Century Blue

This is a very versatile, blue fragrance, I highly recommend it if you want to have the performance of the more expensive blues, but are on a budget. This is a quality EDP, it has great longevity up to eight hours, and projection is good about an arms length, and you’ll find this kind of typical for an EDP, especially a blue one. For me, this is better than the original century by Dunhill, it’s not bad, but I prefer century blue. I’m sure the amboxin contributes to the longevity, and of course the concentration. This is a hidden gem, and in my opinion, if you’re looking for a blue that you can wear all year and save a little money this one’s for you. I do have one rant, those of you reviewing a cologne with one spray on the back of your hand save your time because I don’t think you can do a justifiable review with one squirt on the back of your hand. OK I’m done.

Some hate for this one. Trying to understand why, but hey......to each it’s own. This reminds me of Jaguar Pace in the opening. Kind of shampoo smell but more pleasant. I guess is the Iris doing that, not sure. It doesn’t matter really. Then, it becomes sweet, in a clean fashion way. And finally, around 2-3 hours later, it becomes more serious. More mature than the first 2 stages. This is a lot better than what most people are saying. Projects nicely and lasts about 6 hours on my skin. Office friendly for sure. Casual wear too. So please try this one on your skin, and if you enjoy the modern clean, salty, sweet type of scents, I can guarantee you, this is going to be a winner in your collection. Consider the actual price on discounters and I don’t see why this can be hated, at all!.

Love the Dunhill line one of my favorites is 51.3n, now century blue. The bottle is awesome and it has a magnetic cap. Some complained about the cap, just lightly palm it and twist when the like poles of the magnets line up it ejects it’s self. The juice, it’s an EDP freshie. Starts off with a citrusy peppery opening and drys down to an iris and ambroxen shower gel scent. For me this follows the freshly blue protocol. So it opens similar to a Dylan Blue but kind of finished more like a Prada DNA. it’s not a clone of either but I think you get the best of both. Longevity is above average for a Blue style and projection is a few hours at arms length and then is more intimate....but it’s there. Good date fragrance but will work dressed up or down, pretty good all year too!

Cheap blind buy for me that I wound up loving. When I need a grab and go warm weather fragrance that is purposely not sexy and will let me smell great and just so slightly different, this is my blue of choice. The citrus and ginger pop together in the opening and then the citrus tones down as the amber-patchouli saltiness take over. That ginger hangs around, and the slight sweetness and aquatic notes with other aromatic notes that I can't individually discern make this a unique take on blue. I'll take this $35 interesting cheapie any summer day over the extremely boring BDC EDT. But, hey, you do you. Performance is decent for a warm weather scent. I get about 6 hours with pretty decent projection -- without choking anyone out when it's hot.

Color me impressed! I went into buying this fragrance with low expectations; I mainly got it for the size and price tag. 4.5oz for $35? A pretty sweet deal. I wanted something that I could use as a cheap, yet pleasant office fragrance that I could fall back on if I didn't want to use my more expensive bottles. What I got was a pleasantly salty, summer oriented barbershop blue scent that I think is undoubtedly one of the most slept on, bang-for-your-buck cheapies out there. IMO, it stands shoulder to shoulder with the better known Salvatore Ferragamo Acqua Essenziale line in terms of quality and value. Definitely check this out the next time you're browsing your local rack store for good deals.