Acqua di Parma Blu line

[finsfan]

Visited Italy last month. Isle of Capri. Smelled two from the Blu line - Arancia di Capri and Bergamatto di Calabria. I have Chanel Allure Homme Edition Blanche and Pour Monsieur. PM really lasts and projects on me. I get a citrus vibe more like lemon but not quite lemon

Either of the two Blu scents worth a purchase and if so which? I’m thinking Arancia since I have a lemon scent already. I thought it also performed a bit better.

Got a bottle of Labratorio Olfativvo Nun and I get more white floral like AdP Essenza than I do the so-called white pear note. Wish I had worn it a full day before I bought it. It does last though. But we were in Sienna only for an hour.

 

[cacio]

I think both are worth if you like citrus. A bit pricey, but good. I like the bergamotto a touch more, but as you say perhaps bergamot is closer to PM.

 

[Varanis Ridari]

Title has a bit of a typo.

 

[hednic]

Either of the two Blu scents worth a purchase and if so which?

Depends on how badly you want it for yourself.

 

[rum]

Title has a bit of a typo.

Sorted!

 

[finsfan]

Picked up a 95% of 5 ounce bottle of the Arancia today off Mercari for $45 shipped. Too good to pass up. May try for the Bergamatto if I can get a similar deal

 

[woodnotes55]

Picked up a 95% of 5 ounce bottle of the Arancia today off Mercari for $45 shipped. Too good to pass up. May try for the Bergamatto if I can get a similar deal

That's a good deal!! The Arancia is quite nice but much more orange than lemon and I don't find it very comparable to PM. The Bergamotto is a good warm weather scent with lemon and citrus but bergamot leads the way start to finish. Not a lot of development but that is the same for many "bergamot" scents.

Many of my favorites in this line are discontinued but those two are good, and one more you might want to check out is Fico di Amalfi - if you like fig at all it's a very good one.

 

[Bangkok Hound]

Both are nice, but they are the two most fleeting from the Blu Mediterraneo line for me. However, if Chanel PM lasts for you, you might not have that problem.

 

[finsfan]

Mr Hound: i’ve gotten a sample of this while I was in Siena Italy, and it lasted more than six hours on me. At least, for four hours on the back of my hand, I could smell it about as well, as I could some of my other cents. PM projects a little bit more at that stage. Given the price I paid, I’m not unhappy.

 

[N.CAL Fragrance Reviewer]

Arancia di Capri I thought smelled nice, I enjoyed the citrus feel. I wish it had better performance.

 

[Ken_Russell]

Congratulations for the purchase, enjoy happily and in good health.
From a personal viewpoint alone, both are equally worthy in terms of both scent and performance to be considered as purchases, while also taking the liberty and opportunity to also recommend Cipresso di Toscana for a possible (re) testing.