Description
“After walking along the beach of Forte, I sit down. I breathe in the smells of the sea, pebbles washed by the waves and sand. I note in my mind the scents. Behind me are the Apuan alps, shining with their white marble. I am suspended in an almost unreal world. I reflect. I will begin with the marine notes: the smell of seaweed and of the salt lingering on my hands. I will continue with wild herbs from the dunes, with a touch of the citrus fruits from the wonderfully kept gardens of Forte. Just a little bitter orange and jasmine to enrich the middle notes, the perfume that inebriates me as I continue my walk. I will add the fragrance of the sun, those good creams of summer, the thirst – quenching fresh fruits eaten on the beach, wet woods….and timeless care” — press release of the brand.
Tirrenico was launched in 2008. The nose behind this fragrance is Maria Candida Gentile.
qwert71 – :
Tirrenico is the best marine-herbal scent in my collection. A perfect scent for very high temperatures at daytime in summer. All I get in the air is a natural smell of a sea shore nearby a small forest with herbs which is baked by the hot summer sun. This realism is not safe by any means. I know a friend who nauseates every time he smells this exquisite scent. Not safe but perfectly blended. I’m very impressed by this house and Tirrenico is my first experience with it.
Algae, vegetal mater, coastal smell with hints of ambergis (probably), salty, ozonic, slightly floral, aromatic and marine, a short description for Tirrenico.
The opening is crisp, slightly aromatic-citrusy (bergamot) with tiny trases of star anise and a nice noticeable fennel note. As time passes emerges the dominant sea note which combined with the rest gives this natural sea coast feeling. Nothing feels synthetic here. Salty marine vibe, like a sea breeze. After that I get a very mild bitter orange, mild basil without its usual spiceness and a tiny and faint trace of jasmine somewhere at the background. I also get this strange pebbles smell similar to CK2 which I owned. Sandalwood and moss come at the late dry down along with white musk. If you don’t focus on the note pyramide trying to detect individual notes, it feels very natural smell. So, do not overthink. Just enjoy the way it smells in the air.
The longevity is very nice for this kind of scent. But it’s a subtle scent, doesn’t screams, it stays close to you creating a sea aura around you. Elegant and discreet. Sillage is moderate. Longevity is long lasting but most of its live stays close to the skin.
BTW my bottle is rectangular shaped with imperfections (handmade?) with marble cap. Different from the picture above.
Alieplylype – :
The past twenty years or so seem to be filled with so-called aquatic/oceanic fragrances that really do not smell anything like an ocean, but clean bath water with citrus and sometimes vetiver thrown in for good measure.
Having lived on the Southern California coast for many years, I can easily say that this, along with Sel Marin are the closest representations of true marine/oceanic fragrances out there. The true ocean is not clean bath water: it is salty, musky, animalistic, green, sharp, sweet, cooling, all in one. Tirrenico nails it. Now, whether one loves the true ocean smell is a matter of preference. But if you are looking for the ocean in a bottle, I have yet to find anything better than Tirrenico. Amazing fragrance.
cherkes77 – :
Wow fish, seaweed, on a bed of anise seed. I’ll pass.
Whatever is in here smells like fishy eggs. Glad I only bought the sample. Please try before you buy. Smells like Finisterre.
Illidaydach – :
When I first closed my eyes and smelled it, I immediately had a clear picture before my eyes, a thought of a very hot summer day on an empty, quiet beach somewhere in Italy or in the South of France.
The sun and seawater had dryed out the driftwood, heated up the stones, you can smell the saltwater, a summer wind and the sand. A little further from the beach there is a forest and from there comes a musky tone, a combination of pine trees, wet earth, basil, sandlewood, moss and fennel.
Funny enough, this was before I read the package description and they almost described it the same way.
Tirrenico surely is not for everyone, the anis, or fennel tone is very prominent in this one, combined with saltwater and earth, it is unique and special, but, I love it.
It took me a while to get the money together to buy it, but its worth every cent. I actually just bought my 3rd bottle.
On my skin it last up to 15 hours.
It makes me feel very much alive & powerful and it reminds me of a hot summer day during the cold winter times.
Perfume: 10/10
Pricing: okay for the quality
anollaZidlins – :
Scent – sweet, musky, mossy, basil, a non-marine, marine scent.
Season/Time of Day – I prefer to use this one in the warmer months, day or night.
Projection – I did get noticed, It garners compliments.
Longevity – I get 12hrs consistently
#4
Anna_fromAC – :
Sweetened algae with vegetal flourishes, this is like a simulacra of a coastal scent in that it doesn’t quite ring true to me. There’s a lactonic aspect, a sage-like note, and the sweetness, I’m guessing, is supposed to resemble ambergris. It’s kind of an incoherent set of notes, and doesn’t quite reflect nature or an atmosphere as the result (there’s a kind of effortless transparency required to do ‘nature’ well, and it’s lacking here). Instead, this smells like a slightly unpleasant yet engaging vegetal scent. It’d be like draping strings of rank seaweed over yourself and then hosing yourself down in a soft vanilla fragrance. Not a bad scent, but it goes a tad too aromatic for me. CBIHP’s At the Beach still the pinnacle of this genre as far as I’m concerned.
zaidarik – :
seems like I generally don’t like these really marine aquatics too much, except Sel Marin and maybe Nautica Voyage if you’re inclinded to categorize it as such. I kind of understand the oceanic vibe, but I usually don’t associate the beach with that smell, but instead do so with things like neroli. the fennel doesn’t help me too much either, would’ve preferred more basil instead. I can see how people would like it, just not for me
serggigi – :
This fragrance deserves respect, even if you could love or hate it. Fennel, at first I smell fennel and seaweeds. Very odd sensations. When I wear it I feel something that is “memories”. It is something that comes from the diary of someone who lived near the sea in Toscana. It’s not strong, it is pure melancholy without sorrow. It doesn’t describe summer vacations, full of sun, mess and loud laughts. It is the sea in autumn.. loneliness, wind, mediterranean trees, pebbles, rain. It is a whisper of waves. Very complex fragrance. When it dries down musk is very beautiful, the earth speaks. Yes Tirrenico describe Nature in a very delicate, poetic and emotional way. A yearning dream. Beautiful!
gemberov_nikolai – :
Tirrenico!!! It ‘s not a scent for everyone and not’ the scent of all, I would recommend it only to lovers of SCENT to note that many people feel uncomfortable, for example, to many people that I turn around and use perfumes cheap, they find it unpleasant to me when I heard it I fell in love, and after two days’ still have them on my hand, and me are also Wash with soap marseille, FANTASTIC, needless to say the essence or the notes emanating when you try and ‘the Sea, the Tyrrhenian, try it, wear it for a day , If you do not understand or do not like it do not despise, you do not like my wife ahahahaah, and ‘something to ESPECIALLY for those who do not have the usual Man or Woman!!
faa307intitytek – :
Tirrenico is not for everyone. Even not for every aquatic fans. This perfume is for fishermans, sailors and who lives with/by the sea.
In Turkey we have a national booze called “raki” and it is made of grape and aniseed(fennel’s close relative). We have a ritual in “friends out” nights, drinking raki and eating fish and appetizers made with sea products. Raki smells some mean anise and its taste is pungent.
Tirrenico smells like you just came home from fishing and been drunk of raki.
Anise is there from the beginning till the end. You should easy detect a hint of fish scale or dried boat ropes and boat seat covers. It’s amazingly marine, i mean it has got real marine feeling to it. Not pleasant everytime!
I enjoy wearing this only when i can’t go fishing just to freshen up my memories drinking raki on my boat while catching some sea creature.
Please, please test it, do not blind buy it. You can love it or hate it in my humble opinion.
mulberrydtz – :
I can’t believe I’m here defending a marine scent but that’s it… Tirrenico rocks!!!
It is sooo distinctive, unique… strong, loooong-lasting and so sexy guys, don’t miss this unique offering by Profumi del Forte!
I am a vegetarian but hate fennel… can’t stand it on my salad. But now I can wear it on my body, it’s a kind of historic reconciliation. This is fennel all the way, anisic smell, very edgy, I don’t think you will choose this if you prefer your summery staples to be classic or more polished… this is Italy, beach, romantic nights and strong personalities arguing somewhere near. Classy playboys with unbuttoned shirts.
I admit this was very hard to love at first, I had a small sample… I thought it was amazing but a bit unwearable… so I re visited it a few times and bought the 50ml just as the “weird one for some daring summer night where I won’t care if I smell like a walking salad…” but I was wrong… I’m using this now almost everyday and a tiny little drop makes it for the whole day. My dad says this is captivating and plans to steal it at some point and all of my friends say this is gorgeous. I agree. (I know most of them wouldn’t wear this though…).
Last thoughts: the amazing beginning goes all the way till the end (fennel fennel fennel) but there is something growing slowly in the back that enhances this must-have: jasmin. Together with Maestrale, at the top of my summer wonders (strangely enough they start completely different but end sort of similar some hours later with jasmin and some wood). If you find Tirrenico too weird, try that one.
Melanie_fromAC – :
This is my number one favorite marine scent that I’ve tried. It starts off with fennel and then turns into a hyper realistic salty walk by the sea. Driftwood, storms, sand, a bit melancholy. Liked this so much that I bought a back up bottle. If you like Sel Marin, give this a try, it really is a gem.
шурик68 – :
Guest’s review below is spot on, I get fennel for about half an hour then a cucumber note, fresh and vegetal with a hint a aquatic but no salty sandy type notes. I’m not really sure now why I actually bought this sample, even the notes are not exactly my usual faves. I also detect the faintest hint of bergamot basically throughout the duration of this scent on my skin. In fact this is probably rhe most enjoyable part of the scent for me. Anyway this is easily unisex and not really for me.
clearad – :
I have the same problem with this frag as “Juliette has a gun” (below) … although the note that bothers me, and which I don’t think is actually fennel as such, BUT actually Basil instead. Which actually does have quite a similar anisic quality to (equally anisic-like) fennel. … It really does stand out and ruins the fragrance for me.
However “the sea” is still definitely there in the background. And if you’re not sensitive to basil/anis you may get the luxury of it not bothering you and can therefore enjoy the hell out this seaside in a bottle.
SERый – :
It is fine. I have made this conclusion not at once. Tirrenico isn’t one of the best sea fragrance it is the best sea fragrance.
gbk315JeomiWogkig – :
I had a sample of Tirrenico a few monthes ago and, as I’m generally not into aquatic scents, I forgot it in a box. One day I was removing a few books from a shelf and I found the decant again so I gave it a try and I totally got suprised. Tirrenico is litterally amazing and stunning. No ozone bull***t here, but a real marine fragrance. IMO the only one really recalling the wet sand, marine wet woods and shells giving you the feeling of an exclusive, paradisiac beach. Floral patterns (mainly jasmine) and fruity hints provide sophisticated refinements. Great sillage and an amazing lasting power for an aquatic fragrance (10-12 hours). Another good point is the drydown. Many fragrances of the same genre tend to turn into a harsh chemical woody/amber. Tirrenico dries down to a clean musky/mossy base with fennel galore. Fresh throughout, pleasanly bizarre (the marine notes have a slightly stale vibe that may vaguely resemble Secretions Magnifique), anything but dull.
Obviously I immediately decided I needed bottle…and I got it! Together with Sel Marin, one of the very few “aquatic” fragrances that is worth owning.
Rating: 7/10
nickalex – :
To guest_deea:you can find/buy it in Forte dei Marmi.La bottega dei Profumi,Piazza Marconi.
I have contrasting feeling about this perfume,as it is,indeed,a fragrance of opposing forces.There are some florals and
the Ozonic/Marine note;the later is really strong:I dont know what kind of molecule they had used,but she could result disturbing or worst on your skin.
This is a try before buy perfume IMHO.
zoli – :
My most appreciated perfume. I had to wait for it for a long time, because it is hardly reachable in my country. Finally I got it in a little decanted flacon.
This is a very unique perfume, the most perfect sea fragrance. Wet sand and pebbles, water plants, light salty breeze. Only for daydreamers! 🙂