Blu Mediterraneo Tuscan Cypress / Cipresso di Toscana (1999)
by Acqua di Parma

Weeeeyyyooo this is refreshing! The opening is a beautiful, natural blast of eucalyptus and rosemary, while the heart is powdery, yet thin lavender. Deep in the basenotes is crisp and woody cypress. Like a dip into ice cold water at the top of a coniferous mountain. I haven't tried this in the summer heat, but I can't see it being anything other than fantastic.

9.5/10

It's unbelievable how different the human olfactory perception is.
Inselaffe found a "Curry powder" dry down in CdT. I definetely do not.

CdT is an exceptionally fresh, herbal and coniferous scent at the same time.
CdT opens with a herbal spicy sage note with an already existent cypress whiff. In the further course
the pine and cypress notes come more and more to the fore in combination with the not too sweet floral notes.
The flowery ingredients of the middle makes it soft and prevent it from being to dominant into the coniferous direction.
Very well balanced!

Unfortunately I have a problem with the sillage (which is sufficient only for the first 2-3 hours) and the longevity (max 4 hours
on me).
As a conclusion, if you are happy with the longevity/sillage it's one of the best summer scent.
(7/10)

This is a beautiful fragrance. I've been sampling it all week, and it is probably one of the refreshing fragrances I've ever tried. I've been finding myself smelling my wrists over and over again because of just how "therapeutic" this fragrance is. The cypress and eucalyptus at the beginning really sets the tone. The transition happens fairly quickly though to the other notes including pine, lavender, rosemary, mug weed and oakmoss in the middle and base notes. The base reminds me very much of Paco Rabanne with the musky oakmoss finish.

Great fragrance, and I think it's probably going to be one of the new staples of my collection.

Surprisingly, I really quite liked this scent, especially after feeling so let down by AdP Colonia. I tried this and was instantly taken aback by the Cypress/Green notes but after about 5 minutes this was really proving to be a joy on my skin. I smelt a little lavender in there as well as the sage. On the very hot day which I was testing this, it started to blossom wonderfully and I could easily detect this scent moving through top-middle-base notes.

I'd liken this to an evening sitting on a mediterrianian beach, early evening its sunny still and bright, half an hour later the sun is starting to set and things are cooling down slightly, an hour later night time is almost upon you and the embers of the beach fire and smouldering but dissapointingly about to sputter out and signal the end of your night. Which brings me to the downside of Cipresso di Toscana. It just doesn't seem to last long enough on me.

This will get a thumbs up though because it is a thoroughly good scent and not too expensive either so I wouldn't mind over applying to have it last a little longer.

Cipresso di Toscana is part of Acqua di Parma's Blu Mediterraneo product range, which contains several product families with an aromatherapy aspect build into them. A woman who was telling people about Acqua di Parmas's products at my local store told me that the areas mentioned in the fragrance names tell you where the natural ingredients used in the product come from. If that is correct, the ingredients used in Cipresso di Toscana do truly come from Tuscany. That sounds neat.

On my skin the opening smells very herbal and is really intense, but after about 30 seconds the herbs quickly fade away and the scent starts to settle to a much less intense cypress note. From here on there isn't much development at least on my skin. All the notes smell very "real", because natural ingredients have been used like in all of Acqua di Parma's products. Longevity is quite good on my skin. I'm not sure how long that is however, but I'd say that it's at least a couple of hours. Sillage can be a problem, though, so apply a few more sprays at the beginning or reapply later.

Of the Blu Mediterraneo line Cipresso di Toscana is most clearly an aromatherapy product. I find it hard to think of this as a fragrance that I would use when I go out to be with other people. This isn't an elegant fragrance that would make a good impression on someone. My recommendation is to use this on a warm summer day when you go sit under the sun. When you close you eyes and breath deep in it's not that hard to imagine being in Tuscany in the middle of green hills and trees. I'd like to give this one a positive rating, but it doesn't have enough to offer to truly deserve it. However, I do recommend everyone to try this and all the other products in the Blu Mediterraneo range.

Very sharp opening wash redolent of citrus and violets. The dry down has an unpleasant spike which reminds me of curry powder. A deeply disappointing blend of ill matched ingredients.