Blue Hyacinth

This is so good that I've just ordered a backup bottle. I hope they move this limited edition into the permanent JM line! As others here have said, this is a startlingly realistic hyacinth scent. I happen to love hyacinths, and have been searching for a scent that captures their unique fragrance. I have tried many lovely fragrances with hyacinth notes, but had not yet found one that REALLY smells like the flower. This one does (and I'm now sitting next to a pot of forced hyacinth bulbs to compare, having sprayed it on in another part of the house to keep them separate). An added bonus? Unlike some of my JMs, this one does last well. If I use it at night, I can still smell it faintly on my wrists the next morning. Yesterday, my husband entered the room where I had spritzed myself at least half an hour earlier and immediately asked, "what smells so good?". So sillage is also excellent, especially for a JM. Love it!

I have had hyacinths flowering in my gardens for years now. I love to catch its beautiful scent in a breeze. Now when it comes to fragrance it gets very tricky. Anyone who has experienced the true hyacinth fragrance knows its quite an intense experience. How do you create a fragrance that is very wearable but stays true to the essential beauty of the hyacinth scent. Well, I think its worked here. There is that fresh intensity yet its not headache inducing. It evokes that good to be alive feeling! I really like how the hyacinth, vetiver and rose geranium work so well together. If the fragrance was any stronger then it would not be the success that it is. The vetiver adds almost a soft woody rooty element that keeps everything balanced. A gorgeous fragrance for Spring of course. Im sad it doesnt last longer but then many beautiful things are very transient.

All the reviews below stating that this is a realistic hyacinth are completely TRUE!!! First of all, each hyacinth color has an unique smell. Every year I buy a bunch of them and you can clearly notice the diference. It's absurd how authentic this smells like. With a nice longevity, you will seriously feel amongst a blue hyacinth field: - at dawn (when you first spray it), in it's whole blue glory, fresh and mysterious, slightly covered in dew drops. - at noon, warming up and inebriating your personal atmosphere (good sillage, not overwhelming), bringing a hint of geraniums and the hot soil below. - at dusk, setting down into a dry, dirty, sensuous earthy-floral aura... Absolutely beautiful! Bravo, Yann Vasnier!

Beautiful perfume, bought in London in late March when despite the gray skies and chilly air all the parks are filled with blossoming trees.. Fresh, clear, incredibly realistic hyacinth that will always remind me of London in the spring. It's limited edition though, so maybe I need another bottle ... Longevity on me is surprisingly good for the JM line. Drydown is quite earthy but delicate , like an early morning garden after the rain.

This has a very week longevity. I literally can't smell it past lunch, if I apply it in the morning. Also, it's very spicy for a FLOWER perfume, vetiver is very pronounced and is leaning masculine. The perfume is very nice, blue-ish in "color" because it has hints of hyacinth and maybe even lavender for me, but the flowers just fade away too quickly for me. It's sad because it's a nice perfume and I would love for it to last longer!

Finally found a realistic hyacinth! It's so cooling and the greeness is not sharp, also doesn't have that weird chalk feel.

I sampled this at a Nordstrom recently and I can't stop thinking about it. The greens in it though! *gasp! So realistic, so fresh, so absolutely brilliant. If you want to smell like you just got done rolling in flowers and greenery in the bright morning dew, then get this one.

I spent $70 in a small bottle and is a complete waste of money, it does not smell like hyacinth and it does not last more than 3 minutes. I TRIED many days to see it would work, nothing. Disappointed because hyacinth is my favorite flower after gardenia, and I would love to have a good hyacinth perfum.

Hyacinth is my favorite flower on the planet and it is difficult to find it used in fragrances as a "star of the show". I believe it is one of those flower essences that can't be obtained using standard distillation or extraction methods, and must be made synthetically. That said, Jo Malone's Blue Hyacinth is a well done facsimile of the natural flower. It is part of the Bloomsbury Set (5 fragrances) which was a limited edition from 2017 and is now sold out, though a year and a half later I was able to find a bottle on ebay fairly easily, I suspect it will become harder to find in the future. BH is a cologne concentration so don't expect more than a few hours of longevity. The bottles only come in 30ml size. I must say I like the Jo Malone hyacinth more than I do Penhaligon's Bluebell which has spices and rose that , unfortunately for me, dirty up and adulterate an otherwise lovely hyacinth note. I've sampled Mugler's Supra Floral, another hyacinth-based beauty, but didn't get much longevity for an EDP, and it's quite expensive, so I passed on getting a full bottle. I'm very happy with Jo Malone's Blue Hyacinth, and although there is vetiver and geranium listed as additional notes, it is essentially a soliflore that captures the intoxicating scent and many fragrant facets of springtime hyacinths in full bloom.

Feel sad to say this but this scent is terrible... It is so harsh at opening that it smacks you in the face with artificial alcoholic droplets of hyacinth mimics. The lasting power is less than 40 min but sadly that is a good thing for this scent. Regret buying this untested!

Very realistic hyacinth, slightly reminiscent of Penhaligon's Ostara without the solar effect. Reminds me a bit of Penhaligon's Bluebell as well.

This fragrance is absolutely STUNNING and JM needs to make it a part of their permanent collection!!!