Blu Mediterraneo

Bergamotto di Calabria Acqua di Parma 2010

Bergamotto di Calabria by Acqua di Parma

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7.9 / 10 1168 Ratings

A popular perfume by Acqua di Parma for women and men, released in 2010. The scent is citrusy-fresh. It is being marketed by LVMH.
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Main accords

Citrus

Fresh

Fruity

Green

Woody

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Calabrian bergamot Lemon

Lemon

Heart Notes

Cedarwood

Red ginger

Base Notes

Musk

Vetiver

Benzoin

Perfumer

Shyamala Maisondieu

Ratings

Scent

7.91168 Ratings

Longevity

5.01024 Ratings

Sillage

5.01005 Ratings

Bottle

7.5978 Ratings

Value for money

6.3625 Ratings

Submitted by Kankuro, last update on 07/27/2025.

Interesting Facts

The fragrance is part of the "Blu Mediterraneo" collection.

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What the fragrance is similar to

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Reviews

33 in-depth fragrance descriptions

07/01/2013

5
Scent

JManDave
10 Reviews

JManDave

2

Pleasant Straight Citrus - Potential option if this is your only such scent

I made a visit to a great little fragrance shop in Houston, TX named Kuhl-Linscomb on Saturday and smelled this one on a strip. I wanted to like this frag and buy it, based on my previous test wearing of its Mediterraneo cousin Mirto di Panarea. Even though I was looking for the excuse to make this an impulse buy, and I'm sort of an Acqua di Parma fanboy to start with, I couldn't quite justify it.

While Bergamotto di Calabria is a nice enough bright, citrus scent, it didn't do anything special for me - at least while standing in the store with it on a strip. Definitely a nice bergamot scent, quite bright and cheery, but very little body to it, and nothing that made it stand up on its hind legs and ask to be purchased. I would've been happier if I'd read any add'l aquatic notes, woodsiness or just something to make it a bit more complex.

Given its reputation for short longevity and sillage, and this slightly lackluster smell test, I didn't pull the trigger. The Colonia flankers (e.g. Essenza, Assoluta) are much stronger offerings, IMO.

I would compare this, in spirit, to several other nice but mediocre offerings that feature a citrus core - Clinique Happy, Eau d'Hadrien come to mind.

This may work great for someone looking for their first summery citrus fragrance, that's willing to accept a very light wear longevity. Unfortunately, this is a category that has many competitors, so I will keep the ones I have already and try other AdP offerings in the meantime.

12/17/2012

7.5
Bottle 2.5
Sillage 5
Longevity 5
Scent

Drseid
821 Reviews

Drseid

3

That's It?...

Bergamotto di Calabria opens with a sparkling bergamot lemon-like orange citrus... and that is pretty much what you get for the duration. Supporting the citrus to a very minor degree is a bit of transparent vetiver, slightly sweet vanilla-like benzoine and non-animalic light musk. The scent is completely linear throughout. Projection is below average and longevity is below average to average.

There is not much I can say about Bergamotto di Calabria... It is a simplistic, pleasant smelling bergamot scent that delivers the goods for what it promises; noting more, nothing less. I happen to love bergamot and enjoy smelling it plenty while drinking Earl Grey tea and also as a dominant ingredient in far superior scents like Coeur de Vetiver Sacre by L'Artisan, but when near isolated like it is here it gets boring rather quickly. The fact that the fragrance is relatively short-lived and extremely linear does not help and I find myself looking to move on to more interesting compositions quickly. If you are looking for a bergamot soliflore, then this could very well be what you seek and worth a sniff but I give Bergamotto di Calabria a middling 2.5 stars out of 5. Agreeable, but mind numbingly mundane and disappointingly very average.

02/29/2024

6
Pricing 8
Bottle 6
Sillage 5
Longevity 7.5
Scent

Smeriglio
72 Reviews

Smeriglio

1

I run on vacation

Here we find what the name of the fragrance indicates, but not the notes of its pyramid. Bergamot is the protagonist and is a little sweeter than the natural scent of the fruit. After about twenty minutes it changes, but ginger is not added, but white musk. Vetiver is not present. A thin cedar wood is the last note that is perceived in the background, but bergamot always remains the main note. After that the fragrance remains unchanged until the end. It's a shame that after half an hour you can only smell it by placing your nose two fingers' width away from the skin and that after 3 hours it is practically indistinguishable. Summer perfume to use while unloading the trolley from your Maserati GranCabrio to get on our best friend's yacht

05/30/2025

8
Pricing 8
Bottle 3
Sillage 2
Longevity 8
Scent

Arian112
11 Reviews

Arian112

1

3 min of your time

The opening of Bergamotto di Calabria has an excellent citrus aroma. I think that it’s one of the freshest and least chemical smelling citrus notes, that I’ve come across. It is bold and definitely has a distinct citron tartness to it.

While I do detect a bit of cedar and vetiver hiding underneath, I don’t really pick up the ginger note at all. Maybe it’s just my nose, but I can usually pick it out of the other scents that I have, which feature it. Strangely, I just don’t get any here.

I absolutely love the lemon and bergamot combination, in the opening act. It has a cold freshness, which would be completely amazing during the summer months.

This Blu Mediterraneo fragrance, would be one that I could wear outdoors, on a sunny day and completely enjoy.

01/04/2022

4
Pricing 6
Bottle 4
Sillage 4
Longevity 6
Scent

BLESSED
33 Reviews

BLESSED

1

LINKED TO NATURE

I can classify this perfume as refresher, peaceful & cozy for daily use ( day & night ), I think it will be good for those are doing meditation, yoga, praying, GYM sports … definitely when you wear it, you will be linked to nature, but don't expect huge performance, you can love it for what this perfume is.

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