Blu Uomo Acqua dell'Elba Eau de Parfum

It is early August. I am in Rome, and there is a scorching heat. Our central star shines from the sky as if one were in an oven. The air shimmers in the winding side streets, and it smells of overheated tar.
Rome was another destination on our Italy tour. Although we knew that visiting the various sights in this heat would be like walking a gauntlet, the temptation to visit Rome was strong enough. Especially now during the Corona break, when people are not crowding together and the city is bursting at the seams!
Rome is a colossal city. Shaped by antiquity, influenced by modernity, equipped with an Italian flair that I have not experienced anywhere else in Italy. Our plan worked out, and we were able to marvel at a nearly empty!! Colosseum, take pictures on the Spanish Steps without other passersby, and explore the winding side streets without being overwhelmed.
But this heat - it was relentless. So it happened that I discovered a small perfumery in one of those wonderfully Italian-looking side streets.
Of course, water is the first choice in the heat, but a refreshing scent, ideally from Italian manufacture, can’t hurt...
Said and done, I dove into the perfumery...and came back a while later with my new acquisition. Acqua dell Elba "Blu Uomo" was recommended to me by the owner. I found the top note of the fragrance refreshing, zesty, and maritime. And I wanted an Italian product. To test the scent further, and due to the spontaneous sympathy, I purchased it. Unfortunately, Rome did not become cooler because of this - but I felt a bit more refreshed and my collection grew by one fragrance!

Blu Uomo begins with a sparkling, refreshing, and beautiful citrus note. Lemon, orange, and mandarin play the first orchestra. Southern citrus fruits, so fresh as if they were still hanging on the tree. Unfortunately, it often happens to me that such fresh-sounding scents develop a certain association with toilet cleaner. This effect hardly occurs with this fragrance. If it had, I would have been disappointed with the purchase. Because whether Blu shows this tendency, I could not quite assess in the perfumery.
This initial freshness is compensated by a well-executed twist. A certain herbaceous-woody component flanks the scent progression. The oak moss contributes a slightly green-mossy facet, and the cedarwood adds this herbaceous-woody sprinkle. The fragrance is by no means pushed away from its core theme but is rather supported complementarily. It remains a blue, maritime, fresh-sounding scent that fits the south like a glove. Naturally, it fits summer!
The well-used mastic resin is small, round, and bright yellow in its original form. It is the resin of the wild pistachio tree and is also called tears of Chios. The scent is described as sweet-fresh, resinous-spicy, and reminiscent of citrus fruits.
In my opinion, this additional ingredient perfectly rounds off the fragrance and thus the overall olfactory impression. This light citrusy resinousness makes the scent very soft in the end...
Projection and longevity correspond more to what one can expect from blue fragrances. I would advocate for a diplomatic middle ground here. Nevertheless, Blu remains perceptible as a beautiful skin scent for quite a while.
Overall, Blu is for me a beautiful, well-made Italian summer fragrance. It will certainly remind me of that extraordinary day in Rome every time I smell it...
As with Part 1, I have included a few pictures of Rome in my album to provide some visual impressions to accompany this description.
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