Acqua di Sale Profumum Roma for women and men

La prima volta che l'ho "annusato" ho ritrovato l'odore delle cabine in cui mi spogliavo da bambina sull'Adriatico; la sabbia, il salmastro, le stelle marine essiccate... Dopo averlo acquistato e indossato ci ho sentito il mirto della macchia mediterranea che circonda la mia casa al mare, sul Tirreno. Insomma non c'è nulla che mi ricordi di più l'estate!

To me, this is one of the best-balanced of the "watery" frags out there. It emanates a quiet peace that comes from lazing and strolling along the sea-shore on a foggy day with a silver sun above- personally reminding me of days I once spent camping on Galveston.

I bought this fragrance at the Profumum boutique on my last trip to Rome. I find the fragrance very delightful and bright. It is VERY different than the vast majority of aquatic fragrances on the market. In fact, I have never smelled another fragrance with similarities to Acqua di Sale. There may be some, but I just haven't run across them. Acqua di Sale lives up to its name. It is very salty and aquatic, and one definitely smells like they have spent a day at the beach when wearing this juice. I find the fragrance very unisex and one I generally use in spring to fall when temperatures tend to be on the warmer side and when one is more likely to have spent some time at the beach, though every now and then I will spritz Acqua di Sale during the cold winter months just to transport me spiritually to the beach that seems so far away. It is quite strong, in my opinion, and two sprays should suffice for most people. Longevity is 8 -10 hours on me and projection is medium. I have had many compliments when wearing this fragrance. Acqua di Sale is quite pricey. It was less expensive when buying in Rome (maybe $50 - $60 USD dollars cheaper based on conversion at the time I purchased it), but it does tend to be on the pricey side. On the bright side, it will last me for a couple of years since it is one of several fragrances I use during the warm weather months.

This is a very expensive, over-priced scent! I tested it for a very long time, having been lucky enough to obtain several decants of it before writing this review. Quite an original perfume - pretty unusual in its approach to the subject of salt and the sea. There's no development in this fragrance, it is just "salty" and smells like your skin after a day at the swimming pool with a touch of a chlorine overtone. A new interpretation of an aquatic scent. Aria di Mare by Il Profumo is quite similar, but more playful. Tirrenico by Profumi del Forte points into the same direction. But both fragrances mentioned here for comparision are more interesting, more herbaceous, too, whereas Acqua di Sale is a perfume which is totally mono-linear and might bore you stiff after several applications. Some people pay the moon in order to smell...different. Nice after a long summer holiday when you are back at home and wish you were not. Tremendous staying-power included!

While in the bottle this perfume smells beautiful; like a fresh, exiting sea breeze. When I applied it to my skin I noticed a distinctly soapy note that practically overpowered the other notes I enjoyed so much from the bottle. As the fragrance is developing on my skin the soapiness is becoming more intense. Very unfortunate. This perfume smells great in the bottle!

Maybe it would smell better on someone else.

oh...Acqua di Sale...is...different. Salt and...shellfish and water...how interesting! It may sound quite repulsive, but really there is something clean and green and pure and fresh and...all of it somehow symbolizes the primordial forms of life. Ocean. The simplest and yet the most complex of all things. Salt and marine greenery all around. Seaweed. Pebbles. This is not aquatic as I have experienced any other aquatic (still water or pretty water flowers or plants. This is not a fragrance for mermaids and no, it is most certainly not "a warm glowing endearing afternoon lounging at a seaside cafe at Portofino", Veruska. This IS the ocean. Wild waters. Vast, deep, wide, infinite, boundless, inhospitable and unfathomable), there is definitely water here. Lots of. Maybe even in various forms. The sea water itself. Mist in the air. Damp sand. Seaweed. Fog. Rain.
There is no sunshine here. No holidays. Not a trace of sweetness. Except for - perhaps - the natural sweetness of skin freshly washed in sea water. This IS the ocean. The sound of massive waves crashing against the shore. Wild wind. Water and salt in the air sprayed into your face.
I don't know about snob-ish Italian ladies without class wearing this "alfarom", but this is certainly not a "ladies fragrance". Very unisex, very timeless, very addictive.

I love this perfume, although it's much too expensive and comes in bottles too big (as I have so many perfumes I will never finish it). Aria di mare and Pioggia salata (Profvmo) are alike. The latter can be ordered from the webshop in Italy, which works perfectly!

In italy this is a cult scent for all the snob-ish ladies without class but with a biiiiiig credit card. A scent that litterally makes me laughing so hard I cant' breathe. You can easly buy Demeter's Rain for 10 bucks and tell everybody it's acqua di sale, no one will notice. Actually they're not really similar, but no one will notice, anyway! ahahahahahah, sorry I was talking about acqua di sale and couldn't stop laughing...

Rating: 3/10

After testing this a few times, I finally realized what it reminded me of...Womanity by Thierry Mugler, although this one feels much more unisex, and not as dry, and it also works much better with my chemistry!

There is a slightly wet-green-medicinal note in the opening which I assume is the myrhh interacting with the seaweed, but after that note fades, the fragrance is woody, salty, a little green, and a little wet. And, as the fragrance works toward its base notes, it gets drier.

While I'm still not sure if I think it smells "good", I find the scent quite addictive and refreshing, especially in the dry-down where it smells of wood and wet salt, reminding me a little of coastal air. It also seems to last a little longer on my skin than the other Profumums I have tested.

A strange but successful scent, in my opinion!

solitamente non uso profumi acquatici
ma questo lo trovo adorabile

Aquatic, light, soft, sensual, long lasting. Vibrant, but calm. It reminds me of the Pacific in fall.

very very light smell of fish market.full of natural seaweed.

begining of future's masterpiece.it needs develop.

This is my favourite -perfume- interprention of the ocean. It´s wild, wet, salty, cool and longlasting.

Usually not a big fan of aquatic scents or scents trying to copy to real sea, but this manage to touch me and are one of few ocean/sea scents that mixes really good with my skin chemistry.

This is the scent of the wild, roaring sea around wind swept islands in the north Atlantic or the very southern Pacific. Cliffs, wind and little sea animals...

Lovely.

I can't say it smells bad but 100ml costs 240 usdollars.You pretty much expect a warm glowing endearing afternoon lounging at a seaside cafe at Portofino. And what you get? A touch of salty and chlorinated skin as if you got yourself involved on kids piscine, with a slightly balsamic cedar note.