Bvlgari Aqva Amara

Bvlgari · Eau de Toilette (EDT) · 2014

Fresh · Aromatic / Fougère Designermasculine

≈ $70 · 100ml · approx. retail

Launched in 2014, Aqva Amara takes the Aqva line in a sunnier, bittersweet direction with a juicy Sicilian mandarin top. Jacques Cavallier layers watery neroli over olibanum and Indonesian patchouli for a warmer, more resinous aquatic.

Citrus Aquatic / Marine Woody Fresh Aromatic

The scent

Top notes

The opening · first 15 minutes

Mandarin

Heart notes

The core · the next few hours

Water Notes Neroli

Base notes

The dry-down · what lingers

Frankincense (Olibanum)Patchouli

Best for

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Perfumer

Jacques Cavallier

French · 16 in collection

Jacques Cavallier Belletrud is a French master perfumer born into a Grasse perfumery dynasty who, since 2012, has served as the in-house nose for Louis Vuitton. Before that he revolutionized modern perfumery with aquatic and designer landmarks, most famously Issey Miyake's L'Eau d'Issey.

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