Top Notes 
Aldehydes
Lemon
Orange
Heart Notes 
Cardamom
Jasmine
Raspberry
Rose
Base Notes 
Amber
Leather
Oud
Patchouli
09/14/2025
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What's the argument?
We've arrived at the end of the road for Boadicea's Sapphire collection with the collection's crown jewel, a flanker to the well-regarded Blue Sapphire Parfum, that being Blue Sapphire Supercharged. Typically when brands come out with flankers like this, the expectation is that the customer will pay more and for that money, they get some combination of more complexity, more performance, better raw materials etc. Given that Blue Sapphire Supercharged ("BSSC") retails for an eye-watering €1,195/100ml (vs. the original's €835, price difference of €360), you sure would expect there to be quite some improvement. Some overlap in profile is to be expected, but the question is where do the changes lie.
For this review to be as accurate as I could make it, I applied the fragrances at the same time (one on each hand). The original Blue Sapphire Parfum opens with sweetened rose, i.e. a prominent saffron & rose one-two which Boadicea also featured in Almas. Contrast that to the opening of Blue Sapphire Supercharged where there is no sweetness in the top and the white floral notes co-star alongside the rose in the opening while the white floral tones in the Parfum version have a small stint in the heart. With BSSC, I notice the profile develops a lot quicker into the same structure that the Parfum version has in the dry-down: that same combination of oud/woodiness and that earthy-nutty, perhaps somewhat chocolaty patchouli that Boadicea also featured in Nemer Parfum. One thing that BSSC adds is a leathery quality as the scent smells more masculine, more aggressive and oriental. There are no resinous qualities in either, so no significant changes stand out on that end.
Having them side-by-side makes you notice all of the notes that the Parfum version has (and by virtue, that the Supercharged version lacks). BSSC doesn't have the saffron, has less rose, the general feel is also more complex and leans into the oriental nature of the profile relative to the Parfum smelling somewhat wearable, esp. in a side-by-side. This side-by-side made me increase the Parfum's rating by half-a-point, but the 6.5/10 that I've now rated it at is still a far cry from the sensationalism with which the community perceives it. In most of my reviews so far, I have continuously emphasized how Boadicea's product always feels like there's something missing and the overreliance on the oriental-smelling notes (oud, leather and patchouli) places Blue Sapphire Supercharged in the same basket yet again.
As if the previous paragraphs weren't enough, the title of the review says a lot about what my thoughts are on this product too. Most importantly, I can't get my head around where the pro-arguments lie for the flanker relative to the original. The profile as a whole doesn't feel like it could ever be worth anything like the listed retail price (which as a criticism echoes to every other 4-figure scent I've smelled, incl. Roja's PDLN line), because not a single touch here smells like it's of elite quality. We have well-executed complex rose scents in the market (e.g. Alexandria II, Nefs, Mana/Ombre Nomade, and even PDLN3) and somehow it feels like both versions of Blue Sapphire are MILES off the pace set by these competitors, esp. as it relates to the multitude of accords and the blending of the components.
Outside of the emphasized oriental notes, it sure feels like the only thing that Boadicea supercharged here is the price.
For this review to be as accurate as I could make it, I applied the fragrances at the same time (one on each hand). The original Blue Sapphire Parfum opens with sweetened rose, i.e. a prominent saffron & rose one-two which Boadicea also featured in Almas. Contrast that to the opening of Blue Sapphire Supercharged where there is no sweetness in the top and the white floral notes co-star alongside the rose in the opening while the white floral tones in the Parfum version have a small stint in the heart. With BSSC, I notice the profile develops a lot quicker into the same structure that the Parfum version has in the dry-down: that same combination of oud/woodiness and that earthy-nutty, perhaps somewhat chocolaty patchouli that Boadicea also featured in Nemer Parfum. One thing that BSSC adds is a leathery quality as the scent smells more masculine, more aggressive and oriental. There are no resinous qualities in either, so no significant changes stand out on that end.
Having them side-by-side makes you notice all of the notes that the Parfum version has (and by virtue, that the Supercharged version lacks). BSSC doesn't have the saffron, has less rose, the general feel is also more complex and leans into the oriental nature of the profile relative to the Parfum smelling somewhat wearable, esp. in a side-by-side. This side-by-side made me increase the Parfum's rating by half-a-point, but the 6.5/10 that I've now rated it at is still a far cry from the sensationalism with which the community perceives it. In most of my reviews so far, I have continuously emphasized how Boadicea's product always feels like there's something missing and the overreliance on the oriental-smelling notes (oud, leather and patchouli) places Blue Sapphire Supercharged in the same basket yet again.
As if the previous paragraphs weren't enough, the title of the review says a lot about what my thoughts are on this product too. Most importantly, I can't get my head around where the pro-arguments lie for the flanker relative to the original. The profile as a whole doesn't feel like it could ever be worth anything like the listed retail price (which as a criticism echoes to every other 4-figure scent I've smelled, incl. Roja's PDLN line), because not a single touch here smells like it's of elite quality. We have well-executed complex rose scents in the market (e.g. Alexandria II, Nefs, Mana/Ombre Nomade, and even PDLN3) and somehow it feels like both versions of Blue Sapphire are MILES off the pace set by these competitors, esp. as it relates to the multitude of accords and the blending of the components.
Outside of the emphasized oriental notes, it sure feels like the only thing that Boadicea supercharged here is the price.
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