Bluebeard's Revenge fragrance.....

[Timmy Dee]

http://www.basenotes.net/content/1216-The-Bluebeards-Revenge-to-launch-fragrance

Discuss.

 

[StubbleShaver]

Sounds.... Interesting.

I can't stand the smell of there ordinary products so i won't be buying it.

 

[Timmy Dee]

The ozone, mint, tea and basil notes are turning me off, but if the bergamot, vanilla, oakmoss and sandalwood are the major players, it could be a decent scent.

Doesn't sound awe-inspiring, though.

 

[jakespoppy]

I agree, there are some interesting notes listed, but how it smells will depend on the blend. The description also says it's an Aftershave Cologne, so it may be short lasting. I also hope we don't start getting the same, what appeared to be a shilling post every month like we did in the shaving cream forum by someone asking "This Bluebeard's Revenge shaving cream looks interesting. Has anyone tried this?"

 

[KarlMaldensNose]

The ozone, mint, tea and basil notes are turning me off, but if the bergamot, vanilla, oakmoss and sandalwood are the major players, it could be a decent scent.

Timmy Dee, can you elaborate a bit on why you feel this way about these notes? I ask because the ozone, tea and basil (not a big mint fan) sound interesting to me.

Doesn't sound awe-inspiring, though.

I rarely find a correlation between listed notes and degree of satisfaction with a fragrance. Sometimes I see a note pyramid composed of all my favourite ingredients and in all the right places (e.g. top, mid, base) but the fragrance turns out to be a dud. Other times I've fallen love with a fragrance wherein many of my most loathed ingredients comprise the note pyramid.

 

[Timmy Dee]

Timmy Dee, can you elaborate a bit on why you feel this way about these notes? I ask because the ozone, tea and basil (not a big mint fan) sound interesting to me.

It's just a personal preference, Jason. I actively dislike prominent mint and tea notes in fragrances. Basil notes can be used to great effect to add a herbaceous accord to a frag, but if it's being used in conjunction with 'fresher' notes like ozone and mint then I am predicting another uninspired fresh fragrance like Verdon from L'Occitane.

I rarely find a correlation between listed notes and degree of satisfaction with a fragrance. Sometimes I see a note pyramid composed of all my favourite ingredients and in all the right places (e.g. top, mid, base) but the fragrance turns out to be a dud. Other times I've fallen love with a fragrance wherein many of my most loathed ingredients comprise the note pyramid.

Yeah, I always like to keep an open mind, but lighter fresh/aquatic fragrances are really not for me.
I have 2 of those lighter mint or ozone frags that I don't mind (2005 Eternity Summer and Live Jazz) but even on the hottest days of summer, I usually reach for something else.
While I'll happily give a wide range of fragrances a chance, I often have to resort to blind-buying as the range available here is pretty awful. With that in mind, and while I do my research beforehand, I usually stick to notes/accords I know work well on my skin, including (but not limited to) leather, vetiver, rose, musk, tobacco, lemon, lime, cedar and sandalwood.