40 reseñas

Mostrando las más recientes primero.

• Wlad Molina

  March 19, 2026

  

  Classy florals: it opens with an intense floral hit and a touch of sweet peach. It sounds classic at first, but soon becomes light and girly, like a girl playing among flowers in a mansion garden. Then the water arrives, refreshing and revitalising everything. The aquatic floral heart is alive and evolving, preventing it from being flat. It conveys elegant everyday freshness. In the base, a shy rose with musk and neutral woods for a unisex vibe. Ideal for spring and summer: refined but not stuffy. Rating: 8.5/10. Turns florals into a symbol of class and freshness.

• DaniSaav

  January 15, 2026

  

  I found a renewed version outside my country, as it hasn’t been sold here for years. It smells like my grandmother’s garden in summer with sheets hanging out in the sun. It’s clean, fresh and super personal, as if just stepped out of the shower in the heat. It’s not as sharp as the 90s version, but it remains lovely.

• BellaVela

  November 8, 2025

  

  This perfume is DIVINE. I owned it several times and it was my go-to for day and night, in any season. I missed it when they discontinued it.

• Debi

  May 4, 2025

  

  Finally managed to get a travel size and oh surprise! What have they done to Acqua di Giò???!!! They’ve tinkered with it. I bought the Senigalia version a year ago and thought: what happened to these people? Didn’t they have the original to inspire them? It seems they did: the reformulation. I have a good olfactory memory; this would never have left a good impression on my nose as a child. There’s only an earthy pineapple left, but more earth than pineapple 😂😂😂🙄🥹. No other notes are detectable. Disappointment with reformulations. It’s better to take it off the market and move on.

• AntaresAres

  January 1, 2025

  

  I remember that in the 90s there was an explosion of aquatic, ozonic and languid fragrances that I liked almost all of them. I was not very discriminating, haha, I lived almost in an olfactory paradise (lie). Acqua di Giò stood out for its potent vodka scent; although it is floral-fruity, for me it was a very clear aquatic floral. The pineapple is evident, but it’s a perfume too light, evanescent, perhaps due to the softness of the jasmine and lily of the valley, for my nose to see it as purely fruity. Ylang-ylang rounded off a delicate juice but with personality, deceptively simple. I loved it very much, alongside L’eau par Kenzo, among my favourites of those anemic scents that were in fashion millennia ago. I miss that trend. Has it aged well? From my point of view, it remains very wearable, especially for summer; however, I’m not sure it will appeal to a young audience, accustomed to more melodramatic and colourful perfumery. Acqua di Giò presents itself as too measured and serene for current tastes; perhaps a more mature woman (not necessarily by age) would be able to admire its classic spirit.

• algopasaconpili

  October 20, 2024

  

  I’m a woman, and with Armani it happened to me that I first became a fan of the men’s perfume in the lightbulb bottle; my boyfriend bought it for him in 1996 and I used it, I adored it. Fresh, crisp, soapy and dry, delicious and very different. A year later I gifted him the Aqua di Gio for men and… guess what, I almost used it all up that summer. It was for men, so what? Aquatic and fresh, I felt like opening a watermelon, I loved it. A year later I bought the Aqua di Gio for woman, my first perfume with vodka and peach, much sweeter than the previous ones, which I’m still in love with. Since then, every perfume with peach and vodka catches my attention. Aqua di Gio for woman was groundbreaking in the late 90s, very different from those concentrated and matronly perfumes. It still seems youthful and sparkly to me for spring and summer.

• Lía Coco

  February 23, 2024

  

  My mum has a bottle of Acqua di Gio from the 90s; that perfume has existed longer than I have, and the bottle in full 2024 still has millilitres left. ✨Scent: I love it, the vodka distinguishes it from any other floral perfume and turns it into a luxury party encapsulated in the bottle. It’s beautiful, fresh and intoxicating, with the bearing of a refined, wealthy woman. I think of this presentation and I think of champagne, Gatsby and old money. ✨Notes: The vodka is everything, it predominates over 60% alcohol against the flowers, pineapple and peach which fall into the background. ✨Longevity: 7 hours, but it has been macerated for over 25 years. ✨Sillage: People around you perceive it. ✨Opinion: It’s spectacular and intoxicating. I hope one day to get my own bottle, but it’s most likely it won’t smell the same due to reformulations and the maceration of the one my mum has.

• Debi

  October 12, 2023

  

  I was almost a teenager and on the pedestrian streets of Córdoba the perfumery saleswomen came out to promote new fragrances. Those were times when you weren’t filtered by age or clothing; they gave us all a tissue with Acqua di Giò. What a pleasure to feel it!!! If it entered through the eyes, I’d say I have it etched on my retina. Few perfumes seem so fresh and elegant at the same time to me. It is refined. It is a masterpiece. It smells good always, from the start until its sunset. Definitely, impeccable!

• _India_

  March 4, 2023

  

  We could say it’s the perfect perfume after a shower following a long and hot day at the beach. Aquatic, floral (especially jasmine), subtly herbaceous, clean and talcum-like. Suitable in all seasons, but especially for hot days, as it is fresh and relieving. But the freshness that is recalled is not citrusy, although it has them, but of water: of the sound of a stream lying in the grass with flowers between sun and shade of the trees, of the first plunge into the sea, of coming out of the pool wet and walking barefoot on the grass directly to the towel. Acqua di Gio fills you with good humour and joy instantly. Personally, in the era of Acqua di Gio, close to the beginning of my transition from girl to woman, I could have known this classic, but I came out of heavy perfumes like Don Algodón to go directly to the super gourmands that were starting to become fashionable (Les Belles de Ricci by Nina Ricci, the summer editions of Escada, Angel… even the legendary vanilla from Yves Rocher reached my collection) and unfortunately I didn’t get to pass through these aquatic perfumes that I like so much now. Nevertheless, Acqua di Gio undoubtedly transports me to those first days of youth on holiday, although its scent didn’t accompany me. But it doesn’t smell like youth in general (nor youthful), as the current generation could not be perceived less, but rather that of all those who entered adolescence at the end of the 90s and beginning of the 2000s. A great era and undoubtedly a great perfume.

• Barbie

  February 25, 2023

  

  Fresh, soft but perceptible. They highlighted me at the office that they felt it, but normal, without much fuss… I approve it, but I wouldn’t buy it again; I present more sweet gourmand trends… So “next”, I keep trying until I find my other perfumery self.

• Ysik_01

  September 29, 2022

  

  Pure aquatic, straight jasmine. Nothing like Acqua di Gioia: it’s not musky or fruity, and watch out, Gioia remains the best.

• Sulamita Dulce

  June 10, 2022

  

  I’m surprised by so many good reviews. It was one of my first, and now I wonder if it’s been reformulated or if it’s just my skin chemistry. I’m usually a gourmand lover, but I wanted something summery and bought it blind… YUCK! I find it repulsive. Very alcoholic, boozy, mossy, medicinal, nothing fresh. More invasive and grating. A resounding NO. It’s now purely decorative; I’ll give it to my mother as the last time she wore it, she felt good. Plus, the performance is mediocre. This cured me of buying blind.

• Anakin Mati

  June 8, 2022

  

  I’m absolutely fascinated; it smells like real summer. I’m utterly obsessed with that vodka note. Unfortunately, it’s no longer available in Argentina, so I only wear it drop by drop for special occasions.

• Andrea m

  May 31, 2022

  

  It was my first fresh aquatic, sea, beach, and summer. Extremely sexy; just spraying it made me happy. It’s that perfume that gives energy and brings joy. I still love it, unfortunately it has terrible performance on my skin, but I adore that special scent.

• Sian

  February 13, 2022

  

  It’s a fresh summer afternoon near the beach. Peony, pineapple, peach, violet, jasmine, amber, musk, and cedar stand out. A sweet aquatic from the nineties. I still keep the 1998 bottle: fresh, woody, elegant, long-lasting, and well-made.

• PrismaStar

  January 22, 2022

  

  I loved it. It’s floral, fruity, and aquatic. The pineapple doesn’t shine much, but the peach does, and I sense a slight melon. You can feel that sweet hint of vodka; although it’s not missing, as a good perfume of yesteryear, it’s a floral bomb but nothing overly heavy. Its aquatic notes and calone moderate that bouquet. It smells totally like the beach without being the typical coconut and vanilla. It smells like a cocktail party on the beach, a fine restaurant near the coast. Very delicious, I’ll enjoy it for the rest of the summer.

• ICL

  October 14, 2021

  

  This will be one of my perfume loves; smelling it makes me smile foolishly. It was responsible for me discovering how much I like aquatic scents. They aren’t the same as Eau de Issey Miyake or Ralph Lauren’s Polo Sport for women (now discontinued), but the effect is identical. The only thing I didn’t like was its poor longevity on my skin, but obviously it depends on everyone; it’s one of the few for whom I forgive bad performance.

• Selene

  August 29, 2021

  

  The nineties gave birth to classic floral aquatics, imprinted in the memory of those who lived the decade. Earthy, animalic, and chypre perfumes with woods and leathers were banished; the aquatic era arrived, catapulted by Calone, that molecule translating ‘the breath of the ocean’. Similar to algae pheromones, when diluted it smells like brine, slightly sweet, like freshly cut cucumber. This concept exploded in marketing: beach ads, sun, couples, and freedom. Water lilies, lotus, and lilies overshadowed neroli and dark roses. Peonies and freesias gained more relevance, accompanied by juicy fruits like melon and peach, and soft white musks. Entering the world of Acqua di Gio means understanding this: it marked an era alongside Cool Water, L’Eau d’Issey, and L’Eau Park. Every era has replicas, but before fragrances had more quality. The structure was similar but with different notes that tweaked the work. Aquatics have two problems: they don’t age well and reformulations don’t suit them. The 1990s Cosmair version is delicate: opening of lilies, peonies, and freesia, soft hyacinth in the base, then the sweetness of pineapple and lily of the valley. The vodka is sweet and passable, the musk perfect, touches of rose and an amber side, with faint woods. The Luxury Products reformulation is noisier, with boosted vodka in artificial alcohol, but once it settles, the muguet/hyacinth combo with rose recovers the original beauty. Floral, aquatic, and aromatic; one spray is enough and more.

• Candycandy40

  June 26, 2021

  

  I bought my first Acqua di Gio in the nineties and it doesn’t seem the same; before it had a melon fruity note. Whatever the case, it’s fresh, clean, perfect for summer, but retains the complexity of the nineties, loaded with notes, so it suits any season. It’s for those days when you want to smell fresh, like just showered with an exotic floral gel. Absolutely recommended.

• Lepistic

  May 22, 2021

  

  Oh! How I wish I could return to 1996, when I started my career, walking down tree-lined streets with soft sunlight. Everything was slower, and I carried this wonder. I discovered that turquoise smells beautiful, that even when it’s hot, a fragrance makes you feel fresh, and with a spritz, the mood changes. Emotions, all this comes to my mind when I see or recall the Acqua di Gio bottle. In a country like Chile, where everything arrives late and the good things last little, this intoxicating potion is no exception. I miss it: that scent of summer, sun, delicate dresses, and magical sunset colours. I miss an era where fragrances were masterpieces, which I return to every time the speed of the present chases me, just closing my eyes and remembering its scent.

• gera81

  January 10, 2021

  

  Acqua di Gio, the eternal summer. Since 1996, when Morillas and Menardo threw the hat in the ring, it has been a historic success. Few remember that the name was born in ’95 with that turquoise bottle and gold cap. It opens citrusy, floral and aquatic, with a strong hit of whites that make a statement. As it dries, its soul shines: a unique feminine freedom for my nose. Then, the fruit takes over, peach and pineapple, an indescribable charm. Hours later, woods, musk and amber provide the final warmth. That turquoise is impeccable. It smells like a soft, simple, elegant, free and beautiful woman. Its magic is travelling to endless summer nights, with that aquatic-floral-fruity blend as the perfect accessory to a warm smile and a mischievous look. Its legacy is the memories of teenagers who now have grey hair. A generation of fairy tales. Every time I smell it, time stops in those eternal summers.

• maraDemoya

  November 24, 2020

  

  I’ve worn it for 20 years and it’s essential in summer. Fresh and it lasts on my skin. I haven’t found anything else like it and I never get tired of it. It has nuances that evolve with the hours. I love it!

• Pauloskia

  April 26, 2020

  

  A staple in my wardrobe 🙂

• Rorri

  March 23, 2020

  

  Turquoise. If colours were notes, Acqua di Gio is turquoise. When I smell it, I feel that colour: turquoise sea, turquoise sky, wet plants and flowers, breeze and light. It smells fresh, aquatic, sweet and floral. It’s indescribable and hypnotic, simple yet unmatched. I never get tired of it; it’s my ace in the hole when I don’t know what to wear. It gives me optimism, joy, serenity and lightness. It’s the feeling of coming off the beach without smelling of soap or dust, something authentic. The longevity is excellent for a fresh scent. More than a classic, it’s timeless and essential. As I get tired quickly, I buy the small bottles, but this one is always in the big one.

• Beremora

  March 7, 2020

  

  -The aquatic floral-. Although it is floral-fruity, it’s fantastic. In the era of potent fragrances, when Dune was a beauty, Acqua di Gio pour femme was the queen of summer. Ideal for ladies looking for something refreshing, floral and feminine, not unisex. It inspired using it with linen for boat trips, with a fine elegance. Today, with more heat, I don’t use it at the beach because it smells strong to me, but in the city or for special occasions in the heat it remains my choice. It has presence, good longevity and strong projection. A must for lovers of the aquatic and feminine.

• Arlethcdmx

  December 15, 2019

  

  Super fresh, a classic already. It’s one I have and I will try to keep forever.

• Kaluddia

  October 27, 2019

  

  I love it, very fresh and pleasant for summer. I’ve used it for years and never got tired of it. I’ve finished several bottles.

• Aprendiz

  August 22, 2019

  

  I love it, some say it smells bad but it suits me perfectly. I enjoy its freshness and feel like I’m at the beach thanks to those marine, fruity and sweet but subtle notes. The trail doesn’t last long, but it can’t be missing from my collection alongside its brother Acqua di Gioia.

• charlotinable

  July 1, 2019

  

  Freshness made sensual and the most refreshing elegance are here. Ideal for hot days and rainy summers. It lasts a treat, has a powerful trail and a wonderful dry-down. The fruits and citrus join perfectly with a vodka base that acts as a ferment for all the ingredients, it seems like a delicious drink. What a wonder to use it after a bath, it gives that air of cleanliness, tidiness and vigour. A divine and immortal perfume.

• AdrianaJR

  February 11, 2019

  

  Perhaps because it is so aquatic, I don’t feel the fruity or floral notes, I smell it bitter and with a desire. I tried the imitation, the EDP and the EDT and it’s always the same: bitter and more bitter, it doesn’t suit me, very strong and its presence is noticeable wherever it goes.

• Mer

  August 31, 2018

  

  It’s my go-to scent. I wear it in summer and a little in spring. My mum used to wear it, and I inherited it since; it’s now a family tradition. It’s the only one that transports me to another place, to a summer day near the beach or the Mediterranean. It’s soft, not cloying, feels natural and fresh.

• Naly

  March 2, 2018

  

  I wore this back when I was fifteen, and now, twenty years later, I’ve bought it again. I had forgotten how beautiful, fresh and summery it was. After trying so many new fragrances, I realised that now that I’m older, I love nineties scents. It doesn’t overpower; it’s like being freshly showered for hours. On my skin, it has excellent longevity. After twenty years, it fell in love with me all over again. I recommend it wholeheartedly.

• Babel77

  November 28, 2017

  

  This is my second bottle, and what incredible complexity and development. It’s potent for an EDT. I feel like I’m on an island, dressed in white, letting the wind tousle my black hair while I watch the turquoise waves waiting for my pirate ally. It captivates me.

• pipisroom

  October 12, 2017

  

  One of the few perfumes I’ve bought multiple times. I love it! Although it’s a bit outdated now, every time I smell it, I fall in love. There’s a huge difference with the Aqua di Giò I bought blindly thinking ‘what could possibly go wrong?’. Ugh, it failed at everything! The Aqua di Giò is romantic; its brother suffocates. I’m not sure if I’d buy it today, but what I do know is that during the years I wore it, it was my favourite. Edit: today, after several years, I bought it again. By God, what a wonder! It fell in love with me just like before. I regret not having bought it sooner. By far, it’s one of the best I’ve had and have in my life. It transports me back many years and fills me with happiness. What satisfaction I feel today.

• Ts6

  August 3, 2017

  

  I’ve always wanted a girlfriend who smelled like Acqua di Giò. Smelling it on a girl’s neck is incredible. Very warm in its certain coolness, romantic and with a very sexy edge. I could breathe it like oxygen. It speaks to feminine virtues. This turquoise scent always makes me think of that attractive girl with a well-organised mind to whom anything suits. In my circle, I’ve never seen it overused. It’s a scent of naturalness and freshness, but nothing simple or boring. It seems quite misty. More than a crystal stream, it’s vapour. Breath, warm and sensual. I don’t know if it’s the peony or the vodka responsible for that effect reminding me of the lotus flower in Oh! by Moschino, another great fragrance. AdG seems to me a full-fledged floral. I smell a vaporous, varied bouquet of wet petals, with that hyacinth nuance that drives me mad, pure femininity. It seems timeless, more than classic. It smells of youth. To those who have lost it but have that spirit, this perfume will give it back to them. A friend used to wear it to go out on Saturdays. She was the most beautiful in her group, with large green eyes, long ash-blonde hair and a scandalous figure. She attracted everything like a magnet. She got good grades, dressed well and had a great house. But sometimes she was surprisingly insecure, shy about her own magic. I think this AdG suffers the same. It’s not a perfume that comes out to devour the world shouting ‘here I am’, like other mediocre ones. I fancy championing this perfume which seems to me feminine to the nth degree and, in my opinion, unjustly eclipsed by its male sibling. Beautiful. 10/10.

• marce15

  March 15, 2017

  

  A delicious aquatic floral essence. Feminine, seductive and elegant; with the harmony of its notes, it suggests contact with nature. It has a potent opening where fruity tones stand out, especially the aldehydic notes and pineapple, accompanied by wet violets. It’s refreshing and of a clean style, with an intense sea breeze nuance that makes it tender and strong at the same time. In its heart phase, the potency decreases, it maintains the sweet fruit tone (with melon reminiscences) and the balance between the aquatic accord and the floral line gains prominence. I perceive lilies at times, jasmine at others, and lilies and hyacinths at others. It’s as if they had put spring next to the sea inside a minimalist green bottle. I usually have problems with longevity on many fragrances, and in this case, after about four hours, the intensity drops quite a bit, leaving on the skin the softened note of calone with a woody tone. The sense of serenity is so great that I have no problem reapplying, as its trail and longevity are moderate. I understand that its use is associated with summer, but I enjoy flowers and the sea all year round.

• karyukai

  February 18, 2017

  

  I’m a bit of a perfume freak, and after 20 years of trying almost everything, I’ve never found one I like more. On the contrary, whenever I discover a fragrance blind, I compare it with this. Nowadays, the concept of ‘clean’ is associated with soapy and powdery scents, but Acqua di Giò is very aquatic. And it’s rare to find an aquatic fragrance with more projection and longevity than this. It results in being very ethereal, different from all, even today. Only Clean Rain comes close, without being very similar, but equally magical. This fragrance impacts others greatly: besides praising it, it has a somewhat hypnotic effect. The only drawback is that many people know it and you lose that unique sensation. Be that as it may, out of hundreds, it’s my favourite by a country mile.

• Claudia Laborde

  September 12, 2016

  

  A rich fragrance that reminds us of the nineties. Juvenile but classy and elegant, fresh and striking.

• Yadorán d'Vinea

  September 9, 2016

  

  There’s something strangely odd inside the first Acqua di Giò. This review is about the current formula (I don’t know if it was reformulated, probably yes, but I don’t know the characteristics of the classic version). Acqua di Giò is a fragrance ahead of its time. We all know the ‘clean scent’ fashion of the late nineties; Acqua di Giò appeared at the end of the war between medicinal-fruity and floral-solar compositions. You might expect something belligerent, but the result is the opposite. There is a conflict, but it seems like a political-diplomatic one that only a sociologist would explain in a convoluted way. Acqua di Giò has its own charm, like Kevin MacLeod’s instrumental compositions: apparently simple but extremely atmospheric. It conveys its humour, ironically indifference. It’s characterised by a neat and delicate scent… without sweets, without powder, without leather, without flowers, at most a citrus touch at the beginning. It’s from head to toe, reminiscent of the perfect scent of a household cleaning product (the complex and melancholic grandfather of the affable Fresh by Moschino). The peony note has always been aquatic and fluid, but with a certain hidden sweetness; here, the vodka flavoured with… musk sweets? eclipses and encapsulates the fragrance. It presents brief ozonic flashes and talc-like touches, typical of a pessimistic version of Anais Anais by Cacharel. Functionally, it’s undoubtedly for summer (I doubt anyone would use it in winter, mostly out of pity). Although its hydrostatic character isn’t the most fun, I’m not saying it’s not for casual moments; on hot days it has an energising effect. The male version seems better crafted. The female one evokes tonic water, even tap water with a medicinal tablet dissolved. If I were to represent it visually, I’d think of a pool full of cold, chlorinated water. The intensity is subtle and, despite being clean, it feels constraining to me; I theorise that overuse exhausts the user. The trail is scarce and longevity is moderate. If I were to recommend fragrances for summer, I think Blue Drop Halloween or Light Blue by D&G are more attractive options. In conclusion: if you have the opportunity to mix it with a gourmand fragrance, you might find an interesting surprise.

• rosyruff

  June 11, 2016

  

  This fragrance made me fall in love with perfumes for good. I remember a schoolmate who sold imitations. I tried all the little bottles. None caught my attention except this one. It convinced me instantly; it had something, a note that made it irresistible. Unfortunately, I never got the original version. As soon as I started working, I set myself the goal of buying it as my first investment, along with J’adore by Dior. I bought both 100ml bottles from Mercado Libre and they turned out to be imitations. As soon as I sprayed them, with much effort, I could smell a bit of that note that had fallen in love with me. After that, I could only perceive a strange, ugly smell, like sour honey. On fabrics it didn’t smell bad; obviously, it reacted badly on my skin. It disappointed me greatly. I ended up giving it away. What a pity.