Giorgio Armani ACQUA DI GIO ACQUA FOR LIFE 2012 vaulted eau de toilette

Acqua di Gio Acqua for Life 2012 is the second limited edition released by Giorgio Armani for the "Acqua for Life" campaign in coordination with UNICEF. This campaign, which promises 100 liters of drinking water for children in Ghana and Bolivia per bottle purchased, came with a a limited edition bottle, marked by a characteristic blue wave pattern.

Giorgio Armani never confirmed that the Acqua for Life 2012 formula was different than the original Acqua di Gio, or the previous year's Acqua for Life release, but wearers have noted that the formula in these limited edition bottles wears saltier - a noticeable enough difference that this bottling has become fairly rare and coveted.

For us, an in store comparison between the Acqua for Life 2012 and a regular bottle of Acqua di Gio revealed strong similarities, but enough of a difference between the two that we suspect the formula must have been altered. 

Seeing as the exact formula for this bottling is therefore unknown, the following are the notes listed for the regular Acqua di Gio:

The following are the notes listed in a 2012 Fragrantica post about the release of this limited edition:

The following are notes listed for the 2011 Acqua for Life release:

Offered here are samples from our house bottle, as well as full bottles in the plain, or tester, packaging.