A contrast/contradiction to Bleu De Chanel

If u want something spicey and pepper, Le Male wouldnt be your answer. le male is sweet and vanilla, especially in the dry down.

Both Gucci by Gucci AND Gucci Pour Homme 1 would be good choices. Im not a fan of pepper scents AT ALL so i cant be of much more help


p.s.- if ur looking for something for when ur with the girlfriend...La Nuit de L'homme.

How much are you looking to spend? There are a lot of good niche recommendations to be made but a lot of them will set you back $150 or more.

In the sub $100 realm, there are still some good options:

Salvador Dali PH - the most badass scent, ever. Tar, dark and wilted flowers, pepper, and leather. Brutal, and yet elegant.
Azzaro Visit - a peppery, NUTMEG! beast. This thing lasts forever and projects like crazy.. very dry and spicy.
Terre d'hermes - pepper, bitter orange, and earth. Not my first choice for a "night out" scent but many do like it for that purpose. Longevity and sillage are top notch.
Gucci PH (the original, brown juice) - very peppery and woody. Some think it smells just like pencil shavings but I think it has a lot more depth than that. How much are you looking to spend? There are a lot of good niche recommendations to be made but a lot of them will set you back $150 or more.

In the sub $100 realm, there are still some good options:

Salvador Dali PH - the most badass scent, ever. Tar, dark and wilted flowers, pepper, and leather. Brutal, and yet elegant.
Azzaro Visit - a peppery, NUTMEG! beast. This thing lasts forever and projects like crazy.. very dry and spicy.
Terre d'hermes - pepper, bitter orange, and earth. Not my first choice for a "night out" scent but many do like it for that purpose. Longevity and sillage are top notch.
Gucci PH (the original, brown juice) - very peppery and woody. Some think it smells just like pencil shavings but I think it has a lot more depth than that.

oh. forgot Terre D'Herrmes.

Oops, sorry, I misread your initial post and thought you said that you did want something so strong your neighbor comments on it.

Well, Salvador Dali PH and Visit are both quite strong.. so, they may not be the best suggestions. What are some other scents that you've tested and like? Knowing your tastes a bit better could help us narrow down our recommendations.

Ok, disregard my earlier suggestions.

It seems that you like sweeter scents that still have some depth to them. I'd recommend checking out both "The One" by D&G and also the new scent, "The One Gentleman." Neither have great longevity or sillage but I find that they both last well enough on my skin.

Another scent you might want to try if you like Gucci by Gucci is Ralph Lauren's Romance Silver, which is similar but a bit lighter and a bit less smoky. I'd say it would be easier to pull off at 21, although I think that you'd be just fine wearing Gucci by Gucci, too. If you like it, wear it!

I don't think they are too similar. Bleu de Chanel is more of a low-key, smells good but inoffensive, works everywhere but stands out nowhere type of scent, whereas Le Male does NOT work well for office or formal settings, but is best suited to going out or trying to really make a statement with the ladies (or men).

Try Lanvin Arpege pour Homme - a peppery iris & vanilla with excellent sillage & longevity. Won't hurt your wallet either.

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Whats silage mean? In perfumery.
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no. Bleu de Chanel and Le Male are not similar AT ALL. Le Male is a fantastic fragrance. I highly recommend it

If you liked Bang and are looking for something stronger with the same kind of peppery feel to it then the perfect choice would be Cacharel pour Homme.

Sillage is how much the perfume projects off your body so that the people around you smell it.

Also, in terms of Bang's sillage, it's mostly Iso E Super, which is a sillage bomb. It's been covered elsewhere here, but the Iso E Super molecules are really large and almost immediately block your smell receptors, so you'll barely smell it on yourself, but everyone around you will still smell it. It's kind of a chemical trick.

For a classy, special event scent that can be found dirt cheap online, I'd suggest Encre Noir, if you can wear vetiver. You might think it smells a little "old" for you, but it projects a slightly dangerous, moody, grown-up aura that's pretty much the opposite of Bleu.

TDH, sure. My recommendation is Bvlgari Man, my new wonder. To me, it is a hybrid of Gucci Rush (a discontinued fav) and Armani Attitude. BM is a really great fragrance in the since that it is light with a yin and yang approach of fresh and spice. I would think your lady will dig it.

+1 on Bulgari Man. Be sure to try it on your skin, though. On paper it smells sort of generic, but on skin it really comes alive. Excellent stuff.

I haven't tried on Bang, but speaking on a purely chemical level, anything heavy on Iso E Super smells way more strong to people around you than it does when you try to smell yourself. As a comparison, Terre d'Hermes has a ton of Iso E Super, too, so it smells smoky and dark to people around you, while it smells like dirty citrus and metal on skin.

Side note: Your question made me dig up my sample of Gucci by Gucci pour Homme - that mix of bergamot and pepper in the topnotes is actually pretty entrancing. I don't have a sample of Bleu, though, so I don't know if it's they're similar.

wow. people must have REALLY different skin because on me, The One has ZEROOOOO projection and longevity. like literally 30 moniutes after application from my friends bottle i could not detect ANYTHING even if i pressed my nose against my hand

Is that a fact? Why does this happen?