Bleu Marine pour Lui Pierre Cardin 1986 Eau de Toilette
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pre aquatic sea splash
Indeed, there was a time when Pierre Cardin was a luxury brand. Bleu Marine hails from that era. There were magazine tester ads in Vogue and others of the day. I paid around $24 a bottle for it which was not cheap in 1988.
The composition is superb. It opens with a blue green freshness. I do get a little lavender with the herbal green opening. The leather appears with the carnation jasmine and labdanum on a spicy heart. There is also vetiver and patcholi with the oakmoss. The benzoin and coumarin create a soft creamy vanilla base. Its clean and refreshing. It lasts all day. It conjures a snowstorm in November along the Brittany coastline as the sea crashes into the shoreline. You are safe on the shore however, wrapped in this warm blue haze.
Its somewhat ironic that Cool Water came out at the same time. Had the wind blown in a different direction and Martin Gras added calone, this would have been the legendary aquatic. I cannot stand calone. Instead it was forgotten, reformulated and hermetically sealed by todays weird market. There are a few bottles of the original batch here and there for the curious. The box has the silver foil linear design across it.
The composition is superb. It opens with a blue green freshness. I do get a little lavender with the herbal green opening. The leather appears with the carnation jasmine and labdanum on a spicy heart. There is also vetiver and patcholi with the oakmoss. The benzoin and coumarin create a soft creamy vanilla base. Its clean and refreshing. It lasts all day. It conjures a snowstorm in November along the Brittany coastline as the sea crashes into the shoreline. You are safe on the shore however, wrapped in this warm blue haze.
Its somewhat ironic that Cool Water came out at the same time. Had the wind blown in a different direction and Martin Gras added calone, this would have been the legendary aquatic. I cannot stand calone. Instead it was forgotten, reformulated and hermetically sealed by todays weird market. There are a few bottles of the original batch here and there for the curious. The box has the silver foil linear design across it.