Acqua di Giò Essenza Giorgio Armani 2012

Acqua di Gio... What we have already heard and written about this fragrance. Along with Fahrenheit by Dior, it is one of the fragrances with which I cherish more moments and memories than with any other fragrance so far. They are not only the fragrances of our fathers, but also bearers of thoughts of situations, experiences and special people in our lives. At this point I would also like to mention my dear Parfumo friend Salva in this review, who just like me, belongs to the 80's - 90's generation and also shares a lot of thoughts and memories with this fragrance. Acqua di Gio can be said to have brought us a bit closer together. Love greetings my dear. :)
Anyway, this is exactly the reason why I can feel these fragrances so. Because they bring me back after applying exactly to these said moments of the various facets and situations in my life. As an example: with Acqua di Gio I met my first great love back then. If I smell him, I am immediately back then in the situation when I sat with palpitations at the bus station and waited bouncing and totally nervous for the bus with which she came from her village. I can still see her getting off the bus with her adorable smile and her improbable stunning aura that surrounded her. But what really gives me goosebumps is the thought of the first time I kissed her. I don't think I need to explain to anyone how it feels to kiss someone you've fallen head over heels in love with for the first time. It's a great and very emotional feeling that words can't describe. This is exactly such an experience that I associate with Acqua di Gio
Essenza is thereby a fragrance that when it came out, fully passed me by. About it I'm still annoyed, because unfortunately he was discontinued and only available at horrendous prices. Nevertheless, I was lucky to get hold of a bottle at an acceptable price here in the souk, about which I am more than happy.
But now to the fragrance... Acqua die Gio Essenza is for me the offshoot, which probably comes closest to the original. The prelude is very strongly characterized by the grapefruit and metallic aquatic notes. This is joined by slightly spicy nuances, which round it off very nicely alongside the dominant acidic metallic aquatic. The base, which is reached after hours, is then this typical brackish water smell which I have also heard the original so and very much appreciated.
The shelf life is brutal with 6 sprays, at least in my batch.... The fragrance lasts from morning to morning the next day.... For an Aquaten probably an absolute exception and definitely not of this world... Will probably be due to the synthetic Paradisone/Cascalone!? Whereby I must also say that my skin can do well with such fragrances and these stick to it for a long time. The sillage is, at least with me also incredibly good and I take the fragrance even the next morning still discreet.
Subsequently, it remains to say ... write that Acqua di Gio Essenza is a masterpiece for me and I can not understand why one sets such a grandiose fragrance? Anyone who loves and appreciates Acqua di Gio, will certainly like this one very much. Should you have the chance to get him "relatively" cheap or to test him, then do it, you will not regret it.
Thanks for reading... Your Micha :)