Ca' Luna Acqua di Biella 2007

What do you do in summer when you have a hobby for perfume?
Of course: You bring out your summer scents. But no matter how many fragrances you already own, it never seems to be enough (doesn't that sound familiar? :D). Even worse, you start searching for new scents that you want to get for summer.

Some people grab several fragrances right away, while others (like me) can’t decide forever and only discover something new that they like once summer is over. You’re naturally happy when the madness from Parfumo spills into the most remote corners of Germany (preferably Hesse :DD) and you meet more and more people who can provide you with samples, allowing you to test fragrances that you’ve never heard of or wouldn’t have gotten a sample of in a more complicated way.

Like here, with Acqua di Biella, of which I had never heard until I received a sample from a lovely perfumer (thank you once again so much :)

In the top note, there’s ivy… I have no idea what ivy smells like. I’ve never thought about it and have never really perceived it anywhere. Is it maybe green? I should let a house I own fall into disrepair so that ivy can spread over the walls :D
Well, anyway, you can definitely smell resinous notes that smell wonderful, as well as fennel, which isn’t bad, but I’m personally not a big fan (I really don’t like fennel tea!). Galbanum is also a scent note that I’m never quite sure about. According to descriptions, it should smell spicy and peppery, but also balsamic. Yes, spicy-dry and peppery at least seems to fit (unless this note is “caused” by white pepper).
The resinous aspect is, in my opinion, clearly recognizable as mastic resin and smells quite intense.
In the end, in the base, the scent continues to smell of resinous notes, is green-spicy (slightly peppery, but in a less piercing way), and slightly sweet, which comes from the musk, but that’s really only present in very small amounts.

The scent has an okay sillage. It will be (not for very long) detectable near others, but it could have been a bit stronger.
The longevity is about eight hours, but after half that time, the scent is already noticeably weaker.

The bottle is rectangular, tall, and thick glass with a thick base. On the front, there’s a blue label with the name and brand as well as the logo. The cap is black and cylindrical. All in all, it’s nicely done. If the bottle were cylindrical, it would somewhat resemble the Heeley bottles.

Hmm, Ca Luna is quite an unusual scent that you don’t smell every day. It has a slightly classic approach (like scents with moss) and mainly smells green, spicy, and resinous. It appears a little dry, yet I find that it fits really well into summer (I let it work under the sun at over 25 degrees, and it’s lovely!).

Yes, I’m glad that the madness mentioned in the introduction is winning out :D
Otherwise, I would have certainly missed this beautiful scent, which smells a bit different from citrus fragrances or such. If you come across the scent in a niche perfumery, I would definitely recommend giving it a test. The scent is already unisex, but leans slightly towards the masculine side.

First of all, Ca' Luna is Italian and means moon.

With this candidate, we finally know what is in Demeter's "Snow"; I will register it as a scent twin because it is a 1:1 dupe. Okay, maybe a bit sweeter and more powdery towards the end; and of course, if I had put in the effort, I could have picked out all the ingredients listed in the fragrance pyramid myself.

Ivy, actually smells like nothing, but you can smell it here.
Fennel, often licorice-like, not at all here, you can smell that too.
All resins, not very resinous, but dusty, a different state of matter indeed.
Rum with pepper the perfumer might have had in their tea (completely made up).
Musk is just lingering, one of the clean types, a musk that anyone can smell and like; freshly washed is not far-fetched and from good parents.

The thing is definitely hand wash... but only if the power goes out.

I had a sample of this fragrance sent to me. When the package finally arrived at home, I sprayed a puff on my wrist, not knowing what was about to follow. And, zoom, I was in love. I have rarely smelled such an extraordinary and harmonious scent. No other fragrance smells like this. I am very bad at identifying the individual components, especially since I don’t really "know" them.
This fragrance smells very green to me, somewhat bitter, but this bitterness is very subtle and transforms into a wonderfully fresh green after about 20 minutes. I keep sniffing my wrist; I can’t get enough of it :). For me, it is the first unisex fragrance, and I am all the more surprised at how much I like it. I have already received compliments (from a man :)) for it. Overall, a very noble, extraordinary scent. Despite the expensive price, I will order a bottle, and I will cherish it.
Maybe someone else will take a closer look at the fragrance; as I said, I am a beginner, but it smells too good to remain uncommented.