Kicking off the morning with Acqua di Parma’s Mandolo di Sicilia from the Blu Mediterraneo series. The shower gel is a candy bomb – it reminds me of the center of a 1977 Russell Stover chocolate covered cherry. I’ll admit that I actually love the smell of candy; but this may be waaaaay too sweet for a lot of people. This was largely marketed as a male fragrance, but I think it smells like candy and has much more of a unisex/feminine lean. Anyway, let’s get past the shower gel and talk about the cologne.
The cologne begins with a sweet and fruity smell; and I am really picking up a cherry/fig scent, rather than the anise and orange top note described in AdP marketing. The heart is very sugary, sweet and almondy - it reminds me of a great amaretti cookie (and now I can pick up a hint of anise)…and this all dries down into a warm, woody vanilla musk. Overall, this is a really sweet fragrance with limited projection and a few good hours of personal space scent. I’m going out later tonight and will definitely need another dosage!
