A perfume house born on an island
The project began as a small workshop with a shop in Marciana Marina. The brand's emblem, a stylized sailing ship, comes from a 1967 find: in the Gulf of Procchio a storm surge brought to light the remains of a small Roman ship, and among the finds was the stopper of a perfume flask. The green of the packaging has a precise origin too: the founders describe it as the color of the sea around Elba. The house still produces on the island.
The fragrance lines in our catalog
Classica: the first line
Classica is the line the house started with. For him there is Classica Uomo eau de toilette, a marine fragrance with lemon, mandarin, rosemary, seaweed, Mediterranean scrub woods and musk. Classica Donna eau de parfum is a floral that pairs orange blossom, myrtle, gardenia and jasmine with rockrose. In the eau de toilette version of Classica Donna, orange takes the place of orange blossom, while myrtle, gardenia, jasmine and rockrose remain.
Blu: citrus, fig and woods
In the Blu line, Blu Uomo is a citrus eau de parfum with mandarin, sea lily and orange at the top, rockrose at the heart and cedarwood at the base. The house presents it as a meeting of fresh citrus with marine and woody notes. The women's version, Blu Donna, is a woody floral with a fruity fig note, together with helichrysum and sea chamomile and a base of cedarwood and coastal juniper.
Arcipelago: flowers and woods of the Tuscan Archipelago
The line takes its name from the Tuscan Archipelago and sets out to reflect its landscapes. Arcipelago Donna is a floral perfume with apricot at the top, orange blossom, jasmine and helichrysum at the heart and strawberry tree at the base. For him there is Arcipelago Uomo, an aromatic floral that opens with pepper, sage and rosemary, with a jasmine heart and a cypress base.
Altrove and Sport
The house also offers Altrove, a woody men's fragrance inspired by the island of Montecristo, with cypress, iris, leather, tobacco and incense. Sport is the house's unisex eau de parfum, a citrus floral with bergamot and pepper at the top, sea lily and geranium at the heart and cedarwood at the base.
How to choose among the fragrances
The simplest guide is the olfactory family the house gives for each fragrance. Classica Uomo is marine and Blu Uomo is citrus. The florals include Classica Donna and Arcipelago Donna, Blu Donna is a woody floral and Arcipelago Uomo an aromatic floral. Sport is a citrus floral made for him and for her, and Altrove is woody.
If you prefer an eau de toilette, our catalog has Classica Uomo, Classica Donna and Blu Donna; Blu Uomo, Arcipelago, Altrove and Sport are eau de parfum.
Home fragrances
For the home there is Mare, with rosemary, sea lily, lemon, sea rockrose and seaweed, available as a reed diffuser, as a refill and as a room spray. Limonaia di Sant'Andrea is based on lemon essential oils, with basil, green leaves and cedarwood. Then there is Note di Natale, marine and spicy in character, and Brezza di Mare, presented as a marine fragrance. The Costa del Sole diffuser, also available as a refill, is dedicated to a Mediterranean scrub path among mastic shrubs and prickly pears overlooking the sea, and the reed diffusers also include Giardino degli Aranci and Profumi del Monte Capanne. Finally, available only as refills, there are Casa dei Mandarini, dedicated to a house surrounded by mandarin trees above a cliff, Azimut, which the house dedicates to the sea as experienced from a boat, and Cala del Fico, which smells of prickly pear, ripe fig, pink grapefruit and scrub.
The "Mia" sets
The "Mia" sets hold two 15 ml eau de parfum bottles of the same fragrance in a green box. This is the only format in which our catalog carries Essenza Uomo and Essenza Donna; the other versions are Classica Uomo, Classica Donna and Blu Uomo.
Frequently asked questions
Who founded Acqua dell'Elba?
The house was founded by three people born in Marciana Marina, Fabio, Marco and Chiara, who started it in their early thirties and describe it as a family business. In 2021 the company became a Società Benefit (benefit corporation) and made commitments to its employees, suppliers, the local community and the environment.
Classica: eau de toilette or eau de parfum?
For Classica Donna you can choose between two compositions. The eau de parfum combines orange blossom, myrtle, gardenia and jasmine, while the eau de toilette has orange in place of orange blossom, and both contain rockrose. Classica Uomo comes as an eau de toilette and, in the "Mia" set, as an eau de parfum, with the same marine notes.
What does Blu Donna smell like?
Blu Donna is a woody floral in which a fruity fig note meets helichrysum and sea chamomile, over a base of cedarwood and coastal juniper. Our catalog carries it in both eau de parfum and eau de toilette, and it belongs to the Blu line together with Blu Uomo, a citrus eau de parfum.
Which fragrance from the house is best for men?
It depends on the olfactory family you like. Classica Uomo is marine and Blu Uomo is citrus, Arcipelago Uomo is an aromatic floral and Altrove a woody fragrance. If you want a men's fragrance that also works for her, there is Sport, the house's unisex citrus floral eau de parfum.
Is there a unisex fragrance in the range?
Yes, the house has a unisex eau de parfum called Sport, from the citrus floral family. It has bergamot and pepper at the top, a heart of jasmine and sea lily and a base of cedarwood, and it is made for both him and her.
What is the difference between Arcipelago Donna and Arcipelago Uomo?
Arcipelago Donna is a floral with lemon, apricot and mandarin at the top and strawberry tree and musk at the base. Arcipelago Uomo is an aromatic floral instead, opening with pepper, sage and rosemary and settling on a base of cedar and cypress. The two fragrances share jasmine at the heart.
What inspired Altrove?
Altrove is inspired by the island of Montecristo, one of the islands of the Tuscan Archipelago. It is a woody men's eau de parfum with cypress, iris, leather, tobacco and incense, and our catalog carries it as an eau de parfum alongside the men's fragrances from the Classica, Blu and Arcipelago lines.
Which home diffusers have refills?
Our catalog has refills for the Mare, Costa del Sole, Azimut, Casa dei Mandarini and Cala del Fico reed diffusers. Mare has notes of rosemary, sea lily, lemon, rockrose and seaweed. Cala del Fico smells of prickly pear, ripe fig and pink grapefruit.
Which citrus home fragrances does the house offer?
Among the citrus scents there is Limonaia di Sant'Andrea, based on lemon essential oils with basil, green leaves and cedarwood, and then the Casa dei Mandarini refill, dedicated to mandarin. For a marine mood there are Mare and Brezza di Mare, while Note di Natale is marine and spicy.
What is in the "Mia" set?
The "Mia" set contains two 15 ml bottles of eau de parfum of the same fragrance, in the house's green box. Our catalog has the Classica Uomo, Classica Donna and Blu Uomo versions, as well as Essenza Uomo and Essenza Donna, which come only in this format.
