Blu Mediterraneo Capri Orange / Arancia (1999)
by Acqua di Parma

Beautiful citrus-orange opening that dries down into sweet orange life savers. It never goes into the candy zone, and the other herbal and musk notes save it from being too sweet, but I'm still not sold on it. While the opening is promising, I'm just a little disappointed by the dry-down. Nice, but not one of my favorites from the line.

Longevity is short, but sillage is good while it lasts.

7.75/10

Love the orange. If you want to smell like one, this one is for you. The notes of the drydown keep you from smelling completely like orange through the life of the fragrance, but it remains to the end.

My second favourite from the Blu Mediterraneo line. A sweet and fresh orange scent that compliments the original Acqua di Parma.

[Original submission date: 15 January 2007]

The opening was an astonishing grenade attack of fresh oranges, and instantly suggested that this might be bottle worthy, and a staple in any summer wardrobe. Sadly, the achilles heel of most AdP fragrances was even more in evidence here, and this wonderful opening fanfare was curtailed all too quickly. Within
an hour the enitire construction collapsed into insipidity. I doubt that I have encountered a fragrance that descended from hero to zero with such alacrity.

Reminiscent of Mat Orange, AdC is a sweet orange frag that goes on orange and stays that way. Yes, longevity is poor, which is why I prefer to layer with other citrus/fresh scents. Because of it's sweetness, it's more of an orange drink or candy rather than actual oranges (Little Italy). Overall, a quality scent, just very much one-dimensional.

Blu Mediterraneo Arancia is definitely an orange fragrance. When I first sprayed it, I thought that it’s a for-sure purchase: It smelled clean and clear citrus orangey… for the first seven or so minutes. Then it became orange Life Savers with an alleged case of B.O. The “Live Saver” effect was caused, I think, by the loss of citrus and the entry of a strong bergamot. The B.O. meant there’s cardamom in there. I usually like cardamom in fragrance and normally I don’t get the B.O. connection with it, but I do get that connection here. The cardamom isn’t strong and it does add a bit of masculinity to the fragrance, which is needed because the fragrance seemed to be heading for the far feminine side of unisex. The fragrance seems to get sweeter as it enters into the base, and I don’t care for that. It also picks up some more green, which is good, I think. In all, I find the fragrance nice but not very unique except that it is curiously warm for a citrus fragrance; I like it more than I dislike it, but its lack of longevity causes me to not even consider it for purchase.