'Colonia Essenza' Eau de Cologne

The comment shown below is repeatedly posted by one person. Don't believe the negative hype. This person bases everything on his "nose" and has no evidence to back up his claim. I own Colonia Essenza and think it smells fantastic. Very much worth the purchase. "many fragrances are reformulating to heed the decision by the IFRA (international fragrance association) which is banning or setting lower limits on a whole host of ingredients central to many popular fragrances. i just purchased....and promptly returned a bottle of AdP Essenza to nordstroms after smelling it. a full third of the top notes that were authentic citrus (now banned) and have been replaced with synthetics. the middle rose note has been depleted and the jasmine, in my opinion what holds the fragrance together is now the fake stuff. the base notes of white musk, amber and patchouli after the dry down are the same as before and the longevity of the amazing base note trio is still deliciously lasting hours and hours and hours after the fade. sadly the intoxication of the scent of jasmine which spent 4 hours leading into the amber is gone. this cologne is now tragic for three hours then again becomes the beautiful bones of the once great thing it descended from. if you get a bottle with the numbers 2013 (the year) in the batch lot label, send it back. "