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Blu Mediterraneo Arancia di Capri
Caramel is the material you would not predict in Acqua di Parma Blu Mediterraneo Arancia di Capri Eau de Toilette 30ml, and it is what separates this from every other orange scent on the shelf.
The citrus comes first and it is generous. Orange leads, sweet and juicy and unmistakable, with mandarin orange rounding it and lemon sharpening it, so the opening is as direct as the name promises. Petitgrain and cardamom follow, the petitgrain bitter and green, the cardamom cool and lightly spiced, and between them they stop the fruit becoming a squash.
Then the caramel arrives, soft and sugary without being thick, and musk settles the whole thing onto the skin. That sweetness underneath the citrus is the trick of the composition: it gives a scent that would otherwise vanish in an hour something to hold on to, and it makes the orange read as candied peel rather than as juice.
Seven materials, which is a short composition, and it is best appreciated as a very well made simple thing rather than as something with hidden depths. As an eau de toilette it is light and should be used generously, with two or three hours of clarity and a sweet trail after that. It was launched in 2023. The thirty millilitre size is the right one for a scent like this, both as an introduction and as something to keep in a bag for summer. It reads as unisex, belongs to warm weather and daytime, and is cheerful in a way that very few expensive fragrances allow themselves to be.
Acqua di Parma has made fragrance since 1916 and is known as much for its candles, home scents and hat box packaging as for its bottles. It belongs to LVMH.
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