Acqua Di Gioia Eau Fraiche

After reading about this, I bought a bottle off eBay for a good price, and I'm glad I did. The first spray brought a creamy, clean, lightly citrus rush. Floral, green hints and an uplifting sweetness. For me, the intricate, heady rush of the first few sprays dies down within minutes, leaving a creamy, crisp musk. There is a slight citrus, lightly white floral, mostly aquatic smell, which is balanced by the brown sugar note. The brown sugar note is really important, to me, because it adds a sharp, warm note. The thickness of a molasses-esque tone in the background subtly lends a serious side to an otherwise entirely bright and sparkly fragrance. It gives it a hint of darkness, which allows me to take it seriously. This is such a beautiful perfume, to me. I am in love. If there is one criticism, it is that the concentration is lacking. Longevity needs to be amped up double or more on this. After 3-4 sprays, I can hardly smell it an hour later :( That is a big disappointment, for me, in an otherwise impeccable perfume. But! The smell is so so so good, I am willing to apply, apply, apply, all day long! I highly recommend this as a unique, intricate, and thoroughly refreshing summer fragrance!

It kind of smells like the forest after rain to me. I wish they made this exact composition in Eau de Parfum version, because the concentration is the biggest downside of this perfume. The strong grapefruit in the opening vanishes as fast as it came in the first place. So no worries, if you don't like that bitter citrus smell. To describe this scent in more detail, I would have to say that it's a little like a fresh herbal lemony tea with tropical palm tree leaves. Bizarre, how one can like the smell of tea, but the it is so nicely diluted - really watery and tight, but noticeable. When it dries down, the freshness kind of goes to the background and the sweet woodsy notes arise. The way brown sugar ties those fresh smells together in this perfume is absolutely beautiful. A very subtle sweetness with a teeny-tiny hint of caramel. The smell of cedar also suits amazingly well with this scent profile. To me this scent is exactly what cleanness should smell like.

Perfect summer scent, it's citrusy but not sharp or colonge-like. The sugar in it makes it slightly sweet, like a good refreshing lemonade, but it's not simple at all. It's a fresh and feminine composition. Makes you feel clean and sexy. I'm all into citrus, water and fresh flowers in generel, I really prefer these in a perfume. This scent is a bit stronger than I usually used to, but this just means that I can use the half of the amount. It's a lovely summer evening perfume, it's fresh, but not superficial. Definitely recommend this, if you (like I was) are searching for a cool scent for the long summer nights

This is an amazing scent. I couldn't leave the store without it. The grapefruit and lemon are strong at the beginning but you have the brown sugar in the back smoothing it out a bit. It is even better on the dry down. This is what I thought the other version would smell like when I read that it was a "fresh" scent. I think the two would be great layered together. Might be in the collection forever as a great go to fresh scent for those hot new york city summer nights.

Warm, citrus, aquatic, sherbety perhaps, lemon but not tart, will edit later. Good for now on the skin. Seems more alive than Essenza which I have on the other wrist. Essenza seems flat and cool aromatic, wood something. Eau Fraiche isn't manly or deodorant like which I am very pleased. It's like a fresh warm gentle sherbet breeze

It is an amazing scent. The grapefruit and lemon are strong in the beginning but you have the brown sugar in the back coming out a bit. It is even better on the dry down. This is what I thought the other version would smell like when I read that it was a "fresh" scent. I think the two would be great layered together.

To me the scent is much more similiar to de EDT that to the EDP, is the fresher and crispier smell of the range. A bit similar do the discontinued Eau d'Eden bt Cacharel but the EDT is even closer in scent. Great for summer, but on my skin even on winter this scent can be felt with reasonable longevity and sillage.

Fresh, light, clean jasmine and green tea scent. The sillage quite surprised me - it can be very strong, especially in hot weather. It's a pity that I mostly enjoy the flankers that get discontinued, than the pillar fragrances themselves tho.

This perfume is my favorite that I own. The scent is very strong and long lasting! The notes are great together and would recommend it to any one who wants to smell great all day!

Ultimate tropical aquatic scent. Fabulous in a hot and humid climate. I wish I had bought a full bottle. It was *that* good.

Grapefruit, jasmine tea, jasmine water, cedar, brown sugar - this sounds good!!! I really like this notes.

I really like the soft notes, it's a great for everyday wear. It opens up with the lovely citrus notes. However it has a sort of "soapy" quality after a few hours, which isn't really interesting at all to be honest.. smells like a nice bath, really. In that sense it reminds me of the Clean scents, however these aren't as fresh and citrus-y as this one. (I actually detest all the Clean scents) In this one the jasmine, ylang-ylang and tea balances the aquatic qualities. My boyfriend agreed that it was nice, but nothing phenomenal! After six hours this was completely gone on me, so it's probably one that you'd need to bring with you on a long day out :) If you, like me, are looking for a non-offensive office scent that doesn't smell like baby-like laundry detergent or too much musk (like the Clean scents), you might want to give this one a try.

I owned this as a teenager/maybe early 20s, but would still wear this now as a 30yr old (if I wasn't so strongly attached to fragrances representing a specific time period and never going back - which is a shame in regards to this one). Really fresh and clean smelling, very inoffensive, I can't really imagine someone not liking this to be honest. Great choice for an easy spring/summer scent, not at all groundbreaking, just simple and nice.

Very fresh summery "right out the shower" scent. Smells great and dries down okay. But it's a very linear scent and to me it became tiresome or 'boring' to wear. Don't spray too much, it can induce headaches. I could never empty a full bottle of this, the 25 ish ml I had was a good amount.

Heavy on the citrus, and over time can become a bit tedious. My husband came into the room after I had just sprayed it and asked what that sherbet smell was. I think if you like D&G "light blue" you will probably like this s well.

My first perfume, I bought it at an airport. Love at first sniff. I still really like it but there's an sub-scent (pardon my lack of knowledge in fragrance jargon) of gasoline once on my skin. It makes me nauseous. Too bad!

I agree with "prettyswag". However, despite this fragrance be a bit lighter than the original I think this is more bitter... more astringent. I think I prefer the original, but both are great.

One of my favourite summer scents. Very fresh, clean and uplifting. It’s not super unique but it’s a summer fragrance done right in my opinion. Will always be in my collection.

frais et léger parfait pour forte chaleur. difficile à trouver , convient bien aux personnes aimant parfum aquatique, frais

Truly is a watered down, sweeter, and short(er) lasting version of the original. Might as well get Aqua Bella from La Rive.