Ambergris
Bergamot
Driftwood
Lime
Marine notes
Melon
Moss
Oud
Patchouli absolute
Pineapple
Pink pepper
Sichuan pepper
Vetiver09/05/2025
xtermn8
151 Reviews
xtermn8
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I didn't know making a bad blue fragrance was possible.
Personal: 2/10 - I almost find it repulsive. It smells like salt, oud, and rancid fruits.
Mass appeal: 4/10 - I don't think most people will appreciate something that's both fresh AND dark. And salty?
Performance: 7/10 - Rather unfortunately, the performance is okay, which means the unpleasantness doesn't leave quickly.
Value: 4/10 - It's pricey, and even if someone likes it, it's not cheap at all.
Uniqueness: 6.5/10 - Unique? Sure. Wearable? No.
SCORE: 47/100
Full bottle buy? NO, I don't even want my sample.
Blind buy? NO, it smells like salt, the ocean, rancid melons, and oud.
Recommend? NO, I can't think of a situation where this improves someone's collection.
Date night? NO, unless your partner likes seawater and rotten fruit.
Office safe? NO, HR will email you within 2 hours.
Pros: It's different, I'll give it that.
Cons: Saline, vegetal, and off-putting. It's a genuinely unpleasant fragrance.
So after talking so much trash, I should say that given everyone else's feelings about this fragrance, there may simply be something wrong with my perception of it. To my nose, this is nasty, rancid salty fruit and oud. I cannot stand it. I don't even see how anyone else could smell something else, but this is a similar experience I had to Mango Aoud a few reviews ago, where something with oud and fruit should have smelled nice, but to my nose, the fruit just came off as rancid. So my negative review may be entirely subjective, but I cannot, based on my experience, say anything good about this fragrance.
A blue fragrance gone bad, so much so that I never want to respray it.
*Review #46 in my fragrance journey - this fragrance I own as a decant*
Mass appeal: 4/10 - I don't think most people will appreciate something that's both fresh AND dark. And salty?
Performance: 7/10 - Rather unfortunately, the performance is okay, which means the unpleasantness doesn't leave quickly.
Value: 4/10 - It's pricey, and even if someone likes it, it's not cheap at all.
Uniqueness: 6.5/10 - Unique? Sure. Wearable? No.
SCORE: 47/100
Full bottle buy? NO, I don't even want my sample.
Blind buy? NO, it smells like salt, the ocean, rancid melons, and oud.
Recommend? NO, I can't think of a situation where this improves someone's collection.
Date night? NO, unless your partner likes seawater and rotten fruit.
Office safe? NO, HR will email you within 2 hours.
Pros: It's different, I'll give it that.
Cons: Saline, vegetal, and off-putting. It's a genuinely unpleasant fragrance.
So after talking so much trash, I should say that given everyone else's feelings about this fragrance, there may simply be something wrong with my perception of it. To my nose, this is nasty, rancid salty fruit and oud. I cannot stand it. I don't even see how anyone else could smell something else, but this is a similar experience I had to Mango Aoud a few reviews ago, where something with oud and fruit should have smelled nice, but to my nose, the fruit just came off as rancid. So my negative review may be entirely subjective, but I cannot, based on my experience, say anything good about this fragrance.
A blue fragrance gone bad, so much so that I never want to respray it.
*Review #46 in my fragrance journey - this fragrance I own as a decant*
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