Si Eau de Toilette

When I first tried Armani sí edp, I didn't really like that. After maybe 1 year when the new flanker "Le Parfum" arrived, I went to test that, and I also tested the edo once again. I found that really nice then. I think that was because of the cooler weather. It's really beautiful in the cooler/ colder weather, I think that was the problem when I first tried, that it was a nice sunny weather then... In cold when it's really freezy, this scent behaves differently and it just warms my soul up... So I really wanted to buy that. Finally I pruchased the Eau the Toilette one instead of the edp because I just saw it on a really good price. So it was a blind buy, but I didn't mind it at all. This edt version is much lighter/ fresher, and less sweet, than the original one, it doesn't really change on my skin ( I don't mind it at all), and it's more wearable in any season I guess. (Ok maybe for the summer it's enough 1 press or maybe two, I'll see, I haven't tried it in summer yet.) It stays for long on clothes and on my scarf.. oh my God, This is amazing to smell this fragrance for days on my scarf. It feels like i washed it just the day before. This fragrance became one of my favourites which i always want to have in my collection. BUT I have only one problem with it. :'After I used it for maybe some days more than a week, little, red, itchy spots appeared on my neck, chest, mostly where I sprayed on this frag. :( People said it's parfume allergy unfortunately. But thanks God, after some days these dissapeared, as I didn't use Sí edt and any other parfumes for some days (It was so difficult not to use any of them :O ) and then I could enjoy again my parfums except Sí edt. And now after maybe 2-3 months, I wanted to smell like Sí edt again, and sprayed it on and used it for some days, as I'm really in love with this frag, but the spots appeared again. :( It's so bad. I cannot use it only on clothes, If I could have a shower in this frag, I would do that really often. I can't believe that finally I find a frag that I really love beside AoD le secret edp and LPRN couture and want to have in my collection FOREVER and it turns out that, no, you can not use it. I don't know what to do now. :(

This took me by a complete surprise! I was on a mission the other day while at the mall to go sniff a few of my 'dislikes'. I'm all about second chances apparently :) During my sniffing I discovered that I was a lot more tolerant in regards to many of my 'dislikes' than I previously thought. I had tested the original Armani Si when it first came out. Did. Not. Like. It. So I made it a point to approach the Armani Si again and see how I would fare. I knew there were a few new flankers also that I had not tried. So I started spraying. The originial on my left wrist. Wait a few seconds. Sniff. Hmmm...this was actually not as bad as I remembered, not a total love for me, but I definitely was not hating. I grabbed the black bottle and sprayed on my right wrist. Inhaling deeply. "Hey! This one I quite like". Less cassis, more fruit. But a very deep scent. Then I saw a nude bottle I had not seen before, Armani Sí edt. So I grabbed and sprayed. "Well Hello there! Wow! This is NICE", were the immediate thoughts running through my mind. There is something about the EDT that just grabbed me instantly. It does have the Armani Sí DNA for sure, but it is lighter, brighter, fruitier, but still not really in a fruity kind of way...if that makes any sense? It is sweet, but not cloyingly sugary sweet. In short I fell in love with it and it has gone to no 1 on my want list. It is a beautiful fragrance for any time of the year really and lasting power is good for an EDT. A definite thumbs up from me :)

I am getting this next time I am out. I have the regular and the black one. Both I love , I always thought that the EDT has similar or same notes until I tried it today! And wow it's fresher and fruitier and like fresh out of the shower. Still sweet and yummy but definitely fresher and great for summer. I love the strawberry note. What a great perfume. Must have for a Si lover like myself. Bottle is stunning like the others and smells clean, fresh , sweet but sophisticated in my opinion. Someone said , less vanilla and fresher than original. That pretty much sums it up ! I also love that musk is added to this one ,,, Total winner , modern fragrance ! Update , bought this today and in love. It finally came to me what it smells like,,,, Miss Dior !!!! But sweeter and nicer , almost identical though without that coco mad vibe that I am getting from Miss Dior. This is close to Miss Dior Cherie with the strawberry and sweet popcorn note. Very similar ! And as I see here people had said the same , how did I never notice ? SI is a little sweeter and creamier. Update My favourite from the SI line

I prefer this to the original as it’s muskier, woodier and fresher in the opening. Smells very similar to the EDP in the dry down but more laidback and fresh. Not as sweet and in your face. Base note is similar to that in Guerlain Idylle I noticed too. It’s long lasting and projects well too. If only it didn’t get quite as sweet in the dry down it would be perfect. Might purchase for days when I have a sweet tooth. Update: have now purchased this one. This is the only floral fruity fragrance I own, and this is the only one I like of the Armani Si line. The EDP and other iterations just become too cloying and sweet. I like the amber, woods and fresh nuances. I have figured out that it is the unlikely mango note in the composition which sets it apart. The mango gives this a juiciness that makes it appeal to my nose. This one lacks the syrup quality of the others that usually puts me off. I would recommend this delicate, feminine and fruity fragrance.

What is it with me and modern chypres? I have to have every single one of them. Si was no exception. I scored a big bottle for €50, yay! Now, let's move on to the scent. The EDT version differs slightly from the original. It's a bit lighter, not so sweet, more fruity, and you get a little less patchouli with it. Black currant is the main player here. But you still get the same feel from it, as with the original. It's a bit lighter but it's still Si. I actually might like this one better, because the sweetness is well-balanced, not tiresome as it can be with the EDP, and I think that the rose is less prominent. This is no way a summer flanker, but a good all-year-rounder. Fruity champagne is what I would call this.