Armani Privé - Bleu Turquoise Giorgio Armani 2018

For exactly one week now, the turquoise beauty has been in my collection, and I haven't regretted it for a second, even though the thought of the price makes me flinch every now and then.
The decision between the blue and the turquoise bottle was not easy for me, as I would have preferred to take both. After what felt like 2 endless hours, I chose Blue Turquoise.
I smell a brilliant slightly salty note that is incredibly fine and could come from Capri, Positano, or Portofino, a sun-drenched salt note interwoven with Mediterranean aromas. Although there are no citrus notes, the famous vacation feeling arises immediately and makes me think more of Mandarino di Amalfi (and distantly of a less citrusy and woody Costarela) than of Oud Minerale.
A captivating bouquet of flowers and light sweetness, which is why I think more of the blue Tom Ford than the gray one. Nothing about Blue Turquoise is cloying, sticky, or overloaded; still, its beauty is so hard to describe. It goes in a completely different direction than Salina or Aqua di Sale; against Armani, they seem like they were created by a blacksmith in their first year of apprenticeship. Also because Blue Turquoise has many more facets, the transitions are much finer, and thank God it leaves out the algae. More like a hand-painted artwork lying on red velvet than the industrial print on a concrete wall, it has charm, depth, and a lot of timeless beauty. Zauber600 rightly writes that this is not entirely new, but it smells so incredibly good; I can only agree. I believe its beauty lies in its contrasts: sweet-salty, warm-cold, masculine-feminine, fresh-floral.
In addition, from the heart note onwards, there is a very aromatic, dry spiciness that reminds me a lot of a mix of rooibos tea and rose black tea, while I associate nothing with India, perhaps also because I have never been there. This phase fleetingly reminds me of sunscreen, but it is far from Soleil Blanc or La Fenice pF. Together, it creates a very expensive but wonderful everyday scent that makes every day feel like a Friday, simply a Casual-Friday feeling, where you never feel like you are wearing something trivial; it has too much talent to enchant you.
The only small flaw is that the sillage is only strong in the first 30-45 minutes; after that, it is rather mediocre for me, while the longevity is good at 6-7 hours. Even if you can only smell light salt remnants on warm skin in the last hour. Maybe it is just too delicate for these very cold temperatures. I don't think we need to say any more about the bottle; superb!!!

EDIT 05.03.
Unfortunately, the scent is too subtle for me, doesn't last well on me, but I have faced this fate with many beautiful fragrances :-((((