Armani

Acqua di Giò Intense

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

The houseFor men

VersionEau de Parfum Intense

Bright bergamot and green apple over a fresh marine note and clary sage, drying to ambery woods.

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Acqua di Giò Intense’s scent picture, a draft: amber, woody accords, bergamot, apple, marine notes, clary sage drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Acqua di Giò Intense, top notes: Bergamot, Lavender, Sweet orange, Geranium, Anethole (anise)

Heartas it settles

Acqua di Giò Intense, heart: Apple, Marine notes, Clary sage

Dry-downwhat stays

Acqua di Giò Intense, dry-down: Amber, Woody accords, Patchouli, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Coumarin (new-mown hay), Vanillin (vanilla), Hexadecanolactone (musk)

What’s inside it

What the label names

35 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

6 citrus8 herbs & lavender10 florals4 woods3 sweet2 spices1 musks1 powder

6 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Uomo Born in Roma Coral FantasyValentino · shares bergamot, apple and clary sage$138 for 100 ml · about the same as Acqua di Giò Intense’s $160
Dear PollyVilhelm Parfumerie · shares bergamot and appleabout $279 for 100 ml
Lafayette StreetBond No. 9 · shares bergamot and apple$470 for 100 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.