This is Not a Blue Bottle 1.7

Testing This is Not a Blue Bottle 1.7 from an official Histoires de Parfums 2 ml sample. First impression review: I don’t know what to make of this scent! I like a lot how it smells, that’s a fact, but it’s a very strange combination of summertime/tropical leaning notes and winter/dark ones. It’s like two different perfumes in one! Which as far as versatility goes, it scores high for me because it could work most of the year, except hot&humid summer days. The base notes are very noticeable in the dry down and may make this unbearable during very hot summer days! The opening is tethering towards a beach, tropical fruity, floral, airy, scent, where notes like frangipani, coconut, rose and pink pepper are at the forefront. But after half an hour, all the dark ouds and leather take over the perfume and it transforms from a feminine floral one to a masculine oud/leather/vanilla forward. Which is interesting to see because most fragrances these days are very linear and flat! Therefore, This is Not a Blue Bottle 1.7 is a bit of mixed bag...this needs further testing to make my mind on it. The performance seems great, it’s strong, intense and is projecting nicely. I like it but not enough to buy a bottle as of yet. But it’s an intriguing one for sure... And I love the bottle design, the high contrast between the two vibrant colours it’s really appealing to me. Will update here after another try! Update 25.01.25 Gave the scent another try, full day wear, and really enjoyed wearing it. Is it my all time favourite perfume?? No, but I like it enough to get a small bottle if I can find on a good sale. It has something really addictive about how it smells, it’s unlike any of my fragrances, so it intrigues me and it’s strong and projects well! I am sold on This is Not a Blue Bottle 1.7.

I can’t quite figure this fragrance out—and that’s exactly why I can’t stop wearing it! It’s quirky and completely magnetic. My fragrance tastes are all over the map, but this unisex oddity is a pleasure to wear. At its core, 1.7 is a bold collision of synthetic plastic, raw coconut, leather, and musk—unexpected, a little weird, and somehow addictive. It shouldn’t work... but it absolutely does. This is the kind of scent that makes people lean in a little closer; it's interesting and subtly seductive. Longevity is great, 8+ hours of wear.

Big surprise! It reminds me of Mont de Narcisse (l'Artisan Parfumeur), which is beautiful but discontinued. Two hours later, it is more floral (yellow flower) and barely leathery compared with Mont de Narcisse if I remember correctly. I really like this one. Quelle surprise ! Update : I had only one spray on my skin. I need to test more. Unlike what can be smelt on the paper, the drydown on my skin has a more prominent synthetic sandalwood note, mhhhhh....

An Ozonic and floral Virgin Island Water. Very cool, but owning it is like... I’d use it twice a year when going to an open pool, or a beach

Nice one, very similar to Bortnikoff Ambre Cologne but more feminine leaning. Must be frangipani