Sedley

This might not be what every blue fragrance is trying to be, but it's what every blue fragrance WANTS to be. It's as masculine as Drakkar Noir. It's as timeless as TdH. It's as fresh as AdG. It has just enough of that Dylan Blue type of spiciness and ambroxan without having it steal the show or overshadow anything else. This scent does everything, and it does everything right, and it is fundamentally and totally gentlemanly. It makes me think that, were this to have been released like 20 years ago before you had 200 million permutations of this blue shower gel profile, it would have been one of the most popular and quintessential men's scents out there.

A very fizzy iced Sprite type of smell. I don't want my review to blend in like everyone else's so I won't stop there. I literally feel my room decrease in temperature by a few degrees every time I spray this fragrance, this is the mint note working beautifully with the lemon & bergamot. This then dries down to a woody base whilst still having a touch of citrus from the top notes, a truly magical transformation. It holds a relatively mass appealing scent profile for being a niche fragrance whilst maintaining top notch ingredient quality. Parfums de Marley Sedley, the best niche fragrance for people seeking their first niche fragrance.

Opening is true to the notes listed--Citrus, lavender and mint. Ambroxan/ambery-musk is there right away, too. Pleasant, I can see why people like this one. Woods quickly start to come out in the dry down. Leaning toward subtle in a good way, NOT in-your-face demanding it be smelled with a massive synthetic cloud/sillage emanating from you. An almost-peppery-ness is starting to come out? The sandalwood is very nice, good vetiver. Subtle florals. I really like it so far...unsure about how long it will last, though...worried about staying power. A strong like, maybe not a love.

Yes the opening absolutely smells like a delicious sprite! but the lavender and woody base gives this a vibe that's like 10% of a typical blue designer fragrance, and that extra detail makes it smell much more like a "normal fragrance" than just like you literally spilled sprite on yourself. As it dries down it leans more into those base notes and it becomes the ultimate blue shower gel fragrance of all time. It smells exactly how every man wants to smell fresh out of the shower. Honestly might be my favorite PDM.

One of the best fresh fragrances I’ve ever smelled after trying over 100+ perfumes, niche included.