Salis. Comparisons to Acqua di Sale are a joke.

I had smelled it in the past and I didn't like it, today I went to the herbalist's shop to get organic coconut oil and I wanted to smell it again. I liked it a lot. Unlike Fior di Salina (my favorite perfume by L'Erbolario), which is definitely airy, sunny and Mediterranean, this is darker, aquatic, oceanic. Very intense and daring, it recalls the scent of the seabed and its mysterious inhabitants. Somehow it reminds to me the niche perfume Aria di Mare by Il Profvmo, but Fiore dell'Onda is more powerful and intriguing, Aria di Mare is harmless, tame and "fake". I'm sorry for Mrs. Silvana Casoli, in this field L'Erbolario beats Il Profvmo of different lengths, and at a quarter of the price! PS: sorry for my english, i'm italian

Normally I’m not one to judge a perfume’s merit based on its inherent similarities with other perfumes but no way you can escape the fact it’s shockingly close to Acqua di Sale yet maybe even highlighting the best parts from said perfume- algal saltiness and herbal freshness all the while toning down the camphoric sweetness of the myrtle which seems way to exaggerated when comparing FdO and AdS side by side. For me Fiore dell’Onda resembles an idolised memory of AdS. Add to that its stellar price and you have a stunner. Yes, performance is modest but you can be liberal with this perfume and no one would object. Lastly I’d note that REM by Reminiscence comes close but on me it was a lot more vanillic and less sea-water like.

I was so excited to try it that I blind bought a 15ml mini perfume. It is a very balanced, warm and somewhat "dry" salty marine scent. Yes, it is the ocean, but also the warm sand, and the dry wood banks near the shore. I can detect the floral, but not the citrus notes too. Very similar to Tesori D'Oriente's Thalasso Therapy, which I also own, but with a better persistence. A very good buy for someone looking for a salty, but not fruity/citrus summer scent. I also wear it in the cold season, when I am tired of my sweet/spicy collection.

I agree this aquatic scent resembles Aqua Motu very very much.I wouldn't say it's the kind of fresh and cool kind. it's soft in tone but persistent in character. Warm sand mixes with musk at first and then I can feel deep inside the hint of sea weed blended with warm sea breeze. Warm not cool! Sweet florals stay hidden but exist nonetheless. Bitter sour lemony tone emerges last.Warm tone aquatics are interesting and suited more to females I think. An Aqua Motu look alike for half the price and with an eco ingredients approach.

L'Erbolario Fiore dell'Onda opens with a chilly, slightly bitter sea accord. With time, the floral comes through and the whole scent stays like an abstract salty lily on my skin, with a very discreet anise undertone. The sillage is relatively soft and the longevity is at least 9 hours. Fiore dell'Onda is not very complex, but quite solid and affordable as a salty floral fragrance. It would complement a sunny summer day very well.

The first time I sniffed it, it stinked! Then I smelled it on a friend of mine and it was tranformed into something bitter cold and sensual, perfect for hot summer days. So I gave FdO a second chance. Now I must say I really like it! So unmistakeable and distinct. I know it reminds of Rem, but for me FdO is even better, more refined and corageous. And much cheaper!