Classy, clean, easygoing, approachable, unpretentious. This to me is the best perfume Versace has out currently. It’s really pleasant and not cloying or too mature. It has a green stemmy sharpness that I don't smell in other women's perfumes. For the woman or girl who is cool and confident enough to smell clean and fresh without trying to be alluring or seductive. It’s also not too tweenish or sweet. It’s restrained and polite, and causes one to lean closer. I love it on my wife. I combined a bit of it in a .5 oz. bottle of Bowling Green and I use it as my bedtime scent. It’s the only women’s perfume I’d actually buy for myself, and yes I’m a little jealous of my wife’s bottle I bought her. 10/10
A while back, I was strangely attracted to this from a distance among some more fancy niche perfumes and just assumed it was one of those by the striking bottle. However, I was instantly repelled by the fact that it was Dylan Blue for women, due to the utter apathy caused by the men's iteration of this line. It's not 'bad' as such just a crystallisation of everything that's unimaginatively dull about designer fragrances. Anyway, Fragrantica wardrobe stalking is a real phenomena, and something I budded 'socially acceptable fragrance stalking' on a recent forum discussion. Anyway I was looking at one profile in particular littered with vintage Guerlain's and a who's who of pivotal and great niche and indy stuff and nestled among that this gleaming flacon, so I thought I'd best actually try it. That flacon for a start, looks great and really stands out although it does also resemble an urn. I was half expecting to me reprimanded when trying to spritz, then some poor unfortunate sods ashes to come spilling out! Not so...just perfume and hyper feminised perfume at that. I'm open t florals to some extent and from a DIY perfumers perspective I have to try to see the merit or technique behind everything, regardless of whether I'd want to wear it or not. So that being said I actually felt at first bombared by fruity melons and cassis, white flowers, and hyperclean, powder. It's a modern aroma chemical powder, not a soft resin or alluring musk powder either, kinda fresh and bright. I often describe things like this as having a rose hip note, when they don't but it's actually listed in the notes here so I feel vindicated. As it settles to me its a jasmine/muguet tinged with a hint of greens and a slight moistness and nothing more exciting than that. Got better in the drydown but to be honest I showered and went to bed without taking much notice of development. However, I did note that there was a really waxy, slightly unpleasant, hand cream that combo of white florals and an aquatic calone sort of note remaining on my clothes the next day, but ONLY at a distance. When you put your nose in for a proper sniff the remnant completely changes (like 180) and is actually a very pleasant jasmine, which is much more rounded now and even has a mild idolic quality but still with that fresh and clean base/mid hum, but more lived in and a bit warmer. Now I've dedicated quite a lot of time to talking about a scent which really doesn't bring a great deal of anything new to the table but if you like this vibe and want something which I ultimately think is executed quite well and that lasts, then Dylan Blue is a viable option.
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