Description
Armani presented Acqua di Gioia in 2010 as the fragrance of the sea and placed its aquatic character in the foreground. It is dedicated to a woman who is a ”strong, dignified and free spirit but in perfect harmony with nature”.In the spring of 2016, the collection is joined by two new editions, Air di Gioia and Sun di Gioia, which symbolize the breeze and the summer sun, thus expanding the collection of natural elements of water, air and fire.
Sun di Gioia is a warm, feminine scent that transfers the atmosphere of summer, and the feeling of happiness produced by the first sunlight on the skin. Frangipani flower is warmed by the heart of iris and ambrox, while the base ends with milky shades of vanilla.
The fragrances are available as a 30, 50 and 100 ml Eau de Parfum.
wirtual – :
Sun is a nice scent, albeit fairly synthetic, uniform and linear– although not as much so as, say, Armani Si. I don’t associate this fragrance at all with the sun or summer or daytime; it’s definitely more of a rich colder weather scent, as well as an evening scent. It is sort of cheaper and more simple version of Creed’s Vanisia– a Vanisia Lite, so to speak. It has ambroxan instead of ambergris– and yes, there IS a difference. There is no better example in illustrating this difference than comparing Sun and Vanisia.
ruchkina1987 – :
I have this and I want to like it, but the combination of frangipani and benzoin leaves me feeling nauseated whenever I smell it. It’s like a spicy, powdery sunscreen cream (not lotion, but heavier) and I just can’t get passed that frangipani/benzoin mix.
vavanax – :
The most noticeable and deep fragrance from the line.
Only I have associations with more tropical countries.
Ylang-ylang, frangipani, amber and vanilla.
It’s really sunny and yellow.
I rather like it.
i740 – :
Beautiful vanillic frangipani indeed. It smells like a bright and sunny fragrance on a gloomy day. It brings out summer on my skin. It has a classy and a touch powdery dry down with very smooth combination of ylang ylang, amber, jasmine, benzoin and iris. I like it a lot, and it is the only Girogio Armani perfume for women that I have in my collection.
kiillerg – :
Since acquiring this perfume, every time I wear it I get stabbing pains in my head. Coincidence? I think not. And it’s such a shame because it smells really good—I heart frangipani!!! But it’s not worth the agony. It’s swap-ready.
5a6ok – :
A very good daytime summer perfume. Great for weekends shopping outside with the girls, taking kids to the playground, walking in the park, going to a festival or outdoor market. Surprised by the decent longevity.. It’s, well, a “Happy” scent Not mind-blowing or toe curling. But, nothing offensive at all. I get a lot of plumeria, which makes me happy and just enough of the others to keep this well balanced and from being a soliflore. The vanilla is just enough to make it a bit creamy but not gourmand. (Thank Goodness). It’s pretty straightforward from beginning to end for the most part. I like it. Not enough to repurchase. But, I’ll definitely be wearing it regularly until the end of the bottle or end of summer. Which ever comes first. It doesn’t smell Expensive, but it doesn’t smell cheap. It just smells like, August. LoL.
P.S. FYI: BEES LOVE THIS SCENT!
Anastasya21 – :
Lovely, sweety and joyful: the perfect scent for any sun lotion.
Don’t get me wrong, it is a nice summertime fragrance but it smells too cheap.
If you’re into this sunkissed skin and golden waves, vacation at Saint Tropez vibes, I’d suggest you to opt for Terracotta by Guerlain or Alaïa Nude.
Just not for me.
seregache1 – :
I can see how this fragrance tried to copy Dior’s Sweet Sun which sadly was discontinued and the bottle reminds me a little of Dior’s Dune! Hey, what’s going on here Giorgio?? lol
This is a happy and easy to wear fragrance with a warm sunny scent with frangipani and bergamot being more noticeable. There is NO coconut in this and who ever thinks it has coconut they need to have their olfactory sensors checked!
I have to say though, there is nothing special or distinct in Sun di Gioa. I have smelled similar fragrances with this scent before and in body oils as well.
Drad1986 – :
I spent some time sampling Armani’s Acqua Di Goia offerings, and after the sharp, tooth-achingly sweet opening I like this one best. Still not so much that I would wear it, but it comes out on top.
For me Sun is too much “sweet” and synthetic in the drydown, it’s an overbearing and heavy handed scent. I’m thinking something is unbalanced in the composition.
mydafon – :
This is the only member of Armani di gioia family which I own and I believe it’s the best one.I’ve been always looking for a beachy,summer scent,something not too fruity,not salty and not citrusy.I found Guerlain Terracotta which was everything I asked for,but after a while I came across Sun di gioia,another warm,sunny floral scent which is sweeter and has a coconuty undertone which I die for
Coconut isn’t listed but I can really smell it here.I can also detect frangipani,jasmine,vanilla,benzoin and ambrox.it’s so warm,sweet,creamy and yummy.it’s less sweet drydown is softly powdery which is also very lovable.it lasts for +8 hours on my skin which is pretty amazing,sillage is soft to moderate,more than what I expected but still not near the point of getting overwhelming
I love Sun di gioia as much as Terracotta and I’m happy to own this sunny,sweet tropical floral scent blended with coconut milk,rounded by soft,warm,balmy base notes
SANNYа – :
This is all Frangipani Ambrose and vanilla to me, i get zero iris. I live in SoCal so typically wear sun scents and beach scents at least half the year. This one’s a little less delicate than say Terracotta, or Bronze Goddess. But it’s very sunny…bright and warm.
nwg863speagoessenda – :
As a guy, I find this a Lovely smooth, slightly sweet beauty, that smells of sun rays and mangosteen.
As a guy this is a perfect flirty fragrance for the cocktail party or summer. A real step up from overly sweat and unremarkable celebrity fragrances and the body mists.
Just a lovely,fruity,light, and pretty joy.
Please wear this with a smile and a sundress and I know that I would swoon.
My guess is that it is a 4 to 6 hour long fragrance with fair projection and sillage.
yakkir – :
It does remind me of Lacoste Touch of sun but with the cocconut in it. Safe choice if you are going to garden party etc.
zub823elipseskism – :
I got this back in February for my birthday from my sister. It was on my wishlist but I’d never smelled it. I really loved it from the start. Vanilla, frangipani, ambroxan and jasmine are notes I adore. Sadly the ylang-ylang makes it a bit sharp and unpleasant to me now.
However I just adores how it smells on my scarf and jacket the day after I’ve worn it. I also know I would love it on someone else cause I think my skin amps up the ylang to 1000. My sister said it smells good on me though, I don’t know.
I like it best at the end of the day when it’s mostly vanilla and ambroxan. It sits pretty close to the skin and longevity isn’t amazing either. I think this can work both day and night during the summer.
VLAD1234 – :
This one smells so great! For around an hour and a half. Then it loses its colours and becomes plain ambroxan. I thought I found my next purchase, but unfortunately not. Longevity as a skin scent is crazy!
messir-alex – :
The name says it all…joyful sunny fragrance!!! I just adore it! After sampling, I just had to have a full bottle! It’s a bit of everything…a bit sweet, a bit fresh, a bit floral, a bit edible. I’m sure this will be my go to summer fragrance, it makes me feel so happy!!
UPDATE: I have been wearing this a lot…I really love this magnificent perfume..it may not be all complicated and stuff, but it’s just gorgeous to my nose and so easy to wear!
torrentgman – :
Absolutely gorgeous! Quite linear and simple on me but a really beautiful summer fragrance! I seem to love everything with frangipani at the moment, this is really creamy, vanillary, on my skin it feels quite coconutty too! beautiful on a warm day, it’s like clean clothes and sun cream, mmm
Initovercette – :
I’m so happy I bought this beauty. I wasn’t so sure about it because it’s a little pricey and some of the comments here kept mentioning suntan lotion, but I would return over and over to the store to try it on my wrist, and I loved it more and more. When you smell it right from the nozzle it does remind you of suntan lotion: a fresh, tropical, coconut-y scent, but on my skin it’s beautiful. It doesn’t make me think of summer but of the sun itself, yellow flowers and happiness. I don’t know if frangipani is supposed to smell like coconut, or they forgot to list it, but coconut is easily identifiable. It has a green note when it opens that goes away in a couple hours, the frangipani (coconut?), some subtle vanilla, and what I think are yellow flowers. It’s just lovely.
Sillage is moderate, and it lasts hours on my skin, days on clothes.
alexmks – :
Ok i tested this again, you have to let this one settle. its one of those ones aswell where it smells weird if you stick your nose to it but when you get whifs of it it smells gorgeous. When it settles the frangipani takes a back seat and a salty freshness comes forward. It smells like the 90s sunscreen exactly what i smelled from the bottle. So happy i love it now. Never smelled anything like it so its unique. Except from that 90s sunscreen amber solair that i absolutely loved
stalker201 – :
One word: BEACH!
Sunscreen, beach ball, salty water, bleached blonde wavy hair, coral bikini.
Want, need, will buy.
8/10
zx82 – :
After sniffing my sample of Replica’s Beach Walk, I was in love. In love with its soft and relaxed aura – opposite to what’s typically mainstream on the market these days: loud, sugary, heavily spiced frags. Beach Walk isn’t a friendly frag to my wallet so as soon as I saw fragranticans saying GA Sun di Gioia is similar, I had to investigate.
Low and behold, Sun di Gioia is quite similar!
Comparing side by side…
SdG:
– generally sweeter since the (smooth almost creamy) sweetness is characterized by the coconut, vanilla and frangipani? rather than the ylang-ylang.
– ylang-ylang is quieter
– slightly “perfumey” compared to BW
– no saltiness although the ambroxan is trying to do something
Beach Walk:
– ylang-ylang is more prominent (the note that made me fall in love with BW) which also gives a mellow sweetness characterized by this yellow floral
– has a veery gentle saltiness
– light, realistic coconut note shows through
– is lighter (more of a skin scent), and
– is simply more “realistic” as this frag line suggests.
Overall, SdG lasts considerably longer (moderate), has better sillage (soft-moderate), and is much more affordable! Both have the same “beachy” vibes. I wish BW lasted longer and was more affordable but SdG makes me happy!
I agree with the other reviews about when this can be worn but I love it so much that I’d wear it in any season. It makes me feel cozy, uplifted and hopeful.
natrus3 – :
This Perfume DOES smell like the sun 🙂
Last perfume that gave me the same sensation was Lacoste touch of sun
It reminds me of a sun kiss summer time , the beach , sun tan lotion , yellow sand , palm trees & tropic fruit punch .
Financy PooBear K – :
Creamy vanilla with yellow-white floral and fresh sunny breeze. This is rather perfumery interpretation of sun, than actual sunny day. It is lovely, cute, cheerful, fluffy, hugable and lovable like fluffy and sunny pomeranian puppy running in flower garden.
Different from majority mainstream vanilla scents – it is not cloying, overly sweet and rotten like (as at least for me most smell like). Somewhat exotic probably due to coconut and frangipani note and bit tea like. This perfume could easy fit for some hand cream, cosmetic face powder or sun lotion line. Almost gourmand like if not for floral notes.
Almost office friendly, just be careful that it’s not hot weather. Spring, medium summer or cold winter day perfume. Could fit any age from young teen to very adult lady.
After some hour it starts to smell like something burnt…
It reminds me bit heavier, spicier, powdery and more adult-like Poudree Narciso Rodriguez.
GvozDik2334 – :
I just received my bottle about an hour ago! I’ve been wanting this since I first sniffed it several months ago, and I finally found a great bargain online. Summer in a bottle! I’ll save a proper review for when I actually use this when summer comes around (soon!), but I wanted to comment that I agree with parfumparfan.
I find this to be more of a late summer afternoon scent. When I smell this, I could picture walking on the beach when the afternoon is coming to an end, the smell of sun-baked skin starting to cool off, with perhaps a sultry beach-side night out waiting ahead. Aaah, LOVE!!! ♥
efimson – :
When it’s the dead of winter and I start getting the blues, I try to self medicate with fragrance. I’m always on the prowl for that scent that says “Warm weather is on the way!” I’m a fan of Bronze Goddess EDT (not the perfume), but i wish it had a bit more strength to it.
Sun di Gioia has a similar vibe to it, with the whole suntan lotion vibe underneath. but the frangiapani and iris really add a fresh complexity to this fragrance that smells warm and uplifting and expensive. I adore it.
tgm110speagoessenda – :
Yooo, sniff this. I ADORE fruity fragrances, and tend to dislike florals. This delivers with the most beautiful fruit opener (though I know nothing is listed in the notes). It’s delicious and perfectly balanced, with enough citrus, tropical and “woodsy”/juicy fruits. I get a nice mix of mandarin, peach, mango, pineapple, and maybe pear. It’s perfect but so short lived.
However, the middle/dry down are really interesting. It gets pretty woodsy, kind of soapy, and almost like suntan lotion (but the expensive stuff! We’re talking Clarins here, not Coppertone). Then it turns into a nice musk/amber drydown, which persists for the rest.
It has ok sillage and ok lasting power. It’s a good summer scent, but more late summer, late afternoon. It might get cloying in heat. I’d say it’s more youthful than mature and kind of fun but not too sophisticated/serious.
Edit: I tried this again today on a very balmy, humid day and I’m getting violet, water lily, powder and a really delicate mandarin. It’s so lovely but definitely not a summer scent. I’d rather wear this in the spring since I don’t think it’ll preform well in heat. It is still perfectly lovely though.
oskretkv – :
This is a nice, creamy vanilla fragrance. I mostly smell the vanilla and frangipani, along with the ylang-ylang and ambroxan. A nicely balanced fragrance, that shifts from being citrussy/floral to being warm and ambery, both with a lot of vanilla present. On my skin, Sun di Gioia sadly smells a little like metal, so I would not buy a full bottle of this, but I enjoyed my sample!
Sillage and longevity are both moderate.
lqg613speagoessenda – :
Sun di Gioia smells like the day-after drydown of Thierry Mugler’s Womanity. The next day after I overspray my beloved WOMANITY, my clothing smells so beautiful and “beachy” without coconut and suntan accords. It’s a “beachy” smell without the shrieking metallic accord or a jammy fruit sauce of the opening and heart of WOMANITY.
Soft, linear, aptly sweet. It’s perfect for the summer!
bobOR – :
I completely disagree with the votes that say this smells like Beach Walk. Beach Walk is awful, to me, and while this is definitely better, it’s not by much.
It reminds me of Monoi by Yves Rocher and all the other tiare/vanilla/floral scents out there… not bad, but nothing special.
Grafffon – :
I dismissed sun di Gioia as being something simple and figured it would be like so many other scents that I never gave it a try. I got a sample in a swap and had an opportunity to swap for a bottle. I tested the sample and was pleasantly surprised!
Sun di Gioia is a vanilla scent. It’s not your tween vanilla though. It has a floral and tropical type vibe to it. It kinda reminds me of sunscreen, but at the same time I feel horrible for comparing it to sunscreen. It’s the tropical undertone that I get from it that I believe reminds me of sunscreen. Sun di Gioia is laying on the beach midday in Hawaii and you’re very close to a bushel of freshly cut flowers, and the smell of creamy vanilla is just lingering in the air.
Sun di Gioia is quite beautiful. I can’t wait until next summer to wear this.
duroblombbarl – :
Sun di Gioia starts with a sweet, girly-pink smelling accord centered around waxy, cosmetic-like iris. I wouldn’t have expected this opening note, but the creamy tropical white and yellow florals that are more typical for such summer fragrances are already lingering in the background. There is also a little dash of lime to freshen things up.
It’s dries down to a sweet and kind of milky scent with a heavy dose of warm vanilla and the floral freshness of ylang ylang.
While it’s marketed as a summer fragrance, I’m not sure I’d want to use it on a hot day, it could become too cloying. It has those two contrasting aspects of beachy tropical flowers and the lipstick-y sweet iris/vanilla combo that both are lovely, an interesting mix, but also confusing to my nose. Maybe Sun di Gioia would be best on a mild, warm spring day, anticipating summer. Or maybe it just comes across a little too sweet on my skin. Anyways, it’s pleasant but there are other perfumes of this category I like more.
Himmerligh – :
I really loved this one initially. This perfume reminds me of some of the other suntan scents I have tried over the years…(Avon Instant Vacation, Avon Tahitian Holiday, BBW At the Beach…to name a few…)…it is not offensive and dries down into a warm skin scent. It somewhat reminds me of tanning lotion warmed on the skin, but no certain brand…just a warm, sunny scent for me. This is what I imagined Demeter’s Sunshine perfume would smell like…but glad I tried this one as well!
Update: Okay, after wearing this for a few weeks, I can’t believe no one else is commenting that Sun di Gioia smells like Elizabeth Arden’s SUNFLOWER perfume in its basenotes?? Definitely not initially, but now that I have been wearing it and smelling it on my arm later in the day, it completely reminds me of this. Maybe it’s just me 🙂 I would be interested to know if anyone else feels this is possible! I still like this perfume, but it’s not a love. I guess I am kinda over it…smells like too many others to be unique enough for me.
Pavlik – :
Please forgive me for my shallow review. I have to admit that I’m not very familiar with some of the notes in this composition, but I’ll try to describe what I’ve experienced as best I can.
Upon application, I got a nice, subtle suntan oil fragrance; warm, a bit of coconut, a bit of amber or vanilla. After about 5 minutes, the florals came in to party, and this fragrance got utterly rancid. Powerfully floral, sharp, salty, and – I hate to say it – but one of my first thoughts was “Is that urine?” No light, dreamy, creaminess .. just bad.
I’m currently testing this, but I really don’t want this to sit on my skin any longer. I’m heading to the sink to wash this off ASAP.
Доллар – :
Love! I mix a little of it with Olympea sometimes and it smells sooo beachy and yummy..great alone too.
Going to try to always have it on hand for my summer frags
XTCS – :
I was never into Acqua di Gioia but I was looking for a new summer scent and blind bought this based on the notes. I do like it a lot – not a complete love, but a strong like – I love frangipani and amber and they are very distinct notes in this for me. It somehow manages to come off a bit powdery blended with solar notes which I can’t say I really recall coming across. Not much development before it fades but I like it well enough that it doesn’t bother me. My only complaints: this is certainly a warm weather frag but when its TOO hot and sticky this can take a sickly, sweaty turn (however I think this is just my personal body chemistry, because this seems to happen to me with a couple very specific notes, so I wouldn’t worry much about that if I were you). Also, this is very light, I wish it both lasted longer and projected more, I’m going through this bottle super fast. That said, it was a fairly inexpensive bottle, and it was worth the money. Solid 7 out of 10. Safe blind buy if you like the notes listed, prob safe enough for office wear as well.
bernar – :
I like this one the best of the Acqua di Gioia Flankers. Really reminds me of Alien Essence Absolue, which I own. In fact, the wafts of it made me think I have it on haha. It’s definitely a more summer friendly version however, whereas Alien Essence Absolue, in my opinion, is more suitable for winter. I’m not trying to buy any perfumes until I use up a couple. Luckily, it’s the end of summer, otherwise it’d be super tempting to purchase. It’s a beachy scent that definitely has a sunny vibe. Salty, yet floral and smells like warm air. Ambery, slightly sweet, and light. Very nice!
Abigail48 – :
This is SO salty! It smells like old-fashioned Coppertone, perspiration, and sand. If you like Bobbi Brown Beach and Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess you will for sure like this sexy happy fragrance!
deregan – :
This perfume on my skin is all about the flowers with balsamic notes, sweetened with some vanilla. When it gets on clothes it is just a little too much vanilla for me so I put it on before getting dressed to avoid spraying it on clothes.
It is extremely long lasting on me 24+ hours and the very end of the dry down is similar to Mugler’s Alien — jasmine and amber.
Great composition I probably will wear it during the fall too since don’t get the “suntan lotion” vibe on my skin.
oleg5767 – :
Sun in a bottle!
I received a bottle of this for my birthday. Oh man, I really like it. It’s so warm, sunny, and creamy. The frangipani and ylang ylang notes are absolutely intoxicating. The dry drown is a lovely powdery vanilla. So happy to have this in my collection!
rn88abbtntt – :
I went to test the 3 new Acquas and none of them have a wow factor in my opinion. This reminds me of Baby oil. Doesn’t really smell like a perfume. More like an oil or lotion. I like the sweetness of it. Has some pleasant notes but that’s about it.
asjfueanthg – :
Meh… I’ve suntan lotions that smell more interesting than this. Idk why coconut isn’t listed, as it’s what dominates. Here’s my do gioia order of preference: sky, water, air, then sun. Having a sky and an air seems kind of redundant, but they smell completely different
alexhait – :
Sun di Gioia is a sweet, tropical beachy perfume, perfect for summer. It’s in the same vein as Bobbi Brown Beach, Pure Grace Summer Surf, or Maison Martin Margiela Beach Walk. Not saying they’re the same or dupes, but they have the same general vibe.
emecesoyday – :
I was recommended this perfume in a Sephora based on my love of beachwalk. Though they do remind me a bit of each other, the more I wear them, the less I think so. To me this is a richer, creamier version of beachwalk. It’s my summer go to this year, one sniff and I am swept away from the office to a day on the boardwalk, smelling the beach, the sun, the sun lotions, with some sweet notes drifting in from nearby.
YARIK_RAR – :
This smells like sun sand and beach air at first spray its very lovely. There is a flower note that comes out to play but I can’t pin point which I am smelling and I am not a floral fan so I am not liking the floral note. The projection is weak and it dies down to fast and becomes so lite that I am not sure if its worth spending money on. However the beachy opening so heavenly it makes me want to buy it. Oh what to do? To buy or not to buy?
23vs – :
* These are my personal experiences/thoughts with this fragrance. Yours/others may differ. *
Initial – frangipani + vanilla + freesia
Drydown – frangipani + jasmine + vanilla + ambroxan + iris
Duration – 5-7 hours
Projection – moderate
Experiences – A perfect vanilla for summer. The vanilla/frangipani combination is absolutely delightful.
Quick Thoughts – sunny, warm, vanilla, floral
371skorch – :
I was testing this one today, and I think it’s very similar tot Harajuku lovers sunshine cuties Baby G
Yulichka55555 – :
I must confess, I love this. I had been testing it on and off for about a year, and I finally got myself a bottle this summer. I’m so glad I did! It really helps to round out my warm weather fragrances, among all the citruses and squeaky clean scents. I had been holding back at first because I wasn’t sure if it was “meaty” enough for my liking. I love me a good white floral, but I like them to be fairly substantial. On first spray, Sun di Gioia smells like it definitely will be. It’s a BIG tropical white flower. But then… It slowly grows warmer and more vanillic. The sillage also dies down a fair amount. I’ve realized that I’m okay with this in the heat, though, and also because I want to be able to wear this in work situations. I can still smell it at the end of the day as a warm, dusty/powdery-ish ambery vanilla with some tropical sunscreen vibes that comes in wafts.
ogaldetskiy – :
I’ve been very bad girl and bought this one as well (after buying Acqua di Gioia edt in the same month). I just wanted so much to have this sunny fragrance in a sunny bottle as well. Well i like it but this is different from what i usually go for. have. I usually can not wear these tropical scents, that remind sun tan lotions, i often find them too strong and too floral and too coconuty. The later gets especiallly silly giving the fact that i live in a country where is practically never sunny enough to expose our bodies to sun. Anyway i like this scent, it is sunny and sunshine’y and and suntan’y without being too loud, which i like. It has quite a lot white flowers and i am usually careful with frangipni, so i am not sure how often i will be able to use it. As for now it feels like a nice scent and quite summery. it has vanilla nad powder as well. I can see it wearing in all seasons because it is warm and heavy on vanilla,which may feel comforting in the colder seasons. It may be nice way to remember sunny days then.
I am a bit warry because i smell jasmine quite a lot and the scent is more floral than i usually go for. I will try to keep it, hoping we will have more warm sunny days and see how i like it. Who knows, maybe i will be converted.
Update few weeks later: i do wear this one more than i thought i would. it is soft warm suntan fragrance that is quite subtle, which i like a lot. longevity is very good and sillage is close to skin. the bottle is gorgeous, summery, sunshin’y. this is my happy cheerful summer scent.
Gosha_61 – :
On me, this is just a super sweet Gourmand fragrance, not summery or beachy at all. I don’t detect any of the citrus notes, so on me it is mostly vanilla sugary. The coconut is definitely of the cupcake variety rather than suntan lotion variety. I have a feeling my nose is not cooperating on this one! It definitely didn’t work for me and I had to wash it off after an hour. I only sprayed on a small amount, but it was very very strong to my nose. Makes me wonder if I have a sensitivity to something in it?
Djuffin.Halli – :
I just got this as a blind buy in the mail today. It’s a very nice scent. I don’t get anything heavy or over powering here. It’s a light fragrance. All of the notes mentioned on Fragrantica are noticeable to my nose. I definitely get vanilla and there are soft florals in the background. It smells like something I have smelled before yet I can’t put my finger on it. Overall this is a very lovely summer fragrance. If your on the search for something that has a beachy vibe I don’t get that from this one. What I do get is something lite, inoffensive and summery. As I am typing this and sniffing my wrist I think I get a very mild pineapple note. A very good blind buy.
DEMON4 – :
I am in search of a summer scent so I tried it today at Sephora. It is indeed very creamy, I like it a lot, but I get a sunscreen vibe from it. I will probably go for a more affordable choice.
qukoronh – :
I don’t get a summer vibe at all. Starts out floral but the dry down on me is vanillin and ambroxan. Very warm and cozy. Not bright/fresh/citrus at sll. Don’t get me wrong I really like this one. I wear this at work because of its univeral appeal. I like to think that I’m edgier than this fragrance, but I guess I’m not. It’s becoming my go to.
exim9432 – :
I like it.it’s creamy and sweet and very different from other summer perfumes.it’s not cold or citrus it’s warm and sunny.creamy vanilla and powdery flowers.it’s good for fall too.good longevity.I want it
7.5/10
عطری خامه ای و شیرین که با عطرهای تابستان دیگر فرق داره چون خنک و سیتروس نیست گرم و آفتابی هست.وانیل خامه ای و شیری و گل های پودری.حتی برای پاییز هم خیلی خوب هست.ماندگاری خوب.بسیار پسندیدم
۷.۵/۱۰
lopepeclake – :
Sun di Gioia has a bit of a sun-tan lotion vibe. It’s not nearly as potent as Estee Lauder’s Bronze Goddess, but it does still have that creamy, vanillary tan smell.
Testing Air di Gioia and Sun di Gioia side by side, they are quite different. Air di Gioia is a salty floral, whereas Sun di Gioia is a powdery, somewhat creamy vanilla oriental.
On my skin I can detect lots of vanilla, benzoin, powdery iris and bergamot. Without the citrus Sun di Gioia would be better suited to the colder months, however the bergamot thankfully adds enough crispness to make Sun di Gioia the summery fragrance it was intended to be.
Perhaps the only down side to this flanker is its poor projection and longevity. It doesn’t have nearly as much lasting power as Air di Gioia which is a little disappointing to say the least.
I must say I have been pleasantly surprised by the Acqua di Gioia flankers that have recently been released. They are incredibly pleasant, and in my opinion greatly improved when compared to the original which was not my personal cup of tea.
N1k_One – :
The moment i tested it, I thought: wow this is a familiar scent !
Then I checked here and YES it’s exactly like Beach Walk !!
fomenkomixa – :
Ambroxan is a strange, strange thing. I can’t seem to make up my mind whether I find it agreeable or can’t stand it, it is easily identifiable, but it reads differently depending on what it is paired with.
This composition basically smells like an idealized version of a 60’s bronzing lotion advert. Like a middle-class nuclear family of four jetting to Hawaii in 1964 and the daughter wearing a frangipani flower in her hair throughout.
My SO said it smells like clean shoes in a shoe store.
Layla_fromAD – :
Wow, compared to Acqua di Gioia, this is a completely different animal. I can’t stand Acqua di Gioia, but this is quite nice. It reminds me of Bronze Goddess but with the citrus turned down and without the coconut note that always goes awry on my skin. It’s actually very fruity with a solar note. I love solar notes. This would be perfect for summer…or year round for where I live. If you like Bronze Goddess, you’ll like this.
edward69 – :
Wonderful fragrance, I prefer this over Acqua di Gioia and Air di Gioia. It really does smell so sunny and warm, non-offensive and lingers on your skin even after a shower. Definitely a summer daytime fragrance (as the name itself suggests), feminine but not extremely sweet and very versatile.
Serpent208 – :
It reminds me of having been putting creamy-textured sunscreen on, and lying in the sun (with full clothing, sunhat, sunglasses), before deciding to go for a refreshing swim in the salty ocean.
After your swim you long for a sweet vanilla flavoured ice cream.
So you decide to go over to the ice cream bar and ask for the largest available ice cream.
….
This is the scent after havng enjoyed a full day on the beach:
It is vanillery,just like the ice cream you enjoyed, salty like the ocean you swam in and creamy like the sunscreen you have used to protect your sensitive skin.
Longevity and sillage are moderate.
torrentheart – :
Gioia Sun isn´t creamy on me, haha! i wish it would on my skin is a very very sweet sugary praliné and so dry i have no chemistry. Maybe on smooth skin it could be better if you like very sweet gourmands this is for you.
Gex – :
I wanted a new scent for summer – a cool, delicious, aqueous scent that would emanate a calm elegance throughout what is looking to become a long, hot summer. The classy, understated Missoni Acqua with its melon and citrus is hard to get now for some mysterious reason. A department store in the city promised me Armani’s Acqua di Gioia, but alas, it didn’t seem special enough and the pepper rendered a kind of harshness to it that disappointed me.
Then I tried Sun di Gioia and fell instantly in love with its aerial sweetness of frangipani and freesia, like sparkling sunshine dancing on water, like the frangipani flowers that fell twirling to the ground in the ho