Agua Verde

AV begins with a grapefruit and fig mixture. The fig and grapefruit blend is very nice. The notes are both soft – and the mix between the two notes is really just perfect, so far as intensity goes. It’s not too much or too little. The fig mixture is definitely reserved compared w/some other fragrances that I have tried that have fig (for example, O Boticario’s Acqua Brasilis’ fig is more powerful). The middle notes remain very soft. Most fragrances that you spray on yourself become stronger the more you put on. But, w/AV it’s different. It’s almost as if it doesn’t get stronger. It just sits lightly on the skin. The notes list says that the heart notes contain jasmine, nutmeg, and vetiver. To be honest, I can’t really distinguish them b/c they’re so soft. I can get a bit of an herb mixture, but the fig never leaves, which is a good thing. Drydown is light. Again, the fig never leaves. More than worth the price of a bottle.

Agua Verde is indeed a very Nice fig and Sandalwood fresh and delicate fragrance. after reading the negative reviews here, i had the chance to Blind snatch a 30ml Bottle for 7$ and decide by myself. yes it is not a strong radiating elixir but i have to say that i can't agree with the reviews about Sillage and Longevity. in the first hour it was projecting enough to get a compliment from a very judgy person, in short words, "i feel it from here, this one is a good one". the development is not too complex. in the dry down stage the grapefruit moves and the sandalwood become more and more noticable as hours pass. all wrapped gently with that vetiver echo. surprisingly i went to sleep with it and when i woke up 12 hours after spraying the few initial sprays i did last night, it was still there as body scent, faint. but still present.

The fig note in this is quite wonderful! It’s a fresh fig and it’s not overly sweet and its quite true to the figs that I have actually eaten. Agua Verde turned out to be a lot better then I expected it to be. The fragrance opens with the fig and tiny bit of grapefruit which gives it an energetic a fresh vibe to it. Then comes the vetiver which is still supported by the fig and it has a dry quality to which I like. Agua Verde keeps changing and turns into a smooth spicy combination of nutmeg, vetiver, fig, and amber. Its slightly fresh sweet combination with tiny bit of spice that I am loving and it is not too masculine which allows this fragrance to be more unisex. The fig note manages to hang on and not disappear which makes me really happy, because I was looking for a strong fig note. For a cheaper option this is fantastic!!!

Weird crushed Flintstone children vitamin tablet note that does a lot for me on certain occasions. For example; a hot day in Cameroun at the start of the dry season; just out of the shower after spraying the house with mosquitoes repellent and opening the windows. Sprayed on to my night time clothes the powdery vétiver, grapefruit, fig and jasmine are very satisfying.

Salvador Dali is not very popular when it comes to its line of perfumes (with exception of the female scent Laguna, which is very famous), but has the power to amaze me. This cologne opens with a delicious mix of freshness and fruits, achieved through its notes of fig and grapefruit. The most intriguing is that the nuance of fig in this fragrance - unlike most of the fragrances that have this note and result in a fresher aroma of fruit and its leaves - is calmer and slightly sweet. They may have extracted more of the pulp than from the peel, I don't know...but don't expect a traditional fig. Here, the initial aroma of fig brings me back to the same shade of fig used in Dune, by Dior. Then, nutmeg and jasmine, wrapped in vetiver, make the heart of this fragrance dense and dry at the same time. Finally, a bit of creaminess of amber and sandalwood. This scent has a good sillage, without being invasive, and an excellent lasting on the skin. It is not very expensive and does not have a common aroma among so many options on the market.

Salvador Dali's Agua Verde is an extremely pleasant fig fragrance with a hint of fresh, clean vetiver. The fragrance is soft in terms of projection. It doesn't evolve too much and sadly fades away from my skin after four to five hours. However, the scent itself is extremely likeable and a very safe blind buy. Agua Verde is too soft to be worn in the colder months, but it's perfect for a hot, sunny day. It's a great, affordable spring/summer casual fragrance. It don't really pick up on the other notes in this fragrance, but it does become slightly salty towards the end. I personally find this fragrance to be totally unisex. Is this fragrance really marketed towards men only? I see no gender indicated on the box or bottle, so I'd be very surprised if it is marketed as a "men only" fragrance.

As others said, Fig opening (which I don't care much for) but dries down into a really cozy, calming Vetiver/Amber fragrance, very warm and masculine like a good father in a soft sweater giving you a hug. It's nice, good office scent. If anyone gets offended by this, they'll get offended by anything. Maybe you'd get a compliment, you won't get complaints. I don't like to wear this all the time, but I really enjoy wearing it on rainy overcast days when I'm at home for the most of the day. It really is a comforting scent but not one I want to wear every day. Definitely a unique character to this fragrance.

Agua Verde is a great creation. Haven't smelled anything even remotely similar ever! It's fresh and green, but the greeniness somehow comes from the citruses and aquatic feeling, not from the regular green (rather sharp) notes. This vetiver smells happy and greeny fresh, not at all earthy and damp / dry. The scent is invigorating and calming at the same time. For a relaxed gentleman :) Wearable for women, too! Le Roy Soleil, Laguna, now Agua Verde ... I love Salvador Dali's perfumes for men !!

Salvador Dali's Agua Verde is a great inexpensive fragrance, perfect for warm summer nights, this starts of very green and fresh, with hints of citrus/grapefruit then at the base its woody, last about 6 hours on my skin, i would buy this again.

If you like fig and you can't afford fragrances like Jardin d' ecrivains Wilde or Dyptique' philosykos this is a good and cheap choice. It's fresh, green and could be unisex Moderate longevity and sillage. Overall:6/10

I'm a woman, and i do enjoy using this one..FIGGGG...deep, fresh and warm at the same time...never smelled nothing even close to this one...

Yeah, nice. But waaayyyyy too faint, really. But than can be an advantage, depending on what you plan to do.

@iris - "Agua Verde is a lo-fi synthetic mess where sweet fig, powder laundry detergent and nutmeg are most recognizable." This is an incredibly poignant and accurate description of this scent. If you are brimming with excitement, wondering if your $5 just bought you a little-known Philosykos dupe that has somehow eluded the hype machine, you will be very disappointed. This isn't a great fragrance, nor adjacent to one, but this is well worth your $5. For the price of a candy bar and soda at the gas station, you can enjoy the scent of a laundromat vending machine detergent from a weirder parallel dimension. Not weird enough to be collectible for all of you olfactory edgelords out there, but just weird enough to make you avoid getting it on your clothes. And if this is finally discontinued and you can't pick up a bottle of Agua Verde for under $9, move on to other scents knowing with confidence that you saved some time and money.

Decent fragrance, disappears quickly but for the $5 on Fragnet it's worth a pick up if you are curious about it.

I gave this one another chance this spring and it really just smells like powdery green fig bug spray.

This is a very soft fragrance with a very nice salty fig accord, soft vetiver & pinch of sea salt. In fact the fig is as dry as sun baked earth and very convincing. There is just a small hint of sweetness in this fragrance. It drys down very simple but has a bit going on in the first hour with a nice salty citrus to compliment the dry fig & vetiver note. After a couple of hours what you are left with is a soft vetiver, fig tone - there is also something dry skinned about it and something lightly creamy - similar to the scent of your skin after taking off a wool sweater you have been wearing all day with a hint of french soap you used to shower in the morning. The fragrance lasts around eight hours on my skin all while not getting much softer or stronger. I don't really experience any natural green notes in the traditional herbal, grassy or plant stem sense. It is much more about mellow vetiver, dry fig and dry clean salty air and vague creaminess. A nice and minimal contemporary fragrance. It's a great workplace fragrance for a man or woman. This is a very contemporary and safe fragrance - safe in a modern, minimal & transparent sort of way way. Nice and simple which makes it appealing. A nice vetiver for people who enjoy subtle vetiver.

This was a blind buy and as far as blind buys go it's a relatively safe one, if only because it's brilliantly inexpensive! I'm not a huge fan of Agua Verde's opening, the grapefruit is a bit screechy on me, and there appears to be a dash of lavender or similar which smells harsh to my nose. The opening is also more traditionally "masculine" - not that that's a bad thing necessarily. After a few minutes, it calms down into a beautiful, subtle scent which is completely unisex. The fig is prominent and ever so slightly sweet but nothing sticky, in fact it's so lightweight that it's perfect for warm, even hot weather. Very fresh smelling without being aquatic or overly citrussy - I still get a whiff of the grapefruit later on but it's much softer, more integrated. Longevity is what can be expected from such an airy fresh-sweet fragrance, 4-6 hours. Projection is only a few inches, but I feel that's appropriate for this scent. It's light and breezy, not a big cloying cloud of a fragrance. What I enjoy about Agua Verde is that it's a bit unusual, yet very likeable and inoffensive. Totally safe for work. A wonderfully smooth summer fragrance which I look forward to using in rotation with my usual dry greens and sharper citruses.

Agua Verde smells just terrible, but I keep giving it chance after chance. Even with the really bad cheapos from the original collection, I somehow enjoy the fact that they're made under Dali's name, and I enjoy thinking that their quirky set of notes, bordering on the experimental, but sold as some kind of marginal drugstore mainstream, has more to do with the spirit of surrealism than, say, a properly executed high-brow niche for conspicuous consumption. Bottles are really fun and, all in all, it's a small pleasure every time, a cheap thrill. But you have to take it with a bit of humor and unpretentiousness. Black Sun Sport? This is pop art in action. Agua Verde is a lo-fi synthetic mess where sweet fig, powder laundry detergent and nutmeg are most recognizable.

Agua Verde is a wonderful creation, a surprising fresh and sweet perfume that fits perfectly for a crowd that usually sticks to freshness while rarely (or never) approaching the realm of sweetness: the male crowd. This perfume opens with a grapefruit scent, citrusy but not sharp, supported with a soft fig on the background, creating a delightfully sunny and relaxed scent that calmly develop into a woody-citrus aroma that creates a balmy scenery (scentnery?). Agua Verde is a good perfume for men who want to take a walk on the sweet side without getting slapped by sugar-shocking aromas...and as a bonus, it can be worn by women of all ages too :).

To me this is a weak flanker of SD Le Roy Soleil Extreme. But I have no complaints because it’s the cheapest frag I bought in many years. Under 5 euro’s for 30 ml. And it’s not bad. The original “Roy” can be a bit strong and powdery, but I like that strange unique gem a lot, this is somewhat fresher simpler and less strong. I got neroli and fig with some vanilla and musk in the final drydown. This is a charming small bottle that you can put in your bag for traveling or whatever. You will have to spray more times during the day because the performance is very poor. I’m just a sucker for Salvador Dali fragrances because I adore his art and style.