Acqua di Gioia Eau de Toilette

I had the edp. last year and I ended up giving it away. I didn't dislike it but something about it I didn't find wearable. For a long time I only bought edp. never edt. Now, I am starting to realize that with a number of fragrances my love is in the edt. not the perfume and this is one of them. I gave this a try today and loved it. It's perfectly fresh and yet lovely and pretty. It is so much like me I like to think. Modern, elegant, clean and chic. I have a good spread of different fragrances. I love this way more than my scent of peace by Bond 9 which is 3 times more expensive. I actually find that one not wearable either though (SOP by Bond 9, I am wondering if it has been reformulated because my last 2 bottles smell rather sharp) I loved it the very first time I tried it. Back to this one. I immediately bought it and I have it on now. Staying power is pretty good.

Still not sure which i like most; this new edt or the original edp acqua di gioia:) anyway the eau de toilette is more fresh than citrusy; fresh peony, fresh pear, fresh aquatic notes. Yet overall it's not that zesty and i wish the lemon was the old-fashioned sharp one. Anyway, it has a 90's aquatic vibe to it, like a melon popsicle:P When the top notes go it gets more into jasmine ,aquatic florals and soft woods. Cute, gets compliments, actually smells really nice and fruity but not groundbreaking. Really like it, and when in the mood for a pleasant nature, fruit and "aqua" evoking scent it's great. scent: 7+/10 longevity: 5/10 sillage: 6/10

After years of search, i've found the most closer scent to the discountinued Eau d'Eden which in me as always fresh and not powdery at all. It a clean fresh citrus sweet smell but not generic at all. I prefer this one much more to the EDP which smells like rotten flowers on my skin. I belive that any one that likes D&G Light Blue will like this one. Although not similar in scent or in notes its for people who prefer the same kind of scent. The risk being everyone is wearing it...

This is the only one from the Acqua Di Gioia range that I find wearable and actually pleasurable, unlike the EDP or Essenza which both have a strong (sorry to all enthusiasts) vomitty note of over-ripe fruit already going bad. This EDT version is exactly what I'd expected from all the editions of AdG and it has finally arrived! The frosted bottle contains amazing freshness that doesn't go away in a minute but remains for a couple of hours. Perfectly reviving juice for a hot day.

The edt is very refreshing thanks to the lemon blast that you get after the first spritz. At the same time, the calm and delicate flower notes make it very feminine and sophisticated. This flanker is not as sweet as the original edp. All in all, it's a winner! I also like the frosted glass bottle very much.

It`s a beautiful,fresh,sweet,floral fragrance......and i looove it,it`s a little bit the same as the edp,but much lighter,and with a twist in it!!! Gorgeous fresh fragrance,for summer or spring the perfect scent......love it very much,suuuper!!! Love love it

Crisp and cool, I like it a little more than Eau Fraiche version which is more lemony sugary sweet. But this is cold and elegant. I think this will be my next summer perfume. And the bottle is stunning with this matt glass effect.

This one is stronger on cold days while the original fade quickly.

This was my first "100% like" summer scent, after several years of introducing myself in the complex world of perfumes vs. mood+weather .It has some pleasant, elegant yet youthful sweet-fresh notes ,very well blended, going through its stages harmoniously and keeping you comfortable until the very last moment! Ageless, in my highly observative and (I've been told) critic opinion, no one with a decently- trained nose could ever find it disturbing or too common. I must say that I was feeling, at some point during its evolution, a bit of the DNA of Acqua Di Gio, from the same designer. I loved Acqua Di Gio and was sad when I couldn't find it anymore, so this perfume was a scent conmfort to me,each time that I wished I had Aqua , which happened to be my very first designer perfume, as a teenager. As many of you probably know, Giorgio Armani perfumes had quite special compositions, since the very first perfumes, the only ones that did not impress me were Mania and Sensi, but that was only because I had a complicated relation with any notes resembling honey, roiboos or similar, and too sweet perfumes, where i could not distinguish clearly notes, were not speaking to me. To my own - and probably yours - amusement, I wish I could now give a second try to those perfumes, as well! :)) P.S. Sorry for the rambling, it is a shy first review, I am merely budding, comparing to many of those writing here:)

i live in a moderate climate and usually do not need summer scents. Most of my perfumes are yellow or amber colored bottles that are warm scents that comfort me on colder days, which happens almost all year round. However, once in a blue moon we get warm weather wave and then it is nice to reach for something summery and refreshing. I am not usually a type for aquatic scents, I haven’t come across any I like, they usually smell like cucumber or water melon or something that I think of as 90ies smell or combination of all those. Acqua di Gioia is a nice and different scent, aquatic that isn’t cucumber water-melony not does it have this cloying 90ies vibe. It is soft and mellow fresh summery scent, green slightly citrusy with a hint of flowers and fruits. It goes pretty linear on my skin. I love that it is subtle and low sillage (which may not be so popular here), this is how I like my scents to be. It is very different from what I have. I usually go for sensual woody musk or soft leathery skin scents with no flowers nor fruits, and this one is not like this, but I like it a lot anyway. Very happy to have it in my collection. i like this one best of all the series because it is least sweet and fruity.this is my summer in a bottle. i thought i disliked all the aqautic scents, but this proves it wrong, it is very nice to know that there may be aquatic that i may like.

Light... very light but still noticeble. I have the Essenza and the EDT as a member of the family seems the to be the "soft-kind children" =)) I cannot spot -at first nose- the pear, for me the flower touch is more highlighted, the jazmin is lovely on this, deff a perfume for daylight... even tho, as I do with all perfumes... I would use it anytime, if it's a summer night or summer afternoon is great too (I think) BUT... it's december, Christmas eve and I would wear it LOL It's fresh, youthful, light, a little sharp on the first spray, after that it settles down to flower fresh... I like it a lot!

Lemon - aaaah! What an invigorating, energizing perfume. Zing in a bottle! Autumn has finally arrived today, but since summer is not too far forgotten, this is a perfect aquatic pick-me-up scent for today's overcast weather. Fresh lemon in a cloud of white floral (the jasmine is neither too sharp nor sneeze-inducing in this one!)... with the faintest touch of pear to add some subtle sweetness. Acqua di Gioia reminds me of L'eau d'Issey - happy vibes all around. Simpler though, and more playful (L'eau d'Issey would have to be the more sophisticated one). A great mood-lifter.

This is very nice. Sweet,fresh,soft. Very relaxing and pleasant. clean and feminine. It smells a bit like soap, but in a good way. This is a great fragrance for people looking for that "after shower" feel.I like it more than the original and the jasmine version. This one is more wearable, more crowd pleasing. I gave my bottle to a friend who likes fresh fragrances, but i will miss it, because it is really that nice. This is soapy fresh done right (and with great sillage) Thumbs up!

Acqua di Gioia EDT is my favorite version of this fragrance. More delicate, less invasive and more portable than the original. Fresh, crisp, clean but sexy. Is the scent of skin and hair after sea bathing, a refreshing sweet and sour drink and plants that shelter from the sun after the swim. I wear it now waiting for the summer. I think it will offer its best under the sun with clothes of white linen.

This perfume suits perfectly summer hot days, it smells fresh and very cold to me )))

delicious , soft , great quality . love it. better than the original.

A floral duo of jasmine water and peony. A blooming sensuality.

Beautiful! Fresh yet warm and a little bit sweet :)

I’ve had my bottle for a few years now, and I received it as a gift. I admit this is nothing groundbreaking or unique, but that’s what I like about this fragrance. It’s easygoing and wearable, and I can throw it on during a summer day without worry. Like other reviewers have mentioned, this is a fairly clean, soapy scent. I struggle with citrus forward frags as they tend to smell quite obviously of cleaning products on my skin. The lemon here, however, cleanly blends into the pear and peony so it has less “bite”. I struggle to differentiate some of the other listed notes, specifically the violet leaf. Outside of the first minute or so after spraying, where it’s heavy on the citrus, I find the previously described blend to be dominant for most of the wear time. This lasts at full tilt for about 3-4 hours on me until the cedar kicks in and it mellows out considerably, fading into a slightly more woody-citrus skin scent. The sillage on me is mediocre: you certainly can’t smell this across the room but it’s fairly apparent within normal speaking distance for the first 3-5 hours. I wouldn’t say this is a totally safe blind buy, but then again, few scents are. I don’t have any friends into frags, however, and when my girlfriends come over in the daytime, this is a scent that they constantly want to try themselves, and a few have bought it. So in that sense, I do think it has mass appeal - the overall impression I get is fresh clean summer inoffensiveness. It reminds me of an August brunch in the city with said friends, out on a patio drinking sangria. I think this is suitable for an early 20s woman.

Water of joy? More like juice of pear.... Cold, aquatic pear opening. Pear rolled in peony petals mid notes. Pear fermenting in the sun base notes. Where the heck is everything else! Not a scrubber....but totally pointless on me :( L: Moderate S: Soft

I would prefer Acqua di Gio to it. It's nice, citrusy fresh. But the first one was more original.

Lemon, peony, aquatic note and woods. Strange mix. Maybe just too much cedar.

smells like a disappointing free sample

Acqua di Gioia is one of my all time favourite perfume, one of my first true loves. I have always tested the EDP and Essence which every time confirm even more my unconditional love for them. I have never been much interested in the EDT version as I considered it as a lighter and not necessary one but I had to change my mind about it. I tested the EDT and find it absolutely lovely and longlasting. I find that the level of sweetness in each version lows down from the Essence to the EDT and I confirm this is not as sweet as its other cousins. Yes it's a floral aquatic that contains a bit of everything - the freshness of lemon, sweetness of pear and the flowers of course such as jasmine and peony. It evokes in my mind memories of holidays spent in mountain or countryside during summer when everything blooms and fruits are delicous. I don't think it's necessary to own every version as they are more or less similar, but if you are thinking of buying this I'd say be not afraid as it's a very good choice.

I came by this as a result of a swap, with a 50% success rate - the other one is gorgeous, and this one.. Well to say the least he top notes tick all the boxes I do not like in a perfume..But I was looking for something green and fresh that I could wear walking around in the countryside or the forest and I guess this one will do afterall.. I only get citrus in the beginning as it fades it gets greener and to my nose there is a certain 'egg yolk' note fleeting there - not sure as a result of what..I generally like jasmine and cashmere wood, so afterall I'm more neutral to this scent than anything. I would most certainly NOT pay for this, as I already have my preferences in the citrus/green category otherwise.. I could make a good 'after shower-scent' in the summertime, but I do not spray on anything then so for now I guess I'll see how it performs next springtime, maybe it will grow on me then..

I can smell juicy blackcurrant blended well with fresh sweet pear & lemon at the initial sprayed. Its seems like that 3 top notes stayed quite the whole day along with at the gorgeous sambac jasmine in the heart. Nothing 'acqua' about this scent but i really feel fresh pretty much the whole day. Yes it quite long lasting with a moderate sillage. Smells so pretty. The jasmine was not too sharp & heady but beautifully well blended with fruity-citrusy notes.. As it dried down, i can smell some woodsy-musky tones to the scent but still in fresh-fruity-citrusy-jasmine. It's a good blind buy actually, really recommend this & i really like it...

um... theres other Gioias i like better, this one sits a touch lemony for me in the heat, still nice though, i find Issey in general is more what i think of as aquatic, the edp Acquas are also more aquatic to me, this one is a lovely aromatic lemony fresh scc=ent (not the same as DG light blue) the woods sit clean and airy. i mean its totally wearable and easy, unisex if you want, the heat for me makes some scents with citrus hit a touch like clean sweat - just slightly, so thats a me thing, but i love the aromatics of it. clean overall. goodie

The opening is hesperide with citrus accords, mostly lemon, orange and bergamot. To my nose these notes are not refreshing, but astringent and spicy. The ocean and sea breeze notes makes its soul aquatic. n a day or holiday situation, Acqua di Giogia is nice, however I find too commercial. I always prefer niche fragrances from Ibiza or Parma. Acqua di Giogia is the femenine equivalent to D&G Light Blue for Women. Introducing a salt accord is a good point to elevate this fragrance to a better status, however, still too comercial.

Blind buy after reading all the good comments, and I wanted to love it but I just can't. There are these sharp notes that I can't get rid of my nose when on my skin, and that's irritating - they remind me of cigarette dirt for some reason. The perfume itself is very much like the initial Acqua di Gio for women, but Gioia is lighter, I'd say. Nobody complemented me on the scent, ever. There is no deepness to this fragrance, no 'wow' factor. One of the very common summer fragrances on the streets. I am so sorry Gioia..

This is quite wearable - citrus, white flower and sweet pear... Fresh, optimistic and sweet. The bottle is very nice, stylish and fits in a handbag nicely. This can be a pleasant everyday fragrance - it isn't too intense so it won't cause a headache, doesn't get cloying, but the sillage is very good for EDT. It is light, has a certain zing of freshness and at the same time feels sophisticated.

I love this perfume! I love anything aquatic and this doesn't disappoint. Its very feminine and summery. I find it to be very very close to Chloe Love Story but this has an added aquatic note while love story is a tiny bit mire floral. But very close. If I cant find this when my cherished few mls are used I will buy love story instead.

The lemon is predominant, followed by jasmine. I wouldn't call this sweet, it has a sharpness. Definitely fresh, and the sillage is decent. Doesn't change from start to finish much. Reminds me of Love's Rainforest scent. If you can't find that anymore, this is a great alternative. Would be cooling and good for hot weather.

Okay, another once aquatic essence by Armani. This fragrance slowly moves into the fruit bracket, so we have Armani’s smell, adding a pear flanker, and cedar in base notes less brisk/biting and smoother to the nose. More to my fruity tastes, this is a new part of Aqua di..... line.

To me, it smells exactly the same as the melon flavored ice-cream. Very sweet, even much more than Prada Candy though they smell totally different. Sweet but not cloying, it's quite fresh and I prefer this over the original version. Perfect for the sweet tongues.

I got to try this, if it's any similar to j'adore l'eau cologne floral please inform me as I may not shop any fragrances this month but next month for my birthday. It's on the list already to try out & then I'll come back with a review.

The lemon here lasts mere seconds on me. What remains is the strong jasmine and pear layer. The longevity is formidable. After a few hours I get weary of the smell, which to my nose turns into sugar + musk.

I am the first to vote for this one. The EdT is crispier and more feminine than the more masculine original and its flankers. Recommended for hot summer days!

Fresh, crisp, appealing, and quietly dancing fragrance. Breaks up any room and I love it.

I want this next....beautiful scent...Blackcurrant sucks me in everytime :)

Fresh, minty, floral aquatic. Weak lasting power.