Mandorlo di Sicilia is the Blu Mediterraneo eau de toilette Acqua di Parma devotes to the warmth of Sicily and to the Avola almond. Star anise, Italian bergamot and orange open onto green almond and ylang-ylang, before a base of Madagascan vanilla, cedar, Tolu balsam and musk, beneath the blue glass dear to the house.
The house and Dillard’s class Mandorlo di Sicilia among amber citrus fragrances. Star anise, Italian bergamot and orange form its top, green almond and ylang-ylang its heart, Madagascan vanilla, cedar, Tolu balsam and musk its base.
Star anise and citrus
The top pairs the freshness of star anise with Italian bergamot and orange, according to Dillard’s. Anethole, the molecule of anise, appears in the list of components.
Green almond
Green almond and ylang-ylang hold the heart. Benzaldehyde, which smells of bitter almond, also appears in the declared list.
Vanilla and Tolu balsam
Madagascan vanilla, cedar, Tolu balsam and musk make up the base; Dillard’s speaks of a sweet vanilla. Vanillin and acetyl cedrene, a woody molecule, are among the components.
What the label declares
The list opens with alcohol, water and fragrance, with hexamethylindanopyran and tetramethyl acetyloctahydronaphthalenes, two synthetic molecules. Next come ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate, a UV filter, acetyl cedrene, vanillin, limonene and bergamot and bitter orange peel oils.
Two further UV filters, ethylhexyl salicylate and butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane, protect the juice along with BHT, tocopherol and disodium EDTA. The list also names linalyl acetate, anethole, linalool, benzaldehyde, a lavender oil, pinene and benzyl benzoate.
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