I DO get why some people find this boring, especially if you’ve been doing this for a few years and are in deep. It’s very Essence of Men’s Cologne, nothing groundbreaking, “Blue” in that That’ll Do way. But I just love it every time I put it on. It’s mature without feeling old, masculine without smelling like you’ve spent a day up a tree smoking. On me it’s got a sweetened muskiness as it dries down that every time I get a whiff of it I feel good about myself. Today I wore it with a brown corded shirt/jacket thing, a white tee and jeans and it all felt very correct, the smell matched the ensemble. When I can pull it off to where I think the look matches the aroma I always feels like I’ve done good.

I absolutely love this stuff, even though I think it’s named wrong. For a start there’s nothing “ETERNAL” about it performance-wise, I mean it’s FINE, I get a fair bit of life out of it and it projects well for the first few hours but I wouldn’t call it a room-filler. But mainly I don’t get just coffee from it. I get MOSTLY coffee but the lactonic note gives it this really distinct baked goods aroma. It smells like walking into a bakery that also serves very good coffee. Should’ve called it “Eternal CAFE.”

This is a lot more versatile than I was expecting it to be. I didn’t have any real experience with Bleu Electrique, what this is cloning, but like almost everyone a few years deep into this hobby I DO with the original La Nuit, and that to me was strictly a date/special occasion perfume. This profile’s got a REALLY approachable everyday quality to it that I wasn’t expecting, a nice zingy-ness that makes it work casually just as well as it does on a smart night out. I suppose the fact the original’s got “Bleu” in it should have tipped me off on that really.