Costa Azzurra: The new fragrance from Tom Ford Tom Ford, or Thomas Carlyle Ford by his real name, was born on August 27, 1961 in Austin, Texas. While he could have drawn on his American origins to create fragrances, he far prefers to immerse us in an entirely different place.
Presented in a bottle of great beauty, Tom Ford's Costa Azzurra shines brightly and captivates us as much through its refinement as through its sun-kissed character. Its ambition? To transport us with a single breath and to capture the relaxed and sexy atmosphere of the Mediterranean. Born from all of Tom Ford's know-how and visionary spirit, Costa Azzurra takes us to a place the designer particularly cherishes, between sea spray and summer warmth. So, what exactly makes up this fragrance? Let us break down its composition.
Refreshing top notes, from the garrigue
Like many fragrances, Costa Azzurra opens on the freshness of citrus. This is an excellent way to capture attention and unleash new energy from its very first breath. Combined with this are more aromatic ingredients, more rarely used in the top notes of fragrances. First, Tom Ford's Costa Azzurra contains myrtle essential oil. This small shrub grows mainly around the Mediterranean basin. Resinous, it evokes the scent of the garrigue while unfolding a balsamic facet. Here it is combined with juniper berries, a small conifer also native to Mediterranean Europe. More spicy and woody, it recalls the scent of pine.
The resinous heart of Costa Azzurra
At its heart, Tom Ford's Costa Azzurra becomes more resinous, and for good reason. It contains mastic, whose balsamic scent is quite strong. Evoking the Orient, this natural gum is as intense as it is herbaceous. Here, Tom Ford chooses to pair it with cypress essential oil, to lend more woody persistence to the recipe, while preserving a scent close to that of pine, already present in its top notes. At once, Costa Azzurra takes us on a journey and evokes sea salt mingled with the woody scent of the dunes.
The woody, Mediterranean base of Costa Azzurra
Continuing along this path, Tom Ford's Costa Azzurra closes on a more woody, sustained base. Oak lends it a certain persistence, while giving structure to the whole. Likewise, still to evoke the Mediterranean region, Tom Ford chooses to incorporate cistus absolute, a shrub whose bushes line the entire Mediterranean, very present both in the mountains and in coastal regions. Renowned for its splendid pink and white flowers, it deposits here a final amber, animalic and floral breath. Highly appreciated for the diversity of its scent, it brings more depth to this fragrance.
Costa Azzurra is described as a crisp medley of cypress, oak and aromatic notes. Like rays of sunshine on damp skin, the citrus brightens the pine needles at the heart of this fragrance. The amber facets of cistus absolute finally close out this beautiful journey.