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Dupe review · Bujairami

Aqua Rush

Bujairami made Aqua Rush with one brief: Giorgio Armani Acqua di Gio Essenza.

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Bujairami Aqua Rush
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Smells like
Giorgio Armani Acqua di Gio Essenza
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5.4/ 10

Worth a try

FragDNA score · on paper

The review

Aqua Rush scores 5.4 out of 10 on paper — worth a try territory for anyone chasing Acqua di Gio Essenza.

Bujairami sells it on the name alone — no note list of its own — so the brief is Acqua di Gio Essenza's pyramid, and the closeness votes below are the real test.

Evidence7.0

Reviewed on paper: from the notes and strength Bujairami publishes, the price per 100ml, and how firmly the match is claimed. How it really smells on skin is what the votes below are for.

What it's built to smell like

Giorgio Armani Acqua di Gio Essenza is water notes, bergamot and grapefruit at first, basil, floral notes and jasmine at its heart and pepper, cedar and musk at the end. Bujairami set out to put that same arc in a cheaper bottle.

Top

  • water notes
  • bergamot
  • grapefruit

Heart

  • basil
  • floral notes
  • jasmine

Base

  • pepper
  • cedar
  • musk
Peppered, vetiver-shaded Gio from 2012 that quietly outperforms most of the flankers that followed it.

The community

What people say about Aqua Rush

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    Questions

    What does Bujairami Aqua Rush smell like?

    It is built to smell like Giorgio Armani Acqua di Gio Essenza — water notes, bergamot and grapefruit up top, basil, floral notes and jasmine in the heart, pepper, cedar and musk in the base.

    Is Bujairami Aqua Rush a dupe of Giorgio Armani Acqua di Gio Essenza?

    Yes — Bujairami sells it as its version of Giorgio Armani Acqua di Gio Essenza.

    Where can I buy Bujairami Aqua Rush?

    We do not have a shop link for it today. Every other twin of Giorgio Armani Acqua di Gio Essenza is listed on its page.

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