Colonia Hand & Body Lotion 300ml
Dry skin after a shower is the problem Acqua di Parma Colonia Hand and Body Lotion 300ml is solving, and the fact that it smells of the house's signature cologne is the reason to choose it over something from the pharmacy. It is a lotion, so treat it as skincare that happens to be scented. The Colonia composition it carries goes back to 1916: lemon, orange and bergamot in the top, bright and clean, then lavender, rose, lemon verbena and rosemary for a herbal middle with a soft floral edge, and vetiver, sandalwood and patchouli underneath for dryness, creaminess and a little earth.
On skin the effect is subtle and short lived compared with the cologne, which is exactly what you want from a lotion. It gives you a faint, clean citrus and herbal warmth close to the body for an hour or two, and it layers under the matching eau de cologne without muddling it. Three hundred millilitres with a pump is a lot of product, and used on hands, arms and legs after bathing it will last a good while. It suits anybody, there being nothing gendered about it, and it is a sensible gift for someone who likes the scent but already owns the bottle. It is also much the gentler way to wear Colonia on a day when you would rather not put fragrance on your clothes.
The company behind it is Italian, founded in Parma in 1916 by Baron Carlo Magnani with the idea of making lighter perfume than the heavy style of the day. Colonia came first and still carries the house. These days there are candles and home fragrance in the range too, the packaging in its cylindrical boxes is a signature, and LVMH is the owner.
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