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Colonia Essenza vs A Midsummer Dream
from €415.00
The scent fingerprint
Woody: Colonia Essenza 80 out of 100, A Midsummer Dream 80 out of 100. Citrus: Colonia Essenza 40 out of 100, A Midsummer Dream 40 out of 100. Floral: Colonia Essenza 40 out of 100, A Midsummer Dream 40 out of 100. Warm spicy: Colonia Essenza absent, A Midsummer Dream 40 out of 100
What brings them together, what sets them apart
How they evolve on the skin
Notes shared by both perfumes.
Top notes
the first half hour
Heart notes
the central character (1 to 4 h)
What are they for?
Colonia Essenza
A Midsummer Dream
Seasons
Spring
Very suitable
Suitable
Summer
Suitable
Suitable
Autumn
Very suitable
Very suitable
Winter
Not its territory
Suitable
Moments
Office
Very suitable
Very suitable
Everyday
Very suitable
Very suitable
Evenings & dates
Suitable
Suitable
Night
Not its territory
Suitable
How is it calculated?
These markers are an editorial estimate calculated automatically from the perfume's real accords and their intensity, following the classic reading of scent families (hesperidics and aromatics shine in summer and at the office, ambers and gourmands in winter and in the evening…). They do not come from user votes and do not replace a test on skin.
Why choose one… or the other?
Why choose Colonia Essenza
- It brings what the other lacks — jasmine, myrtle, petitgrain.
- No tracked point of sale to date.
- Eau de Cologne: the formula is more diluted than its rival's.
Why choose A Midsummer Dream
- Richer concentration (Extrait de Parfum against Eau de Cologne): higher theoretical longevity.
- Facets Colonia Essenza does not have: cyclamen, rhubarb, aldehydes.
- warm spicy give it a roundness the other lacks.
- Our calculated profile has it at ease in 8 situations out of 8, where the other holds 6.
The verdict
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Most concentrated
A Midsummer Dream — Extrait de Parfum, so more material than an eau de cologne
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Most enveloping
A Midsummer Dream — signature carried by warm spicy
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Most versatile
A Midsummer Dream — 8 situations out of 8 suit it, against 6 for the other
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Most original
A Midsummer Dream — its notes are rarer in our catalogue (fir balsam, cyclamen)
Each trophy applies to a specific use, not in absolute terms.