Description
The Mare Nostrum collection from Lorenzo Villoresi was inspired by the Mediterranean Sea: “Crossed by sweet currents, caressed by the breath of soft breezes and countless changing perfumes. Mighty, generous sea, the scene of exciting visions that cannot be told, salvation and danger alike for men and for heroes. There, skimming the crest of the waves, Poseidon rides his chariot drawn by golden-maned horses. In the deepest seas fair Nereides live, their long locks wafting in the foamy waters, to the sound of the salty surf.”
Aura Maris is the first scent in the Mare Nostrum collection. The fragrance captures the moment of a sea breeze gently brushing the ocean waves, mixing with the aromas from the Mediterranean shrubs, citrus fruits and meadow flowers under the golden sun. Aura Maris was launched in 2012.
Volnarez – :
Aftershave smell!! Nobody wants so smell like this and given the price tag this is way overpriced.
dimabum2008 – :
I love how subtle this fragrance is. The citrus is soft and uplifting with gentle woodsy notes. When I first spray it, I sometimes get a little bit of an anise smell that may be part of the green notes. The dry down reminds me of a tamer Chance by Chanel, with the floral, amber, and musk becoming more obvious. I would purchase an entire bottle of Mare Nostrum, but I currently have a bottle of Chance that I love dearly. I think the Mare Nostrum is a bit overpriced.
Rasck – :
A tasteful, natural woody citrus scent. Aura Maris leans more to the fruity side of citrus than the sharp, lemony variety, which I like about it. But I have to be honest–I was expecting a little more from this, and it’s almost too subdued and calm for my tastes. It smells nice, and the citrus notes have a soft, juicy naturalness to them, but it feels like something’s missing from this. It lacks a certain oomph, or personality to distinguish it from other nice, pleasant citrus and woods scents. Is it possible I didn’t spend enough time with it? I don’t know. I didn’t get much of a seaside or aquatic impression either, which I was hoping for. Projection is modest, longevity average. I’d probably rate this a 3.5/5, as there’s really nothing bad I could say about it, but in the end it’s sort of forgettable. Thumbs up with a shoulder shrug, I sold my bottle not long after buying it.
elfiika – :
This fragrance proves my theory that Italians are citrus masters
First of all, I am not a big citrus fan, and it’s not something usual that I like a citrusy fragrance.
Amongst all citrus scents this one caught my attention and really earned my admiration. Actually I love it.
Screaming with quality, natural ingredients.
Might come off feminine to some noses, but it’s totally unisex for me.
The florals here are my favorite part, jasmine and narcissus, with fine woods in the background along with patchouli.
I have FINALLY found a great scent to wear during the summer days unlike all other generic, boring, you name it!, type of scents for summer.
Great longevity.
A 10/10 for me.
0vsfyhhhp – :
9/10
Lyncequanny – :
Impression, soleil levant: Claude Monet
clancieplinup – :
A sort of Eau de Rochas concentree, could be her rich and warm sister.
Well done, a bit flat fresh/synthetic sunny sensual elegant creature.
1752515 – :
I like it! Citrus is definitely not my favorite genre in perfumery, but this is nice. Smells to me like fizzy gin and tonic with a generous lime twist. Very relaxing and refreshing! Clean but a little dirty too, and it’s that muskiness that makes this more enjoyable than the average citrusy Eau de Cologne.
Nikich – :
I got a decant of this quite by chance, because a member selling a decant of something I really wanted offered this as well and I thought “why not, can’t go wrong with citrus”. It took me a while to get around to wearing it though, because in the bottle it doesn’t smell at all promising: quite ordinary, and what’s worse, a bit dirty; not really what I’m usually into at all.
So it was a pleasant surprise to find out how nice it actually is when I finally wore it. It’s a subtle kind of citrus scent, quite elegant and without any “loud” elements. The musk that makes it smell dirty in the bottle (or at least I’m guessing it’s the musk) turns into something quite different on the skin. Like the previous reviewer said it does have something ever so slightly salty and reminiscent of the sea, and the combination of that with the natural citrus notes does make it successful as an evocation of the Mediterranean. But even more than that I get a delicious and very clean powdery quality that I can’t stop taking little sniffs from on my wrist, it’s so lovely!
So this is a surprise love for me, and I’m sure my decant will see a lot of use when the warmer seasons that will really make it bloom come around again.
ruzanov78 – :
This is a wonder!
It is a mystery how one can put the smell of the sea in a bottle. And you know what? This perfume is the Mediterranean sea in a bottle.
I don’t know how they done it but it is really a piece of art. It reminds you of a restaurant or harbour on the shores of the Adriatic or Aegean sea in the Mediterranean sea, called also Marum Nostrum, as is printed on the bottle too.
It opens in a bergmaot sweet citrus currant scent.
And then something happens what makes this perfume so special and wonderful. The scent changes into a subtle sweet fresh salty tone. It reminds you of fresh shellfish with its typical salty scent mixed with refresh cooling sea air. And it mixes with some soft sweet-anice like tone. Its is softer than corallium of the house Carthusia that is also a sea-salty perfume. Aqua maris is a nice good perfume with a good projections and a nice tone.This is really a piece of art.
Impumsype – :
To me, this perfume is a subtle piece of art. It does not have the smell of the sea so don’t expect a watery, oceanic scent but it gives me the feeling of sunkissed seaside, that feeling of freedom, freshness and expanded space I get when going to the see and the happiness of watching it glistening in the sun. Aqua Maris is both fresh, warm, light and somehow calm/European so it must be the mediterranean, no?
Like a painting it expresses something I cannot put into words, which to me is the definition of art: communication of something otherwise inexpressible. It is more like a sculpture than a symphony: very unified form rather than individual notes jumping out at me. But this doesn’t mean it does not change. It behaves as a quality classic perfume, starting with the fresh/flower/citrus notes, fininshing with musky/woody.
To me, Aqua maris has almost no sweetness, which I like and which makes it a unisex and almost asexual scent. It is sensual and beautiful in a subtle and classy way. Low to medium projection according to weather, stays on me till the next day (but I almost never have longevity issues plus I have a rather sensitive nose).
Update: citrussy, woody/spicy lovelyness kept together by a wonderful dose of narcissus:) I find the scent evaporates very quickly in hot weather which is a waste. So I’d recommend to use in no warmer than scandinavian summer weather for good longevity and beautiful projection. One funny thing: When I wear this I do not get complimented on my perfume but often on my looks! I use it as my fresh formal scent.
Max455 – :
joli parfum d’été, j’aime 😉
Squisdido – :
it is a very pleasant smell, it is the smell of sea waves hits the salty shores making that different colored sea shells glitters under the sunny day and leaving that bubbly white sea foam each time it hits those extra soft sand shores. i like it from the first time i sprayed it, as later on i felt the bitterness & the sourness it brings as the middle and base notes, i think it’s the grapefruit !! it is good & refreshing… although i prefer “James Heeley oranges and lemons say the bells of ST clement’s” but James Heeley’s version doesn’t last longer than Lorenzo’s Aura Maris.
nothing – :
AURA MARIS is a very pleasant everyday citrus fragrance for summer. It is completely unisex as mandarin orange here is somewhat in the middle of being sweet/sour. It is also very natural smelling.
After the first half and hour AURA MARIS turns very musky. Here musk is the kind of musk I usually can tolerate – it appears extremely clean, so basically with AURA MARIS you will smell like a luxury citrus soap for good 7 hours. That is not a bad thing, but not my cup of tea.
dim709 – :
A gentleman, wearing an unbuttoned white linen shirt in a beautiful summer morning walking on the sea shore… He is proud of himself, he is happy and is enjoying the freedom what’s in the air in this great moment…this is AURA MARIS!
It’s a fresh, relaxing scent with a lot of citruses, but non as much as in Eau de Cologne Hermes IMO. The citruses you can feel for 30 minutes, then appear flowers, woods and musk.
The longevity would be better, but let’s face it – it’s nice to spray the fragrance more often, especially in summer. And AM is a summer scent.
flin18 – :
Aura Maris Lorenzo Villoresi for women and men
أورا ماريس من لورينسو فلورزي للرجال والنساء
دعوني أبدأ الكلام عن هذا العطر بأنني لم أكن من محبي أو مفضلي العطور الحمضية بشكل عام إلا ما ندر.
وكانت نقطة التغيير حينما وصلني سامبل من هذا العطر قبل شراؤه
مكونات العطر قد تبدو مألوفة وموجودة بشكل كبير في عدد كبير من العطور
المقدمة: مندرين – برجموت – فاكهة – نوته خضراء
القلب: ياسمين – أخشاب – زهرة النارسيسس الأصفر “النرجس” – بتشولي
القاعدة: أخشاب – مسك – عنبر
ماذا فعل هذا الإيطالي الماهر الماكر لورينزو فلورسي ليخرج هذا العطر المذهل
أعتقد كبداية أنه اختار مكونات طبيعية نقية للإستخدام وهذه نقطة غاية في الأهمية فالعطور الصيفية تحتاج لمكونات طبيعية نقية أكثر من العطور الشتوية
فأنت في برد الشتاء قد تتحمل الرائحة القوية الصناعية الخانقة بعض الشيء مع برودة الجو، ولكنها حتما ستضايقك وستنفر منها مع شدة حرارة الصيف
نعود لتحليل العطر…
المقدمة: رائعة لوجود الفاكهة بجوار الحمضيات والنوتة الخضراء، وهذا يعطيك احساسا مباشرا بالانتعاش لوجود الحمضيات النقية، وبتحرك الهواء من حولك لوجود النوتة الخضراء التي أعتقد بشكل كبير أنها بحرية في هذا العطر، وربما تشعر أيضا بالارتواء وذهاب العطش لوجود الفاكهة. (انتعاش + هواء + ارتواء)، ماذا تريد أكثر من هذا وسط حرارة الصيف.
القلب: دعوني أحدثكم عن البتشول: هو نبات عشبي عطري من عائلة النعناع يوجد في المناطق المدارية في أسيا وامريكا اللاتينية والأفريقية، إذا وجدت البتشولي في عطر فاعلم أنك أمام شيء منعش وغامض، كان من الممكن أن يضيف الفيتيفير للعطر ولكنه كان سيتحول لعطر عشبي حاد.
وحسنا فعل أنه لم يضم له الفيتيفير ولكنه نقله نقلة لا تخلو من المغامرة حينما أدخل الأخشاب العطرية لتزيد من ثقل العطر وثباته وأخذه بعيدا عن الإغراق في العشبية.
والآن اللمسة الرائعة بعد ما حمل العطر من غموض وثقل أن تأتي الأزهار (الياسمين – النارسيسس “النرجس” الأصفر) في هذه التوقيت، هل جربت أن تجلس على منضدة من الأخشاب العطرية وفوقها باقة من الأزهار العطرة، يا له من شعور يجعلك ربما لا تمل من الجلوس ومن يدري فقد تقرر الجلوس لوقت أطول فقط للإستمتاع بهذا العبق الفريد.
القاعدة: الأخشاب + المسك + العنبر.
الأخشاب: ما تزال تلعب نفس الدور في جعل العطر ثقيلا.
المسك: حتى لا تفكر ولو للحظة أن العطر سيكون خشنا لوجود الأخشاب بالقلب والقاعدة، فالمسك الفواح اللطيف سيعيد للعطر توازنه من جديد.
وأما العنبر: فأعتقد أنه اختار أن يضمه للقاعدة لأمرين:
الأول: زيادة فوحان العطر واعطاء دعم جيد وامتداد رائع للنوتة الفاكهية الموجودة بالافتتاحية.
والأمر الثاني: هو اجتذاب محبي العنبر “وما أكثرهم” للعطر لمجرد علمهم بوجوده بالمكونات
ومزيج القاعدة بهذا الشكل يمثل رسالة لمن يقرا العطر قبل تجربته مضمونها: “لا تظن أنني سأزول سريعا”