So I wanted to try a comparative review, and I chose Nautica since I've smelled all three recently, and definitely formed an opinion on them, besides I've seen alot of posts asking if these cheaper scents are worth a blind buy. Hopefully this provides a small guide.:
Nautica Classic (1992): What would happen if you took the smell of Lilac and Lavender, and intensified so as to make it indistinguishable from mustard gas? Here's your answer, a noxious, cheap vile creation which, remarkably is still being sold to unsuspecting souls too young to know better or reliving past highschool mistakes into adulthood. Avoid this absolute mess. Thumbs down.
Nautica Blue (2006): Cheap, synthetic, generic soapy blue scent. Nothing that distinguishes it from being made into a new scent for Tide laundry detergent. It's not as awful as Nautica Classic, but there's just nothing to make this stand out, plus it has the same bottle design as the Nautica Classic, so maybe I have some lingering PTSD from that scent tainting my judgement on this. Thumbs down.
Nautica Voyage (2006): What the hell happened here? A Nautica that isn't offensive or generic? Oh, also coincidentally a scent the perfumier isn't too embarrassed to attach their name to. A Maurice Roucel masterpiece, smells of pineapple and mimose at the top notes, dries down to a sort of linen fabric softener scent with the pineapple note lingering (but not in a taudry or cheap way). If you need a versatile aquatic floral, this is as good as it gets. Even the bottle design on this is art. Enthusiastic thumbs up!
Nautica Classic (1992): What would happen if you took the smell of Lilac and Lavender, and intensified so as to make it indistinguishable from mustard gas? Here's your answer, a noxious, cheap vile creation which, remarkably is still being sold to unsuspecting souls too young to know better or reliving past highschool mistakes into adulthood. Avoid this absolute mess. Thumbs down.
Nautica Blue (2006): Cheap, synthetic, generic soapy blue scent. Nothing that distinguishes it from being made into a new scent for Tide laundry detergent. It's not as awful as Nautica Classic, but there's just nothing to make this stand out, plus it has the same bottle design as the Nautica Classic, so maybe I have some lingering PTSD from that scent tainting my judgement on this. Thumbs down.
Nautica Voyage (2006): What the hell happened here? A Nautica that isn't offensive or generic? Oh, also coincidentally a scent the perfumier isn't too embarrassed to attach their name to. A Maurice Roucel masterpiece, smells of pineapple and mimose at the top notes, dries down to a sort of linen fabric softener scent with the pineapple note lingering (but not in a taudry or cheap way). If you need a versatile aquatic floral, this is as good as it gets. Even the bottle design on this is art. Enthusiastic thumbs up!
