Acqua Azzurra Gianfranco Ferré 2008

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6.8 / 10 33 Ratings

A perfume by Gianfranco Ferré for men, released in 2008. The scent is aquatic-fresh. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Aquatic

Fresh

Woody

Spicy

Fruity

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Lavender

Bergamot

Orange blossom

Heart Notes

White rose

Ginger

Violet leaf

Base Notes

Gaiac wood

Marine notes

Patchouli

Perfumer

Mark Buxton

Ratings

Scent

6.833 Ratings

Longevity

5.529 Ratings

Sillage

4.928 Ratings

Bottle

6.536 Ratings

Submitted by DonVanVliet, last update on 12.04.2024.

Reviews

3 in-depth fragrance descriptions

04/13/2024

8
Pricing 8
Bottle 6
Sillage 7
Longevity 8
Scent

Guitar2016
129 Reviews

Guitar2016

1

Fresh and Clean

This is a Great Aquatic Scent , Fresh, Clean, Light and Unique. It smells very enjoyable and pleasant , similar to Amalfi Coast Breeze,The Color of Box is the Symbol of Capri Island and the Seaside, The art of bottle design and Cap with Turquoise Blue color, All of them have a very Unique Beautiful contrast between Smell, Bottle , Box , Its name Azzurra and their Colors, In my opinion, It is above many of its genre. It opens up with fresh citrusy , soft Spicy and floral notes in the background then dry down is green woody. The Violet Leaf and Orange Blossom notes are dominant in this perfume. In my opinion, Acqua Azzurra is One of the best Men's Aquatic perfume with Italian Style. I'm so glad that I have it in my collection and I love it very much. Longevity is Average , Highly Recommended.
Two Thumbs Up.
Bravo Gianfranco Ferre !
Rating : 8 / 10

03/01/2013

5
Bottle 2.5
Sillage 2.5
Longevity 3
Scent

Miaw2
339 Reviews

Miaw2

Aquatic theme....

This one did not work for me.

Its a common aquatic theme and inoffensive.

I smell a little of violet and some citruses and a light woody base.

Lasting power, sillage and projection are low/weak.

Big disappointment because i expected a great release by Mark Buxton.

Updated January 2014

12/17/2012

7.5
Bottle 5
Sillage 7.5
Longevity 6
Scent

Apicius
222 Reviews

Apicius

Fresh From The Chain Store

The perfumes of Gianfranco Ferré do not stand in the centre of people's attention. However, it seems they have found their place in the market – you might have to look for them in the lower shelves of your perfume store, but they keep on showing their presence.

The name Acqua Azzurra and the sea blue colour of the bottle can only mean one thing: it's an aquatic! Meanwhile, this fresh class of fragrances has become a bit out of fashion. Today, needs for freshness are much more served with the so called sports fragrances – a hype that never seems to come to an end. Acqua Azzurra looks like a late representative of the aquatic wave, and in the top notes, there is much citrus in the style of a grapefruit note. Today, people in power would release such a perfume simply as a sports fragrance. Between hints of aquatic calone, hedione or the like and the very present fresh citruses Acqua Azzurra is halfway of both styles.

The dialogue of citric and aquatic notes takes place before a background of washing powder musk and some of those rough, dry accords that I have learned to use the word “amber” for, and that can be typically found in mass market fragrances. Due to this, it is not really pleasant to smell Acqua Azzurra directly on skin. Within its sillage the sharpness is reduced and the fragrance becomes comfortable.

All that can be smelled here is part of the global fragrance mainstream. Perfume lovers will get the impression of having smelled this fragrance before elsewhere, and numerous times. Should we blame Acqua Azzurra for being a bore? Whoever has a preference for this kind of fresh perfumes might like it – he will get an average, but not a bad fragrance. Acqua Azzurra can be found for around 30 € which I find acceptable.

Acqua Azzurra is not my cup of tea. If acquatic, then I would go for something more special. Thanks to NightFighter for sending me the sample. He also informed me that it is the current, reformulated version I tested. Before 2012, Acqua Azzurra was presumably a bit different.