I just love wearing Acqua Di Parma Essenza. I don’t find it boring at all. It’s incredibly fresh and has a great citrus start. The dry down is amazing and I get 6-8 hours of wear. Probably the most versatile fragrance I own.

got a bottle of this in the mail today. Nobody does summer like ADP. My favorite neroli, even better than Neroli Portofino forte.

After years of being underwhelmed by Acqua di Parma scents I sampled Essenza in store a few weeks back and just needed it in my collection. I ad a bottle to my collection and can see that I’ll be wearing this a lot in the coming spring and summer. It’s a very nice barbershop fragrance indeed 😉

Essenza is incredible. The Neroli makes it a BANGER in warm weather.... and not good for outdoor winter use, but perfect for the office or indoor events year round. Performance is beastly for a freshie. Love love love this juice and house #AdP4Life

This is fresh, soapy, citrus, that has very good longevity and projection and smells really good!

a great honest review . new to frag com. 58 yr old upstate ny'er. been watching you for a while. please accept my apology for taking so long to subscribe. I did purchase this fragrance and checked reviews for positive reinforcement .

For me Essenza is the best smelling Acqua di Parma, it also performs the best out of the ones I own, I also have Quercia which is my number two fav but doesn’t last that long, and at number three I have the og Colonia which I did like until someone said it reminds me of granny’s and I now cannot wear it as I smell granny’s now too lol

Dude, I love when you elaborate a bit more in the discussion of the fragrance, just so the video is about 5-6 minutes. No disrepsect on the ROYL Rush, but this boi got mad skillz yo. You know how to adapt to what there is to say and actually make it a review!

Signature summer scent. Wear it more than Gorse or Mancera Cedrat

Got a bottle of this today ,its really soapy ,like you just got out the shower ,dont get any citrus from it at all ,its almost like talc powder ,and with all adp fragrances it does not last long at all ,it does smell really nice but im on the fence with it

most of the People dislike this cologne on me.. saying it smells like grandma and so on... for me it is just a masterpiece.. smells so rich and mature… love it... but Maybe im to Young for it, i dont know :)

Essenza is my favorite Acqua di Parma fragrance. I also love bergamotto di Calabria. I agree with you it smells until dinner provided your skin is not dry and you've moisturized it beforehand with some cream for example.

I'm gonna have to go revisit your top 10 AdPs because it used to be my favorite house when i first got started. Now its xerjoff, but Adp will always hold a special place for me!

This used to be on my list to buy but it just getting pushed back again and again until it got finally taken out the day I tried my decant again after a long while. Found it too soapy more so than fresh. I have and enjoy Pura from time to time. If I come across a very good priced Essenza I might still grab it though.

I understand your comment....but since you are here exposing your comment and this is not the right choice for this category.....we all wonder....what is the better choice than this in this category? Since to many of us.... this is ...the best choice...merci.

I bought it and keep it just for 2 months until I get rid of it, gave me headaches. I’m 34 and this make me feel like I was 65 lol

The only notification I woke up to this morning ahaha 👍

It’s an excellent fragrance. Keep buying more

Hi James, thanks for posting. I really enjoy your videos and your analysis here helps.

i just bought the alternative to this! salvatore ferragamo essenziale colonia which is much cheaper and last longer than parma!! 👍🏽

My favorite Acqua di Param, my signature scent.

Acqua di Parma for me is 4711 on steroids .

Spraying it on my head gives me a headache, but instead I wear a lemon colored t-shirt and spray it on that just before I wear it, and the smell still carries very well and I then I have the fresh, lemony, soapy, laundry detergent smell, for my lemon, yellow shirt that I always wanted! It also smells really soapy, lemony, fresh in the cold! Due to the headache properties, I myself would not commit to a full bottle, but because it brings my yellow t-shirt to life, I would always like to keep a 5 ml decant on hand for that purpose!

Aqua Di Parma line is not for kids is fresh with class.

Nice review bro as always👏🏻👏🏻 i liked the opening and immidiately bought it. but the drydown was too soapy for me. So i sold my bottle. But maybe it was a problem with my nose😅

I really like the way you analyze the fragrances. 👍

Interesting....same frag reviewed and released on same day by 2 reviewers I follow....KillaFrags and you...let me see if somebody out there did just the same and create a conspiracy theory🤔🤔🤔😜😂 Seriously,love the house of AdP!

It is the best one of the line

Thinking abt getting a 1.7 oz bottle of Essenza so I don’t run through my Creed GIT. Different scents, but they give me a very similar vibe. The Colonia only lasted 2 hrs on my skin, so I can appreciate Essenza’s performance...I only wish that Essenza wasn’t as linear, and could offer a more dynamic journey over the course of 6 hours

Gonna have to get my nose on this! 😄

I agree with u on this scent. I have great respect for Essenza, but have other scents that I reach for. It seems too formal or dress up for the office. I keep it for business meetings or interviews (although Penhaligans Sartorial is better for that. Grrr)

James are you tracking my IP? I just bought this 15 minutes ago...

Have you tried Salvatore Ferragamo Aqua essenziale Colonia? It is somehow in the same genre at a fraction of the price.

Agreed James. Kinda prefer Assoluta a tad more myself, but it's a great frag (and brand) to start with if anyone is looking to get into niche. So weird how the vid popped up right next to Killa's in the feed, looking at the exact same seldom mentioned frag. Is it a sign?

Great job...excellent scent!

I have not gotten my nose on any of these yet...going to have to pick up a bunch of samples and dabble with them. Besides this one, what other acqua di parma DNAs do you recommend to sample this Spring/Summer?

This is inspired by James Bond a black tux 🤵‍♂️ and fast driving. And we can see that in the design of the bottle. To my nose 👃 this smells like a hotel 🏨 shower gel.

I just got my sample. It reminds me of hand soap in hospitals. Not for me. Wanted to like this.

Which are your favorites of the gentlemanly/barbershop/Eau de cologne style?

I found one of this tester bottle aqua di Parma colonia pura is it good for 40 dlls?

OK for real Colonia essenza or Colonia club if I were to get only one which should I get

What's the best alternative to this (or Colonia Club) you guys may suggest?

Better than Intensa?

I’m looking for a new scent, I’ve worn sauvage to death and I want a new smell what do you recommend?

Does this smell anything like drakkar noir?

Is it beter tha JV Artisan Pure ???

How would you compare it to Ferrari Radiant Bergamot?

bravisimo

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I fucking HATE it.......lessons learned about buying cologne from Amazon before knowing what it smells like. It should be name “Italian Old man”

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