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Sole di Positano Acqua Tom Ford 2019

7.9 / 10 145 Ratings

A popular perfume by Tom Ford for women and men, released in 2019. The scent is citrusy-fresh. It was last marketed by Estēe Lauder Companies.
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Main accords

Citrus

Fresh

Floral

Aquatic

Green

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Lemon petitgrain

Petitgrain

Heart Notes

Comorian ylang-ylang

Shiso leaf Moss

Moss

Base Notes

Sandalwood

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Ratings

Scent

7.9145 Ratings

Longevity

6.6134 Ratings

Sillage

6.3134 Ratings

Bottle

8.5155 Ratings

Value for money

6.263 Ratings

Submitted by Franfan20, last update on 07/28/2025.

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Reviews

3 in-depth fragrance descriptions

11/01/2021

7.5Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

Philipp91
219 Reviews

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Philipp91

Helpful Review 4

Floral Aquat

Sole di Positano Acqua is a fresh, floral, and aquatic EdT. I got it along with Tom Ford Costa Azzurra Acqua and must say that Costa Azzurra comes across as more masculine and spicier.

Sole di Positano Acqua is very fresh but also floral. I smell, although not mentioned, jasmine and other flowers. The freshness comes from the sandalwood and citrus notes, especially in the opening.

The scent is fleeting, light, and well-suited for summer, for sports, on summer evenings, during vacations, or as an everyday fragrance. Although labeled as unisex, I find it more feminine than masculine; still, I enjoy wearing it from time to time. Simply because it has this carefree quality and is not too sweet or overpowering. Those who prefer something a bit spicier yet still summery should reach for Costa Azzurra Acqua. Price is better than the EdP, as it is EdT and diluted.

02/11/2021

5.5Scent 4Longevity 4Sillage

Olli9
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Olli9

3

Summer Night's Dream that Quickly Becomes Forgettable

I have surely financed one or two Botox injections for Mr. Ford by now. Despite the sometimes crazy prices, some of his fragrances have extreme addictive potential and then need to be reordered as 250ml. With Sole di Positano Acqua, I was tempted to make an exception and buy it blind; I have been testing it repeatedly for several months and now come to my conclusion, which I believe sums up everything worth knowing about the scent: Meh.

A bit more detailed? "Citrusy-fresh" fits quite well, the name says it all. Sillage and longevity are at the lower end, even for citrus, rather disappointing. What is completely missing, however, is that certain something that many of Ford's fragrances usually have. There’s no punch, no impact, and nothing remarkable at all.

As a complete package, this thing simply sinks without a trace, or my olfactory senses are immune to the certain nuances that other testers have picked up. But even though I am generally very fond of both citrus and fresh scents, Positano Acqua does not bring any joy - what a pity. You can wear it, it smells okay in the short term. But with this house (and at this price!), I simply had different expectations. Sorry, Tom Ford - you can't get everything right.

So on my next trip to Italy, I will prefer to pack the tried and tested Acqua di Parma Colonia Essenza: It lasts significantly longer, offers a comparatively outstanding sillage, is fresh and cheerful, citrusy and fresh - and: It gives the Dolce Vita feeling that I had so hoped for from Positano Acqua.

01/13/2020

8Scent 9Longevity 6Sillage

First
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Top Review 27

Take three, pay for just one!

We all know such offers, you can choose three different items from a pool and only have to pay for the most expensive one, while the other two are free.

I thought of such promotions while testing Sole di Positano Acqua.

At first, however, I thought I was only getting one scent, namely a 4711.
In the opening and throughout the first hour, Sole di Positano Acqua strongly resembles the admittedly natural, transparent, and refreshingly uncomplicated 4711 Acqua Colonia scents: In my nose, gentle orange blossom and petitgrain, without petitgrain being too dominant.
Somewhat outraged that a Tom Ford would dare to smell like a fragrance from the lowest price range, I had already placed the vial in the sample box for the extras. If I want to smell like this, which I do sometimes, I’ll buy a 4711 for €18.00 and not a Tom Ford for €108.00.

And then I tidied up, emptied the mailbox....
Suddenly, a strange smell wafted into my nose. What was that? It smelled just like all those fragrances with water lily or lotus, which seem so oddly musty and swampy that I always recoil when I read about them in pyramids. Could this be the Tom Ford?
Indeed. From my 4711 impression, only a hint of citrus freshness remained, and over that lay a whole swamp of stagnant, decaying freshwater tainted with a bit of plastic.

Hmm, the Tom Ford obviously has more to offer than a classic 4711 cologne, but unfortunately exactly the wrong thing for me. On one hand, this realization made me feel reconciled (not a rip-off), but on the other hand, I was now disappointed for the second time.
Now was actually the time to wash off the scent, but I still had a few things to do and one thing led to another...

What was that? Something wonderfully floral was in the air. Could this be the Tom Ford?
Indeed. Now the puddle had regained its ecological balance: An interesting, oddly crisp freshness of freshwater and green plants mingled with wonderful, slightly sweet, enchanting flowers. Fresh, but warm like on a mild spring evening, gentle, friendly, and unusual. What flowers are these? Without knowing the pyramid, I would almost guess lily of the valley. I love the true scent of lily of the valley.

I suspect that the shiso leaf is my water lily, and together with the remnants of the citrus notes, the moss, and the Mohéli ylang-ylang, it creates for me a lily of the valley meadow by the lake on a mild spring evening.

Pay for one and you get three:
Firstly, a 4711.
Secondly, a light women's fragrance with dominant water lily.
Thirdly, a mild, warm dream of lily of the valley by the freshwater.

I really like two out of the three.
Since the spring evening by the lake lasts almost the entire night and eventually somehow returns to 4711, I can easily endure the half hour of stagnant puddle with plastic.

I fished the sample out of the box again. I will wear Sole di Positano Acqua again. At the latest in spring.

Statements

47 short views on the fragrance

MariaS

4 years ago

6.5Scent 3Longevity 3Sillage

2

Bitter fresh scent, refreshing for summer but doesn’t last more than an hour,no sillage found. I bought it for the the gym for summer months

BertolucciK

4 years ago

8Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

2

Fresh, citrusy, floral, aquatic. Sole di Positano Acqua is also green and slightly woody/musky in the base. Nice but nothing groundbreaking.

MeanieMaus

4 months ago

6Scent 6Longevity 5Sillage

1

Citrusy yes. Fresh? Not so much. I don't get freshness at all. More like laundry left in the dryer for days - damp, albeit lemon-scented.

Pinseltown

3 years ago

8.5Scent 7Longevity 6Sillage

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In the narrow streets of Positano
Flowers glow in front of colorful houses
In the citrus evening light of the sun
On wooden tables of the cafés
Flicker moss-green candles

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