Acqua di Parma · 1916

Colonia

Premium$$$, 3 of 5
Acqua di Parma asks about $208 for 100 ml
100 mlabout $208

VersionEau de Cologne

Bright lemon, orange and bergamot over lavender, rose, verbena and rosemary, drying to vetiver, sandalwood and patchouli.

Acqua di Parma says

You’ll smell lemon, Sweet Orange, Calabrian Bergamot, lavender, rose, verbena, rosemary, vetiver, sandalwood and patchouli.

More from Acqua di Parma’s description

It also mentions Orange.

The house’s page

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The drawn Colonia bottle

When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Colonia’s scent picture, a draft: lemon, sweet orange, bergamot, lavender, rose, lemon verbena drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Colonia, when you spray it: Lemon, Sweet orange, Bergamot

As it settlesheart notes

Colonia, as it settles: Lavender, Rose, Lemon verbena, Rosemary

What staysdry-down notes

Colonia, what stays: Vetiver, Sandalwood, Patchouli, Oakmoss, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What Acqua di Parma names

LemonSweet OrangeCalabrian BergamotLavenderRoseVerbenaRosemaryVetiverSandalwoodPatchouli

What the label names

12 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender5 florals1 sweet1 spices1 powder1 earth & moss

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals5

HydroxycitronellalBenzyl salicylateGeraniol (rose)CitronellolFarnesol

Sweet1

Coumarin (new-mown hay)

Spices1

Eugenol

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)

Earth & moss1

Oakmoss absolute
2 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell2

AlcoholWater

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

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Torino21Xerjoff · shares lemon, lavender, lemon verbena and rosemary$280 for 100 ml
OscarOscar de la Renta · shares bergamot, lavender, rose, rosemary and 3 more$109 for 100 ml · about half of Colonia’s about $208
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Green Irish TweedCreed · shares lemon, bergamot, lavender, lemon verbena and 1 more$490 for 100 ml · about twice Colonia’s about $208
Shiyaaka for MenKhadlaj · shares sweet orange, rosemary, vetiver, sandalwood and 1 moreabout $27 for 100 ml · about a tenth of Colonia’s about $208
NoirTom Ford · shares bergamot, rose, lemon verbena, vetiver and 1 more
VibratoSospiro · shares bergamot, rose, rosemary, vetiver and 2 more$326 for 100 ml
360° Red for MenPerry Ellis · shares sweet orange, bergamot, lavender, vetiver and 2 more
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KDolce & Gabbana · shares lemon, sweet orange, lavender, vetiver and 1 more$225 for 100 ml · about the same as Colonia’s about $208
Detour NoirAl Haramain · shares sweet orange, bergamot, lavender, rose and 2 more$19.05 for 100 ml · about a tenth of Colonia’s about $208
KourosYSL · shares bergamot, lavender, rosemary, vetiver and 1 moreabout $123 for 100 ml · about half of Colonia’s about $208
Côte d'AzurOribe · shares lemon, sweet orange, bergamot, vetiver and 1 more$135 for 75 ml · about the same as Colonia’s about $208
Saint TropezMaison Origine Paris · shares bergamot, rosemary, vetiver, sandalwood and 1 more$395 for 100 ml · about twice Colonia’s about $208
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FidjiGuy Laroche · shares lemon, bergamot, rose, vetiver and 2 more
Paloma PicassoPaloma Picasso · shares lemon, bergamot, rose, vetiver and 2 more
ErosVersace · shares lemon, lavender, rose, vetiver and 1 more$179 for 100 ml · about the same as Colonia’s about $208
Elysium Pour HommeRoja Parfums · shares lemon, bergamot, lavender, rose and 1 more$380 for 100 ml · about twice Colonia’s about $208
Polo SportRalph Lauren · shares lemon, bergamot, lavender, vetiver and 1 more$85 for 125 ml · about a third of Colonia’s about $208
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North StarThe Woods Collection · shares lemon, bergamot, lavender, vetiver and 1 more
Coco MademoiselleChanel · shares sweet orange, bergamot, rose, vetiver and 1 more$185 for 100 ml · about the same as Colonia’s about $208
Club de Nuit WomanArmaf · shares sweet orange, bergamot, rose, vetiver and 1 more$45 for 105 ml · about a fifth of Colonia’s about $208
Como MoiselleMaison Alhambra · shares sweet orange, bergamot, rose, vetiver and 1 more$22 for 100 ml · about a tenth of Colonia’s about $208
Parfum Pour HommeMissoni · shares lemon, lavender, rose, sandalwood and 1 more
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EmpressaPenhaligon's · shares sweet orange, bergamot, rose, sandalwood and 1 more$330 for 100 ml
AcrasiaBeauFort London · shares lemon, bergamot, rose, vetiver and 1 more$170 for 50 ml
Drunk LoversBORNTOSTANDOUT · shares lemon, bergamot, vetiver, sandalwood and 1 more$320 for 100 ml
Polo 67Ralph Lauren · shares bergamot, lavender, vetiver, sandalwood and 1 more$116 for 125 ml · about half of Colonia’s about $208
Obsession for MenCalvin Klein · shares bergamot, lavender, vetiver, sandalwood and 1 more$115 for 120 ml · about half of Colonia’s about $208
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Fakhar BlackLattafa · shares bergamot, lavender, vetiver, sandalwood and 1 moreabout $29 for 100 ml · about a tenth of Colonia’s about $208
GeléeVacation · shares lemon, bergamot, rose, sandalwood and 1 more
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