Acqua di Gió Eau de Toilette

Unfortunately, the fragrance isn't the same anymore. Fruity notes are muted, base notes changed and you smell mostly lemon. Just lemon. It lasts about 30 minutes and then it vanishes. The DNA of the original doesn't exist anymore. The lasting power of the pprevious versions never was a beast but this one, (refillable) is almost a body spray and the most important is that it is does NOT smell like acqua di gio. Very frustrating, especially because it is the fragrance I wear most of my adult life and now it officially became a memory. RIP my good friend.

Sadly, this is not acqua di gio. I had high hopes but when opened the box and sprayed the fragrance, i made a disappointing realization. It doesn't smell like ADG anymore, they changed something and the whole note pyramid collapsed, making it smell like a watered down knock off (the lasting power and projection are really non existent) Probably they won't brink back the original formula and maybe they only are focusing releasing the new flankers such as parfum, eau de parfum, elixir, profondo, profondo eau de parfum, parfum etc. Maybe elixir absolu "Happy Thanksgiving is next" 🤷‍♂️ I own most of the line and ia a huge fan of the brand in general, but nothing is like the original 1996 one. Thank God I still have a bottle of Essenza, (also gone for good of course).