Costa Azzurra
Costa Azzurra by Tom Ford is an unisex eau de parfum from 2014 in the luxury price tier. It opens with lemon and lavender, moves into seaweed and sequoia and dries down to vetiver, oakmoss and amber. Expect around 7 hours of wear, and it projects at a moderate level.
Notes, explained
Opening
- Lemon Clean, sour, instantly recognisable. Bright but burns off fast.
- Lavender Herbal, clean, slightly medicinal. Barbershop in one note.
Heart
- Seaweed Salty, green and faintly funky. Real coastline rather than a bottle of 'fresh'.
- Sequoia Tall, resinous, slightly balsamic wood. Airy for a woody note.
Dry-down
- Vetiver Dry, earthy, smoky grass root. Smells like soil and citrus peel.
- Oakmoss Damp forest floor. Bitter, green and the backbone of every chypre.
- Amber Warm, golden and resinous. Not a real material — a blend that glows.
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