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Acqua Di Gio - Giorgio Armani

Giorgio Armani - Acqua Di Gio
2nd year high school (1998) to 1st year college (2002)


From Fragrantica:

This fragrance was inspired by Giorgio Armani’s’ holiday spent on the isle of Pantelleria. The scent of lazy summer days and freedom. Acqua di Gio achieved its high-quality status by perfectly harmonizing aquatic notes with sweet and fruity notes of muscat grapes from Pantelleria along with blending them successfully with the freshness of pineapple and citrus notes. Watermelon blends nicely with the notes of freesia, hyacinth and ylang-ylang. The warm, woody and musky base note remind of the Mediterranean warm temperament. This fragrance was created in 1995. The nose behind this fragrance is Alberto Morillas.

 Groups: Floral Fruity

 Main Accords:  Floral
    White Floral
    Fresh
    Green
    Woody
 
 
My Thoughts

Back in high school, I really love the perfume that my friend (Edra) has been using and that is Acqua di Gio.  Since I did not have access to perfumes like these back then, I only got it when my aunt (Mary) was kind enough to buy me a bottle when he came to visit us from Taiwan.  This is the only perfume I was able to use as a student.  I was so afraid to run out of it I kept it in our fridge.  See? It lasted me for 4 years!  I can never forget how much I scrimped on using it yet this can last me a long time.  I can even smell this on my uniform when I bring them to the laundry bin morning of the following day.

I’ve seen some the perfume pyramid of the perfumes I’ve been using and I was surprised to know that this perfume contains the most notes!  To me it’s just a nice smelling perfume back then.  I didn’t even know about the notes a perfume has.  I cannot remember smelling any fruits from this perfume.  It’s more like a floral perfume to me.  And that’s all this perfume is to me.  I might have a better description when I smell it again now, but I’m quite content remembering this just as that.       

Don’t expect the comment I’m repurchasing this.  As I have said in my previous post, I don’t intend to repurchase any perfume; or that is until I find the perfume that can make me repurchase it.  There are a lot of perfumes out there to try and I can’t wait to have another reason and the right budget to purchase another one.

Who Wears This

A nice adorable girlfriend who doesn’t know how to nag.  Very feminine and loves to wear light fabrics in white or peach or the bottle’s shade of green.  No high heels but the dainty feet can be seen in the sandals she wears.    

Memories Evoked

My tita Lyn’s wedding
High school crushes
Preparation for college entrance exams at Ahead
UST when it rains
Debate training in the afternoon
Gold necklace lent to me by Ma
 
Picture Credits
http://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Giorgio-Armani/Acqua-di-Gio-411.html
 
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