Riviera

#928 in my "Tour de Fragrance" This is really more similar to Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue Pour Homme than anything else mentioned. I have them all, and this is definitely closer to Light Blue in scent and in its moderate performance. Still not a dupe of any of them but a very nice scent in its own right. I think every time someone smells a blue scent they automatically think of BDC. And since I owned Light Blue before I bought BDC I probably automatically think its like Light Blue. Whichever, it's a fine scent with acceptable EDP performance at a great price. Car pool, elevator and small office safe, and attractive enough for date wear. Let's be real. A blue is a blue is a blue. What matters most to me with a blue is it at least lasts till lunch (many don't). Beyond that they're all pretty much alike. Safe blind buy for me. I already have Facconable Royal and it's a good scent too. Now I'm going to go ahead and order a bottle of Facconable Legacy.

Smelling these side by side on a test strip, from opening to dry down, to my nose this is Dylan Blue 🔵on the cheap. No they don't smell identical, but it's a very similar scent profile and it you like DB, you'll like this. As I said in my review of "Regatta" that emulates CK1 - this might be this fragrance main issue - because Dylan Blue is fairly inexpensive for an established brand - so why wouldn't you just get DB? However, this is coming in at just under half the cost, so that's probably a decent saving. I already have DB, so I'm thinking this is a redundant bottle in my collection because it's not adding anything to what I already have. Would I buy it again, no, because I'd just buy Dylan Blue. I will conclude by saying this is a very good scent and I would generally say it's amazing value if you can get it for £20-25.

I absolutely love this scent!!! 5/5 in that regard. Reminds me of a spicy Dylan Blue with more emphasis on spices, warmth and incense. I personally get 5 to 6 hours of longevity on skin and 7 to 8 hours on clothes. The projection is good for the first 60-90 minutes...reaching out 3 to 5ft. Hour 2-4 it becomes closer to skin, still good in my books. Reaching out 1to 3 feet with good whiffs from time to time. Hour 5 to 6 it becomes a skin scent with light whiffs. I will give it a 4/5 for the Performance. The price is amazing!!! I use this for an everyday scent and save my Dylan Blue for vacations and special occasions. I rate it 5/5 for price. Overall rating is 4.6/5 and I HIGHLY RECOMMEND GETTING YOUR NOSE ON THIS FRAGRANCE!!💙💙💙💙

The goal of this perfume is very simple. A no nonsense, cheap, crowd pleaser, always go to and very well rounded off perfume for everyday use. If you don’t bother much about perfumery and want to enjoy a very good value perfume with great performance, this is the one. It is most probably the best bottle to open anyone’s perfume game. Cheap, clean and proper homage to BDC. I only have 2 issues. 1. The synthetic vibe is real, no hiding it. And for the price you really shouldn’t complain. Moreover, it still smells very good after a long wear, where a lot of cheap perfumes fails. Definitely a win. 2. I really didn’t like the sprayer. I understand it is a cheap frag, but I really want a better sprayer with this bottle.

Bought this at TJ Maxx on clearance for around $14 and to me it's a hidden gem! Now, you are not getting a beast mode fragrance but for the price you cannot beat this. The open is somewhat harsh in the first 10 seconds but when it settles you get the citrus from the Italian Mandarin and grapefruit with a bit of smokiness. At the base i certainly get some comforting woody and amber vibes. Longevity is not great but again for this price, don't be afraid to re-apply. To me this is not suitable for winter but great for all other seasons and safe for the office. Very versatile and appealing blue type fragrance that can be worn in the evenings as well. Highly recommend!

Bought it blind and Im impressed. Has that typical blue/shower gel smell. Opens up with a blast of citrus and ambroxan (similar to Blue de Chanel) but dries down to a more subtle ambroxan, spicy woody scent. Really decent masculin scent, office safe and all year round scent for sure. Really nice quality for the democratic price tag. The bottle is also really nice.

I blind bought it from an European cosmetics webshop. Sale price was approx 15usd for a 100ml bottle and I got a 50ml Faconnable Royal gratis. That was my best blind buy! This fragrance has a very good vibe and it's versatile. Office safe. This one and the Royal are a hidden gems.

It's as if you kept the best elements of BDC, Dylan Blue and YSL Y EDP, and.. Voila! Performance is also no slouch! Good projection for a few hours, and lasts about 8-10hrs total. Definitely great for spring and summer but easily usable for every other season. Blind buy worthy!

Hidden frickin gem ALERT! Slightly sweet, Masculine woods. Fresh, clean, sophisticated, sexy AF. I've never liked BDC edt or edp, but I love Riviera. It reminds me of a slightly more youthful BDC Parfum, with better projection. Banger; Point-blank-period

Probably the best blue fragrance for the price, closely followed by Salvatore Ferragamo Acqua Essenziale Blu. Got 5 bottles of this on the cheap ($14 a bottle)...so I will never be without it!!!!!!! Great stuff, in my opinion 👍

A very elegant and classy fragrance that bears some similarity to Bleu de Chanel indeed, but does not seek to imitate it. It's very well blended and it would be suitable for most occasions - office, casual, day or night.

Buyers beware,don't leave the bottle in high heat scenarios(like me,in the car during summers for a quick reach) it will leak under the atomizer. Same goes for Regatta.

This scent fills the BDC / VDB so much, that I sold them replaced them with this scent. Very nice scent citrusy and smokey with ambroxan.

Very reminiscent of Turathi Afnan Blue in the opening w that juicy grapefruit. On that fact alone it’s worth it (below 20€).

Mixed feelings about this one. The quality of this fragrance really impressed me mainly bearing in mind what I paid to get this one (15€) . It does not smell much synthetic, it smells higher quality than a lot of designers tbh. There are some costung around 40/50 € ones that are not as good as this one (quality wise). The beginning really remembers me of versace dylan blue. A very strong blue DNA with a very subtil fresher and greener vibe. After 1 hour, it changes totally! It goes from a really strong and blue DNA to a green and woody DNA. Very different scent profiles that are better for different occasions and that I imagine different people using. I imagine any young man with the initial DNA, but I can only imagine some man at least on their fourties using with the greener one. Do not get me wrong, both profiles smell really good and high quality, but I find it hard to use because of the way it develops with the time. I do not recommend this one to men under 35, and even men over 35 will still probably dislike it Decent longevity (5/6 hours) and projection 7,4/10

Nose Note #786 Oh yes, it does smell somewhat like Bleu de Chanel, but I wouldn't think of it without looking at Fragrantica. After smelling this and Regatta side by side it felt like a darker version of Regatta. It doesn't have this beautiful incense, grapefruit and ginger feel of Bleu de Chanel. It's less sophisticated, but it's has similar shower gel vibes that's on the darker side. Nothing like Dylan Blue at all, at least to my nose. I'd say it's kind of like Bleu de Chanel meets DG Light Blue pour Homme. 6.5/10, simple, but enjoyable and very easy

Found this at Ross for $25. Its like a mashup of blue fragrances, citrus, apple, incense, woods. Not really getting any leather. It has a similar vibe to BDC, Sauvage & Dylan Blue, but way weaker in projection and sillage. Performance is not so good so far, it smells good but becomes a skin scent fairly quickly. This is good for those who want to wear a versatile fragrance at work but doesn't want to offend others. Very shower gel like vibe, clean and fresh.

Initially I was so disappointed as it was so weak. But a month of maceration and it's on! It is definitly something to wear on a warm/hot day as it is breezy and citrusy. Performance is fine (4-6hrs) and the price makes it a bargain. This punches way above it price but don't co.pare it to BdC or any other fancy "crap". It holds its own.

This is mature Dylan Blue, IMO. Very pleasant opening with good projection. Drydown leans towards Azzaro Chrome. I also get Jaguar for Men Ultimate Power vibe as well, but Riviera is much better quality. The bottle is very nice. Overall great value for the price.

Smells very pleasant, modern, classy. Good projection in opening then becomes a skin scent. Bought 2 bottles (beautiful navy, aluminium cap, Faconnable logo, nice presentation), £16 each. Needs constant reapplying. Whats more, I got two bottles of Regatta too.