Azzura
Azzaro (1999)

The opening phase is a fruity-floral mix. A limitedly fresh mandarin dominated the opening blast, bit the blackcurrant catches up soon. Weaker elements are some bergamot and a touch of cyclamen. The subsequent arrival of the floral is spearheaded by a pleasant muguet, which remains the prominent floral at that stage.

In the drydown, a dyad of rose and jasmine is evident a bit later on, but the rose is quite generic, and the jasmine never really takes off on my skin. A ripe yellow apricot with whiffs of peach development after some time; there remains the blackcurrant in the background for quite some time.

The base loses in intensity, and is a blend of a very restrained vanilla with a touch of sycamore. Interestingly, the vanilla is less sweet on me that the floral notes I got earlier. Then a yuzu develops that is not very strong, but it nonetheless manages to move into the foreground such as to become the main note in the last stages of the development of this fragrance, with a whiff of white musks appearing just before the end.

I get moderate sillage, very good projection, and seven hours of longevity on my skin.

A pleasant creation, this is a fairly sweet floral-fruity scent for spring days. The top notes is the best part; the rest becomes too weak and a tad too generic to convince. Overall 2.75/5

A blast of fruity cat piss and a faint musky drydown. Fun while it lasts.

I love Azzura by Azzaro! I'm glad I stocked up in some years back. I purchased ten bottles of the large eau de toilette spray bottles, and 25 bottles of the smaller 1-oz. refillable parfum spray. They were clearance items on sale at Drug Emporium. I just opened one of each a few days ago, and since they've been new-in-box and sealed in cellophane, they smell just as beautiful as the brand new fragrance did. As long as no air gets into the bottles, these should last forever! I just love the sophisticated deep orange fragrance. Similar to Le Feu by Issey Miyake, although perhaps not as bitter, as Le Feu smelled like bitter chewed up vitamins, lol! Nevertheless, I love them both, but now Le Feu has also been discontinued. :(

I'm not sure if I have a good bottle -I got a bit of bergamot green at the top then sort of clean florals and a heap of calone melon and clean musk (at which point I scrubbed -it is persistant -BE WARNED!!!) Not for me .

It's fresh and clean. A bit boring too.

One good blend, with one wood and dry sweet smeel after 20 minutes.