Sun di Gioia

Sticky, gooey caramel topping on creamy vanilla ice cream cum biscuity banoffee pie. This lingered in my room hours after I'd been there and my friend asked if I'd been wearing Prada Candy . They are certainly similar. I find Prada Candy rather "refined" and "sophisticated" (with its violet/rose/iris, tangerine hints and benzoin overload) while I find Sun di Gioia quite "playful" and "fun", not to mention stronger, sweeter, and boasting a touch more sillage than Candy . I do not smell frangipani in this. I was disappointed by this fact at first, but I love this caramel and ice cream, biscuity cheesecake combo so much that I no longer mind. There is a fresh floral scent lurking beneath, which shows through more as this wears on. I enjoy it, though I can't see it as frangipani; I would say it leans more toward ylang and iris. My main qualm with this scent is that it only seems to last for around three hours on me. (EDIT - OK, having given this a fair chance to shine, I found that this can last all day, i.e an average eau de parfum amount of time: I wore it from 12-6 and it was still there, albeit delicately so and with only very little projection. I could still smell it. What surprised me at this point was that I could smell the frangipani! On my skin it is in the base! Ah...! Yes, still smells lovely after six hours.) I love this scent. I personally believe this would sit nicely in the collection of those who're fans of Prada Candy, Alien Essence Absolue, and/or Lolita Lempicka's Elle L'aime. The bottle and ad campaign are strangely similar to the bottle and ad campaign for DUNE by Dior , though they smell absolutely nothing alike, both invoke reminiscence of bygone Summer days.

♡Romantic Summer Beach Fragrance♡ This is soooooo pretty, I just love it! Such a perfect summer, hot day fragrance. My life has pretty much always been around beaches, seas, oceans, and lakes. Atlantic, Pacific, Caribbean, and Mediterranean. They all have their charms, and their scents. I learned to swim before I learned to walk. I think that's why I'm so obsessed with beach fragrances. From Christian Dior's Eden Roc, Tom Ford's Soleil, and even the beach ones from Bath and Body Works. Just love beach scents. However, this. ... This right here is pretty girl in a summer sun dress, feminine in a bottle. I'm not big on florals per say, but this has such a girly soft perfume floral that blends so perfectly with the rest of the sun lotion vibe. This is for a date at the beach day, and/or night, where you don't necessarily have to get in the water. Maybe your date takes you sailing to have champagne and fruits by the golden gate Bridge in the Bay Area, or a private boat ride to a secluded little beach in Panamá, or just shopping and going for Gelato at the Florida Keys, or just eating dates at the beach of the dead sea and enjoy people watching as they float and read the paper laughing. Its a comforting fragrance. Reminds me of wrapping up a lovely beach date with my husband. I get whiffs of this perfume as we hug and kiss in the elevator up to our suite. We're just laughing with my wedge heels on my hand, and a glass of sweet apple crisp Pinot grigio on the other. It's a fun, pretty and relaxed, romantic sort of beach fragrance. I wear it in Hot days, mostly 80°F (26.67°C) and up weather. I smell it around me, and it last between 4-6hours. Hope this helps (◠‿◠✿)

I wanted a new scent for summer - a cool, delicious, aqueous scent that would emanate a calm elegance throughout what is looking to become a long, hot summer. The classy, understated Missoni Acqua with its melon and citrus is hard to get now for some mysterious reason. A department store in the city promised me Armani's Acqua di Gioia, but alas, it didn't seem special enough and the pepper rendered a kind of harshness to it that disappointed me. Then I tried Sun di Gioia and fell instantly in love with its aerial sweetness of frangipani and freesia, like sparkling sunshine dancing on water, like the frangipani flowers that fell twirling to the ground in the hot, heavy Northern NSW coast summer nights. I shouldn't love perfume so sweet, but there it was. After some research, I came back and bought it and have been wearing it all day through a searing heat-wave and still love it. The longevity is quite good. I can still smell its aura into early evening. After the initial high of florals, it mellows into a beautiful luscious ice-creamy scent which is probably the benzoin. My winter favourite, Ambre Gris by Balmain also has benzoin that imparts that same creamy lusciousness, except that it is warmer, more amorous and more of a winter scent. So how does a sweet, warm, luscious scent not become cloying in hot weather? This does not on me but stays a beautiful delicious fragrance shot through with a kind of sharp, beachy scent that immediately evokes a day at the seaside, of wonderful surprises, of happiness, optimism and long, lazy, carefree days.

I've been very bad girl and bought this one as well (after buying Acqua di Gioia edt in the same month). I just wanted so much to have this sunny fragrance in a sunny bottle as well. Well i like it but this is different from what i usually go for. have. I usually can not wear these tropical scents, that remind sun tan lotions, i often find them too strong and too floral and too coconuty. The later gets especiallly silly giving the fact that i live in a country where is practically never sunny enough to expose our bodies to sun. Anyway i like this scent, it is sunny and sunshine'y and and suntan'y without being too loud, which i like. It has quite a lot white flowers and i am usually careful with frangipni, so i am not sure how often i will be able to use it. As for now it feels like a nice scent and quite summery. it has vanilla nad powder as well. I can see it wearing in all seasons because it is warm and heavy on vanilla,which may feel comforting in the colder seasons. It may be nice way to remember sunny days then. I am a bit warry because i smell jasmine quite a lot and the scent is more floral than i usually go for. I will try to keep it, hoping we will have more warm sunny days and see how i like it. Who knows, maybe i will be converted. Update few weeks later: i do wear this one more than i thought i would. it is soft warm suntan fragrance that is quite subtle, which i like a lot. longevity is very good and sillage is close to skin. the bottle is gorgeous, summery, sunshin'y. this is my happy cheerful summer scent.

After sniffing my sample of Replica's Beach Walk, I was in love. In love with its soft and relaxed aura - opposite to what's typically mainstream on the market these days: loud, sugary, heavily spiced frags. Beach Walk isn't a friendly frag to my wallet so as soon as I saw fragranticans saying GA Sun di Gioia is similar, I had to investigate. Low and behold, Sun di Gioia is quite similar! Comparing side by side... SdG: - generally sweeter since the (smooth almost creamy) sweetness is characterized by the coconut, vanilla and frangipani? rather than the ylang-ylang. - ylang-ylang is quieter - slightly "perfumey" compared to BW - no saltiness although the ambroxan is trying to do something Beach Walk: - ylang-ylang is more prominent (the note that made me fall in love with BW) which also gives a mellow sweetness characterized by this yellow floral - has a veery gentle saltiness - light, realistic coconut note shows through - is lighter (more of a skin scent), and - is simply more "realistic" as this frag line suggests. Overall, SdG lasts considerably longer (moderate), has better sillage (soft-moderate), and is much more affordable! Both have the same "beachy" vibes. I wish BW lasted longer and was more affordable but SdG makes me happy! I agree with the other reviews about when this can be worn but I love it so much that I'd wear it in any season. It makes me feel cozy, uplifted and hopeful.

Sun di Gioia & Beach Walk comparison (posted on beach walk as well): I just sprayed one on each wrist. Both are very floral based. Sun di Gioia is a bit sweeter, especially at first. The sweetness fades fast into the florals and they smell very similar (can definitely detect the ylang ylang in both). The dry down is where they differ most. You can definitely detect the vanilla in the sun di Gioia making it sweeter while the musk comes out on the beach walk making it lighter. I really don’t get the cedar in beach walk so don’t let that alter your decision. Overall, they are extremely similar. There is no need to own both. If you are trying to choose between the two choose sun di Gioia if you prefer the vanilla and the beach walk if you prefer the musk. I prefer the sun di Gioia, especially at the dry down. It also is cheaper. To comment on sillage & longevity. The Sun di Gioia has slightly heavier sillage due to the sweetness. It is moderate while beach walk is more soft-moderate. When wearing either outside on a hot day (which is when most of us would wear both) the longevity isn’t that great. If you wear SDG to a summer gathering with the AC blasting, it will probably last around 10 hours while Beach Walk would last about 5 until it turned into a skin scent.

This is the sun in a bottle, the name, the colour of the liquid, the smell of it all. It's sunshine, and it's so good! I was looking for a summer scent that wasn't your typical coconut, tiare type thing and I found this. I love the smell of frangipani and thought itd be a nice change to typical white florals. It starts fresh and with a very slight masculine cologne type smell, but that doesnt last. As it warms up on my skin, all those delicious yellow floral notes come out. It's dewy sweet and warm,and makes me envision the sun right in the hottest part of the day. It's sweetened more through the wear but never gets too much, I like the iris note just peeking through but not going powdery at all. Vanilla is prominent on my skin, vanilla and yellow florals are the main players. The Ambroxan gives it a tiny bit of tanning oil vibe but it's not dirty or overly musky. It's quite smooth and rich and I'm glad I took the leap and purchased it blind lol. I sprayed the tiniest little drop of Tom ford orchid soleil over it yesterday and... Omg, it was just a burst of summer florals in the sun, and it softened Orchid soliel and took away that sharpness that it has. I can't wait for summer to hit as I think this will bloom even 100 x better in the heat

Holy Gaaaaaaawd, oh, this does make me joyous (gio-us?)! I bought this because so many reviews say this smells so similar to MMM Replica's "Beach Walk" which is easily in my Top 3 Replica scents. However - they are expensive, and I am comparatively poor (I'm especially poor if they charge that price for an EDT). Lady Luck was on my side the day I bought this - I walked into a discount chemist I have never been in before and saw the 100ml bottle on sale! On sale, people! My poor self rejoiced! IT'S SO GOOD! It's *definitely* sweet in the opening, and it carries an undertone of sweetness throughout its life. That's the major difference with "BW" - this is much sweeter. The strongest notes are frangipani, ambroxan (giving a sweet, salty, almost skin-like scent), vanilla, ylang ylang and - goddammit - SUNSHINE! Sillage and longevity are both pretty moderate. This is a perfume I want to smell in the sizzling heat at the beach, but also in the early evening while winding down from the day; maybe in my garden. :) It's the dead of winter here, and I'm just hanging out for summer with this scent. Summer is coming - and I will be ready. *** Kitty rating: 9/10.

Wonderful. It's much floral, creamier and softer than stated previously. The iris is coupled with benzoin resin, their duo produces a powdery dynamic counterbalancing the thickness of Vanilla. Warm, yellow and flowery, the Ylang is set back, more languid and oily than fresh. After 30 minutes, there is a slight fizziness (almost zesty) coming to cover, with radiance and delicacy, this white Vanilla. First with a strong and spicy Frangipani & Ylang combo, almost tart, followed by a creamy and heady vanilla. The amber warms everything up. Nothing is sweet or overwhelming, to the point I don't really smell Jasmine or Bergamot and that's almost a shame. Armani has succeeded in creating a solar and milky fragrance without Coconut, far from stereotypes or caricatures. The smell of an island garden, rather than a beach smell. I don't see the similarity with "Beach Walk" or "Dolce Shine". These two perfumes have nothing to do with "Sun Di Gioia" in my opinion. Projection: Moderate (1 meter) Longevity: Moderate (5/6 hours) "Sun Di Gioia" is greatly underrated. ❤️ 9/10 ❤️

Do you ever feel like you want to just sit on the beach and look at the sunrise? Or sunset? Or just be at the beach in general? Say no more because this fragrance does just that. I'm glad I got my hands on it before it got discontinued and I'm definitely going to miss it once it's gone. At first I didn't really give this fragrance a chance, but one time it just kind of shook me that it's literally a moment caught in a bottle. It truly smells like sitting on the beach and doing absolutely nothing, just chilling.It opens up very fresh, but in a matter of time you'll be smelling the sweet vanilla which strongly resembles some of the tanning sprays or lotions out there. But this, in my opinion, is not really that bad since it kind of brings the feeling of being on a vacation with it, so I'm honestly cool with that. It's a 8/10 for me (the longevity is weak on my skin), overall a really interesting, lovely fragrance, you just have to give it a chance!

This is the only member of Armani di gioia family which I own and I believe it's the best one.I've been always looking for a beachy,summer scent,something not too fruity,not salty and not citrusy.I found Guerlain Terracotta which was everything I asked for,but after a while I came across Sun di gioia,another warm,sunny floral scent which is sweeter and has a coconuty undertone which I die for Coconut isn't listed but I can really smell it here.I can also detect frangipani,jasmine,vanilla,benzoin and ambrox.it's so warm,sweet,creamy and yummy.it's less sweet drydown is softly powdery which is also very lovable.it lasts for +8 hours on my skin which is pretty amazing,sillage is soft to moderate,more than what I expected but still not near the point of getting overwhelming I love Sun di gioia as much as Terracotta and I'm happy to own this sunny,sweet tropical floral scent blended with coconut milk,rounded by soft,warm,balmy base notes

I must confess, I love this. I had been testing it on and off for about a year, and I finally got myself a bottle this summer. I'm so glad I did! It really helps to round out my warm weather fragrances, among all the citruses and squeaky clean scents. I had been holding back at first because I wasn't sure if it was "meaty" enough for my liking. I love me a good white floral, but I like them to be fairly substantial. On first spray, Sun di Gioia smells like it definitely will be. It's a BIG tropical white flower. But then... It slowly grows warmer and more vanillic. The sillage also dies down a fair amount. I've realized that I'm okay with this in the heat, though, and also because I want to be able to wear this in work situations. I can still smell it at the end of the day as a warm, dusty/powdery-ish ambery vanilla with some tropical sunscreen vibes that comes in wafts.

This is a wonderful "summer in a bottle" scent! If you're looking for a beachy scent that DOES NOT have coconut or tropical fruits, this is for you. This is not a sunscreen fragrance. Opening is a little fresh and quickly moves into the tropical warmth of frangipani and ylang-ylang. I do not get much jasmine from this, but it's probably in the background adding a bit of depth. This is definitely more yellow floral versus Terracotta which is white floral. The dry down is just warm sunshine. It is happy, like others have described. This makes me want to walk on a beach and smell tropical flowers. I don't know why they discontinued this. It's absolutely stunning. In the summer, if I want a beachy scent without the coconut, this is what I reach for. If I want coconut, I grab Soleil Blanc or Dolce Garden. I need a back-up of this immediately!

I'm so happy I bought this beauty. I wasn't so sure about it because it's a little pricey and some of the comments here kept mentioning suntan lotion, but I would return over and over to the store to try it on my wrist, and I loved it more and more. When you smell it right from the nozzle it does remind you of suntan lotion: a fresh, tropical, coconut-y scent, but on my skin it's beautiful. It doesn't make me think of summer but of the sun itself, yellow flowers and happiness. I don't know if frangipani is supposed to smell like coconut, or they forgot to list it, but coconut is easily identifiable. It has a green note when it opens that goes away in a couple hours, the frangipani (coconut?), some subtle vanilla, and what I think are yellow flowers. It's just lovely. Sillage is moderate, and it lasts hours on my skin, days on clothes.

This is soOOOOOO sensually pretty! Just got it today! Haven't tested the longevity yet but initially the top and middle notes are nice. This reminds me of Terra Di Gioia, but this does not have the almond notes...this is also more salty and solar...bur sexy and sunny/warm.I actually love it so far. I can see the similarities with this and MM Beachwalk. This is a tad more floral and feminine (Beachwalk is so salty) It's also like V&R Magic Salty Flower, but this is way more soft and less in your face. These are the types of frags that are my favorite! Update: I ended up giving this away and I totally regret it. Why do I do things like that? I just repurchased a full new bottle. I LOVE THIS. I'll never give it away again! THIS IS GORGEOUS!

This fragrance was just ok sprayed by on my blouse. I didn’t pick up on anything terribly unique about it. But once I applied it to my skin it blossomed beautifully into this warmly feminine and beachy scent. When I say beachy, I don’t mean oceanic or aquatic at all. No, this perfume smells like hot, salty sand, a cool vanilla ice cream cone in your hand and fresh frangipani blooming alongside pure happiness. It smells like every fun loving thing you’d do on a hot summers day. I love it! It’s not heavy or smothering, but I find it vivaciously sexy. Pair it with a little sundress or a bikini or a floppy straw hat and you’re good to go! Scent: 9/10 Silage: 7/10 Longevity: 8/10

I received this from my mom who had a discovery pack of the Acqua di Gioias, because this was the only one she didn’t like. But, this was actually the ONLY one I really liked! The others were more fresh, clean, and generally inoffensive scents, but this one is a warm and cozy (yellow floral) made-for-summer scent. I wore this for a month straight travelling in south east Asia before COVID and it never felt ‘too heavy’ for the climate. It’s actually hard to describe now so I will just leave it at playful and elegant at the same time. I hope my travel sized bottle never ends because I now realize that this is discontinued and hard to find.

I think this is a great scent for the summer months, it's very warm, a great skin scent, reminds me of sunwarm skin (with sun lotion) this also reminds me a lot of beach walk by replica, very similar in my opinion. Coconut isn't a note in this but I get coconut whiffs of it... Or maybe it's just the sunlotion vibes... I tried it in store today and got surprised, not at all similar to the other fragrances in the gioia range... But I love it, and bought a bottle... Looking forward to wearing this now when summer is around the corner! And this one is much cheaper the the replica beach walk, glad I didn't spend my money on that one

This is my favourite scent from the Giorgio Armani di Gioia line by far (even though I like Aqua di Gioia as well, but not so much the others from the line). This is sweet, but not overly sweet, and warm, but not overly warm. This is so beautifully smooth and milky, and sunny at the same time. This also has a slightly airy character to it, like all scents from the di Gioia line. To me this is like sun, white florals and soft creamy vanilla in a bottle, with a hint of delicious coconut milk mixed in. Just perfect! I do see this mainly as a summer fragrance, yet I can use this all year round, since I like this so much.

I just received my bottle about an hour ago! I've been wanting this since I first sniffed it several months ago, and I finally found a great bargain online. Summer in a bottle! I'll save a proper review for when I actually use this when summer comes around (soon!), but I wanted to comment that I agree with parfumparfan. I find this to be more of a late summer afternoon scent. When I smell this, I could picture walking on the beach when the afternoon is coming to an end, the smell of sun-baked skin starting to cool off, with perhaps a sultry beach-side night out waiting ahead. Aaah, LOVE!!! ♥