Colonia Intensa Acqua di Parma 2007 Eau de Cologne
The opening is brisk and peppery—cardamom and ginger arrive with a snap that feels more assertive than the house's classic citrus colognes.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 6 accords.
Every perfume in Sillage is represented as a distribution across canonical accord slugs — a lingua franca for scent. Two fragrances with overlapping fingerprints are scent-twins, even if they share no literal note.
- Cardamom65
- Musk60
- Leather55
- Patchouli50
- Labdanum35
By the editors · 2 min readThe opening is brisk and peppery—cardamom and ginger arrive with a snap that feels more assertive than the house's classic citrus colognes. There's warmth beneath the spice, a resinous edge that keeps the brightness from veering too clean or soapy. Neroli comes through in the heart, smoothing the sharper elements without turning sweet.
As it settles, the base reveals quiet leather and benzoin, supported by patchouli that stays earthy rather than heavy. The musk holds everything close to the skin. It doesn't project wildly, but it lingers longer than you'd expect from a cologne.
This is Acqua di Parma with more grip—still refined, but less about Mediterranean ease and more about something denser and slightly shadowed. It works for someone who wants freshness with a bit of backbone, though it never quite loses the polish of its lineage.