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Acqua Nobile Iris Acqua di Parma 2013

7.5 / 10 85 Ratings

A perfume by Acqua di Parma for women, released in 2013. The scent is floral-fresh. It is being marketed by LVMH.
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Main accords

Floral

Fresh

Citrus

Powdery

Fruity

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Mandarin orange Lemon

Lemon

Grapefruit

Heart Notes

Neroli

Orange blossom

Iris pallida

Violet leaf

Base Notes

Musk

Vanilla

Ratings

Scent

7.585 Ratings

Longevity

6.369 Ratings

Sillage

5.769 Ratings

Bottle

7.781 Ratings

Value for money

7.410 Ratings

Submitted by DonVanVliet, last update on 03/11/2025.

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Reviews

5 in-depth fragrance descriptions

12/16/2024

9Scent 7Longevity 5Sillage

Chachalaca
4 Reviews

Chachalaca

1

Beautiful daytime spring and summer scent

It's fresh, citrusy with a hint of sweetness. It has iris in the name, but it's not a hardcore iris scent that is chalky, soapy and very powdery (I love them as well). This scent is more begginer friendly. Iris sits in the background, providing floral sophistication and depth. I don't detect any powderines at all. Maybe a little bit of soapines in a nice way.
It's perfect for daytime in spring and summer. You also would need to re-apply it every 4 hours or so.
If you try this during colder months you might find this underwhelming.
I also find it to be perfect unisex perfume

10/03/2013

Pete67
7 Reviews

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Pete67

Top Review 19

Well-Groomed Iris - But Not as Light as One Might Think...

Acqua di Parma "Acqua Nobile - Iris" is a fragrance where I must say: you get what you sniff.

The fragrance does not undergo a significant development (at least not on my skin). The freshness of the citrus fruits in the top note only slightly recedes over time, and the Iris Palida becomes a bit more pronounced, but all notes remain balanced and present from start to finish.

The large bottle suggests that it is a kind of "Cologne" and that the scent is very light and fleeting, allowing for generous spritzing throughout the day.
However, in my opinion, the fragrance is not light enough for that. It is an Eau de Toilette, and both the sillage and longevity are decent. I would even go so far as to say: if you spray too much and too often, it can become a bit "loud".
It is a bright and radiant fragrance, but it is not fleeting, light, or transparent.

The aforementioned Iris Palida ensures that the scent is rather sweet and creamy-powdery, and not earthy at all.

All in all, it is an elegant, well-groomed "freshly bathed - freshly creamed" scent - and I mean that positively :-)

06/25/2019

8.5Scent 7Longevity 6Sillage

SolisOccasum
46 Reviews

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SolisOccasum

Top Review 17

Just before the fall from grace, or a perfume is to blame for everything!

I find the story of Adam and Eve fascinating time and again.
Of course, a woman must be to blame for the fall from grace. Such a complex being can only be corrupted, after all. :-D
Okay, let's play through the following scenario:
Eve is wandering through paradise, humming along.
A gentle breeze brushes against her rosy cheek. Since she and Adam have joined the nudist club, the breeze can cool her everywhere.
Eve is strolling through the garden, passing lemon trees, mandarin groves, and grapefruit bushes. She already knows the apple tree, but she mustn't go there. It's been forbidden to her!
So she continues to wander barefoot through the garden of delights. Out of the corner of her eye, she sees her beloved husband (after all, she has no choice; there is only him) who has made himself comfortable under a blooming tree, picking lint from his belly button.
It’s really wonderful in paradise! Truly beautiful. The sun always shines, and everything smells lovely.
And then Eve sees this wonderful perfume bottle standing by a fountain. Golden-orange liquid shimmers through the transparent flacon. A silver cap serves as the lid.
Just once, to succumb to temptation. To be able to sniff this fragrant gold.
Eve glances around quickly, and when no one is watching, she opens the cap and inhales.....

The scent:

It starts off immediately citrusy and refreshing. The orange is very clearly detectable. Sweet, slightly prickly in the nose. Then the grapefruit joins in. It’s a bit more bitter, but it gives the scent character.
Then the scent, which is already gentle, becomes even softer as the vanilla makes the fine refreshing fragrance slightly creamy. But only slightly, as the citrus note remains in the foreground throughout the entire scent development. After 15 minutes, the scent becomes intimate.
People, don’t kill me, but I smell lavender and a hint of white jasmine. Whether that’s true? Who knows. But in my opinion, this makes the scent more bitter, and while it was already good, it now becomes truly superb. In the background, green notes come through. (The fountain in paradise is probably sheltered by a meadow of green leafy canopies.) Yes, the scent development is now coming to an end. It remains...creamy, sweet, still citrusy, and green-bitter.
It only lasts about 5 hours on my skin, but it’s one you happily reapply.
Sillage is not really present. At 20 cm, you can smell fresh lemons. The rest is closer to the skin.
A truly delicate summer scent. A breeze in the scorching heat. Very ethereal!

Conclusion:
The fall from grace was certainly triggered by a perfume. If not this one, then by a very similar scent.
A summer fragrance for ethereal beings. Delicate and soft. A scent for women who don’t need a statement because they themselves are the statement.

04/17/2015

9Scent 7.5Longevity 5Sillage

BelAmi
25 Reviews

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BelAmi

Top Review 13

Love - instantly!

It was a free day. The first one in a long time. Agenda item: shopping! The store was small, the items quite nice, but nothing for me. Then at the checkout, this pretty bottle. Ribbed, almost a bit old-fashioned. Acqua di Parma, said the saleswoman and sprayed it on my hand. Unasked!, an action that usually triggers great anger in me. Not everything goes on my skin! But then the first scent, bright, orange, transparent, floral, but not too floral. A surprise, I like it very much! But this often happens after the first subtle scent hits the nose, and by the time the heart note arrives, it often ends in disappointment. Better to wait. But it remains wonderful, a fragrance that brings joy with every sniff. It triggers something in me, just like every fragrance in my collection does; otherwise, it wouldn't make it there at all.

Are we fragrance junkies really always in search of a scent that moves something in us, that does something to us, whether it’s to spark our imagination, evoke a mood, or reactivate memories? Is that why a single scent is impossible, because a constantly repeating scent is soon no longer perceived by oneself, the creeping poison of habituation!, and then can no longer trigger anything in us? Perhaps. Wandering thoughts gather, however, with every sniff of Acqua Iris. Spring. A flower meadow. Lightness.

From the first to the last second, I like it; it fits the now. I do feel a bit sad that it disappears after 3-4 hours. Perhaps the bottle wisely contains 125 ml. More Eau de Cologne than Eau de Toilette when it comes to longevity. But I easily forgive the fragrance its mediocre longevity because it brings joy again and again - with every spray!

03/22/2017

8.5Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

pudelbonzo
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pudelbonzo

13

Gentle Approach

My mother liked to wear Arancia di Capri - which I always enjoyed smelling on her - but I am still not confident enough to "apply" it myself.
Too many memories flood over me then.
But I can try another variant from di Parma.

Iris would be worth a try.
It has the Mediterranean di Parma character, but it goes its own way.
The powdery, calm iris is in the foreground here and sets the tone.
But in a soft, gentle manner.
The scent takes you lightly by the hand and leads me through fresh yellow Sicilian lemon groves, where a cool neroli breeze blows.
Orange blossoms mix in warmly and gently - and I can't help but think of our trips to Sicily - and sigh.
No, I am probably still not ready - the memories are too vividly alive.
The sweet vanilla adds a comforting touch - but this scene is still too close for me.

No, I need to keep my distance from this atmospheric scent - and let time work for me.

As my mother liked to say?
Time - the old ironing lady - makes everything simple again.
Hopefully.