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Au Lac Eau d'Italie 2010

6.7 / 10 63 Ratings

A perfume by Eau d'Italie for women, released in 2010. The scent is floral-fresh. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Floral

Fresh

Aquatic

Green

Citrus

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Water lily

Bitter orange leaf

Fig leaf

Heart Notes

Rosebud

Jasmine sambac

Osmanthus

Base Notes

Papyrus

Cedarwood

Mineral amber

Perfumer

Alberto Morillas

Ratings

Scent

6.763 Ratings

Longevity

6.247 Ratings

Sillage

5.337 Ratings

Bottle

6.442 Ratings

Value for money

6.010 Ratings

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Reviews

8 in-depth fragrance descriptions

01/11/2013

6Scent 7.5Longevity 7.5Sillage

Sherapop
1240 Reviews

Sherapop

2

Wearable Water Lily

Floral aquatics are not really my "thing". This probably has a lot to do with the fact that most of them induce a feeling akin to seasickness in me. Eau d'Italie AU LAC is an exception to the rule, no doubt due to the higher quality ingredients used than are found in most mainstream designer aquatic fragrances. Many of those, too, have been designed by Alberto Morillas, apparently under severe budget constraints.

Unfortunately, because of the large number of unwearable aquatics signed by Morillas, I have come to read his name as a red flag danger sign. In fact, I have on occasion vetoed blind buys after learning that Morillas was the designer. The Bvlgari OMNIA series flankers are good examples of fragrances which I would not wear even if someone sent me bottles for free.

Fortunately, AU LAC is a nice counterexample and a demonstration to my nose (and central nervous system) that Morillas and I are not really the perfume couple made in hell. This is a pleasant and wearable water lily fragrance. Granted, that is fairly faint praise, but it means a lot given my typical physiological reaction of revulsion to low-cost aquatic compositions.

If I were going to add an aquatic fragrance to my collection, it would have to be something like this. There is a gentle woodiness--which seems like vetiver--and a bit of greenness here as well, but mostly I consider AU LAC to be a waterlily soliflore. This composition is bound to please aquatic fragrance lovers and is definitely worth testing by them.

04/08/2013

10Scent 7.5Longevity 5Sillage

FloraMilena
47 Reviews

FloraMilena

1

Undine's Song Come to Life.....

AU LAC by Eau d’Italie

Exquisitely beautiful aquatic floral. This is Monet’s “Waterlilies” come to life with all dewy diaphanous pastel splendor. An Undine is singing a siren’s song and combing her hair in an enchanted freshwater lake surrounded by richly fragrant night-blooming waterlilies in the summer moonlight.

Refined scents of delicately spicy osmanthus, night blossoming jasmine, and climbing summer rose vines are woven through the perfumed trails of the waterlilies and leafy papyrus plants. A grove of ripe fig and a flowering bitter orange trees surround this magical lake in a delicately scented herbal embrace. A touch of soft amber and quietly subdued cedarwood gently grounds the whole composition.

I derive absolute pristine freshness without acridity or any trace of sour imbalance on my skin. No sweetness beyond that which is present in the natural plant aromas exist to sully the perfect clarity and elegance of this blend.

This is a fairy tale masterpiece of enchanting beauty.

Bravo and thank you Maestro Morillas.

09/25/2013

7Scent 5Longevity 5Sillage

Tar
261 Reviews

Tar

Kilian turned pale

AU LAC is an excellent perfume in citrine color. It is a creamy, vetiver-like flower at first sniff, but it knows much more.

At first try it was walking on its own way: metallic sweet => metallic, aquatic, slightly sweet => after 3 hours it faded away.
At second try I paid more heed to AU LAC, and it was grateful for my respect. Its velvety, creamy citrus scent amazed me. I do not know which note caused a timid menthol nightcap, but I really enjoyed this pleasurable fragrance. It belongs to Italy, to Rome, it is a stranger, an outlander, outstanding, stony, moist and clear, like a day-break in the Autumn. Please do not waste your AU LAC samples in the summer. Try it first when you are going to go for a walk. The first day what can be ideal for AU LAC, could be the day, when you can not decide, how warm clothes do you need, and you are sure, that in the morning you will chill, afternoon you will feel hot and bring your pullover in your hand home.

I am surprised, that I became so attached to this heart-warming harmony, because I am not fond of fresh scents. But I am quite sure, that if main creator of by Kilian, Calice Becker would smell this, she would turn pale in envy.
I also have to tell, that AU LAC is totally unisex in my opinion.

Now I am really looking forward for meet Mr Alberto Morilla's new fragrance (Iris Prima by Penhaligon's).

09/26/2010

5Scent

Skyliner
9 Reviews

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Skyliner

Top Review 27

Twenty Cents and a Crown

His name is Umberto Boccioni, an Italian painter and sculptor, theorist of the Futurism movement, an icon of the art scene of his time. An image of one of his works, the sculpture "Forme uniche della continuità nello spazio" (Unique Forms of Continuity in Space), now adorns the Italian 20-cent coin.
She, Vittoria Colonna, is a Roman, educated princess, unhappily married.
World War I breaks out. After her husband is drafted, Princess Vittoria retreats to the small island of San Giovanni in Lake Maggiore and dedicates her time to caring for the grand family estate with its magnificent gardens. Here, in June 1916, she meets Umberto Boccioni for the first time. From deep friendship, great love soon blossoms...
Noblesse oblige, a love affair under the radar, passionate and intense. It finds a tragic end all too quickly. Boccioni is drafted like her husband and dies after a fall from his horse at the age of thirty-three.

About a century later, in 2010, the house "Eau d'Italie" wants to pay olfactory tribute to this love story and presents the women's fragrance "Au Lac": a floral summer breeze wafting from the park located on one shore. A thoroughly romantic scent that also aims to come across as avant-garde. According to Eau d'Italie, it is a marriage between a lush, classic floral bouquet and the vibrant, dynamic structure of a futuristic painting. The practical implementation of this romantic-avant-garde fragrance concept is entrusted to Alberto Morillas.

The ambition is bold and high. In fact, it is a paradox: creating a floral, hyper-feminine fragrance that simultaneously comes across as electrifyingly dynamic is truly a challenge for any perfumer. While the previous fragrances from "Eau d'Italie" have all been quite interesting, this scent now raises the bar to almost stratospheric heights. The anxious question remains whether "Au Lac" has achieved this goal.

In my opinion, it has not. No matter how much the wind sighs and the rosebush laments, we must face the facts. "Au Lac" has missed almost all objective goals. One will sniff in vain for the demanded futuristic avant-gardism, and it is not exceptionally feminine and romantic either. A new potential classic has not been created.

It's a pity that the fragrance was presented so euphorically with such high expectations. Because it will now have to measure up to exactly these statements. Therefore, the goal has clearly been missed. What remains is a rather conventional floral, green, aquatic scent in the style of our time. A nice fragrance, no more and no less.

The top note is very delicate, a hesperidic tremor. A hint of lemon mixed with the gentle bitterness of orange tree leaves. This is followed by a magnificent lotus note that spreads over the water, which in turn is suggested by green melon and cucumber aromas. In this, it resembles those fragrances that aim to capture the mood of a garden after a warm summer rain. However, "Au Lac" comes across much more quietly. No counterpoint disturbs the stillness of the lake.

The heart note, a very green duo, devoid of any sweetness, the lotus and the watermelon, quickly make their presence felt and dominate the fragrance for a longer time. A barely perceptible tingling, sparkling impression is probably the demanded dynamic-futuristic component; a rather modest homage to Umberto Boccioni.

This slight tension increases somewhat before yielding to a translucent wood note. Even at this stage, the fragrance remains aquatic before eventually fading away.

Epilogue:

The revolution has been called off. What remains is a scent of calm freshwater, floral and green. "Au Lac" is a nice fragrance, without edges or corners, and it differs precisely in this respect from the other fragrances of the house.
The tragic love between Umberto and Vittoria deserved something better...

03/08/2011

9Scent 7.5Longevity 7.5Sillage

Fran
253 Reviews

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Fran

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A Day at the Lake

Aaah, I could stay here. It’s so beautiful here! It’s a lazy summer day, the sun is shining, it’s warm but not too hot, I have nothing on my agenda and I’m just enjoying the day. The lake provides a bit of coolness, as the surrounding mountains retain the heat and create lush flora. I’ve chosen a very quiet spot right by the water. The road is far away, and the sound of car engines hardly reaches my ears. Almost as if it were just my imagination. Instead, I hear the water. Very gentle waves softly caress the pebble beach, at a slow distance. A few meters away, there are some wooden boats, gently rocking as the water softly laps around them. And nothing more happens. Summer, mountains, water, the air filled with fragrant blossoms, a cool breeze, and delightful idleness. Vibrant silence.

Au Lac is freshness. A pastel-spicy freshness, where the spice is neither citrusy, nor herbal, not even Fougère, certainly not spicy, but deliciously soft green. Only the fig leaf has truly been used here, there’s nothing fruity about it. The water lily is very delicate and gentle, yet floral. There’s nothing aquatic here (at most watercolor-like), but a floral-spicy breeze, a kind of rich coolness with warm undertones. Rose and jasmine in the heart smell very beautiful and intense. Yet the perfume remains very light and carefree, translucent, but still with a strong aura. It is modern and romantic at the same time, it is pink but with a very cool touch. Zesty-sour-floral-fresh with very restrained notes and at the same time a very distinctive green statement.

Au Lac comes in a striking bottle: heavy white glass with edges and corners and a pink front. For me, it’s a bullseye, for the eyes and for the nose. And for the soul.

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Statements

9 short views on the fragrance

BrianBuchanan

4 years ago

2

A silken lotus, casting its pollen to the uncaring waters.

Heikeso

9 months ago

8Scent 6Longevity 6Sillage

13

7

Such scents are pure sensory pleasure for me. A few last raindrops are still beading on the leaves, but the sun is shining ...

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Porcelain

4 years ago

8Scent 6Longevity

12

A dreamy, aquatic-powdery scent, a watercolor in soft green-gray-blue... like gentle rustling leaves and a wind chime in the distance.

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DasCroe

10 months ago

7Scent 6Longevity 5Sillage

12

4

Monet's water lilies in fragrance form: lots of green, a bit of white + pink, splashes of blue. Everything a bit blurry + softly diffused. Romantic, calm, relaxed.

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