Nice but Confused
The initial scent reminds me of dried oranges and a little powder. Not bad. Kind of fresh and sweet. After the top notes burn off, rose is the next thing to come through. Then there's kind of a salty, oceanic freshness, but it clashes with the rose a little bit. When things fully dry down, there's a lot of rose, powder, and leather. I read it described somewhere as an old furniture shop, and I don't disagree. An old furniture shop would accumulate lots of interesting scents, but it would do so in a haphazard manner, and the scents might not blend well. That's how I view ACQUA DI PARMA COLONIA AMBRA. The individual notes are compelling, but they add up to noise more than harmony.
