Givenchy pour Homme Blue Label (2004)
by Givenchy

I dislike criticizing fragrances too much or too often – I don’t like to think of myself as a complainer – I’d rather exert my ability to tolerate things. I also dislike the lack of creativity in me where I end up saying the same thing over and over again, but here it goes again: Givenchy Pour Homme Blue Label is vacuous, synthetic, uninspired, and copied from something better. I wonder why Givenchy felt that the world needed yet another lower-end, pretend-high-fashion, market-inspired, too expensive, imitatively conceived, cheaply made, ugly bottled rip-off of something better. Acqua di Gio, Bulgari Acqua, the Issey Miyaki and Kenzo offerings are much better than this one. In its defense I will say that this is much better than the red Givenchy Pour Homme.

This is the world's best fragrance for men! I am simply astonished by the unfavorable reviews I see on this site. Gentlemen: Wear it! I have worn it for the past four years. I've never had so many women tell me, spontaneously, that they loved the way I smell. Once a barber caught a scent of it while lowering the back of my collar to trim my neck, and he even asked what it was called so he could get it. To give the any readers some frame of reference about my taste: Until I switched to Blue, I usually wore Egoiste, which I still do like. I have only tried Givenchy Red from a the cologne aisle of a supermarket--I purchased it due to my love of Blue, wanting to find a Givenchy fragrance when I could not find Blue. Either the Red I tried was a knock-off, not really of Givenchy, or my comparison of my taste in cologne to those of the many who already entered a post here truly is the opposite. I did not like the Red brand that I tried. But fellows, I swear, you cannot go wrong with Givenchy Blue Label. Ladies: Get it for any man for whom you would buy a fragrance--you could change his life for the better. Givenchy Blue Label is a great way to be noticed by women for all the right reasons! Merci, Givenchy!

nice peppery aquatic juice. soo many wears it,

this is a decent fragrance, not strong and overbearing and wont offend anyone. Smell doesnt last all to long and is easily forgetable

A tepid,aquatic creation that had minimal sillage and longevity. It did succeed in being anonymous and inoffensive, but that appears to be the raison d'etre of all fragrances of this type. Despite a fresh and warm opening, one yearned for some real substance somewhere in the ingredients to elevate this above the ordinary. This set itself low standards, which it failed to achieve.

Sweet and fresh, quite longlasting...but nothing special about it.