Blue

Absolutely one of my favorite scents. This perfume is like summer in a jar, a day at the beach. It probably makes more sense to wear it in the summer, but I must confess to secret bottle sniffing on a cold winter day. Everyone needs a little sunshine in January.

I agree with kmoon2, it's got a powdery quality to it that's not listed among the accords. It's got lots of melon in the opening. Most of the fragrance is dominated by musky/watery-green notes. The light tough of vanilla adds warmth to the fragrance. Seems to me quite milky and powdery all the way through despite not having any of the traditional notes associated with powderiness. Quite a mild fragrance really, a little synthetic too. Nice, but my least favourite from F&P's colours line actually (even though it's their best seller I hear). My favourite was the only one discontinued - Purple - a lovely powdery vanilla. The others are tied for second pink and fuchsia - the newest not listed on this site - both fruity florals.

I have this one but called Kate. What an absolutely wonderful treat. Not my usual jam, but I like it. The melon is sweet and ripe it reminds me of musk melon of my younger years. I liked the smell but it tasted perfumey to me. The green is crispy and not damp or wilted. I feel the vanilla and musk balance this out to a very elegant polish. ( 2 of my favourite notes) It lasts around 4 to 5 hours on me. Sillage is about 2 feet around me. I will enjoy this bottle!

It’s OK. I don’t think it suits me. Smells similar (but more aquatic, melony and less sweet) to Nectar Wave from Victoria’s Secret to me, if you ever wanted the same “vibe” in a cheaper format. I’ve tried it a couple more times since this review and I’d say it’s a lot less juvenile than Nectar Wave. It is bright and elegant, with no hint of masculinity to be found.

Kate, the 2018 reformulation of Blue, is just another profile. It's not Blue. I wore this perfume since as far as I can remember, back to when it was called Solstice in the very late 90s / early 00. Every single one of my boyfriends have been obsessed with that smell, would keep pieces of clothing along with them when we were apart, said they would get intense nostalgia when they they would smell it on someone in the streets etc. Even my current boyfriend vividly remembers when we first met and miss it a whole damn lot. It smelled SO good, and evokes instant nostalgia - a bright, sunny kind of warmth that I've never been smelled anywhere else, as ozonic perfumes usually go towards more "classic" marine scents. It was very unique. I have been hanging on to a few drops of my old Blue bottle for years in hope of finding it again. It's been rebranded as "Kate", and it does not smell like it used to. And I can tell for sure that's it not just my memory, since I still have Blue. I'm on the last drop and feared it was gonna fade and be the last time I smell a big part of my childhood, teenage years and 20s. I fear I might never be able to smell it again. On first sniff, it seems like it's the same fragrance because the iconic airy ozonic / melon salty smell mixed with greens comes out first. But then you apply it (Kate), the powdery smell is so overwhelming, it completely loses its original "fresh", summer day vibe. After a few minutes i just want to wash it off because I smell like baby products. It literally reminds me of baby oil, it's off putting. It's so overwhelming you can barely smell what used to be the core signature of Blue.