Probably gonna sell this bad boy on, if anybody is interested drop me a pm for my 75ml bottle, full pres. Nothing special about it, it is like the whole pack of fragrances reliesed after 2016, Dylan Blue, Y, Kenzo pour homme parfum, Chanel bleu, Sauvage, etc.

Definitely way better than the original ADG, still slightly similar but more updated and sweeter, ofc lasts much longer too. I get a "sandy" vibe from this fragrance, I'm not entirely sure why, but I don't mean it in a negative way. Its far better than absolu and is definitely the most complex of the line although I have not smelled Essenza.Honestly, this one is very unique - I once heard a You Tube reviewer describe this as very designer. I’d still rate Profumo the best flanker by far, and this and Profondo are fairly interchangeable depending on if you want something sweet or something more aquatic. The most underrated ADG, because this takes the DNA of the original and flips it into something that has a date night vibe, or at least a quality that’s distinctly sexier. But you're also not going to stand out and I doubt the average person could tell this apart from all the other popular men's fragrances out there today. Literally everyone, even teachers would say "he overdoes it with the cologne but it I really like how he smells,", and I agree.

I don't think I ever used this word to describe a fragrance before, but Acqua Di Gio Absolu is Perfect! A couple years later I realize the bottle I bought was the earliest formulation of this dating Dec 2017.The performance on this is pretty good - about 6-8 hours and slightly above average projection in the first 2 hours, then closer to the skin. Anyway, while Profumo gets all the accolades, Instinct seems largely ignored or written off as superfluous. Then the weather changed and I tried it on a 45-55 degree day, oversprayed like normal cause it never lasts more then 3-4 hours.

This is a good pleasant scent that would serve a youthful man well on a summer night date, or as a signature scent. It’s actually stunning to me when I smell it in the air - it’s aquatic, a bit fruity, sweet, thick, spicy, woodsy. Because of the base, which I can only describe as smelling like driftwood mixed with refreshing marine notes without veering into the salty realm.The combination of woody notes combined with citrus and marine notes takes this fragrance to another level. It kind of smells like you are wearing Armani Code Absolue (probably another cologne would be more similar but you get my point) and you are eating a watermelon jolly rancher. This has become my favorite ADG for daily wear scenario while Profumo is still the pinnacle of the line but is more situational for me. The intensely sweet melody of fruits coupled with LOTS of sugary tonka bean overpowered the earthy notes, woody notes, incense notes, and a gentle amber/leather note. Yup, Absolu Instinct it does have almost same kind of vibe as Bvlgari Aqva Pour Homme due to Seaweed note, although the seaweed that has been used in BAPH is much more bitter, like it has been extracted from deep-sea underwater, almost raw seaweed.

As far as longevity goes, he leaves for work super early in the morning, and I can still smell it on him in the evening when he gets home.I just sprayed it earlier for the first time so still letting it evolve and dry down, but honestly, so far this is a very, very nice flanker which stands on its own, as it really doesn’t resemble the ADG edt as much as the other two mentioned above. I get a very sweet and ambery woody opening, and not long after you'll begin to get some marine notes in the background. Initially, this smells like the original Acqua di Gio with the Invictus DNA mixed in - watery, citrusy, and marine, but also sweet and youthful.