Acqua Essenziale Pour Homme
If the Colonia in this range is the sweeter, sunnier reading, Salvatore Ferragamo Acqua Essenziale Pour Homme Eau de Toilette 100ml is the herbal one, and the difference is obvious within seconds of spraying it. Mint is the opening and it is the only material at the top, which is an unusually confident way to begin. It is cool rather than toothpaste sharp, and it reads as cold air for the first minute or two. Lavender, rosemary and geranium make the middle and they work as a trio. Lavender is clean and slightly powdery, rosemary is the sharper of the two herbs, camphorous and almost medicinal, and geranium cuts across both with a green, faintly metallic bite that stops the pair becoming a barbershop cliche. It is dry, a bit austere, and very easy to wear.
Underneath, vetiver and patchouli give it earth and root, labdanum adds a sticky resinous warmth that keeps the dryness from becoming thin, and musk softens the lot so that the last hours sit close to the skin. Eight materials, well chosen, with no padding anywhere in the composition and nothing in it that is there to sound expensive. The perfumer was Alberto Morillas, working in 2013. It is an eau de toilette and should be applied generously, with four or five hours of real wear and a quiet trace afterwards. It is aimed at men, it works in hot weather and in offices, and it is a good deal more interesting than the blue bottle suggests it will be.
Shoes came first at this house, then clothing and accessories, and only in 1999 did it put its name to a perfume. Its offices have been in the Palazzo Spini Feroni, in Florence, since 1938.
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