Aqua Allegoria Gentiana

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• Espartaco

  November 27, 2016

  

  Does anyone know about this Aqua Allegoria? I tried it once in 1999 while waiting for a friend and started sampling fragrances at the stands. When I sprayed the Gentiana, I noticed a leaden freshness I haven’t felt in any other light scent. I usually prefer heavy, earthy perfumes, but this citrus captivated me because it was so atypical, with an incredible musky freshness. I think it’s discontinued since I’ve looked for it several times without success. I just found out Hermès has an Eau de Gentiane Blanche, also with gentian, but I’m scared to try it since I don’t usually enjoy their perfumes… Finally, I must say how blue this Aqua was; without seeing the wrapper with the blue label, your mind would perform a synesthesia exercise and be invaded by that color. Not a watery or cliché blue, but earthy, vibrant, with a slightly bitter and medicinal touch. I miss it so much.

• Espartaco

  December 3, 2016

  

  Can anyone share their thoughts on this Aqua Allegoria? I tried it once in 1999 while waiting for a friend and started smelling everything available. When I tested this Gentiana, I felt a leaden freshness I haven’t found in anything light since. I usually like heavy, earthy perfumes, but this citrus hooked me because it was so uncommon, with an amazing musky freshness. I believe it’s no longer sold because I’ve asked around several times and found nothing. I just learned Hermès has an Eau de Gentiane Blanche, also featuring gentian, but I’m hesitant to try it since I don’t typically enjoy their fragrances. Lastly, this Aqua was so blue that, without seeing the wrapper with its blue label, your mind would do a synesthesia exercise and be overwhelmed by that color. Not a watery or overused blue, but earthy, alive, with a bitter and medicinal edge. I miss it dearly.

• Mementodream

  December 21, 2017

  

  It’s the only Aqua Allegoria that truly won my heart, too bad they discontinued it. Even though it’s fresh, the gentian note followed by sandalwood and musk on the dry down strips away any naivety; it conveys a vitality that stems from a more solid place, as if it’s holding you up. It has something therapeutic about it.

• Espartaco

  June 26, 2018

  

  Rough citrus, musky, sparkling, bitter, somewhere between refreshing and old, sweet and sour, with spiced woody touches, tonic, apothecary, old library, comfortable antique, old paper, and aged human skin. It even has iodine hints of a hospital ward. The first fragrances in the Aqua Allegoria series aren’t advocated enough. They are charming, unpretentious scents and much more complex than they appear; they weren’t quite perfumes, nor simple colognes, as the complexity of the notes and excellent longevity set them apart from those waters that evaporate in half an hour. The quality was exquisite. I loved walking the stands testing those delicate, precious formulas from a Jean Paul Guerlain that was far beyond what my teenage wallet could afford. Now I’m an adult man and I can buy three perfumes at once. Unfortunately, this line long ago lost the charm that characterized it… now that I can afford it, I’m not interested. It already has more flankers than a shipment of gremlins, each more bland, irrelevant, and empty. I’ll keep my Gentiana bottle like gold in a casket.

• Macondo

  June 30, 2018

  

  Spartacus, your description of Gentiana fits perfectly with Hermès Eau de Gentiane Blanche. Although I remember it with a very prominent iris. Have you tried it? I found it funny when you associated it with something sweet and sour old skin, because Hermès always reminded me of my grandmother. Not because she wore such a perfume (she was strictly Álvarez Gómez), but how her room smelled: the mix of her body scent with her clothes, the drawers, her treasures, her old purse, the skirts on the low table, and the bedding… a not unpleasant scent, certainly dense, yet fresh and full of life.

• Coquita

  April 17, 2022

  

  I’ve never tried gentian before, but this smells like very realistic wild flowers with a sharp grapefruit note at the start. It’s fairly linear, lasting about 5 hours, and leaves a soft trail from the beginning. An original, super fresh spring/summer scent, like being in a garden. Although it’s green and floral, it surprisingly felt more masculine due to the roughness of the flowers. Pleasant: 6/10 Interesting: 6/10 Versatile: 7/10 Original: 7/10