Santa Maria Novella: Citrus advice?

[Rowly]

it is a bit of a fragrance oxymoron. Or a paradox, as far as one can be worn.

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Here is an olfactory pair o’docs....not sure I would like the fragrance, though

[Costi]

Pfah!

[alden]

Costi,

That Hammam reminds me of sneaking into my grandfather's room one afternoon and giving myself a good spray of his cologne (from one of those great old time atomizers with the rubber bulb etc.) When he walked into the room and gasped from the odor he let loose a thundering plaint, "What do you think this is, a Turkish whorehouse!" I don't suppose I suspected the details surrounding that kind of a house at the time, but I never sprayed his cologne again or at least not as liberally.

So the new Ulster is like a Maduro wrapper?

Cheers

Michael

[Costi]

So the new Ulster is like a Maduro wrapper?

Quite so! But with an unbound filler

And it was HIS cologne! I suppose he only kept it... for sentimental reasons

[alexeberlin]

As a lover of Eau Savage, I have been looking into other citrus, bergamot type colognes.
I sampled these two from Santa Maria Novella, but with so many fragrances around, I got overwhelmed and found it difficult to discern between them. The third on the list is suggested as an alternative. Can anyone advise or even point me towards any others I have not thought of?...thanks

Santa Maria Novella Acqua di Colonia
Santa Maria Novella: Acqua di Silicia
Guerlain Imperiale

I have little to add to others comments other than to state that I'm partial to both Imperiale and Blenheim Bouquet. I haven't tried Aqua di Colonia. Imperiale is wonderful but has limited longevity or sillage ( at least on my skin chemistry).
Armani Pour Home is a very highly spiced citrus with better longevity. I would agree with davidhuh that Blenheim has the greatest longevity of the ones I've tried
I personally feel that Blenheim can be worn in most situations and Imperiale is a little more formal- though this may be because of personal connotations.

The citrus-based Creeds ( particularly Citrus Bigaradde) and Floris Limes have no staying power or projection on me and the Tom Ford seems a little synthetic ie it smells like citrus fragrance rather than citrus, if that makes sense. The only lime cologne that lasts for a reasonable amount of time on me is truefitt and hill.
Hugo Boss recently launched an orange derived cologne .
Might I suggest the basenotes website for further choices.
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