Seductive Homme Blue

At first spray you get the cardamom and black pepper but not in a pungent way. Very smooth and maybe creamy. But it lasts just enough to notice them. There is a very light citrus and I get none of the caviar. It quickly gets soapy then get powdery . You reach the complete dry down in like 5 to 10 minutes. You get a soapy powder cashmere with a slight touch of cardamom. This is all about the base notes since anything other than that lasts just a few minutes. I think it smells good but if it had better performance this would be quite the special cheapie . The nice thing is that this is not expensive and it's a non offensive scent so over spraying won't be a bad thing. If you're trying to really project and have it last a bit longer you need at least 10-12 sprays. It's that weak. I've been spraying 6 times on my skin and it becomes an intimate smell in like 45 minutes. It's pretty much gone in like 2 to 3 hours. On clothes it lasts about 4 hours.

This cologne surprised me. I think it's pretty versatile since even after having cardamom, black pepper and cashmere notes it still has that blue dna from the sea notes and citruses. Lasts pretty long enough on my skin. I don't recommend this much during the daytime in summer but you could rock it during the night time. The opening is pretty smooth I mainly get cardamom in it with some salty aspect. As it dries down a bit marine yet with a mixture of cashmere and sand does pop up. Just one problem I faced with this bottle was that my bottles' atomizer came broken sometimes even after pressing it multiple times the fragrance doesn't come out . But if we ignore that a 4.5/5 fragrance. Yeah the projection isn't greatest but it is still pretty good like about 1 feet for about 3 hrs after that a skin scent.

Interesting perfume this one. I can see the comparison between this and la nuit (LN). But it’s kinda unique in its own right. It starts off fresh then goes into the notes similar to LN but with a powdery/soapy note in the background. As it goes into the mid the soapy note becomes more pronounced, I would say 50/50 powdery/soapy and LN. Once it’s in the dry down the LN note becomes less apparent and soapy notes takes over. The note itself is not generic powdery note rather a combination of the top mid which now lingers in the background. I would say it’s slightly unisex but leans more towards masculine. Longevity is 2-3 hours after that it’s a skin scent. It’s not bad , it’s not a dupe of LN rather a different variant of LN. Overall a decent perfume for spring/ summer perhaps autumn as well.

Yes, this reminds me of YSL LNDL with a soapy musky aftershave base. Since the perfumer is from Givaudan, I'm guessing he's using their equivalent to IFF Ambrettolide, which is Silvanone musk. It gives it a creamy, musky, skin lipid smell. That paired with cashmeran is building the "sand" accord. The slight blue tinge is probably Dihydromyrcenol which is used heavily (20~%) in vintage Davidoff cool water, but here it's just a smidge.. As far as the "caviar" accord, I think that's marketing, unless you think dihydromyrcenol smells like caviar. Anyway, I like this one. If you like LNDL but with soapy musky base, it may be a good, cheap fragrance to wear around the house or running errands. It smells like it's time period, the 2010's.

I like this scent. I pick up the scent of sand very strongly and the cashmere softens it. Picture a warm but overcast beach. Feels formal. A little bit peppery and fresh.