Acqua di Giò Profondo Giorgio Armani 2025 Eau de Toilette

I’ll give you the conclusion upfront: Unless you’re a collector, you unfortunately don’t need this flanker if you already have "Acqua di Giò Profondo (2024) (Eau de Parfum) | Giorgio Armani." I have the EDP and love it. I find the EDT very well done, but it is indeed too close to the EDP, so I won’t be getting it if I stay strong. It’s quite possible that it will end up in my wardrobe because I am a weak person when it comes to perfume.

A tribute to Acqua di Giò first:
(Written in the present tense to create more temporal and emotional closeness)
Acqua di Giò pour Homme Eau de Toilette was released in 1996 and made fresh, light, slightly sweet scents in the men’s segment very popular at the time, when Le Mâle Eau de Toilette translated the sweet opulence of the 1980s, still represented by Joop! Homme Eau de Toilette, into the 1990s. The rugged, spicy, robust scents of the 1980s still have their admirers and loyal wearers, but the hype at the top of the "charts" caters to other fragrances. In any case, Acqua di Giò pour Homme Eau de Toilette is the quiet representative of a new masculinity and thus serves as a godfather for fragrances that are still my favorites today. If I’m not mistaken, today’s Acqua di Giò pour Homme Eau de Toilette is lighter, less sweet than when it was first released. If that is true, one could say that Armani has increasingly catered to the need for lightness over time.

In any case, a legendary series was born in 1996, which is still dear to me and others, while others disdain these widely available fragrances, which are priced in the mid-designer segment: Nothing special; they don’t last; they are too similar; they don’t project 60 meters; they don’t last 170 hours; they don’t make three random women faint with delight at once. Let’s focus on the positives:
I adored "Acqua di Giò Profumo (Parfum) | Giorgio Armani," but I don’t chase after it. One should let go of what is gone. Absent lovers can be idealized and romanticized even better. I like to think back on it.
I have "Acqua di Giò Profondo (2024) (Eau de Parfum) | Giorgio Armani," "Acqua di Giò pour Homme (Eau de Parfum) | Giorgio Armani," and "Acqua di Giò Parfum | Giorgio Armani," and I love them. Great fresh scents that smell wonderful and all have their own characteristics and differences. The perfume is more metallic, reminiscent of Acqua di Giò Profumo Parfum through rosemary and incense. The EDP is perhaps the best fresh green I know: It flies consistently under the radar, but it is a perfectly designed scent. The Profondo EDP is also metallic and maritime, but with green mandarin and lavender, it is fruity-fresh in the opening, has enormous longevity, and conquers hearts like the young Gunter Sachs.

Now to Acqua di Giò Profondo Eau de Toilette:

Citrusy-ozonic start with maximum freshness. You can recognize the Profondo DNA. The opening of the Profondo EDP is also such that you want to keep spraying. It’s that beautiful. However, you don’t need more than 3-4 sprays. The EDT is therefore less sweet, fresher, and less green. I love all these aspects in the EDP, but I think: Even less green and with a focus on citrus, it is also wonderful.
The drydown: The lavender here is also toned down, yet perceptible, but perfectly integrated into the Profondo DNA. Gentle woody aspects come into play, but the feeling of refreshing citrus remains. On my skin, it radiates like all the other Acqua di Giò fragrances, so I perceive it on me for several hours - and others do too.
Conclusion about the scent: Close to the EDP, but a perfect, more summery-fresh aquatic. No one, absolutely no one, will think that you don’t smell great when wearing this fragrance. You can wear it to work and as a lover, you can certainly make a division of labor and switch to the EDT when temperatures rise above 27 degrees, while in spring and autumn, you can wear the EDP.
I had a nightmare yesterday: I had to go to work and was already very late. Finally found everything (phone, wallet, and car keys - strange, I don’t even own a car) I wanted to apply a fragrance before heading out. I go into the bedroom, but on the dresser, there are only the following fragrances:
"Ombre Nomade | Louis Vuitton," "Baccarat Rouge 540 (Eau de Parfum) | Maison Francis Kurkdjian," "Emporio Armani - Stronger with You Intensely | Giorgio Armani," "Arabians Tonka | Montale," and "Erba Pura | Xerjoff." I panic. In reality, I would have gone out the door scentless. But in the dream, that’s not possible. A suffocating feeling grips me. I need to spray something, I feel. But I can’t spray what I see there. The rational part seems not to be completely turned off in the dream. Or is it simply my own identity? That’s not me, I think. If I wear one of the fragrances from the dream, it’s over with my authenticity - or even with my soul? What a nightmare! What a cruel game with my mind! I feel my chest tightening and I must whimper in my sleep. But suddenly, at the peak of the pressure, I feel a freshness. It becomes almost cold. The sweat of fear makes me shiver as the cool breeze hits my body. I smell sunshine. The salt of the sea. My chest loosens. I look up. The ceiling of the bedroom has turned into a blue cloud. A man with white hair looks at me with his kind yet cool, predatory eyes. God, is that you? No, on second glance, I see it’s Giorgio Armani in a - well - black suit by Giorgio Armani and certainly not from Emporio Armani. (Readers of Bret Easton Ellis will know the difference. Well, perhaps rich people will too. But I am not rich.) So it is Signore Armani. And from this blue cloud heaven, bottles float towards me. Blue, black, and clear bottles. God...uhhhh...Giorgio Armani lets Acqua di Giòs rain down on me. A smile crosses my face. I recognize the new Acqua di Giò Profondo Eau de Toilette and reach for it. It lies in my hand. I spray it 3-4 times on my neck and my feet now float. Where did this blue suit come from that I’m wearing? It fits perfectly! I approach Giorgio Armani and wake up. The feeling of fear has been replaced by the enthusiastic feeling of happiness.
What did Giorgio Armani want to tell me? Should I...maybe...go to a store next week...Hmm. I think about it. Staying strong sometimes seems overrated to me.

P.S.: Maybe I do need this flanker after all. Because in my review of "Afternoon Swim | Louis Vuitton," I had the fantasy that I could spray Afternoon Swim after my morning laps for refreshing purposes during the outdoor swimming season. But it seems to me that Acqua di Giò Profondo Eau de Toilette is better suited for that. On the one hand, it is of course significantly cheaper. On the other hand, I find my personality better represented in it than in the LV AS. I’ll go to a store next week.