Year: 2011
Notes: lemon, green leaves, sea salt, ginger, vanilla, oakmoss
Comment: Colonia del Forte 1475 is part of the Colonia del Forte Collection
The Colonia del Forte Collection are all Eaux de Toilette, centred around "personalities that have revolutionised Tuscany, Italy and the world". Named after these historical figures' year of birth, Colonia del Forte 1475 honours the memory of Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (commonly known as Michelangelo).
Classified as a woody-aquatic, it ticks all the expected boxes and doesn't smell as synthetic as other releases belonging to the same scent family. With verdant lemon top notes, the ginger is evident straight away – initially coming across as piercing before slowly, but surely, losing its acerbic edge.
Until a faint wisp of vanilla surfaces, it's pretty much a bog-standard marine offering, with a spicy facet from the (now more civilised) ginger. The oakmoss foundation is noticeable but, fused with the remnants of what went on before, yields a metallic seaweed nuance.
Overall, it's a competent niche woody-aquatic but still far from distinctive. Sillage is reasonable with longevity of least six hours.
Classified as a woody-aquatic, it ticks all the expected boxes and doesn't smell as synthetic as other releases belonging to the same scent family. With verdant lemon top notes, the ginger is evident straight away – initially coming across as piercing before slowly, but surely, losing its acerbic edge.
Until a faint wisp of vanilla surfaces, it's pretty much a bog-standard marine offering, with a spicy facet from the (now more civilised) ginger. The oakmoss foundation is noticeable but, fused with the remnants of what went on before, yields a metallic seaweed nuance.
Overall, it's a competent niche woody-aquatic but still far from distinctive. Sillage is reasonable with longevity of least six hours.
