Acqua di Gioia Essenza

This week I was going to smell some perfumes that I had already in mind, but I never try the ones I want to try, when I am going to a perfume store I think for example: "I really need to try jean paul gaultier The EDT and the EDP classique" I am very curious about those, but I couldn ́t find them so I saw this one and I am glad I did not find those 2, otherwhise I wouldn ́t try this amazing fragrance. But this happens me all the time, I can ́t ever find what Iam looking for, I could call a employe, but since now I don ́t buy almost anything in stores, I prefer not to call anyone, just smell, and leave lool, then I order on-line(like many of us do, I suppose)Now I ́ll get back to the ESSENZA I wasn ́t expecting much since I don ́t really give a shi** for the original acqua di gioia (wich I own),so I tought it was something simmilar,NOT AT ALL, at least not in me, I really like this one It ́s really awsome, For those who can ́t find it avaiable in stores, I recommend a Blind Buy definelly!! And it as a very good sillage and longetivity lasts many hours.. I hope I can get one some day :)

Yesterday got the bottle 100ml - it's a bottle of my personal joy. I just love it from the beginnig to the end. The most strong notes for my nose are pepper, than goes jasmine, after it - mint and sugar, covered with cashmeran. Lemon notes are not so harsh as it feels in Aqua di Gioa, casmeran makes this perfume more suitable for brunettes - it keep saying "hot-hot-hot" after 6 hours of wearing this perfume. The base notes of origin Aqua say only "im fresh&flowery" and the sillage isnt so potent - imho, more suitable for blondies. When my sis(brown-haired) wears Aqua di Gioa, it opens more flowery and sweet, on me instead(Im brunette) - warm and sweet-spicy. Totally pleased!

I've just tried this scent. I would not say it was aquatic at all like for example l'eau de Issey. It is quite sweet and the dry down on me smells like juicy tropical fruits. Half way between papaya and mango :) I was bought up in the Far East so I should know. I thought it was going to be much fresher. Thankfully it is not too sweet or it would have given me a migraine. I am very sensitive to smells. I never smelt the lemon or mint that I was looking forward to. If I had tried this blind then I would have sworn it was a scent from the ESCADA group. Anyway, after saying all that, I like it and it will definitely be one of my new summer scents.

A lovely summer cocktail! I bought it at duty free in Newark and the worker there literally took me by the hand (do they just KNOW when they have a Fragrantica club member there? Do we give ourselves away because we smell everything?!) and I wore it every day I was in Denmark. It was perfect for the lovely spring days, rain or sun. It is green, refreshing, rainy, sunny, a margarita in a spray and exactly what I needed. It is precisely the reason I got into perfumes...aromatherapy. It stays on almost all, day, too. I found myself even spritzing at night before bedtime with the windows open and the cool breeze coming in.

Unlike most people, i dont think this is a day time/ spring/ summer scent. This is a strong sweet and floral fragrance for Winter nights with some aquatic freshness on the opening to balance it and keep the identity of the Acqua di Gioia Line, but in a powerful and intense version. 2 or 3 sprays are enough and its lasts for hours. I can’t wear it in the heat, but when its cold, it just SHINES! So if you tryed it in a spring afternoon thinking it was a freshie and disliked it, save your bottle for the Winter and give it another go! It might surprise you! Not very original, but I find it very feminin and sexy.