[unpaid/sample] The Acqua di Parma Powder Soap that you see here is something I pulled from my shelves to show you because it looks like the Italian brand, founded in 1916, is discontinuing it. There is quite a plentiful supply of the alternative fragrance, Cipresso Powder, available on line which I will direct you to but it’s not featured at all on the Acqua di Parma website so it looks like powder has hit the dust.
This is in the Colonia fragrance which is a cologne scented version of lemon, bergamot and orange – the cologne aspect makes it fresh and reviving as it’s designed to do.
The Blu Mediterraneo Cypresso di Toscana is a sharp and woody scent that’s also very fresh and uplifting.
Acqua di Parma was founded by Baron Carlo Magnani, apparently a connoisseur and independent thinker (?!) who wanted an alternative to the rich and sweet fragrances of the time. Colonia was the original fragrance and an immediate success – even attracting the attention of Hollywood in the 1940s and 50s with Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn as customers. 
If you’ve never experienced a powder soap, it turns out that they’re rare as hen’s teeth now so we are in the last chance saloon for even trying it from a brand. I know it’s old-fashioned but at the same time I think it feels fresh and interesting – I mean, it’s such a mundane task that jazzing the experience up a bit seems almost exciting! Especially during the dreary months where everything seems so dull. So, I’m going to send you to an Amazon link but do search about a bit because there are various iterations of the soap under the Acqua Di Parma Blu Meditteraneo label at varying prices but they’re around the £20 mark HERE. The powder, by the way, foams to a silky lather that I find gorgeous.
