Colonia Leather Acqua di Parma 2014 Eau de Cologne Concentrée

Today you have many options to choose a leathery perfume.

When You look around bitter leathery perfumes, you found some perfumes that are very similar at first glance. maybe "Tom Ford - Tuscan Leather" is the most famous of them.
Most of them use a combination of leather and saffron along with third element. finally, they have smoky smell of leather that balanced with third element. and we saw a lot of special good perfumes in this race that made for use at "night out" and "business".
"Colonia Leather" started with a very different and well-made scent of leather. A natural smell of leather without any gasoline smell, very close to leather jacket smell. I really like it.
Maybe after a while, you feel like when wearing a dark and heavy saffron-leathery perfume. but don't worry, It is not like them.
In this case, the second element is not saffron, that is "Gaiac Wood". and the third element is "Rose".
The leather wants to going into dark and heavy smell, but the rose stop it. this is the point that made it different from other.

Of course it is one of the best choice to wearing by women.
"Colonia Leather" have innovation in this group of scent.
I believe "Acqua di Parma" do it well.

This fragrance begins with a blast of leather and raspberry (Tuscan Leather says "Hello!"), brightened by juicy citrus notes (typical of Acqua di Parma). Gradually the raspberry and citrus top notes recede, and I begin to see more of the fragrance's heart notes. There is leather of course, as well as dried herbs and aromatic woodsy notes. During the progression from head to heart notes, the fragrance quiets down considerably and loses its initial effervescent fresh- and sweetness. It is now quite dry and herbal, the leather accord is always present, but not always dominant; still it is a red thread that runs throughout the fragrance's development. The leather accord takes centerstage again in the dry-down with what remains of the fruity top notes.
I'd say this delicious fruity leather fragrance, is a lighter version Tuscan Leather, and as it is quite fresh, it is perfectly suitable for spring / summer. It is very well-made and nicely balanced to not offend anyone, so I'd say it is perfectly office-friendly.

Colonia Leather by Acqua di Parma is sophistication with a touch of the avant-garde. The initial burst of citrusy freshness is present but takes a back seat as the star of the show, leather, steps into the limelight. The leather note is rich, supple, and exudes a luxurious quality that's hard to ignore. It's not your typical heavy or overpowering leather; instead, it's a refined rendition that feels like the embrace of a perfectly tailored leather jacket.

In terms of longevity, Colonia Leather performs admirably, lingering on the skin with a moderate sillage. It strikes a balance between being present and intimate, making it well-suited for various occasions. While it leans towards the more formal end of the spectrum, there's a versatility to it that could elevate a casual evening as well.

Perhaps he got lost, the Ford, Tom Ford, in search of Tuscany.
Maybe he ended up in Parma instead, in the Po Valley, and smelled there the leather that would become world-famous later on.
And it did sound better, to admit, Tuscan leather, "Tuscan Leather," better than Parma leather or something like that.
Who wouldn't have thought of ham, the delicious one from the region, which I love on my plate, but less on my skin?
Yes, perhaps it was like that, or something similar, who knows.

It was dark, that leather, smoky and oily and rough, when it wafted into Tom Ford's nose in some tannery.
It smelled a bit dirty too, like men sometimes smell when they work with their hands, with their muscles, with tools and dust and stone.
He captured that, Ford, and bottled it, infused with herbs, wood, and fruits that emphasized the blackness, highlighted the bitterness, and at the same time lent the roughness the soul of a cowboy.
That was new, that was exciting, it conquered the world - and many, many followed him, Ford, on his path, the leathery, the smoky, whether he began in Tuscany or southwest of the Po.

There, it took a few more years until the signs of the times were understood, until "Acqua di Parma" took on the leather, still black, still rough, that was still so masculine that women kept their distance, loving it more on (foreign?) men than on their own skin.
The guys and gals from "Acqua di Parma" made the leather a bit lighter, a bit finer, gave it transparency and - yes: discretion.
Where the progenitor is loud, noisy, and clunky, where he fills entire rooms with his presence, "Colonia Leather" holds back almost elegantly, surrounding the wearer with a dark aura that is clear and perceptible, yet never loudly clattering.
The leather's roughness is tamed, the blackness clings velvety, the smoke no longer takes my breath away and also releases after a good handful of hours, instead of binding me like Knight Ford in leathery shackles until the day after next.
A true gentleman.
Almost.

Now my favorite topic. In perfumes. Leather. That's what gets me. It just has to say leather, and I pull out my credit card blindly. Basically blank. Conditioned behavior. Tom Ford's Tuscan Leather. Yes, it's top-notch. Christian Clive's C for men. First class. The two are just examples of truly outstanding leather scents. And what about Colonia Leather? To be honest, it's the scent that comes closest to the ultimate leather fragrance. Grade 1a, so to speak. Not a millimeter of sweetness, raspberry-something. A bit of lemon at the beginning (of course: Italian!), but then it settles with a minimal softness. Then leather dominates. Real leather. Full power leather. Heavy, dark, crackling. Expensive, exclusive, not diluted. The prelude lasted only seconds (the undressing in the hotel room), then it goes (leather-wise) all out. Up on the mattress. Even while showering the next day, you can still smell it on your body. UNDER the shower. No doubt, Acqua di Parma - you deserve 101 percent for this scent if you like leather. And this stuff is not for chicks. Men only. It's as far from unisex as the Earth is from Pluto. No, no; Colonia Leather is for the big boys. Grazie!