Anyone familiar with the Solarissimo line from Azzaro?

[The_Cologneist]

I've always been on the fence with these, often having them in my cart then removing them. The notes look fantastic on Levanzo, but based on reviews, it doesn't seem like they translate to the smell. Most of the reviews on these are old and outdated, so I'm wondering if anyone else has tried them, and their thoughts on them?

It looks like Levanzo is always the easiest to find, with Marettimo being 2nd, there's an orange bottle one too that I've seen but not much anymore.

 

[The Cologne Cabinet]

Looked into this line, but never pulled the trigger. Just seemed like another set of cheap and boring summer themed flankers. Hard to top the original as far as I’m concerned.

 

[speckmann0706]

Looked into this line, but never pulled the trigger. Just seemed like another set of cheap and boring summer themed flankers. Hard to top the original as far as I’m concerned.

Agree, I’m heavily stocked on 100ml bottles of pre L’Oreal Azzaro Pour Homme I don’t have faith it will stay in good shape once they start pumping out their version. I plan to keep adding more bottles, it’s versatile and one of the best masculines for the current asking price.

 

[The_Cologneist]

Looked into this line, but never pulled the trigger. Just seemed like another set of cheap and boring summer themed flankers. Hard to top the original as far as I’m concerned.

My thoughts as well.

But then I ponder.. what if they're great.

On the note of the house of Azzaro.. a lot of recent releases have been crap, I admit that as well. I have tried the majority of the brand, and found a few good ones in recent years. Amber Fever, Wanted by Night, and Azzaro pH Intense are all worthy imo.

 

[The Cologne Cabinet]

My thoughts as well.

But then I ponder.. what if they're great.

There are samples on Ebay for around $7....

 

[maksidrom]

I had Levanzo a few years, bought it on the cheap once. I liked it at first, but after a few wears it started smelling very synthetic and chemical to me, like an Aquanet hairspray, the exact opposite of the freshness I was expecting from the line. The bottle and cap were cool though.

I did actually like the most recent Azzaro summer line, Time To Shine.

 

[hednic]

Own and like all three.

 

[Jay-Lux'eau]

I'm familiar with Solarissimo Marettimo, it's classy but pretty relentless in a similar way to Aqua di Gio.

I suspect it's the calypsone used in it. Out of curiousity I searched BN for fragrances containing calypsone and it returned only 5, 2 of which are Azzaro's.

 

[NettyYeti]

I checked my SOTD history because I know I purchased one of these at TJ Maxx for pretty cheap a few years ago.

Sure enough: Purchased Levanzo in May 2018. Returned May 2018.

To be honest, I don’t remember what it smells like, but I think that tells you how I felt about it at the time.

 

[Ifti]

I seem to be beating the drum for Levanzo of late. Lol took a year to settle, really impressed with the dry down. A real good sweet spot!

 

[Ken_Russell]

So far, only became familiar and had the possibility to extensively test Levanzo.
And while general impressions were quite favorable, was not convinced enough to buy a full bottle-might have to resample this again for a more definitive impression.

 

[hednic]

I wonder why this line stopped after three. I happened to enjoy it.