Colonia Intensa 2007 Eau de Cologne

Colonia Intensa (Eau de Cologne) by Acqua di Parma
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Colonia Intensa (Eau de Cologne) is a popular perfume by Acqua di Parma for men and was released in 2007. The scent is citrusy-fresh. It is being marketed by LVMH. Pronunciation
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Citrus
Fresh
Spicy
Woody
Leathery

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes Calabrian bergamotCalabrian bergamot Sicilian lemonSicilian lemon CardamomCardamom GingerGinger
Heart Notes Heart Notes ArtemisiaArtemisia NeroliNeroli MyrtleMyrtle
Base Notes Base Notes CedarwoodCedarwood MuskMusk BenzoinBenzoin LeatherLeather PatchouliPatchouli

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7.9491 Ratings
Longevity
6.8393 Ratings
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6.1385 Ratings
Bottle
8.1361 Ratings
Value for money
7.1102 Ratings
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Very helpful Review 19  
What are you going to do... when your mother-in-law lives in Cologne...

Daughters-in-law have it not easy, but is that really so?

My later mother-in-law, when I first met her, I saw at first sight that this was a real lady. But rather one of the sober kind.
She showed herself to be, in fact, a pragmatist. But not only that, which only became apparent to me much later. In addition, she hardly allowed other opinions, which she never expressed openly. Even if one could prove something profoundly, in scientific form, she hardly commented on it, although it was comprehensible for her. I could only read from her body language when she was d'accord, in which she nodded a little.

You would think that as a daughter-in-law, with a woman like that, I should not stand a chance at all. Well, it was by no means so.
I cracked her with the fact that I had a literary background and had a say in literature. Unfortunately, she often denied the younger generation that they had any idea about culture at all in these fast-moving times.
I could see them. In truth, she was a very passionate woman. She loved gems. All her life she collected gemstones, just as I collected perfumes. Ahhh ...................so she is a magpie.
For my birthday she gave me gems from her collection all these years. Through her I own a considerable collection of emeralds, rubies, aquamarines, topaz, pink and green tourmalines, diamonds and many other stones
In fact, she didn't know anything about perfume. Which I suspect she secretly felt sorry for. She only ever loved fine soaps.
At some point I brought her this scent, as a reminder of the city she lives in. She accepted the gift with the little enthusiasm that was so characteristic of her. She smelled it ... ahh ... ah ... yes. ...good. It smells good, she said.

I know that she found it beguiling, she had no experience of how to classify a fragrance, a perfume. She just thought it was good. She wore it too, which was remarkable for a woman like her.
I discovered it by the fact that the bottle was almost empty when we dissolved her household.
A few weeks before this great woman passed away, I showed her the emerald pendant that I had just had made for me by the goldsmith. She recognized immediately the stone she had given me so many years before.
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This fragrance refreshes and relaxes at the same time, turns deep green, warms and opens the heart. Like an emerald.

Which may be due to the fact that he perfectly combines the finest ingredients in a masterly, inimitable combination. Cardamom, Calabrian bergamot, Sicilian lemon, ginger, myrtle, artemisia, neroli, cedar wood, patchouli, benzoin, musk...
That's all it takes, but not less either.
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Top Review 13  
Less is more
Every spring and summer the question arises, can I still wear the fragrance XX or does the thermometer demand freshness? Will Interlude still work even if I'm already sweating after showering? As my home office is located on the top floor, freshness has long been the order of the day. As much as I sometimes like more intense, eye-catching scents, I find the freshness kick in the morning in the warmth very relaxing. I don't have any expectations, as the fragrance must last at least 12 hours. Four hours is enough for me, because you can spray it on or make a different choice if the occasion demands it.

That's how Colonia Intensa and I practically came together. I have a soft spot for the Italians from AdP because of what I consider to be classic, dignified and expressive scents. So it was clear relatively quickly that the lemon ice cream for spraying is allowed. Colonia Intensa has almost no scent. From front to back simply refreshing lemon without dull and disturbing synthetics. At the beginning very intensive, then flattening until the scent is only skin-tight. There it lingers for a good while. Whoever thinks that this is it, is mistaken. A quick movement out of one's own lethargy and the perfume also tears itself out of the same and sends out lemon clouds. Pleasant and classic. AdP has created a perfect fragrance for warm days. Uncomplicated, refreshing, finished.

So you have to evaluate the fragrance because it wants and is not more. Good for the warm season and then until next time! Sometimes less is more
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Benedikt2019
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Very helpful Review 11  
Ciao, Ciao Bella :-*
"Ohhhh, I have such a longing, I'm losing my mind, I want to go back to Italy, I want to go back to this country!" (free after me)

"It's 2019 my girlfriend is out getting a tan on the balcony in bella Italia" (loosely translated from my words)

All right, enough with the song-wasting! br /> 2020 (Corona)
2019
2018
2017
2016
etc. until 1989

What do these years until 2020 have in common? Exactly! I was on holiday in Italy in each of those years. In the middle of today's troubled northern Italy. More precisely, near Meran, i.e. in mountainous Italy, where German is still spoken in some places.

Today my heart is bleeding, I look anxiously towards Italia. Many deaths, a country in a state of emergency. One no longer hears so much of this proud, joyful nation. My holiday is booked for July, I wonder if it will take place I don't think so... so my annual cycle will be broken. What can you do? Exactly! Think of Italy, dream of Italy, carry Italy in your heart. Or, exactly! Smell of Italy!!!

"Colonia, Colonia is more beautiful than Corona!"

Man, that's a fragrance, guys. I've emptied a few bottles already. When the sweat was running down my face at 30 degrees in May (recently), it just radiated around me. A fragrance that embodies the Italian "Bella Vita". A "Ciao, Ciao Bella" for the stops. Lemon, neroli and cedar plus a dash of ginger, what more do you need to think of strongly hairy arms, a linen shirt with open buttons, sunglasses and a good espresso in front of the cafe? Joy of life in the bottle, yet seductive, fresh and pure. Not too pushy, but still present. A wearer who knows what is important in life: enjoyment! Red wine at dusk, a song in the alleys of small Italian towns and pasta, pasta, pasta. Colonia Intensa, a fragrance that brings all the things I currently miss into my living room. And that for a good 6 hours, then he has to leave again. After all, it lasts longer than the original, which is also beautiful.

How I'd love to be roaming Italian streets right now...
I think back to 2019, August. I see myself in a small trattoria, order a pizza, half a liter of red wine with it. Then an espresso and a cigarette outside the door. People are beaming, time stands still, everything is so normal, everything is so relaxed.

Today it is called Corona, not Colonia, today all this has become unthinkable...
Not for me,
I spray until only colonia remains,
I won't let the "bella vita" be taken from me,
and I remain for today a kindly alluring "Ciao, Ciao Bella :*"
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Helpful Review 11  
A summer evening in Tuscany
It's nice that such masterpieces are still being created in the modern world of perfume. To describe it in the words of Harry Styles:
"Tastes like strawberries
on a summer evening
and it sounds just like a song"
The fragrance smells like a summer evening in Italy. Italy lifestyle pure. Very elegant. A modern interpretation of a fresh Eau de Cologne in the Italian way. Morillas and Demachy know their craft. Very good value for money. Age group 30+.
" I want more berries
and that summer feeling"
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Very helpful Review 7  
Like ice in the sunshine
"It's summer and it's hot, so I'm eating a lemon ice cream," the doctors were already singing.
A summer day, sea or swimming pool and the walk to the kiosk.
Capri or split? Capri, the thoroughly refreshing water ice or split refreshing mix with milk ice.
(I know that neither of these is lemon ice cream and it is not so much a question of taste as the memory and feeling associated with it)
Acqua die Parma Colonia Intensa is a split for me. The fragrance is refreshing, but not like a water ice, not a purely refreshing Eau de Cologne, cool refreshment through and through. Rather refreshing and creamy at the same time. A tasteful creaminess is present from the beginning. This creaminess is complemented by the delicate aroma of woody notes, after all, an ice cream with Sti(e)l. All in all, an absolutely classic and refreshing fragrance for warm and lukewarm days and evenings - not for the swimming pool, rather for strolling along the beach promenade or through the city. Not colourful, no twister, no effervescent effect, no gimmicks - simply creamy - classic, stylish! The performance is good, not too loud but not too quiet either and easily manages several hours...
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Aquarius1Aquarius1 3 years ago
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The scent of grandparents, reminds me of the days I delivered newspapers to the local retirement home. Future signature scent probably.
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Carlitos01Carlitos01 3 years ago
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A nice citrusy perfume with cologne concentration. I do prefer the similar "Boucheron pour Homme" scent for one fourth of the price.
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BertolucciKBertolucciK 2 years ago
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Classic citrusy and spicy opening, followed by neroli, woods and leather. Fresh, aromatic, elegant but with a very weak performance.
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VollbartVollbart 7 years ago
I have really tried to like it. But after serveral attempts, over a Long period, it smells to me a bit like my grandmother.
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IondeIonde 3 years ago
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Classic but not common (at least not anymore) fresh and elegant scent for an older gentleman, men younger than 35ish should look elsewhere.
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