Top Notes 
Mandarin orange
Mint
Lemon
Heart Notes 
Petitgrain
Neroli
Hedione
Base Notes 
Vetiver
White woods
06/23/2013
Drseid
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Drseid
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5
Something Happened On The Way To The Fair...
Acqua Decima opens with a very natural smelling orange and lemon fruity citrus tandem with underlying hints of green petitgrain. As the fragrance enters the early heart phase the orange citrus gives way to the starring floral orange blossom with the petitgrain and diminished lemon from the open remaining as support. As the composition begins its dry-down, a woody transition emerges seemingly out of nowhere, as the woods and the orange florals jockey for control forming a somewhat awkward unbalanced combination. During the late dry-down the woods finally win-out as they dominate the finish. Projection is below average and longevity is slightly below average at about 6-8 hours on skin.
The open to Acqua Decima is quite enticing as the orange, lemon and petitgrain conjure up memories of Eau d'Orange Verte and Concentre d'Orange Verte by Hermes, though adding very natural lemon into the mix. As things turned to the orange blossom focus in the early heart the perfume while not ground-breaking (following a typical formula for high quality classic Eau de Colognes) stayed very appealing... Then things begin to fall apart during the latter heart phase as a strange woody accord entered the mix and it just did not play well with the citrus, greens and florals from earlier. The first time I wore it I found the late middle presentation just a bit unsettling but on future wearings I have not had the same reaction, so maybe it was a one-off. The bottom line is Acqua Decima starts off similar to many successful classic Eau de Cologne compositions (even if technically it is EdP strength), but something happens on the way to the fair that just did not work for me, and while I award the composition a "good" 3 stars out of 5, I somehow think that at $140 per 100ml bottle as it does not excel at performance metrics any better than an EdC, one can do better for less money (maybe one of those two Hermes compositions for starters).
The open to Acqua Decima is quite enticing as the orange, lemon and petitgrain conjure up memories of Eau d'Orange Verte and Concentre d'Orange Verte by Hermes, though adding very natural lemon into the mix. As things turned to the orange blossom focus in the early heart the perfume while not ground-breaking (following a typical formula for high quality classic Eau de Colognes) stayed very appealing... Then things begin to fall apart during the latter heart phase as a strange woody accord entered the mix and it just did not play well with the citrus, greens and florals from earlier. The first time I wore it I found the late middle presentation just a bit unsettling but on future wearings I have not had the same reaction, so maybe it was a one-off. The bottom line is Acqua Decima starts off similar to many successful classic Eau de Cologne compositions (even if technically it is EdP strength), but something happens on the way to the fair that just did not work for me, and while I award the composition a "good" 3 stars out of 5, I somehow think that at $140 per 100ml bottle as it does not excel at performance metrics any better than an EdC, one can do better for less money (maybe one of those two Hermes compositions for starters).
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