Super Power

Super Power opens with a juicy fruity-floral shimmer of pineapple, peach and lemon lifted by powdery peony and violet, instantly evoking the dewy freshness of Acqua di Gio for women. The heart blooms into a soft bouquet of freesia, jasmine, lily of the valley and rose with a creamy ylang touch, before drying down to a clean musky-woody base of sandalwood, amber and cedar. Compared with the Armani original the divergence is clear: the fruit is sweeter and more candied up top, the floral heart less nuanced, and the watery-transparent quality that defines the icon is only sketched in. Longevity sits close to the skin and projection is modest, so it plays as a fresh everyday floral rather than a statement. At its best in spring and summer, it is an easy, pretty, throw-on-and-go scent for daytime and casual dates.