Mistero di Roma Uomo
Laura Biagiotti (2010)

An update to the original, almost like a splash or two of Aqua di Roma spliced into original Roma. I find it hard to wear the original sometimes because it puts you in a corner all the time...It doesn't change much and it is so obvious early 2000s Italian. Aqua di Roma on theother hand, is beautiful if simple, and pretty straight forward: grapefruit top, cedary base. With Mistero you get both worlds. It is the new Fiat 500 which as much as you want to love it, it pays a hefty homage to the original cinquecento, which is bad sometimes. So thumbs up for being a well executed modern interpretation of the original; however, Aqua di Roma is the clear choice here.

Very similar to the traditional Roma Uomo this flanker is a slightly dustier, more citric and less creamy version of the original. The beginning is more citrusy than the Roma Uomo's one with the main role played by mandarine, bergamot and grapefruits. This link inpresses the traditional fruity smell of the scent while the following central accord of juniper berries and musk is the responsible of the more aromatic approach of the fragrance, even because of the subdued role played by amber, benzoin and vanilla. The following development  is indeed more woodsy, aromatic and less soapy-milky than the predecessor. There is sort of final masculine and a bit sophisticated undertone of bergamot that is deep and intense in its lemony beat and that comes from the top but this stands anyway as a mediocre and over fruited scent in my opinion.

The blue version of Roma Uomo. It's more aromatic and less gourmand then Roma Uomo, I think it's perfect for summer and daywear.