I just tested this one, interesting....
It does garner a lot of compliments from the opposite sex but I regularly waffle on this scent. Sometimes I wear it and love it, other times it starts to bother me after about an hour. One I do have to commit to wearing well ahead of time just for my own sake.
I don't have a signature fragrance. My signature changes a little bit every day, why shouldn't my fragrance?
I just tested this one, interesting....
I think Blue is a very interesting scent. It gets a lot of criticism here but it really is a wonderful fragrance which garners many compliments. It can make an excellent signature fragrance.
the juice has amazing properties..in the same line Midnight In Paris by VC&A....
It smells like sweet and sour candy. Not sweet in a good way. It started off actually quite pleasant but, it gets annoying and cloying very quickly. The linear sweet/sour fruitiness is just a bit too much.
My wife really likes it but she's the only person who ever said anything - I never get any compliments or positive reaction otherwise. Still, it's a very safe scent for me - and I like it for that reason. Easy to wear anywhere.
There is no beauty
That cannot be more abused
To beauty's effect.
https://cologniac.com - raging for the machines
When I wore it, Bleu got more than an average number of compliments. But I stopped wearing it after the second woman told me an ex-boyfriend wore it and it brought back bad memories. It's that popular in my neck of the woods.
And I grew to vaguely dislike its synthetic notes. Don't hate it, just don't much care for it any more.
Current Top Five:
1. Creed Green Irish Tweed
2. Tom Ford Neroli Portofino
3. Hermes Concentre d'Orange Verte
4. Bond No. 9 New Haarlem
5. Creed Original Vetiver
I don't see the appeal of this fragrance. It's rather generic, boring and bland imo. It has something in it, that sorta nags me as well.
I sprayed on some La Buoy De La Homme while at a girls house the other day and she recommended Bleu. will have to check this out now.
I received it as a gift. It does garner a lot of positive attention. I also don't fully understand why.
To my nose, it's a boring scent cliche, executed really well.
Not bad at all, but also not new or challenging to the nose of a fragrance enthusiast.
I actually do wear it once in a while. When I don't want to smell edgy or unusual.
Approaching it on its own terms, my only criticism is that the composition borders on 'too dense to feel fresh'
Another property seems to be the ability to irritate elitist fragrance snobs who can't accept that other people happen to like "safe, mainstream" fragrances.
Make of that what you will.
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So anyone who likes Bleu is "brainwashed"?
Get over yourself.
Say no to mass market over popular scents. Needless to say won't bother to order this one now.
For the record I don't own 1 Million either.
Life is too short to sample. Buy Blind| I am generally not interested in batch hunting or weak fragrances.
[UK] - FÈVE DÉLICIEUSE splits
Top 10 in no particular order:
Amouage - Epic Man
Montale - Black Aoud
Montale - Aoud Lime
Boucheron - Jaipur pour homme edp
Hermes - Terre d'Hermes pure parfum
Thierry Mugler - A Men Pure Malt
Serge Lutens - Ambre Sultan
Rochas - Lui
Davidoff - Cool Water
Mancera - Cedrat Boise
It's going to be that popular everywhere in the U.S., I suspect. Chanel is advertising the heck out of it on TV. They wouldn't be putting that kind of muscle into an ad campaign if they didn't think they had a monster of a hit on their hands.
Personally, I can't stand the stuff... but that's no reflection on Bleu. I just don't like ginger.
Current Favorites (in no particular order)
Castile
Royal Oud
APOM
CurveAqua Universalis
Prada L'Homme
Petit Matin
Aqua Celestia1725 Casanova
Tom Ford Extreme
Hanae Mori H.M. EDT
Terre d'Hermes Parfum
Definitely picking this up this weekend!
Smells great. Is it generic? Yes, if the quality and refinements that Chanel brings to Bleu aren't enough for you. It's not niche. But then Chanel specializes in creating highly polished exemplars of familiar genres. Bleu is no exception.
I tried but alas, I don't enjoy wearing it. I never took to it.
Is the juice worth the squeeze?
Hi USAFammo9,
Bleu de Chanel 26131542-7927.jpg garners a lot of compliments from both women and men. BdC is one of the most versatile fragrances that I own.
Cheers,
According the the prevailing feedback/opinions here on BN, mostly yes
The ones that I'm cutting loose: http://www.basenotes.net/threads/415...ers?highlight=