Acqua di Giò Eau de Parfum
The 2022 Eau de Parfum reformulation of Acqua di Gio trades some of the original's marine brightness for a denser, more resinous presence.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 13 accords.
Every perfume in Sillage is represented as a distribution across canonical accord slugs — a lingua franca for scent. Two fragrances with overlapping fingerprints are scent-twins, even if they share no literal note.
- Lavender70
- Earthy65
- Patchouli55
- Marine
The note pyramid
- Lavender
- Clary Sage
- Vetiver
- Patchouli
- Ambergris
- Clary Sage
By the editors · 2 min readThe 2022 Eau de Parfum reformulation of Acqua di Gio trades some of the original's marine brightness for a denser, more resinous presence. The opening still carries that signature aquatic pulse, but it's quickly grounded by lavender and clary sage—herbal rather than soapy, with a slight medicinal edge that feels more apothecary than beach resort.
As it settles, vetiver and patchouli anchor the composition in earthy, almost smoky territory. The ambergris adds a saline warmth that keeps the base from going too dark, though the overall effect is noticeably less transparent than the Eau de Toilette. Where the original felt like summer air over cold water, this version evokes driftwood and sea salt left to dry in the sun.
It's a deliberate shift toward sophistication and weight, likely aimed at those who found the earlier version too fleeting or too young. The aromatic woods dominate by the drydown, leaving only a trace of that iconic freshness behind.
Scent twins
Factual metadata (name, house, year, notes) is seeded from public datasets. The editorial reading and scent fingerprint are written by Claude against our house style — none of it is scraped prose. Read our methodology.
