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Sang Bleu Le Galion 2016

8.0 / 10 128 Ratings

A popular perfume by Le Galion for men, released in 2016. The scent is spicy-floral. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Spicy

Floral

Fresh

Citrus

Woody

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Mugwort

Rosemary

Lemon

Bergamot

Eucalyptus

Galbanum

Tarragon

Orange

Heart Notes

Geranium

Clove

Jasmine

Rose

Violet

Pink pepper

Base Notes

Cedar

Patchouli

Sandalwood Vetiver

Vetiver

Perfumer

Jean-Christophe Hérault

Ratings

Scent

8.0128 Ratings

Longevity

7.9109 Ratings

Sillage

7.2110 Ratings

Bottle

8.192 Ratings

Value for money

7.042 Ratings

Submitted by Rivegauche · last update on 01/27/2026.

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What the fragrance is similar to

Kouros Eau de Toilette

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Keig

Reviews

7 in-depth fragrance descriptions

11/30/2021

7Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

Kurai
388 Reviews

Kurai

Helpful Review 7

Sad but true

When a perfume has a few too many things in common with another well-known one, it is hard to look beyond that resemblance. It distracts and that annoys me.

Sang Bleu would have been a great fit for me. It features a bold set of aromatics, incredibly dry and bitter. A bit on the harsh side even. And they come with loads of musks. Not soapy, not too furry either, but they sure have something unsettling. The beast is clearly present, but here he is noble enough to keep his cool. All boxes ticked, basically.

The resemblance cannot be ignored, though. Sigh.. The only time that I wish I never heard of Kouros, is when I wear Sang Bleu.

Updated on 09/21/2022

04/02/2021

7.5Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

Giles
87 Reviews

Giles

1

An old recipe made modern

This is a great manly fragrance with an old school DNA made modern. It’s great for the summer and has great performance. Has similarities to a couple of Creed fragrances but without the price tag or poor performance. Great find

09/30/2016

8Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

Yatagan
416 Reviews

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Yatagan

Top Review 44

How does blue blood smell?

Uncommented Fragrances No. 86

A scent that plays with various associations: aldehydes, synthetic notes, fruit, spice, herbaceousness, reminiscent of 80s fragrances in its complexity, while also occasionally revealing parallels to Kouros (albeit in a lighter, aquatic variant)... This is quite new and quite wonderful. One should not have any reservations about aquatics (this idea may have come to me because of the aforementioned eucalyptus and the fresh, cool essential oils, which are not too commonly found in fragrances), and one should not shy away from a considerable jumble that slowly shapes itself into something rounded, harmonious, and beautiful, showing quite a few edges and corners beforehand.
Initially, there is the impression of fruit with eucalyptus, assuming that the essential oil is meant here, as a faint hint seems to emerge without developing the intrusiveness we know from this oil in the small brown bottles. The blend is just balanced enough to create an exciting equilibrium.

Shortly thereafter, the nose is flooded with countless stimulants from the realm of kitchen herbs and spices. To claim that I could isolate any of these green nuances would be presumptuous. What is certain is that many of them can also be found in the aforementioned Kouros (in fact, more than half a dozen ingredients are mentioned in both fragrances, if one can rely somewhat on the manufacturers' specifications), suggesting a slight similarity. During my first encounter with Sang Bleu, when my nose was strained from a cold, this similarity seemed much greater to me, which could be due to the fact that I was only perceiving certain impressions. Perhaps just those responsible for the mentioned parallel. I welcome any hints and corrections if I have strayed onto a sidetrack.

In the base, the scent profile of wood (sandalwood), aquatic notes, and synthetics (not infrequently, both coincide) develops even stronger. The idea of the Kouros relative is also intensified in the drydown. Overall, the scent lingers for a long time (which for me personally is not a quality criterion in itself), but it does not cling to the skin in a penetrating way (which I find pleasant and generally fits better with the character of Le Galion fragrances).

Recognizing further details in such a complex scent (once again the keyword: 80s!) is wishful thinking and part of a larger whole that smells quite sweet and quite hefty, requiring a certain courage (by no means as much as with the classic Kouros) and should be dosed subtly, subordinate.

But here a gentleman reveals himself, interpreting the 80s anew and modernly, smelling in no way musty and standing just before the leap onto my wish list.

01/18/2018

9.5Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

Can777
257 Reviews

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Can777

Top Review 40

La dynastie des dieux / Die Dynastie der Götter

When I hear -Le Galion-, I immediately think of aesthetics, elegance, refinement, and a long fragrance culture. In my opinion, this house masters the art of working very, very finely and subtly. All the scents I have encountered so far have always seemed very noble and light in their projection. Just like this one -Sang Bleu / Blaues Blut-.

Yes, it’s true! Sang Bleu has many parallels to Kouros, which I still wear and "worship." But Sang Bleu is, despite everything, quite different from its scent twin. It is, so to speak, the youngest sprout of a divine fragrance dynasty from former giants like Kouros and Antaeus. A reinterpretation and, for many, a more contemporary form of an old classic that even Yves Saint Laurent has not managed to realize until now. Unfortunately!

Sang Bleu is incredibly fresh and dynamic in its top note. A fresh veil of bergamot, eucalyptus, and fine herbs settles on the skin. Like a fragrant, robust herb garden in early morning mist. Floral notes gradually break through. But one cannot say that they are flowers blooming directly. It is more as if the herb garden itself is blooming. Not feminine but very masculine in scent. The gentle power of clove and fine pepper dust wraps around geranium, jasmine, and violet like a sound muffler.

Sang Bleu also has a wild and animalistic side. However, it is very cultivated and diffuse and does not come at all from civet, castoreum & Co. A splendid interplay of woody accords gives that impression. The moist-warm vetiver combined with the cloves could be responsible for this. Rounded off with a few splashes of herbaceous bright patchouli perhaps? The scent gains a noble yet dangerous elegance from this. In the final phase, Sang Bleu slowly fades out with a balsamic cedar accord. Very successful!

Conclusion
Sang Bleu is an aristocrat or a young demigod. That can certainly be said. But he does not rule with violence and dominance. He masters dominance and violence. He is smart, charming, and very cunning. Sang Bleu does not scream to be heard. He whispers! But so beautifully that one simply cannot refuse him. If Sang Bleu is an aristocrat, then he is a young and very gallant, wild prince. A new dynasty of demigods. Born into modern times.
By the way, I would assign Sang Bleu to the male world, but ladies can certainly give it a try.....it doesn’t bite!

Updated on 01/19/2018

08/06/2020

9Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

Leimbacher
2877 Reviews

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Leimbacher

Top Review 33

King Douplos

"Sang Bleu" is the "Kouros" of the niche. Like warm marble stone on which a sweaty, muscular, naked male body lies, the sun beats down mercilessly, bodily fluids flow, and there was a shower with soap beforehand. But it all means nothing. The masculinity in the air is bursting. And at the same time, the scent is elegant enough to be worn in a suit. Highly dynamic, self-assured, and "nobly dirty." Almost as if Kouros were bred up to niche and then crossed with a gentle soul like “APOM Pour Homme.”

This Le Galion is a Greek thunder god, and with him, there is always applause - and not just applause! "Sang Bleu" is a powdery soap scent combined with animalistic tones and hot thoughts, undertones, brown skin colors. Hair on the chest, dirty thoughts in the head, a smug grin on the face. The certainty of immortality at your back. A signature scent, far beyond the executive floor. It is rather divine and mystical. Fine and full of desire and passion despite the powdery cold, the ostentatious luxury. A barbershop scent for Hercules and Zeus. The 80s not only live on - they seem to be definitively immortal!

Bottle: simplissima from afar, most elegant up close.
Sillage: mature and full of hair. Just not on the teeth.
Longevity: usually lasts a full 9 hours on me.

Conclusion: the dirtiest clean man of the aristocracy. "Sang Bleu" is ecstatically wonderful. A beast in a delicate man.

Updated on 08/06/2020

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Statements

50 short views on the fragrance

Kurai

4 years ago

7Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

3

Cool bitter aromatics at the top and musky leather at the bottom. Same aromatics as Kouros, different skank. Muscular and classy!

Axiomatic

2 years ago

9Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

44

61

Aromatic, animalic, and floral composition that still feels lightly aquatic and refreshing.
Kouros makes it to today's Olympus! *

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Floyd

2 years ago

6Scent 5Longevity 6Sillage

43

Noble Blood
Bergamot rules with clove buds
Pumping blossoms through geranium veins
Washed with pale blue waters

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Eggi37

2 years ago

6.5Scent 6Longevity 6Sillage

26

28

Spicy little thing, finally speak up
Are you really the young man from Kouros?
You seem so shy, polite & pale
Stiff as wood
You are a reformer

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Bloodxclat

5 years ago

7.5Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

19

11

It makes my chest hair curl; Roundhouse Kick from the '80s. Aromatic, dense, a bit funky, herbs, spices, and aquatic. If you like it!

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MonMedusa

2 years ago

8Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

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Blood runs blue
through citrus-|herb gardens
pulses warm through wood and clove spice
sprinkles over bitter flowers
The king is dead
long live the beast!

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