Aqva Pour Homme Bvlgari for men

The seaweed note in this to me is more like faint cucumber, it's really nice. This fragrance is good for cool cloudy outdoors, great for rainy days. When its raining hard, I just want to spray this on and run out in the rain. Perfect. This is probably best suited effectively for professional-like environments, semi-high class, dress nice, it will come off great. Everytime I smell this on somebody else, I forget how great this cologne can be.

Cons: At times, I find the salt can be overwhelming, especially in the heat.. maybe Aqva Marine would be more better suited for the heat.
- Not too versatile.
- This scent will really stick on to your clothes, fabrics and transfer around to pillows, blankets, and other clothes and will stay there for a long time or until you wash it. No big deal, I have many other fragrances that do that too, but for some reason, its more annoying when this particular one does it. Probably the main reason I decide not to wear this as much as I would like.

gave me headche....its just 4 hours

nice aquatic its better than adg and cw and i think it has a very nice edge in its drydown

I like sport fishing & spend a lot of time at sea, I can really detect the smell of sea weed in this amazing aquatic, one of its kind !!!

Normally I dislike men scents in blue bottles but this one is different, the only aquatic I like. When I smell this I imagine a handsome and strong sportsman uff uff

To me its like copy of J. Del Pozo QASAR ADVENTURE but Pozo is much more balanced and clean with that unforgetble unique soft floral note.

very good fragrance, smels like citrus mandarine, fresh woody and sweet fruity. Perfect scent for winter and summer in fact it is a every season fragrance...
I like it very mouch...
recomend it to people who like citrus, fruity fresh and fruity sweet fragrances...

This is what the ocean smells like. I think this what Kramer smelt like in that episode of Seinfeld. Its really well, well packed I must, Kudos to the presentation. I have Acqua Di Gio, and I say this a much better made. People try both of them out, I bet you will choose this one over.
I am smelling my hand as I type this and all I can say is the enveloping Seaweed note, is just driving me crazy.
I don't think its wrong if you wear it in the fall too, its a very versatile fragrance, vacation, summer, date night, office. It garners a lot of compliments. 9/10 from me, A guy who once thought Cool Water was the king of aquatics. :P

There is something very minimalistic and simplistic about Aqua Pour Homme. Whoever designed this had one thing in mind - pure ocean.

When I wear this, I feel like I've been transplanted to Halifax, Nova Scotia (a place I visited many years ago), standing by the harbour and feeling the wind and water culminate in this mist that surrounds. Aqua Pour Homme is an aquatic, and does its job incredibly well. Longevity and sillage are both very good, and the scent lasts and lasts for hours.

I don't think it does anything new or innovative with the genre, but all the elements are transposed in such a seamless way that it's the best in its class.

this is a nice cologne but .it gives me headache. I dont use at all.

Could not wash it off fast enough! Must be something with my chemistry, because NO ONE would like this if it smelled on everyone else like it does on me. Within minutes it turned rancid, like rotting meat or garbage can over filled on the 6th day of the week in the middle of summer, in Death Valley. Absolutely disgusting on me! Interestingly enough, Marine smells lovely on me. Go figure...

0/5

Bvlgari Aqva is Acqua di Gio ten years later. That doesn't make it bad, just unoriginal. I also find it totally unisex.

Aqva definitely smells marine. It is slightly ozonic, salty and breezy, heavy on the lavender and cedar. I also smell cantaloupe and a distinctly green note I can't identify. Like a cross between cucumber, fresh cut grass and bell pepper, it may be the seaweed.

Whatever it is, that green note is much too present for the first thirty minutes or so, but it does eventually blend and mellow into a nice, abstract aqvatic. Sorry, aquatic. Personally, I'll never get through that first half hour.

If Aqva was just a little more original, it would work well as an Acqua di Gio replacement for someone who likes this type of fragrance but doesn't want to wear the same scent as everyone else in the office. As it is, I think most people will mistake it for the Gio anyway. So why bother?

my gf love it
Scent 10
Sillage 9.5
Longevity 9

Nice perfume. Good for daily use for summer.

very nice fragnance for daily use,especially in summer.

Se um dia vierem ao Brasil,especialmente ao estado do Rio de Janeiro,não esqueçam seu Aqua,vocês verão que o sentido real da palavra Aqua faz jus à esse perfume.Tirando o cheiro de lavanda,o cheiro é exatamente do mar da região dos lagos,exemplo disso é uma cidade turística chamada Búzios.Basta voce tomar um banho de mar e se secar ao sol que sentirão como se estivesse usando um Aqua,porém,feito pela natureza.
Perfeito para a primavera e o verão,use e abuse.

First i hated it, i put it on my neck then i went for shower to remove it, at moment that water touched my body a fell in love with this fragrance, now i can't stop using it.

This perfume is soooooooooooooooooooooo nice. I love it. I recommend to all person,it's so nice. 10/10

a truly all day all year fragrance, great blend of everything, longevity is great, definitely a must have for men. currently on 6th bottle of this.

Living under a hot climate all year round I thought I'll blind buy this and I did. At first spray it stings the nose with a sharp feeling with a burst of melon I guess. My initial thoughts were that it didn't smell THAT great at all in my opinion despite the huge compliments I get from numerous friends even after hours and hours! The scent just changes into something very clean, truly aquatic and masculine!

عطر رجالي انيق . روعة تحبه الفتيات جدا لم استطع تغييره انا استعمله منذ سنتين لا يشبه العطور الاخرى عطر فخم فخم فخم

خیلی دوستش دارم.از اون کارهایه ماندگاره.ولی متاسفانه خیلی زیاد شد.پخش بو و ماندگاری خیلی خوبه.

Supereb fragrance, very fresh, wear it any time of the clock.

It was the first fragrance I bought to myself (it was in 2005). I really liked it, and girls around too (some of them just couldn't resist the temtation and asked me if they can smell my neck). But not everything about this fragrance is so nice and shiny, since many people that usually don't use fragrances (mostly nerds) describe it as horrible.

My opinion is going to be like someone opening a seaweed bag and trashbag in the middle of a ball-party.

Because that's what I get! I love the smell of seaweed, but here this is just something rotten, so pungent, trashbags, fish and wet florals. Revolting almost, like a proper trashbag.

Actually it reminds me exactly of that disgusting flower that I get the aroma of time to time when out and about near green areas.

It baffles me, because I like the marine version quite a bit, I'd rate that a 3/5 easily. That has clean, clear lemony citrus with woods, simple and clean.

Why is this in an aquatic based scent. I get no 'deep blue sea' or marine driftwood or coastal seaweed at all. Booo.

1/5.

An honest take on oceanic fragrances; it really reminds you of the sea...i drive by the coast EVERY day to get to my job...so i get a lot of sea breeze smell, and this is by far the only perfume that recreates that sense of being in front of the ocean with such perfection that really amazes me...i dont know if it is sexy or luxurious, but is congruent with his advertising and that´s hard to find.


90/100

A ladykiller !
#2 in my top 3 favorite guys colognes.
I love it in my boyfriend skin, specially spring and summer time. I find him irresistible, clean, fresh, so masculine and attractive. Can't take my hands off of him.
Thumbs up Bvlgari !

aqva bulgary,uso para o calor,dia a dia.parecido com aqua di gio,mas um pouco longe.gio é mais por lado floral e aqva bulgary pro lado amadeirado.a nota de poisidonia da um toque de diferente no perfume,fixa razoavelmente,projeta ate bem para um aquatico,rastro suave,leve e elegante,parece ter um pouco de sal da agua do mar.mas um bom perfume.

Perfume that we all have, we all had, we thatonly lovers in Big Blue and of course all the other!If i had to comment, but really do not,Acquq Di Gio Vs Bvlgari Aqva, it would like this:Abd if the older brother,Acqua, is more relaxing, sharper and higler idler,Aqva is deeper and more noble!'cause nobility and a little more difficult, but that is the price we gladly pay!Projection on me crazy, really(if you mean somenthing on my neck A*Men is like little pussy).Really incredible durability of perfume sea Type, altought the me, Acqua is still strong, but this is the Monster!Perfume thats was popular as today 1 Million, or before it Armani Code.Thats is worn by all, but he was so good, that i was not thinking about relationship Love-Hate, thay are probably people had to him, today as the 1 million.So definitely fragrance thats comes in famous Parthenon!

thumbs up! definitely a buy for me just smelled it today and cant wait to get a spray from this.

absolutely love this fragrance and one of my favourite. i would where this every time i had dancing classes when i was 16 and i received a lot of compliments from the girls. every time i smell it now it takes me back to those classes and to me this fragrance has a sexual type feeling to it

Oop!!! The bottle design is Incredible, I love it so much. After I wear it, I don't like. 1 hour ago, It's fresh and adding my energy.

If you need relax fragrance, buy it now.

One of the greatest Aquatics, dark and clean, classy, sporty and formal, its like Aqua di Gio but richer and more complex, it really smells marine. One of the worlds best in this category.

Scent 10
Sillage 8.5
Longevity 9

A competent aquatic, but not my favorite by any means.

I admire it for taking the time to go the distance (pepper and seaweed make it actually smell OCEANIC), but it doesn't satisfy me at all. The cucumber note of calone comes into play here.

Bulgari Aqua is a decent aquatic with OK longevity, but it's not something I'd wear. So far, I haven't really found any "true" aquatics that I really enjoy.

I bought this for my boyfriend.
The smell is so good.
Calm, clean, fresh, a perfect fragrant for men. so sexy

overall 4/5

my husband own a bvlgari aqua.I bought it to him as a gift.Oh my god! What a smell!!! It's so fresh, out of the shower scent.I like men who smell soooo gooood and aqua do its job!It's not too heavy(i hate heavy parfums on men) and i feel like falling in love with him again and again! Absolutely fabulous! Highly recommend!

In my opinion, this smells somewhat like ADG, but a more modern one.

Hello, today I would like to talk about Bvlgari Aqva pour homme, this is a fresh and aquatic fragrance with notes of citrus initial (a little juice) in the heart of Posidonia (aquatic plant), lavender and cotton flower, the latter have seen several times at work amid the bales of cotton but did not smell at all (sorry this parenthesis) the bottom is warm and softly approaches aromatic.The fragrance comes in Acqua Di Gio pour homme Armani or Blue Label by Givenchy.
Fresh, mineral, sparkling, fantasy, singing, innocent and energizing:
This is AQVA......
The bottle is a precious liquid containing a pebble polished glass behind a dark green as the depths of the abyss.
mythical

I got this for my brother and stole it back! Well, he doesn't wear it anyways but I love it on myself. The citrusy top note is not pleasant and thankfully it fades away very fast. But the scent dries down to a very earthy-aquatic scent which I love and can't get over with. I remember how I'd sniff myself 20 times in an hour when I first tried this perfume.

I can picture a man wearing it to chill-out by the beach side after a fun day diving or swimming. An easy-going and charming man who is, at the same time, mysterious and dark.

I'm surprised that many people complain about the longevity. Somehow it'd easily last 10-12 hours on me.

This is my go-to fragrance during the summer...although it shouldn't be limited to just summer...this is just a good fragrance that will not disappoint.

The first thing that hit me when I inhaled the opening was raw fish. But I have learned to wait for the initial blast to disappear then u smell again. As Bvl Aqua settles down, the notes are cool and delightful. I dont get any similar scent to L'eau de Issey Miyake. Issey is abrasive, Bvl Aqua is gentle and calming. I do detect similarities between Azzaro Chrome Sport and BVL Aqva. Chrome sport is aggressive. Bvl Aqva is genteel.

I love Bvl Notte, Bvl Aqua. Bvl Man is ok. But I doubt I will own that one. Looking forward to Bvl Aqva Toniq

i love this smell its truly very aquatic.

Amazing !!! It has power ,but is gentle .It has sillage and last a long time ! A masterpiece :)

I used to wear it as my signature 3 years ago, in any occasion and any weather.
Not bad, for young tastes it sets perfectly. It's a great citric aquatic item, opens with chilly mid-riped citruses and some herbal aromatic undertones which continue to the middle and dry down.
Dries out better than notes mentioned in the base. I mean I expected more remarkable base notes. Cool!
The very example of a comfortable everyday perfume which supports you in any occasion and position.
Fancy flacon but unfortunately it becomes too widespread and everyone tried!
It's too good for those who want start being addicted to perfume. Can be the first step! Too modern but has a clue in classics specially 80's; only in dry down.

longevity 8/10
sillage 8/10
scent 6/10

Hey guys, this is a ladykiller!! You don't have to fish for compliments when ur wearing this beauty. You will pay the hefty price tag for it (purchased mine @ Macy's paid $85), but know that you are getting the real deal, in other words something that will defenitley get you noticed with the ladies....Don't kno y some don't like it? O well...different strokes for different folks I guess ;)

Fresh, but not that fresh that many used to smell, definitively a "Try Before Buy", I could use it casually, not everyday or even weekly, I think once every fifteen days, so is not worth to get a bottle, I'm neutral on this, I like it but not my favorite.
I could live easily without it.

I think It's aquatic spicy , vulgar perfume, i dislike it.

Love this smell! very aquatic.

Don't judge a book by its cover, or its first chapter. When I saw pictures of this fragrance, I nearly bought it. I love aquatic fragrances, and oh what a cool bottle! However when I went to the store and sprayed some on, I was disturbed at how dirty it smelled on me. More like a lake than an ocean. I immediately was opinionated against it, but later that night I got a whiff of my arm and I realized it is much more mild after the top notes. I think the commercial for it is perfect, with the man diving off the cliff into the water in some Mediterranean setting. This kind of aqua is not tropical or white sanded, it is like a cool rock beach's water. It is more mature than Acqua di Gio, as far as an aquatic comparison goes. But definitely try this one out before you buy (as is with all colognes).

i was very excited to get this cologne and once i bought it i was 50% pleased and 50% unnerved... it is a powerful fragrance, projects well and smells good, but the smell itself is sooooo unique that it limits the cologne and makes it hard to wear anywhere that isn't the beach or somewhere hot the dry-down is what kinda got me, it smells so salty when it dries that it kinda turned me off to using it as much as my other colognes, all and all it is a good fragrance but u need to be ballsy to wear it or be in the appropriate setting id give it a 7oo10

Fresh & long Last.. I used, but not my fav..

7/10

For the first time on the skin, the smell is very strong and heavy. After a short time, it change into pleasant and fresh aroma. In my opinion this perfume is for summer time.

my husband has this, and the top notes smell quite pleasant, citrus aquatic fresh, and the dry down was really masculine.
but sometimes on other person's skin, it turns into a very unpleasant smell that almost made me puke when he's in the same room :/

so perhaps, best try it on your skin first, don't blind buy this eventhough million ppl wearing this.

I will make it short and simple for you!
This is not the kind of cologne you want to get for your boyfriend/husband. But if you want them to stink like a wet (not showered cat) this is what you should get them.
This is extremely expensive for what it actually gives you.
Smells like tonic water to me on my skin and last for less than 45 minutes.
Lacs of longevity and silage. Does not smell like anything special, I don't know why people like it so much and it is still around. A complete waste of money!
I would prefer an old man's cologne than this, seriously. Very Very bad!

I let this one dry down on the card from Macy’s and my first thought is Farenheit refined! I do have to say that it keeps its volume cranked up as far as silage goes for quite a while. The only problem is that it’s a little Downy/Bounce silage like to me. I don’t think that this is a signature fragrance but I do like it. Would I buy, uh… it would have to replace something in my collection that I try to keep limited to no more than 5 at a time. With that being said, I will probably not shell out any cash for it.

All in all, its nice but a little on the wear it a few times and forget about it side. Do I like it? Yes… is it for me? Jury’s still out.

I was looking around for a nice fresh aquatic summer scent (both here and in the perfumery) and found Aqva to be a worthy contender (although it isn't particularly fresh), so I bought a bottle today. The following is kind of an initial impression.

After spraying Aqva onto my left wrist twice, it reminded me a lot of Issey Miyake's L'Eau d'Issey. I hence sprayed the latter twice on my right wrist so that I could compare the two scents directly.

Aqva's opening is similarly clean, but notably less citric. I found it to be of lesser intensity, so it's almost L'Eau d'Issey minus half of its citric content. This, in turn, means that Aqva is lean, watery, mildly spicy. I'd reckon that this explains the high number of "likes": in the beginning, there's neither much in this scent one could dislike, nor much with which one could instantly fall in love, but what is there is agreeable, even enjoyable.

After two hours of garden work, however, I can barely detect L'Eau d'Issey on my right arm, while my left arm smells faintly, but deliciously spicy. I agree with someone below who wrote that while Aqva's opening doesn't blow you away, the scent develops nicely.

After only one day of wearing Aqva, I must say I'm a bit undecided whether I really need this scent. Or better, whether I need both Aqva and L'Eau d'Issey. I'd be hard pressed at the moment, though, if I had to choose between the two. (I'll update this assessment if and when necessary.)

Update:
According to my understanding, Aqva is indeed a light and fleeting scent. 90 minutes after applying two sprays onto my wrist, I can smell it only within two inches from my skin. I can detect these faint remains for a couple more hours, though, so there's a little consolation. All in all, neither sillage nor longevity are great – which might be an inherent drawback in a summer scent and especially one that's meant to remind you of water.

Another Update:
I haven't worn Aqva in a while. When I applied it today, I loved it. It's not a particularly fresh scent, but beautifully aquatic, oceanic, almost slightly salty.

Yet another update:
I found out that when I spray it on my shirt (instead of on my wrist), Aqva's longevity is okay.

Sea shells sea shells by the sea shore...

Yeah, this beats classic Davidoff's Cool Water and other pseudo "aquatic" smells.

8/10

very fresh. last long 6-7 hours.

Very familar for everybody bacause 1-a lot of men wear it and 2-because it smells like cucumber, and at the same time many people say it smells like ocean. It gives a comfortable feeling, and makes you calm. Doesn't smell very well close to skin, it smells kind of like petrolium oil, but what people can get is amazing, awesome and wonderful. It has nothing like a chemical smell with a distance. you can spray about five or six times and have it on your skin for a long time(on my skin about 5 hours, on the others must stay about 8). I ordered from fragrancenet.com, and i have not figured out if it's fake or not, but even of it's fake it smells almost totally like the original version.

too much "water" for me (minerals and citric).. the fragrance is so so. 6/10.

Well well well! Here's another hero that reminds me of a Chanel Antaeus review: It takes cojones to wear this.

Cojones meaning, this isn't a womens fragrance. One is almost obliged to have manhood and testosterone production and dark, sweaty breast curls to be entitled to wear this.
Does 70's Sean Connery ring a bell?

Missing all of the above mentioned requirements was probably the reason why my Bvlgari Aqva experiment was as inept as if Justin Bieber had tried to wear this: You have to be a Man to complete this aquatic mischief-maker.

Add some warmth, sun and sweat, and voilá!

Aqua Pour Homme...Staight up about what it is, a nice aquatic fresh scent with that melon (calone) beginning. Just a very nice pedestrian pleasant all around scent. I would much rather stay nice and quiet and safe and boring, than walk around all day with whale puke and squirrel turd on, because some elitist said it smelled like caviar smeared on supple russian leather. Some of these fragrances just smell bad, but because some actually find refuge in being a fragrance snob, I'm convinced they find ways to try to make what most people recognize as good as boring, and call semi bad or just plain bad scents, intriguing. "Yes, that smells like New Orleans on a misty night just after a heavy rain," they will say (which by the way, smells like a flooded sewer...no offense to New Orleans).
In the end, each person has a different sense of smell, but I do believe, at least culturally and possibly even genetically, we recognize what smells "good" to us instinctively. It is our experiences with different smells that will shape our current reactions to them. Bulgari's Aqua Pour Homme smells good, unless you were waterboarded with watermelon, in which case it will strike pure terror in you.

hey, i think this perfume really good. At the 1st time i wore it, i was so disappointed but later i got so many compliments that the perfume was so lovely. Yes, i do love the heart note, and i wonder how great this perfume is if bvl set the heart note as the base note. However, i love this, so pleasant, it sticks to my skin 8 hours during my work. Its true, my colleagues can still smell it from me at the end of the shift.

9/10 for tropical country!!

it is very similiar to the little brother.... the marine one..... but... this is a little bit stronger and it's not such as salty like the other one

This used to be my signature scent. This might probably be the darkest aquatic out there. It's not fresh so do use it carefully as not to make it turn sour/salty on you. This one is perfect for summer nights!

Got a small bottle for working out at the gym - it's indeed aquatic and fresh yet maintains a dark smoky and sexy background. However, I found it little boring.

Quality ****
Versatility ****
Durability ***
Sillage ***
Top ****
Heart *****
Base ****
Final score ****

It's got the reputation of being the most complex designer aquatic. At first I thought "meh" but I do reach for it often, and people love it.
Now it became one of the "ours" scents, if you catch my drift...

The good
Not amazing sniffed from close up but yummy at a distance, that aquatic heart accord is great.
Lovely petit grain, the citrusy notes blend very well with the rest too.
The calone might cloy some people but it does reminds me of juicy melon.
Quite a refreshing breeze in summertime and yet more of a deep bay rather than a touristic beach.

The bad
A certain synthetic character is noticeable.
Nothing to write home about in durability.
Unlike other reviewers, I don't get any of those olfactive voyages on the ocean, on wild beaches, the seaside forests, the storms blahblah... but maybe I'm just too picky.
Limited sillage.

The ugly
Longevity and sillage combo could be better but that's expected for this olfactive family.
It does smell similar to many others for the untrained nose but at least the quality is noticeably better.

I wouldn't buy it again, but now it's one of the "must haves" for sentimental reasons.

i get new one today i used it last year then i used a&f fierce and gucci pour homme but i should say this one is amazing ...it smells oxygen and you feel you are swimming in an island sea

Sooo yummy! I get a lot of compliments with this one. It's fresh, but it's also very dark and "dusty". Not boring, works great at night.

I just know why this perfume is the most perfume everyone like.,

the dark citrus in the opening is very refreshing.,when i smell deep, there are some of bitter taste on it and it make me feel sexy.,
the longevity is good about 8 hour

My score : 9/10

I know seductive and aquatic dont go together but this gem manages just that! The earthy patchouli works beautifully with the salty notes. CAUTION: Extremely Sexy.

I still can't figured out what people see in this, its a sharp aquatic scent, I don't feel it, for me its something hard to smell it like acid, just not my type of scent.

Smell: 4/10
Silage: 7/10
Longevity: 8 hours

I am attempting to write this review without being biased. My boyfriend wears this on a daily basis, so it's become less of a perfume for me, and more the smell that reminds me of him.

I will begin by saying that when I first smelt Bvlgari Aqva, I was a little underwhelmed. I'm not a huge fan of anything aquatic, even though I do enjoy its freshness on a man's skin. However, in the case of Bvlgari Aqva, I began to fall in love with its salty sea water note and its rich, earthy patchouli which lingers underneath the juicy orange.

I'm actually not surprised to read that there are many women that wear this also. It's masculine, but not strictly so. I find it a fragrance along the lines of Cool Water, Acqua di Gio and CK One, but perhaps a touch spicier.

My boyfriend wears this all year round, which is sometimes strange because I think it suits Summer weather a hell of a lot better. He also owns Gucci's Envy for Men (a gift I gave him) and CK's Eternity for Women, however Bvlgari Aqva is what he chooses above anything else.

On any other man, this fragrance would not turn me on, but on my boyfriend's skin, the combination is extremely sexy. It gives off this clean, 'fresh out of the shower' type aura that I really adore.

Bvlgari Aqva is a touch woodsy in the drydown, sharp almost. The rich amber only re-instates its masculine qualities. In some ways I'd call this a fierce aquatic, there is nothing subdued or soothing about it.

The longevity is great, especially on my boyfriend's skin which tends to soak up a lot of scents. Bvlgari Aqva is right up there as one of my favourite fragrances for men.

I normally steer clear of aquatic scents. A friend of mine who happened to smoke also wore aqua di gio all the time. Smoke + Aqua scent = disgusting.

However, I sampled AQVA a while back, and this one I like. It just has such of a masculine feel to it, from the sillage (which is darn good on my skin), to the scent itself. Orange is very refreshing during the opening, but the patchouli and cedar is right there in your face also. You will smell this fragrance on the clothes days later.

The drydown... I like to think of the drydown as more of an awakening. This is where AQVA can lose some fans. About 30 minutes after application, I normally get slammed by a pure deep water, salty, aquatic smorgasbord. This was so unexpected, grimy is the word that always comes to my mind when I think of the scent transitioning this way. But hey, grimy is not always a negative, and it is definitely not a bad thing here. This is a man's scent all the way. 4 - 6 hours later, this deep sea smell remains, yet is more faint.

Rating: 8/10

My only complaint with AQVA is that when applied, I have gotten some minor irritation on my skin. Maybe because the sprayer on this bottle (the bottle is very nice by the way) lets out quite a bit of fragrance. This is just a very minor complaint.

This scent is suitable for casual or office wear. I wear a shirt and tie to work and 2 sprays normally gets me multiple compliments (1 to the upper chest/neck, 1 on the either wrist and rub together with other wrist)

Hi.

A New definition of Casual Elegance By Jacques Cavallier.However AQUA PH MARINE is My Favorite but This one is Simply Beautiful Too. A Real Refreshing.It has a Nice Subtle Scent.A staple in any Good collection of fragrances.

Pleasurable,Clean,Aromatic,Energetic, Popular,Crisp and Full of Life. Aquatic fragrance that is a transparent blend of Mandarin and Orange as is so Appealing to the nose.This Smells an Invigorating blast of fresh Air for the Man who lives life to the fullest.

This Masculine Scent is A perfect touch that goes well on that day when you have a heightened Sense of clarity.It is Ideal for an Active man. Great for Casual and Carefree Summer days.Not the kind that gives you a headache and Everyone can wear it.The price is very reasonable Too.

Sillage?Decent.

Longevity?Average on my skin.

7/10

Well i have a serious request from Jacques Cavallier and his team 'PLEASE PLEASE INCREASE THE LONGEVITY AND PROJECTION OF THIS ONE' i still love this and is the best scent of summers, Girls are way CRAZY about this but i need to reapply after every 3 hours, cus of low projection & longevity & fr the sake of girls.......now every summers i need 2 new bottles cus of this problem !!!!! BUT I LOVE IT any ways ..

A fragrance with notes pleasant, very aquatic, make sketch as water in a lagoon surrounded by vegetation. It gives a very pleasant sensation, relaxing, water and wood notes toward a balanced like a cool breeze of a lagoon.

It has elegant projection can be used in formal meetings, romantic use is a very fine flavor, better use it for the day and warm weather. Highly recommended.

This one smell very great and refreshing. It will give you confident and calmness of deep ocean.

Have a very good projection and long lasting too. Make this one very good to use in warm weather.

The design of the bottle makes me feel it is filled with precious ocean water. Great aquatic fragrance!

I think its amazing, I like the longevity, and the drydown.

Compared to the Marine version, this smells very green and mature. Could be Aqua Polo. High quality nonetheless. Good for work or a formal setting, fancy restaurant, etc.

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The third member of the male aquatic triumverate, the others being (of course) AdG and CW. AdG is my favorite (for reasons in my review) and even though I really like CW I enjoy this more. I first smelled this in one of the early issues of GQ I received. Damn...I thought, thats awesome!!

It begins as you dive into a refreshing blend of mandarin orange and petit grain. This brings together two sides of citus: the refreshing juicy flesh of the fruit itself and the fresh green leaves of the tree that bore it. It has an aquatic feel but not an excess of "calone". To me this is as refreshing as hitting the water on a hot summers day. As the heart evolves we go deeper into the waves and get brushed by posidonia (an oxygen exuding sea grass, as it washes on the beach it adds a green, salty, ozonic scent that creates a slightly fishy ambiance to the seashore) and its soft whoosh of briny green while simultaneously experiencing santolina (Italian for holy wood) which is roughly equivalent to lavender water. After getting used to the pressure and feel of the water we dive ever deeper to be greeted by a superb amber tinged with a slightly metallic feel and a true buried treasure...sage. While this is usually found higher in the scent pyramid here its dry green sweetness adds to the watery feel without being the pungent green most of us remember or cook with. This is the sea tinted smell the ocean leaves on us after we dry and its deep sweetness will bring us back again and again...

Two years after this Bvlgari released ApH Marine, similar but different, lighter and fresher, which to me is FRESH water. The original AQVA is deep saltwater not necessarily tropical or sunny. ApH reminds us that the sea can be a dark place full of wonder and mysteries and how a thunderstorm can be as exciting as a sunny bright day, maybe more so...

Sillage: subtle, above average
Longevity: could be better
Overall: 4.5/5

Jacques Cavallier the nose behind this wonder outdid himself by taking the strong dark elements of CW and combining them with the freshness of Adg and made what could very well be one of the best masculine aquatics of all time without any of the frills and flowers in either of its predecessors. This is a barebones construction that feels so much more than what's in it and oh so much deeper. Still waters run VERY deep...

EDIT: On my most recent wearing of this scent I noticed something peppery in the drydown that adds to the scent without disturbing its aquatic nature, perhaps the sage and amber produce this. Just another example of how simple notes rearranged can bring unexpected surprises. This one is a real treasure, its how imagine a merman would smell if I ever met one...

it is better or L'Eau par Kenzo pour Homme by Kenzo or GIO OR ARMANI CODE? which is better or summer?

Agreed with fingerlicker's review. Pretty good aquatic especially if the money is right ... look for a deal on this, you will find it. You could do much worse in terms of an aquatic. This is easy to wear and certainly is not offputting. I do not get any of the "mystery" some of the reviews mention. It's straightforward about what it is: a nicely done marine frag.

if you r really confused about what you have to get in some hot day..this berfume will say "shut up..stop trying and buy me" !!!

The Best Perfume i ve ever come across!
Girls simply love it!
am wearing day and night..

one of my best collection after Issey Le Eau de Bleu and bvl notte..

i'm wearing this everyday and it feels good!! great scent.. woman just love the scent..

i have aqua by herrera and aqua by bulgari, bulgari aqua is better and i think its the best aqua out there. i'll check acqua di gio if its good..

The smell is just divine...it can't get any better than this! Not harsh or overpowering...none of that powdery smelling nonsense. It's crisp, clean and sexy...

I always compare this to Gio, they're all aquatic and both are my favourites.
I like Gio a little bit more about the scent, but I adore the concept of this bottle.
This is more salty and natural while Gio is a little sweeter.
I think if you love one of them, you MUST get the other!

Very classy and pleasant aquatic. You cannot go wrong with it! Lasting power is 14-16 hours on me, above average sillage.

5/5 from me

It is very aquatic,fresh, and somewhat piney-woodsey smell, with a bit of a smoke on a drydown. In a middle, you can fell some "cucumber-orange" interaction, and most important it is not annoying, very rememberable,and sophisticated. It is for young men, who knows what they want in life, and who still remain a little boys in heart.

Love the scent! I was looking for a fresh perfume for my dad on Valentine's day, Aqva! I could imagine myself strolling down the beach on a warm night. Upon approaching the warm beach shores near a large boulder I see a dark haired-eyed boy (late teen). I approach the water and find him swimming with a mermaid's tail as he flashes a charming smile.

It’s not exactly an aquatic scent, and if it is, so it's a dark aquatic! Maybe you can wear it even in winter or fall!

I like it, but got negative comments on it whenever I wore!
Longevity is good but sillage is weak.

Test it and try living with it, before you buy it!

قرار بوده این یه ادکلن خنک واسه تابستون باشه
اما اونقدرها هم خنک نیست
بوی خوبی داره اما نمیدونم چرا هر وقت میزنم اطرافیانم زیاد خوششون نمیاد
دوام متوسط و پخش بوی خوبی داره

Not good,but not too bad. I prefer in marine becuase it fresher really aquatic and original smell like the swiming pool in my country.......Arrr

Come to the dark side!
I imagine this fragrance to be the choice of the evil super villain who feels the need for an aquatic on a summer day.
It has a certain mysterious darkness to it that most aquatics don’t have. It suits the bad guy (well maybe batman could wear it, but not Clark Kent, he is more of a Clinique Happy type guy).

I agree with the reviews about Bvlgari Aqva being ocean type scent, I definitely get that vibe. However, it reminds me more of a thunderstorm on the beach than a nice sunny day.

Longevity and projection are both good.
I can tell this is a well made fragrance. I really love this and recommend it for anyone who wants a change from the regular aquatics.

As my girlfriend said, "It's divine!". It's a very well made aquatic fragrance, not boring, really captures attention without being too overpowering.

i am impressed with the all nice comments, which one should I buy, Bvlgari Aqva Pour Homme Eau De Toilette Spray ORRRR BVLGARI AQVA pour Homme 'Marine' ,

Actually, this is my signature scent.

The top notes wasn't impressed me, but the drydown is excellent.

IMO, this is the best "Deep Oceanic Water" interpretation.

Moderate lasting and sillage on my skin. On clothes lasts forever.

This smells like...urine at first. Living in NYC, at first I was not at all put off by the smell, but was horrified when I realized it was coming from my wrist. If you are as forgiving a person as I am and give it a second chance, though, it develops into something very nice and unique. Very true to the "sea" theme - like saltwater dried on the skin, with the heat of the sun and dry seaweed. Maybe not worth it to everyone to get over that shocking opening, but I learned to like it.

as the name suggests..
Aqva reminds me of a sea green water...
really fresh n cool...
A lot spicier... good for summers casual daily wear...
i liked the pebble shaped bottle...
am just loving everything about it !
A really good deal !
Go for it !

as My friend AalaAM mentioned below, he gave it to me in my bday yesterday and it was soooo amaazing! AalaAM knew about my list of favorite perfumes that I wanted to get, John Varvatos Vintage, Bvlgari Soir, Magnetism and Bvlgari Aqva.. and he knows that I only like woody notes but Aqva is the best choice to be distinguished and loved by all woody and aquatic lovers! bottom line, it's the best perfume to be well-accepted by all of your surroundings! the longevity is amazing, 7-8 hrs or even more! I slept yesterday putting my hand on my nose to keep smeeling all night long! and guess what?! I had soo beautiful dreams!! :-)
My best friend AalaAM, thanks soo much for this perfect gift! :-)

having tried aqua di gio and aqva pour homme ... aqva is a much better creation, imo. the scent is quite similar in term of aquatic kind of crap but aqva present much more complexity. The smell of salt is there, seaweeed included, dirtiness, yet very fresh and clean. aqva is so distinctive that spraying both on themself by a test subject, you can detect the huge difference between the two smell, adg and aqva. the downside is the similar smells often mistake others of the common adg and that's just bahh-hadd--adddd~ .... It's a great companion of you travel to a warmer climate like hawaii or caribbean or southeast asias then it's your top choice, other aquatic smells like citrus doesn't seem to last in the humid countries.

I mainly love whatever Bvlgari does, Bvlgari colognes are so unique.
I just got this for my best friend as a birthday gift and I really hope it will last forever, though I did not like Bvlgari Aqua Marine, I don't think it will ever compete with this one.

Bought marine then just got aqva ..I kinda get lots of compliments for wearing marine..while I didn't like the dry down so much..however, for aqva! I love it myself..hope it will get compliment too :)

basically a spicy aquatic. if u like fresh and spicy, and light fragrances last on ur skin, this is a good choice

this captures the smell of the sea very well. fish and seaweed is the main scent i smell so it was not that great to me upon the first spritz. i didnt wait for the drydown so i cant judge it as a whole.

I have been looking around for the review and comparison for the original Aqva and Marine version.

I tried both and I can say that the Original Aqva works better for me, the opening is crisp and fresh, then very fast turned to a very intensify aromatic smell (very nice mature macho scent), it does bring out the deep blue water feel for me. Feel so peace for that moment.

For marine, somehow I smell a bit "fishy" after the first note - fresh passed, I turned out feeling headache and it remind me the wet market and fish market.

Aqva last more than 4 hours and it has more depth and aromatic smell, but Marine last only less than 1 hour (very watery) on my skin.

For me, original Aqva is much better as the smell is more intensify, unique and more depth than the Marine. 9.5/10 from me!

aqua di gio step aside baby , BVLGARI AQVA IS IN TOOOOOOWN !!!!

I love this scent I just bought Aqua LAst Night and Tried it... After Few Hours i Can still smell it... i love it! Best Buy!

I went to Ogilvy today to buy a gift for a friend and decided to try out some fragrances since I was passing by the fragrance counters anyhow.

The lady told me to try this. I though it was odd... a wwater fragrance at this time of year?

I tried it on. It was very refreshing... but not as water as I thought it was going to be. It was quite woody. I couldn't smell any of the citrus though.

It was quite pleasant. It reminds me of morning dew at a cottage while being lakeside.

It's definetly a spring and obviously a summer scent. I won't buy it... it's pointless since it's september now... maybe in June ...

I bought this for my boyfriend thinking it was something he had and liked before but it wasn't, he had the regular Bvlgari, and I mistakenly got the Aqva. I like the fragrance, I think it smells okay, albeit common. I love summer fragrances. Apparently he doesn't like it cuz he keeps it stashed in the glove compartment of his car, but he'll pick up and spray his Antonio Banderas Blue Seduction regularly. To me they smell pretty similar. Should've saved my money on this one.

For me a seaweed left on the beach looks an initial note of this scent ... If I keep smelling next to the skin and having that thinking for sure I will not enjoy this scent. But it's getting better during its evolution, until becomes a little fruity next to the end. Good for summer days, here I agree with "leomat2008" about the scent reminds a pool. Sun, pool, beach, a shower during a sunny (and hot) afternoon on saturday or sunday ... these things fits with this scent. It is not overwhelming and does not give me a headache, but maybe because I live in a very hot city and need this kind of scents, even if I´m not a big fan of it. For me works better than Bvlgari Aqva Marine.

este perfume para mi es lo mejor que tiro al mercado bulgari tiene un olor muy fino y elegante como para salidas nocturnas huele muy bien lo e comprado 4 veces.

very wearable.great for the summer days & cool nights,like were having right now july 27,2009

i like this perfumes....
strong and fresh,,, but a little boring 4 me---

I hate sports. ALL sports. Even sports FRAGRANCES. Well, slap my ass and call me Debbie, because this arrived on my doorstep after winning Free Perfume Friday and it's a sports fragrance I actually like. It's as if somebody invented a sport where the winners got to violate the losers. Hey, I'd watch that. I know, I'm the scum of the earth. It's good to be able to say something nice for a change. Even though it's more fum to say something nasty. This is a citrus/spicy/woody by the seashore thing. Why do people call this stuff aquatic? Nothing about these scents smells like the sea. Oh, yes, because they are all trying to reformulate Cool Water, I forgot. This is one of those, and a very good job, too. No real surprises, but it has a certain something that raises it above the noxious rivers of pimp fluid peddled as sports fragrance. My tastes run more towards the calssic European in masculines; you know, Eau Sauvage, Gueulain's Cologne Imperial, Habit Rouge, or the bizarre,like Yatagan. But I like this one, even though I probably won't wear it much. Go easy on it, guys, it's strong, and one bottle should last so long that it will have nostalgic irony value when it's only half gone. Snazzy bottle, too, as you might expect from a high-end jeweler - a heavy, deep blue-green and chrome hemisphere that fits niceley into the hand, ideal for inflicting serious head injuries. So if you get it as a present and hate it, you can express your displeasure by using it to brain somebody. What's not to like?

an incredibly unique aquatic scent that makes you feel as if you're near the salty waves :)
This is signature summer scent
Dont get AdG, get this!

me again, but already a member now ;)

smells great on me. last long 6-8 hours. on my fifth bottle now :)

@dancam86: aqva smells different compare to polo blue. the closest one has to be Acqua di Gio, but Adg don't have the bitter-spicy note in Aqva :)

identical to Acqua Di Giò, especially in the base note
besides, cannot distinguish this scent with SalvatoreFerragamo Subtil >< what a twins :D

To guest_ : Your review is a product description for the fragrance appearing everywhere on the net. Here we discuss personal opinion and our own experience we have wearing the scent.

It smells very good. It is similar to Acqua Di Gio Armani.

Bvlgari Aqva is an absolutely incredible fragrance. It is extremely complex, and changes many times as it develops. Each different scent is very good (some more than others). I'm not crazy about the opening 5-10 minutes. Not bad, just not great. But on me after about 1-2 hours it's probably the best fragrance I have worn. It probably does capture the essence of the ocean more than any fragrance I have smelled. You're doing yourself a disservice if you don't at least give this one a try.

muy buen perfume... ni verano ni de invierno..... ni para todos los dias ni para ocasiones especiales...

El unico problema que tiene es que existe AQUA MARINE....

sexy and frech the best perfume for mr cavallier and firmenich.all mans mast have in collection

This is the BEST, yet Overwhelmed scent...
But it seems like everyone Have it...so it doesn't exclusive anyway!

Overall, i love this fragrance!

Other than Kenzo PH, this is the most authentic smelling marine fragrace on the market in this price category. If you like very oceanic, bitter, authentic marines, get it. If not, aviod it.

This perfume acts differently from usual way: after applying it smells like mix of Givenchy "Pour Homme" (brown) and Rochas "Aquaman". BUT after 30 minutes - 1 Hour... boys, it smells very differently! The wave of scents is coming! It has a lot of really "salty" nuanses. While having a wide spectum of them, it is NOT "pushy", it is well-balanced. No "sugar", no "menthol". First impression "good, but not strong", but re-thinking, my conclusion is "strong enough" - if has been made stronger, it can kill the carrier and his woman by an OCEAN of small salty spicy belling nuanses. It sounds like very expensive one, "exclusive, but pretending easy and simple, self-limiting internal force".
There is very interesting thing I can not explain: your hear the scent on yourself PIANO. You can better smell the scent stepping aside one meter and returning back.
While "aquatic" it is *not* for relaxation. It is too complex to relax the owner.
It is not a weapon "to make long tails among surrounding women". It is a HUGE weapon *on short range*. If you use it on dating, probably the girl will be slightly shocked by the wave of scents, ocassionally taking a seat closer to you - but may be THIS WAS the target, while creating this one, ha-ha?
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... after two weeks of using it: my wife adores it, *BUT* even small overdosing is boring, definitely killing me, I got headache. This chemistry is not for me. I am sad.
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..... after another week: I spray it to my hair only, not to skin, and it is Ok. I wear it. It is simply too strong for me.
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.... after yet another week: no, no, it is too strong for me. Even slight overdose is boring me.

It's the best men's aquatic fragrance that I know of. Superficial similarities aside, it beats Armani's Acqua di Gio PH hands down with its ocean deep salty ambery orangey cloak of scent that it pulls around the wearer. AND it's cheaper. Superb fresh, natural, sporty yet elegant scent, with a superb sillage and lasting power to boot.
Seems to be hugely successful in my country - and well-deservedly. That fact doesn't, however, detract any from its virtues. I myself have been through a 50 ml bottle and now am on another.
I won't be searching for another aquatic for a long time now. Thumbs up!

For spring and summer only. Very refreshing and masculine. And simple, as most aquatic scents. 8/10

Very nice masculine aquatic, but nothing new. Water and woods. Still, I like men to smell like this. It's a wonderful brisk combination.

when my boyfriend wore this one this summer, it was smelling like spring time freezias next to a lovely beach,,, i could not stop smelling him, so did other women around,, he was a little embarassed,, but veeery proud..! You should try it, on men with very fair skin and very dark hair,, everytime i smelled it on blonds was a bit of nothing..

This is definitely one of the best aquatic fragrances out there. I know that many people love comparing this fragrance with its Armani counterpart Acqua Di Gio, but in my opinion I do not think comparisons should be drawn. Aqva De Bvlgari is on its own a very unique scent. The scent really brings you on one amazing journey.

The opening notes awaken your senses and transport you to the seaside early in the morning before sunrise. You're walking along the empty beach alone as you invite the salty-sweet whiff of seaweed to subtly drift into your nostrils. It's the start of the day and you welcome the refreshing smell of citrus as it awakens you. The sun isn't out yet and you still want that little bit of time to yourself. Just you, and the sea.

Soon daylight breaks and you start to feel more adventurous. You venture out towards the sea water as the middle notes transition into something slightly more extroverted, but all the time still sleek and subtle. The salty breeze from the sea continues to fill your senses, but this time the very characteristic smell of aquatic plants moves closer to you as you embrace the waters.

You're now in the midst of the ocean, amongst the waves, the breeze, the life in the waters. As you start making your way back to shore, the base notes start to emerge. You've now moved away from the sea, but nonetheless the unforgettable and unmistakable scent of the sea lingers in your memory, omnipresent but subtle, content to remain in the background. The masculine woody notes start to come into the picture, reminding you that you're back on land, but still close to sea.

You loved the little journey you've just had, and you reach for that sleek, ocean pebble-shaped bottle again. A couple of sprays transport you all the way back to the beginning of your journey again ...

Very natural. I can actually smell the salt air of the sea in this...mmm...better than Acqua di Gio.

I'm already on my second bottle.. Great perfume. I love it!

It remindes me a pool.
Here in Brasil, don´t stay longer in the skin.
Soft, clean, aquatic so fresh.
I like a lot!
For me, it´s one of the best water-interpretations.
L´eau par kenzo for her is good to!

It's a very powerful, masculine and refreshing scent.

It's GREAT!!!

It's a very fresh and intimate fragrance. I like it on my husband and this fragrance is a delicious parfume.

I love this scent. nice fresh and also spicy salty peppery smell like ur on a bay and smell the water with seaweeds.
this is nice for summer

it's a nice fragrance, smells great. longevity about 6-8 hours on my skin.
already bought 4 bottles of Aqva :)

hmm... from start very fine and fresh... then comes up something i dont like to smell on me...

Ughhh. My DH sometimes spritzes himself w/ this before leaving. I can not stand it. It makes the back of my throat close up. I smell old pepper, citrus, salt and sent trails of b.o.. I want to toss it in the trash, but that's just mean.

I bought this for my OH who is very picky on fragrances. It's a very refreshing yet masculine scent. Subtly sexy!

I would describe it as a modern twist on Cool Water - yet not as sweet & retains some huskiness which I'm guessing is the patchouli.