I've always love citrus-based colognes and eau de toilettes. My first experience with them was finding a box of Roger & Gallet Jean Marie Farina soaps in my mother's closet when I was about 5 years ol...

Fantastic smell ! I bought it witout smelling it before which I normally never do. But as Jean Claude Elena had developed it, I thought I will take the chance. It reminds me of Spain and old fashioned...

Colonia Assoluta opens with a blast of citrus notes, which is not dissimilar to ultra-cheap 4711, and is a great wake up call in a bottle first thing in the morning. But, as opposed to 4711, it does n...

Colonia Assoluta is the only product from Acqua di Parma line that I use regularly, and the only cologne in my collection that I truly care about. I find myself reaching for it more and more often now...

I tend to subscribe to the ‘fragrance wardrobe’ school of thought, as opposed to the idea of a single ‘signature scent.’ Just as you wouldn’t wear a full length evening gown to a barbecue at the beach...

I was looking for a summer fragrance that would be sophicated and subtle. I didn't think this would do the trick, but it does. True, it has the notes mentioned in the other reviews, but they are so we...

I spent a lot of time in Italy as a teenager and remember walking the boardwalk of the beach resort we were staying at. Everyone was tan, dressed to the nines and on the prowl. This is what Colonia As...

colonia assoluta is a improving redition on the classic acqua di parma colonia.as i'm not a fan of the first offering i think that assoluta is definitelly better and i can sense some pretty ethereal w...

This has a dry down very much similar to Philosophy's Baby Grace, with a potency ten times as strong. It's a musky soft ending (white musk)...and very very sweet. The brief citrus opening is not im...

Oh, I love this scent. The original version was much too harsh on me - me, the confirmed citrus scent lover! This version blends in ylang-ylang, rose, jasmine, red pepper, cardamom, woods, amber and m...