Eau D'Italie Eau D`Italie for women and men

There's something incredibly compelling and daring about any fragrance released by Eau D'Italie. Only a few niche brands had the courage to build such a strange line as this one. It's like they gave Bertrand Duchaufour the maximum freedom to experiment, to dare...What came out is a range of fragrances that strike as extremely bizarre and, sometimes, very hard to appreciate but, hey...this is one of the many meanings of niche.

Eau D'Italie is basically a green woody/citrus composition but, as all the other deliveries from this house, it has a twist. In this case Duchaufour introduces incense as a top note and a watery, sort of metallic, accord that brings to mind of Secretions Magnifique. Don't get me wrong, Eau D'Italie shares nothing with the infamous composition by Etat Libre D'Orange and it's by no means disgusting or even provocative but, at the same time, I can't deny that the aforementioned accord is just as weird. It has the same WTF effect.

That being said what really saves the eponimous fragrance by Eau D'Italie from precipice, is Duchaufour's ability to dose weirdness to never cross the border of pure experimentation and become pointless. Do I like Eau D'Italie? Not completely because in my opinion it still lacks some concreteness, but I definitely respect it (as well as the whole line) for being so pleasantly daring and artistically innovative.

Rating: 7/10

I am embarassed to say that I have just begun exploring the Eau D'Italie line, years after its release. I am immediately impressed with quality of the ingredients used, and the concentration...even in the Eau de Toilette these perfumes last many hours.

Eau D'Italie from Eau D'Italie is a true unisex scent, a modern version of the ancient Eau de Cologne style. A fresh burst of dry citrus in the top is quickly joined by the essence of pine resin. Blackcurrant adds just a smidgen of sweetness to prevent the whole composition from souring, but this can in no way be considered a sweet scent. There is a discreet waft of sensual roundness as the blackcurrant meets the magnolia-dominated floral notes.

Twenty minutes in, very unexpectedly, the resin morphs into the lynchpin of this fragrance- a strange gasoline note that unpredictably meets with the base (primarily comprised of the noted cedar, moss and carnation). Very unique. I love the benzene notes of Bandit and other vintage leather scents. These can come from synthetic bases (as Germaine Cellier used), or from tree resins such as birch. Whatever the exact resin is here, it works delicately and perfectly to add a sharp edginess to the composition. The sensation brings to mind some indigenously gathered tree resins that I just brought from the mountains of Mexico, with their subtle green/sweet/sharp notes.

Excellent longevity and decent sillage for a scent of this style.

I would love to smell this on my husband on a hot summer day. It does not flourish as it should in today's arid winter air, but luckily I tried Eau D'Italie in 3 separate climate zones (all in one day, thanks to United Airlines) and so am able to report on its full potential.

I'm gradually working my way through a lot of samples. Eau d'Italie gave a lovely citrusy grassy buzz when first sprayed and for some time afterwards, but on wearing it for half a day it changed into a burnt-grass smell which I didn't care for. Like most perfumes, it's always the ones you don't particularly care for that hang around the longest! This might be better on a man. I cannot see that it belongs in the chypre family either - should be citrus/green.

Eau d’Italie is quite an easy-to-wear and interesting perfume. However, I don’t find it chypre at all, maybe there should be a summer chypre group and Eau d’Italie will fit in perfectly. It has the classic cologne kinda charm in it with a tiny bit of Timbuktu-type-of-spicy modern touch.
However, I would prefer it on a man, or I would love to wear it when I’m alone instead wearing this to public. Eau d’Italie is darker, and has more depth than a typical cologne, but much closer to nature than most of those newly launched perfumes for men.

It starts weirdly but really good mouth-watering sweet spicy/sour (think about citrusy) and fresh in a comfortable way, not the modern aquatic way. I love the start a lot and decided to give it a go.

However, after the lovely start, it gets more and more conventional masculine in a citrusy cologne way, which isn’t bad at all. Then it goes quite woodsy with some aromatic hint, and it reminds me a lot of Dior Eau Savauge, which I wear occasionally.

Later on it gets cleaner, and a tiny trace of Aqua di Gio pour homme type of aromatic aquatic scent dances around til the end; I personally find the aqua ending weird. At the mean time, some classic mountain-y, green cologne type of spice stays faithfully; which is a big plus and makes the scent more grounded and deep.
Any perfume that’s aquatic or slightly aquatic turns me off, however I’m sure many others might enjoy this perfume.

Finally another scent appart Paestum Rose that I like from Eau d'Italie.
Fresh complex floral with a nice touch of bergamot in the opening. For a unisex floral, I like it. Maybe enough to buy a bottle one day. I don't know, but this is nice.



7/10

I tried a beautiful citrus from another company and reached immediately for my wallet to make the purchase. In the time it took to get the credit card out the scent was gone. I had to put my credit card away, and hope to find something with more longevity.
The first burst of Eau d'Italie is similar. Bitter fruit, fresh and brimming with life. But then it does something unusual. As it develops it plays with the sense of hot and cool. Sun warmed citrus fruit and leaves and then gray stone in shade, it actually smells of pebbles, and the smell of pepper- both red bell peppers and ground black pepper.
It is not a big scent that will fill every room you enter but it is tenacious and that I believe makes it a good value. It smells beautiful and evocative of the place for which it is named.

Last summer when I was trying to find a cologne for my husband I ordered many samples from Eau D'italie. His parents are both from Calabria, a southern region of italy. I remembered my mother in-law mentioning Positano and so I ordered this fragrance hoping it would appeal to my husband through his ancestral roots.
The only impression we both get from this fragrance is that of earth and trees. Evergreen trees to be exact, almost like Juniper. The Frankincense is recognizable in the beginning (but not overpowering thankfully)I can almost feel the moss creeping over the stones blanketing them in its green fuzzy warmth. My husband prefers woody fragrances and finds this one a bit too 'green'. An interesting fragrance to be sure, but i prefer 'Magnolia Romana' from this company.