Sky di Gioia

There really is nothing like Sky di Gioia. Now, I know there’s a multitude of scents like it but I haven’t been able to find anything exact. I spray this on and instantly get the litchi, peony, and rose. As it settles, I start getting the sparkling pear and the sweetness from the blackberry. At this stage, there’s still nothing particularly special about it but it manages to be one of those generically nice perfumes that you spray and forget about. It’s not until a hour into the wear time that the performance makes it memorable for me. I don’t even know how to appropriately describe the sensation other than this juicy, fruity, floral, clean bubble that wafts from my skin to stand testament to the fact that it’s still there to compliment the natural movements of your body. It’s absolutely a skin scent, one that falls into that ‘your skin but better’ category. This is my personal favorite type of scent because it never needs to be overpowering in order to convey its beauty. The original intention of this perfume by the creator was to be the sunrise over the sea and the optimistic hope that greets you at the beginning of a new day. I believe this fragrance accomplishes just that. As I understand it, these flankers didn’t do so well because a lot of people viewed them as bland and unoriginal. This probably contributed to them being discontinued. I can’t speak for the rest of the line but Sky is intriguing especially in the dry down. I recently tried Bright Crystal Absolu and it does give the same vibe. Maybe it’s just me wanting precisely what was in Sky but it wasn’t close enough sadly. Longevity is pretty consistent but performance-wise, it’s not comparable. I wish I were able to try Gucci’s Envy Me but it’s been discontinued for so long that I am not going to bother. I will eventually get around to trying Coach’s Poppy Flower (it was a fail) and Jimmy Choo’s L’eau which are purportedly similar but I doubt they will outshine Sky. Currently, I have both bottles of Sky: the baby pink marble cap bottle (pictured up top) and the original domed, fuchsia cap bottle. They both smell and perform pretty similarly so no need to seek out a specific bottle as it will likely boil down to preference and availability. Edit: Enduring Glow by Jennifer Lopez DOES come close to smelling like Sky but with a lot of the dupes I’ve tried, it misses the mark as far as depth goes. It’s the closest “cheapie” you will find on the market today.

I am at the airport right now and just bought a bottle of this at Duty Free. Jesus! What beautiful, otherworldy scent! This one doesn't smell like a woman; it smells like a vision. Like the sky. Like an element. Usually, fragrances for women are associated with a specific female persona: i.e. "confident and enigmatic", "feminine and poignant", "sexy and alluring", "sophisticated and elegant". And when you buy a fragrance like that, you embody that persona. With Sky, you don't have those associations and connotations. You're a natural phenomenon. And a beautiful one, at that! I love the smell of lychee, blackcurrant and pear. Just so happens this one brings together all of my favs! But then it's still warm and strong at the same time, thanks to the wood and musk. Just like the dawn sky: sparkling but bringing a promise of warmth!! I hope nobody else ever buys it; I want this to be mine mine mine!!!!!

If you like pink scents , this is wonderful . What I mean by pink ? Scents that are girly girly in a traditional way . This is like a more mature Babydoll. It has peonies which are sweet ( and peonies most of the time smell green on me, but not here ) , and lychees ( juicy and tropical )and pears . It’s succulent. The combination of fruit and peony at some points almost smells like the wine drenched roses in A.G Ce soir ou Jamais, or Ineke’s Briar Rose. But this is just a hint of impression, it is not like those . Although it is very fruity and quite sweet it doesn’t cross into the Escada territory. A very pleasant scent for young ladies and those who like fruity florals. It’s rather expensive and not discounted anywhere yet , or I would recommend it whole heartedly. By the way, zero Patchouli or vanilla. Lasting power and silage are barely average . The juice is rose colour and pretty .

I bought a 50ml bottle secondhand somewhere in the Spring of 2019. There was already around 5-10ml missing and it was the old bottle: it did not have the gemstone cap yet. I finished my bottle today. Extremely lovely scent. Very fresh, fruity with pink florals being the key players. This scent smells like how the color pink would smell. Not hot neon pink, but a soft pastel pink. Best suited for warmer weather aka Spring and Summer. Longlivity is a solid 6 hours and even with overspraying it still stays a pleasant close to the skin scent. I am sad I finished this bottle, since the scent is discontinued, but I have 300+ bottles left in my collection so its nice to finish up some older bottles :)

I’ll start by saying this is so beautiful, and second I will say that coach poppy flower and DKNY fresh blossom are my signature scents(they both smell nearly identical) so this smells pretty much just like them so it’s special to me. This is office safe, great blind buy, great gift for a woman you know who likes light perfumes that smell fresh-this is it!! Love! I rock these all year because I find since it isn’t tropical fruity or summer specific/winter etc that it can easily be worn year round any time of day since it smells so fresh

There is a vibe from the original Di Gioia fragrance and that makes this smell so interesting. It's soft, airy, lightly sweet. The beginning is rather fruity but the fruits are fading within an hour. After that appears a wonderful smell of pretty soft roses and hints of wood. Feels like standing at the edge of a deep wood, catching sunbeams and taking a deep breath fresh air. Good mood scent all year round. Longevity and sillage could be better, hoping for an Intense version to come.

Sky di Gioio is a beautiful, ethereal fragrance. Very light, and airy. Nothing complex. I get mostly peony. It sits close to the skin and doesn't have great longevity but some perfumes aren't meant to make a huge statement. Some are soft and incredibly feminine. Despite it's lightness, this is a quality fragrance. I love the simplistic design of those bottles, sometimes less is more. A great perfume for spring and summer.

I did not expect much of Sky di Gioia after reading some of the reviews here. But.. I love it. I love uncomplicated, feminine, mood lifting, light office-friendly scents and this is one of them. Very different from Light di Gioia, which I already have. Light is about gardenia, Sky is about rose and litchi. This is beautiful and also a safe gift for someone who loves fruity florals that aren't too sweet and fruity.

I like Armani and Im always curious about the new creations. I bought this one during the summer and used it very often. It ́s already autumn, and now that I picked out the bottle again from my collection, and smelled in it, remembered all the fun part of this summer. Lovely memories and this light, sexy scent helped me to avoce them. I felt it longer on my skin, even during the hot, seaty summer days :)

I'm in love again! <3 =D This is sooo refreshing, Spring time out of the window. Airy.. and this litchi wow, it's not it would add that sickly sweet note but the fresh instead. Okay only a tiny bit sweetened up by the pear-litchi combo ;) Both refreshing and sweet fruits. I'm amazed. Will try it out for longevity and sillage. Peony and Rose lovers, try it out!

I usually really hate the smell of rose but it's quite nice here. The peony helps it a lot as well as the cedar. I did not pick up any fruit. got this as an engagement gift from my now husband and it's my favourite perfume so far (I don't like perfumes very much.) To me it gives a mature scent without smelling like a grandma.

I love this perfume. It’s fresh, light, and sweetly ozonic. I think the inspiration of sunrise over water is just about right. I get juicy blackberry and soft rose. I’ve worn it on smoky days and it made me feel like I was getting a whiff of fresh air. That translucent pink pebble of cap looks like how it smells.

Stumbled upon this at shoppers drug mart, the tester that is lol I would never pay full retail of a brand new perfume, way too expensive lol Anywho. ...this is beautiful. What a gorgeous girly summer scent. It's fresh without being soapy, it's light without being non existant, over all a really good find.

Refreshing! So light and youthful but not in a cheapie way! I love this, very easy to wear, too. Inoffensive. Happy. Delicate. I am all for complex scents and night time mysterious seductress, but I also love a daytime, summer day at the tennis court or hanging out with friends by the pool scent.

I am very sad that this has been discontinued it is one of the most beautiful fragrances and I feel like the closest similar profile I have found is 7 virtues Candied Lychee which is just a little sweeter but still similar enough that it will be my replacement as my favorite.

One of the most beautiful rose fragrances I've ever smelled. Gorgeous scent, bottle, and performance. How this got discontinued is truly beyond me. It's airy, soft, fresh, and juicy in an aquatic way. Would love to get my hands on a bottle of this.

Smelled this on me today as a test. I really like it. It's soft, fresh and feminine. Smells like the color in the bottle - pink. Light and pretty. might have to buy this one day... I like Sun DG as well. Do not like the blue Sky however.

This is one of those great shampoo smelling scents. Yes it isn't that mind blowing with the note selection but its still well done. For me, it's a great dumb reach for a feminine, youthful ,girly scent.

Has the same vibe as blooming bouquet by dior (the old formulation, which I love) but 100 times better because of the pear note, which makes it more juicy and watery, a little bit less floral.

Love love love this fragrance. Its safe for daytime and work. Good quality, sillage and longevity long and moderate. Mainly spring summer, but I would wear it all year.

This smells like the aqua di gioia only better. It's young, fresh, flirty, and a little rebelious. I just love this stuff

Wow. Talk about a drink from the fountain of youth. I feel 20 yrs younger in the best way possible

After my affair with acqua di gioia eau de toilette, I wanted to revisit this line of dolce&gabanna's scents. I recently bought both the original acqua di gioia and it's flanker Sky di Gioia at roughly the same time. The main olfactory difference between the two is the peony and litchi in Sky, and mint and sugar in the Acqua. I pretty much blind bought Sky since I took a whiff of this at a sephora too long ago for my nosebuds to recall. Now that I have it, I would say it isn't different enough for me to have bought both the original and this one. This is more of a floral take on the original mojito-like frag. I was excited about the litchi as it's one of my favourite fruits but it very much takes a supporting role here. With that said, it's presence is more noticeable on the dry down rather than in the initial moments. Sky is still somewhat sugary like the original Acqua but its dry down is almost indistinguishably differentiated by the peony, slight litchi, and less present citrus. Longevity is moderate, sillage is moderate. This wearable slightly sugary pink floral can be worn all year round as I feel the colder months pull more of the cool-weather-appropriate base notes (black currant adds an unexpected depth).I prefer the Acqua di Gioia over this since it has a bit more uniqueness from its mojito-like (mint,citrus+sugar) personality compared to the commonly used peony note in Sky. I'd say there are better peony frags out there but this is an unobtrusive, pleasant variant.

I reviewed this last year, but really never got around to trying it out much (I have so many fragrances in roller ball and sample sizes it's ridiculous, but that's another story LOL). Anyway, this juice definitely needs heat to smell good because when I put it on in my office (which was freezing due to the AC blasting away even though the morning temps are in the high 60's right now), the lychee came across as stale, sour and almost kiwi scented--highly unpleasant on my skin at first in that coldness. I thought the roller ball may have gone bad in the year that I've had it and that I was going to have to scrub it off, but then I went out to lunch and that 90 degree heat coupled with the sun on my skin dried this down into something quite nice. The lychee turned moderately sweet instead of staying stale and strangely sour and now there is a nice pinkish musk lingering on my skin. I can see that this would not do well in cooler or cold temperatures, so I'm going to be using it this summer a lot more frequently.

I’m pretty sad to write this review. I had anticipated this fragrance being just what I was looking for. (I’ve been searching for my perfect spring/summer rose scent) The notes sound absolutely perfect for me. Two things were disappointing about the testing of this one for me. The first being that the scent I get when smelling this on a tester is completely different than it shows up on my skin. On paper tester I can smell a delicious burst of juicy pear and litchi. It’s heavenly! But on my skin no matter how much I spritz, I only smell rose and peony. I love rose and peony! But knowing that there is a delicious fruity burst inside the bottle that will not show up on my skin is so disappointing. The second problem is that although it’s lovely on my skin...it also lasts less than an hour to my nose. I’m a huge fan of the di Gioia line and they all last very well on me but not this one. I really can’t justify buying this one. I had really thought I might.

I enjoy this, but probably not enough to buy it. I sprayed the sample I have on a piece of paper, so results may vary if you spray this on your clothes. At first sniff, there is this strong rose with peony and lychee rising at it's side. My eyes widened when I first smelled this as I am used to softer scents. But, do not get me wrong. This isn't a bad perfume. In fact, I feel pretty neutral about it. In its dry down though, it tends to smell as strong as it did when it was first sprayed. I sort of wish that it softened up a little bit as it didn't seem to change very much due to that. It's just a small nitpick on my part, really. I usually don't like designating a scent to a specific season but this seems to be a fall or winter scent. Why? Because I have feeling with how strong this is (or can get), it would probably become cloying and/or headache inducing in hot weather. At least that's my opinion.

I decided to spray some on in store to try out. As a teenager, I loved my original ladies Acqua di Gio and this brought back a nice memory of that scent. It's like a nicely updated, more modern version of an old favourite. Having compared the notes between the two scents, I can definitely say the peony and musk have a strong presence. I don't typically consider musky smells very summery but this is definitely a daytime, summer scent. It has a very watery, beachy quality about it that all of the "di Gio/Gioia" scents seem to have. The litchi and pear are a nice touch, making it a bit more fresh and fruity. Although I don't think the scent suits me very much, I do enjoy smelling it. It's not overpowering on the senses.

Ehhhh..wanted something light and inoffensive for work, and it is, but it's kind of boring. I like it but not love. I had gone in with the intention of getting aqua di gioia and after smelling sky and sun, I decided to go with sky cause it seemed lighter and sweeter. Its a light clean fruity floral, agreed it's nothing special but you'll smell nice. Kinda wish I would have gone with the aqua tho, not disappointed but mehhh. Edit: Having worn this several more times and testing some other fruity summer florals, I actually think this is pretty good. It stays fresh fruity aquatic for around 6ish hours, which I'm realizing in testing seems to be pretty good for these types of scents. Makes me feel purty. Lol

It is one of those fragrances that feel, light, airy, and perfect on warm, sunny days. It opens with a bright burst of juicy lychee and pear, giving it a fresh, slightly fruity sweetness. Before long, the floral heart comes through, with peony adding a delicate softness. As it settles, the fragrance becomes warmer and creamier, thanks to the white musk and blackberry notes, leaving behind a clean, comforting trail. On my skin, longevity is around five hours with soft projection. It's easy to wear, office friendly and perfect when you want to smell quietly put together. Sky di Gioia captures that fresh, carefree feeling of a sunny day beautifully.

Sky Di Gioia and Jimmy Choo L'eau are best friends, hanging out together on a fluffy light pink peony laced cloud, harmlessly giggling and gossiping about those heavy hitters filling the air with voluminous white florals or oriental spices and resins. Sky comes across just a bit fresher than L'eau, but both have three main notes in common (peony, cedar and musk) that I find them nicely interchangeable and both worth owning, at least in rollerball format to play mix and match with on hot summer days spent indoors in an office where the air circulation is prohibitive to spices, resins and in-your-face white florals.

I don't know why I have grown so attached to this one. It has a generic name and the peony/lychee combo has been done to death, but Sky is a very well blended concoction of sweet fruits and pink florals. Its not overly sweet and the projection is just right. I am going back for a second bottle as soon as mine is done.

IMO the closest I've got to the first edition of Gucci Rush 2 - how I loved that perfume in the early 2000's - but sadly, the sillage is moderate - for those who remembered Gucci Rush 2, this would be something you may want to explore & experience..interested to know if anyone else has the same vibe :)

I love the marketing of those perfumes. The bottle, the name and scent's simplicity are the things I like about it. It's airy and fresh, a peony scent. Very likable everyday fragrance. Reminds me of a scent of some facial tonic. I would wear it, it's nice, a great one for spring and summer.

I enjoy this fragrance. It's light and playful. I smell mostly fruit, lots of the litchi fruit, the pear and the blackberry. I don't smell much of the of the rose, at least that's not what develops on my skin. I smell mainly the musk in the dry down.

I’m actually am not the biggest fan of litchi, but luckily in this fragrance the litchi is undetectable ( at least with my nose). I only pick up rose and musk.. not the greatest projection or longevity.... But still a pretty scent for simple days 🌸

This is a pretty, pretty princess of a scent. Light, airy, rosy, and fresh. The rose and peony combo gives me the feel of Miss Dior Blooming Bouquet, and the pear and litchi give a watery, fruitiness. I feel oh so pretty when I wear this fragrance.

Such a pretty scent So refreshing, light yet still sweet and noticeable This is what I wanted so many of my other rose scents to be, but they always ended up being weighed down with pepper or wood! Keen to purchase this beauty

I have some old free samples waiting for me to try and this is one of them. The perfume is fruity, fresh, floral, and of course feminine in character. Nothing too remarkable, but for sure this is a lovely perfume.

Some said it below but this really reminds me of daisy eau so fresh except without the grapefruit. I prefer this to the daisy esf but if you have one, you really don't need the other.

Nice tropical scent, litchi, rose and peony mix. Something is 'too much' for me though. Or maybe it's just not fresh enough.

Sweet, fruity & juicy! It’s very uninteresting but it’s a pretty, girly, light scent. Perfect for the office.

very fresh, extremly similar to other fragrances, i mean.. nothing *new* but it smells good!

It has no depht. Its fresh and light but is missing something in my opinion

I envy people who can smell and depict all notes. Why is it that for me it ́s too weak? What a shame.

I always liked original Gioia edp and fraiche was good too. other versions released last year were awful. they had good idea but terrible execution. i was really hoping sky would be much better. it is better but still meh... what is going on with armani? they went downhill ... I mean they had some cult classics like Emporio she, Mania, Sensi... what is this now? I am so disappointed with this brand I used to wear and love so much. Sky is girly pink scent, with good silage and longer than I expected longevity. The longer it was on skin the less I liked it. I ordered it online without trying so i highly suggest trying it first on your skin let it sit there for couple of hours before you decide. To sum it up - save your money (for something else)

I have made several attempts to try this one. Each one of which failed. This scent is just simply boring. Really, no story, just blends in a sea of other non-memorable scents. It is very linear, peony/rose. I do not detect any of litchi, blackberry (I had hopes for this one), patchouli. I like peony otherwise, but this scent lacks depth and staying power. It could easily be called body spray. Reminds me a bit of Guerlain Insolence (not to underestimate Guerlain, but similar vibe). I expected more from Armani...

My initial review of this was positive, and I don't have anything really negative to say about it but since I've had it in my collection for awhile now... Honestly I don't like it. I love my fresh, fruity, floral type scents but this seems like something I want to smell in a candle or am air fresheners, not a perfume. I only get lychee, rose, and musk. I personally don't pick up any of the other notes in this. It's a nice fragrance but I passed this onto my mother in law. My husband also didn't like it.

I agree with other reviewers about this fragrance being lackluster. I would describe it as a simple, late/spring floral with very little depth and quickly dissipating sillage. It is heavy on the peony, rose, and pear. I did not get any other notes. Once it dried down, it reminded me of Amazing Grace. It isn't unpleasant, but it isn't a keeper. The Sun edition was far superior in depth, complexity and personality.

Nothing unique about this. Smells like a generic floral. It is ok but forgettable. Not a fan of the current flankers. The original Acqua is iconic and stands out from the crowd. If you're looking for just a safe floral then you might want to try it but there's better fragrances in the market.

So catchy notes pyramide! My hopes were on litchi, blackberry and peony. Actually, they failed. This fragrance is light and fruity floral, but not charming enough, imho. With such notes, it could be more charming than fresh.