Armani · 2010

Acqua di Gioia

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5

VersionEau de Parfum

Crushed mint and zesty lemon over a watery, dewy jasmine, settling onto cedar, labdanum amber and a brown-sugar warmth.

Armani says

You’ll smell primofiore lemon, water jasmine, cedarwood and labdanum.

More from Armani’s description

It also mentions Mint, White jasmine, Cedar, Brown sugar accord and Amber woody base.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Acqua di Gioia’s scent picture, a draft: lemon, jasmine, cedar, labdanum, mint, brown sugar drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Acqua di Gioia, top notes: Lemon, Mint

Heartas it settles

Acqua di Gioia, heart: Jasmine, Brown sugar

Dry-downwhat stays

Acqua di Gioia, dry-down: Cedar, Labdanum

What’s inside it

What the label names

12 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.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender5 florals2 spices1 powder1 green

8 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

Délices des BoisVeronique Gabai · shares lemon, jasmine, cedar (Atlas cedar) and cistus$290 for 85 ml · about twice Acqua di Gioia’s $148
9 AM DiveAfnan · shares lemon, jasmine, cedar (Atlas cedar) and mint$50 for 100 ml · about a third of Acqua di Gioia’s $148
Citron 28Le Labo · shares lemon, jasmine and cedar (Atlas cedar)$545 for 100 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.