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Colonia Essenza Deodorant Stick 75ml
For travelling, Acqua di Parma Colonia Essenza Deodorant Stick 75ml is the easier of the two Essenza deodorants to own, because nothing in a stick can leak into the rest of your luggage. It is a grooming product rather than a fragrance, so the sensible questions about it are whether it works and whether it smells right, not how far it projects.
The scent is the Essenza composition of 2010, and in this format it arrives softened. Grapefruit, mandarin orange, bergamot, orange and lemon are all in the top, a broad citrus spread rather than a single bright note, with neroli giving a slightly waxy floral sweetness and petitgrain a green bitterness. Jasmine, rose, clove, rosemary and lily of the valley sit underneath, the clove warming the flowers and keeping them from turning soapy, and then amber, white musk, patchouli and vetiver close it with a dry earthiness. A stick deposits less scent than a spray, which in this context is an advantage: it supports the cologne rather than competing with it.
Seventy five millilitres will last months of daily use. Apply two or three strokes to dry skin, let it settle before you dress, and keep it in the washbag for the ease of it. It suits anyone, which is to say it is as unisex as the cologne it accompanies, and it is a small, genuinely useful thing to own if you are already committed to the scent.
Parma is where this house started, in 1916, the year Baron Carlo Magnani decided to make a lighter perfume than his era preferred. Colonia was the result and remains the signature. Candles and home fragrance have since joined the range, the cylindrical hat box packaging is instantly recognisable, and the business is owned by LVMH.
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