Gents, I have been racking my brain for the past month trying to remember an Italian cologne from the 60's or 50's. It's still sold today. It is not Puig or Rochas. The scent is soapy. Who knows?
Looking for an Italian cologne
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Maliza Uomo?
Pino Silvestre?
Acqua di Selva?
Capucci?
Pino Silvestre?
Acqua di Selva?
Capucci?
Armani?
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That's it. Thank you.
I am wearing Acca Kappa White Moss today, another Italian cologne. It reminds me of ADS quite a bit. It also reminds me of my father. We wore ADS or Bay Rum on Fridays before he went out with his friends.
I will have to order some.
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That's it. Thank you.
I am wearing Acca Kappa White Moss today, another Italian cologne. It reminds me of ADS quite a bit. It also reminds me of my father. We wore ADS or Bay Rum on Fridays before he went out with his friends.
I will have to order some.
You are welcome.
It's great stuff
The Acqua di Selva is a truly great cologne. This was my signature scent at one time. It's a strong scent though, or maybe a better way of putting it is that it lingers.
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Acqua di Selva is fantastic!
The original men's Armani was introduced in 1984. It's still great, though, and fortunately still in production.
One of the best.
Can you provide more? Is it mossy or more "green"? Soapy? Never tried it but am now curious-
Man, I haven't had a bottle of that in years. Maybe time for another...
^as excellent a green/mossy/citrus scent as the original Armani eau pour homme is, I believe it was inspired in part by another, lighter, Italian green/mossy/citrus scent...
Sisley's Eau De Campagne
In the Campagne region, lemons, plums, aromatic herbs, pelargonium, tomato, etc, are grown extensively, and this scent is JC Ellena's masterful & most natural interpretation of that smell, many have described it as "greenhouse", and I don't disagree, but feel that description cannot do it justice. Eau De Campagne, my favorite italian scent, is also imo the greatest "green" scent ever created. Of which many scents, Armani eau ph included, owe their lineage imo.
Sisley's Eau De Campagne
In the Campagne region, lemons, plums, aromatic herbs, pelargonium, tomato, etc, are grown extensively, and this scent is JC Ellena's masterful & most natural interpretation of that smell, many have described it as "greenhouse", and I don't disagree, but feel that description cannot do it justice. Eau De Campagne, my favorite italian scent, is also imo the greatest "green" scent ever created. Of which many scents, Armani eau ph included, owe their lineage imo.
A pine fougere - smells like a forest to me.
Citrus top, and a soapy/pine-y clean base. Really nice.
So it's kind of like Pino Silvestre without the herbs?
These guys have it on sale for $13 - tempting as a blind buy at that price in spite of the "boiled cabbage" reservations raised in some basenotes reviews.
http://www.perfumenetwork.com/acqselmecsp34.html
http://www.perfumenetwork.com/acqselmecsp34.html
Great price. It reads:
rosemary,carnation and vetiver, the base of this fragrance is musk, tonka and cedarwood
All I'm getting from the descriptions here, though, is green, pine, forest. I wonder about the vetiver, floral notes in this one.
rosemary,carnation and vetiver, the base of this fragrance is musk, tonka and cedarwood
All I'm getting from the descriptions here, though, is green, pine, forest. I wonder about the vetiver, floral notes in this one.
I get no boiled cabbage smell at all from it.
I always take Basenotes reviews with a grain of salt. Sometimes those guys are too over-analytical/fussy for their own good.
