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10 years since Acqua di Gio...

post #1 of 24
1/5/06 at 1:06pm
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It's been 10 years since Acqua di Gio hit and everyone wents nuts and you can find the stuff everywhere but is it just as worn as it used to be? While typing this i took out my bottle Gio and put some on the back of my hand, i rarely use it due to the association of an ex-girlfriend, but is this as widely worn as it used to be? Sure it's light and fresh but no one wants to be apart of the Gio smellathon on the train but i'm not noticing much out in public anymore. Any thoughts?
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post #2 of 24
1/5/06 at 1:09pm
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well it will always be in my wardrobe. for me is primarily a summer scent by it can be a bit too fresh at times....i do think that it is overrated tho. i mean it is/was the best seller frag in the states which is a bit of a shock.
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post #3 of 24
1/5/06 at 2:04pm
I recently (last week) purchased the 6.7 oz bottle! It is still the most popular fragrance in america and is probably why basenoters hate it but I think it is definately one of the better fruity/citrus fragrances for the summer or when you want to be clean and fun. I notice that it is quite heavy though meaning that the concentration is high which is a good thing. One swuirt does me!
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post #4 of 24
1/5/06 at 2:12pm
when this frag appeared for the 1st time in italy it was a huge success ,now its definitely a mass market frag ,so people almost forget this old scent ,personally i ve never liked it at all ,i hate frags that you can smell everywhere around you ,im so snob about fragrances and i always want the best on me,i generally prefer the so called niche perfumes
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post #5 of 24
1/5/06 at 3:00pm
I think its popularity now depends on where you live. At my school, every other person wears Acqua di Gio. I swear I smell it on at least 2 people in each of my classes. The clubs that I go to also reek of it. I think it's really popular with the college crowd because they tend to like fresh aquatic scents. The marketing of ADG also attracts the young bunch because I'm sure every guy wants to "turn the ladies on". It's a nice scent but not when you bathe in it, which seems to be the case in my city. I'll still wear it from time to time but these days I prefer Halston Unbound because it's a cheaper alternative.
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post #6 of 24
1/5/06 at 4:35pm
This used to be my signature scent. This used to be before everyone bathed in it.

Used to.

Now, it's hard for me to approach this fragrance without shuddering. To me, it USED TO be a good fragrance. It still is - only nothing I'd wear.
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post #7 of 24
1/5/06 at 4:51pm
During the Christmas holidays a coworker gave me a 50ml bottle of ADG. Â*I then turned right around and regifted it to my brother. He likes crap scents like ADG. Its nice on the initial spritz but turns hideously bad after about 15 seconds. Â* You know how in bad womens perfumes they dont smell of anything in paticular except bad strong perfume???? Â* Thats how i feel about ADG. Â*It doesnt smell of anything in particular.....just very bad, strong cologne. Â*The eiptome of horrid, cologney cologne. Â*
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post #8 of 24
1/5/06 at 10:17pm
I still like this fresh citrusy fragrance. I find it's the one I wear most in the summer. Lasts pretty long and doesn't get cloying.
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post #9 of 24
1/5/06 at 10:29pm
I hated it then and I hate it now.

This one and Issy ALMOST singlehandedly destroyed my love of fragrace.
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post #10 of 24
1/5/06 at 11:53pm
Well, ten years on and just when you think it's gonna die...Bulgari creates Aqva which is just a TOTAL clone of ADG. I Can't tell the two apart.

I don't necessarily hate the scent of ADG, but it's just an aesthetic whose time has come and gone.

Funny because I used to LOVE Emporio Armani. To me, it was light years better than ADG. I even forget sometimes that ADG is an Armani scent. When I think Armani, I think Emporio. I think I may start wearing Emporio again. And by again I mean...right now.

(goes to drobe, picks up sober black cylinder...sprays)

Oh, what memories. This fragrance is GREAT. Grassy, spicy, sexy, and free. My bottle is seven years old now (geez I remember the day I bought it was one of the happiest of my life). I think some of the character in the top notes may have faded a bit. I may just go out and spring for a fresh bottle. And if i do, it's going front and center on the bathroom shelf.

So ten years for ADG
and seven years for Emporio

I wonder why ADG took off and Emporio never quite had the same success. Oddly, alot of the Armani scents Post-Emporio have drawn heavily on the the original Emporio rather than ADG.

It's like CK1 and it's evil twin CkBe with ADG and Emporio respectively. Ck1 and ADG were better sellers, CKBe and Emporio were better smellers

Anybody else have a special attachment to Emporio Armani?
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post #11 of 24
1/6/06 at 12:05am
Well, here in Belgium men don't seam to know there are other fragrances than Acqua di Gio. I smell it constantly.
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post #12 of 24
1/6/06 at 1:15am
NO, thank you!!!!!!!!!! 8-)
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post #13 of 24
1/6/06 at 4:10am
I wouldn't buy it.

But I really like Salvatore Ferragamo Subtil and Bulgari Aqua. I think that they are much better aquatic scents that ADG.
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post #14 of 24
1/6/06 at 4:13am
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Originally Posted by MikeFromManhattan

I wouldn't buy it.

But I really like Salvatore Ferragamo Subtil and Bulgari Aqua. I think that they are much better aquatic scents that ADG.

Me too!!!! 8-)
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post #15 of 24
1/6/06 at 7:36am
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Originally Posted by Ballardbeau

I hated it then and I hate it now.


I did not care much about acquatic scents ten years ago, nor now!
However there was a time when crowd at clubs and in the tube smelled of AdG... ;D
Now in clubs it's still the same with A*men and Dolce&Gabbana; for tube you can still smell AdG, but for sure use&abuse have reduced that cloud effect after 10 years!
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post #16 of 24
1/6/06 at 7:51am
I used to bathe in Emporio and was my first and only Armani true love. I recently considered buying it again but I think I prefer the fond memories of the days when I wore it as times have changed and those happy days are gone. Perhaps I pruchased the ADG for a replacement but now I am wondering if I made a mistake. I may have to get something else!
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post #17 of 24
1/6/06 at 8:41am
Wow, at times I feel that ADG is somewhat boring, but I never thought that anybody would consider it disgusting. I guess it's because I don't experience that sour drydown that everybody complains about. The drydown for me is actually fruity and sweet. I've noticed though that when I wear a lot of strong frags (A*men) for days in a row, my nose becomes immune to ADG and I can hardly smell it.
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post #18 of 24
1/6/06 at 9:49am
I couldn't believe my eyes watching TV the other day when a commercial for AdG came on
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post #19 of 24
1/6/06 at 5:34pm
Acqua di Gio was the first fragrance I ever wore, five years ago on a trip to London, England. I loved it a lot, but then I tired of it a year later.

A year later, I started to smell Acqua di Gio virtually everywhere, so I decided to ditch it. Since then, it's only gotten worse. Sweaty jocks at the health club wear it. People con commuter trains wear it. Even a lawyer I met with recently wore it. To my nose, Acqua di Gio isn't disgusting (that honor goes to all the Kenneth Cole scents except Reaction), but it is boring and plain in every sense of the imagination.

But I have a feeling that 5-10 years from now, we'll be talking about Angel Men the same way that we do Acqua di Gio. It's already happening here in Fort Wayne...
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post #20 of 24
1/9/06 at 2:53pm
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Originally Posted by teflondog

I think its popularity now depends on where you live. At my school, every other person wears Acqua di Gio. I swear I smell it on at least 2 people in each of my classes. The clubs that I go to also reek of it. I think it's really popular with the college crowd because they tend to like fresh aquatic scents. The marketing of ADG also attracts the young bunch because I'm sure every guy wants to "turn the ladies on". It's a nice scent but not when you bathe in it, which seems to be the case in my city. I'll still wear it from time to time but these days I prefer Halston Unbound because it's a cheaper alternative.

Unbound-cheaper and much better as well.
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post #21 of 24
1/9/06 at 3:31pm
Everytime when I end up talking about fragrances with my brother and his girlfriend, this girlfriend tells me that AdG (which is in his beloved BF:s favour) is the best thing she`s ever smelled.
And then I feel disturbed. (This is routine.)
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post #22 of 24
1/9/06 at 3:44pm
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Originally Posted by Pigeon Murderer

Everytime when I end up talking about fragrances with my brother and his girlfriend, this girlfriend tells me that AdG (which is in his beloved BF:s favour) is the best thing she`s ever smelled.
And then I feel disturbed. (This is routine.)

What a surprise. 50% of men wear it, 25% wear cheaper stuff that stinks, 24% wear so much cologne that they reek regardless, maybe 1% actually understand how cologne works and chose good stuff

When I first started in colognes I thought AdG smelled great. I remembered how much I hated those cheap colognes like Aspen and Adidas that I had always associated with cologne. Then I stumbled upon basenotes and started trying stuff by Creed, L'Artisan, YSL and others. Now I think AdG is just a generic smell.
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post #23 of 24
1/9/06 at 3:59pm
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Originally Posted by Indie_Guy

Anybody else have a special attachment to Emporio Armani?

not exactly, but I admit there is an oddness to Emporio Armani that fascinates me. Plenty of women in their late 20s, early 30s are drawn to the 'Lui/He' version. Just ask around. And it's been like that since its launch in 1998. Every other perfumer nowadays is eager to talk about so-called genderless scents, but EA is one of those examples that show how female consumers were actually ahead of contemporary marketing strategies.

Okay, back to Acqua di Gio'. Doesn't the guy in the ad look cute.
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post #24 of 24
1/9/06 at 8:35pm
Since it's early release, I've had 3 bottles of AdG (I know.. I know.. but now I've grown up) and I think the quality of the scent has degraded.

It definitely smelled better back in '98 than it does now. Or maybe my nose is physically becoming biased
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