Mediterraneo (Eau de Toilette) by Carthusia

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Mediterraneo Carthusia 2003 Eau de Toilette

7.8 / 10 180 Ratings

A popular perfume by Carthusia for women and men, released in 2003. The scent is citrusy-fresh. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Citrus

Fresh

Green

Spicy

Fruity

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Lemon

Litsea cubeba

Bergamot

Corn mint

Eucalyptus

Red thyme

Heart Notes

Green tea

Cardamom

Jasmine

Mandarin orange

Wild flowers

Base Notes

White musk

Perfumer

Laura Bosetti Tonatto

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Ratings

Scent

7.8180 Ratings

Longevity

5.5131 Ratings

Sillage

5.4123 Ratings

Bottle

7.3118 Ratings

Value for money

7.435 Ratings

Submitted by Lissy, last update on 09/26/2025.

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Reviews

5 in-depth fragrance descriptions

03/28/2012

5
Sillage 5
Longevity 6
Scent

Missk
1357 Reviews

Missk

Very helpful Review 5

Inoffensive citrus

I usually detest citrus-based scents, especially lemon ones. I often find them too sharp, too much like the scent of detergent or too candied. Mediterraneo on the other hand, is perfection.

The composition is mostly lively, watery citrus, quite natural smelling when compared to other citrus perfumes. There is a touch of tea leaves, however it's not particularly strong. I love how refreshing Mediterraneo is on the skin.

It's nothing out of the ordinary, but for what it's worth, I'd choose it over and above many Summer scents on the market these days.

It feels like a cologne or a body splash, yet it comes in the form of an EDT, with great lasting strength and moderate sillage.

Like craving a glass of icy cool water on a hot Summer's day, Mediterraneo is the kind of fragrance that you reach for to feel refreshed and energised during such weather. It is, in my opinion, much nicer than D&G Light Blue and Annick Goutal's Eau d'Hadrien, and all in all, much more exclusive.

01/25/2015

6
Scent

Silverfire
134 Reviews

Silverfire

Helpful Review 4

Oceanfront Nectarine Stand

Meditteraneo begins life on the skin as a sharp, nectarine aroma, mingled with notes that remind me of a sunny ocean. Over six hours, it fades to a rather clean skin scent. The projection never exceeds a foot and quickly dwindles to much less. However, reapplying brings out a different side to the scent -- an almost aggressive, aromatic orange oil. Here it becomes like Silver, but dirtier and not musky. I did enjoy this scent, but like many orange-based compositions, my skin simply devours it. I'm loathe to reapply, so I cannot give Meditteraneo the rating I would like. However, if an oceanfront nectarine stand sounds good to you, this scent is worth sampling, and one of the few from Carthusia that shows some hints of mastery.

03/13/2025

Lillady
24 Reviews

Lillady

1

Mediterraneo - Vibes

a lemon poppy seed muffin encrusted with coarse sugar, candied lemon rinds but with a bit too much of the pith left, green tea with an entire lemons worth of juice, lemonhead candies

It starts very sweet but dries down with just enough bitterness to encapsulate the vibes of a photorealistic lemon

09/13/2018

8
Bottle 4
Sillage 2
Longevity 10
Scent

Valrahmeh
19 Reviews

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Valrahmeh

Top Review 22

I'm out of here

Wine and perfume have a lot in common. A conspiring clientele finds out taste and scent directions that an ordinary person would never come across and this clientele also spends a lot of money on an ephemeral work of art that only they and a few initiates appreciate. And there is another thing wine and perfume have in common: they tempt you to make holiday-related purchases.

The ice-cold rosé from Ramatuelle, which tasted so tender and fresh on the sun-drenched terrace in St. Tropez, turns out to be a flat swill on the balcony in Hanover, for which one would not have spent 10 euros per bottle. That's what happened to me with Mediterraneo.

On my tour of Italy, which ended in Capri, I could not leave the island without a bottle from the house of Carthusia. Perfume decency demands it. And so I fell for Mediterraneo this time, no wonder with the constant lemon buzz you are exposed to there: lemons by the mountain for breakfast, lemons in the large marble fountain in the spa, lemons in colorful ceramic bowls by the pool, lemons in wooden boxes in the displays of the shops.

Mediterraneo smells exactly like sliced, thick, irregularly grown lemons with bright yellow elephant skin around it, which is so firm and snow-white when sliced open that there is hardly any room inside for too much juice. But a juice that is aromatic, fresh and not even really sour. So lemons that have nothing to do with the measly, Spanish industrial lemons in the yellow network in the supermarket.
The lady at Carthusia's recommended the large bottle of 100 ml, which proved to be very useful. So I sprayed myself with Mediterraneo and was immediately my own lemon grove. There were also a few mint stems lying around in the lemon grove. When I glided in from myself lemony-minty enthusiastically towards the hotel terrace for the aperitif, I might have put a few fragrance brands on the stairs, but my family smelled nothing. Or very little. After an hour, nothing. Mediterraneo doesn't develop at all with me, it's there - and soon afterwards it's gone. On the clothes, it'll be gone in ten minutes. Just dissolved, squeezed, gone.

That is very sad, because it is a really immediate, fresh and genuine lemon smell with some mint, which does not remind at all of cleaning or dishwasher detergent (which citrus smells sometimes have so at itself).
A kind of holiday wine, which was great on the spot and no longer has much strength at home. Never mind, I love Mediterraneo anyway, because it is a nice memory and I like to spray the lemons again and again as Capri longing into my hands and back my ears. But without this personal relationship it is really just a nice, very fast flying capresian lemon water.

04/30/2024

7
Pricing 6
Bottle 6
Sillage 5
Longevity 8
Scent

MarwinH
7 Reviews

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MarwinH

2

Great only unfortunately the shelf life at Carthusia .

I have received all the Carthusia samples and the Mediterraneo bottle. Thanks to Aus Liebe zum Duft. Great store. I like the fragrances like I like Italy. So very much! The problem is simply the shelf life. When I wear it at the current time of year, I actually have the bottle with me so I can spray it again if necessary.

I like to use it when I want something light and fresh and don't want to feel so self-conscious. It's a good choice for a warm summer evening, when a strong fragrance might be too much, and I enjoy its fresh Mediterranean style. Not a perennial favorite in my assortment, but always a welcome guest.