Nautica Life

Bleu De Chanel meets Nautica Blue! That's what this scent is - half Nautica Blue, half Bleu De Chanel. It smells great! This is my favorite Nautica yet! Unfortunately, as with other colognes these days, longevity is the issue. Wearing this today, I'm very happy with the scent (applied at 8:30am) however now at 2pm it's all but gone aside from a very faint trace on my skin. This will generally be a daytime scent however I could also see this making a very safe option for a date night, if it fits your personality (sporty) and you're trying not to offend anyone. In my opinion it would make a great signature daytime scent for the average guy. Maybe not for a fragrance fanatic, but for an average guy who likes to smell good at the office or after going to the gym. Especially considering the Bleu/Blue similarities. For the price, this is one you could easily keep a refresher bottle with you to spray on throughout the day. Normally, I wouldn't say something could be a signature scent unless it lasted all day, but given the price and availability, I'll make an exception for this one.

This is an amazing fragrance especially for the price of $10-12 on eBay for 100ml bottle, but you are going to have drench yourself in this cologne just to get a decent 4-5 hrs of wear. If you do spray enough, you do smell the similarities to Bleu De Chanel. Great blind buy!

it has a bleu de chanel vibe but much lighter and fresher....like an aquatic version of Bleu....also has a vibe of david beckham classic blue, not bad for the price, longevity is moderate...which makes it great gym scent or after shower office scent

Great teen scent. I don't understand why every one be hat in on the scent. It last a good while and smells great. Smells a lot like Fierce by A&F :)

Great for this Cali heat! Simple, uncomplicated.

Nautica Life is a typical Nautica fragrance, an inoffensive green aquatic scent with some citrus... except it is a Bleu de Chanel style scent. It maybe far stripped down version of lighter and spring/summer ready. It is a sportier option to BdC. The notes are a bit off, here's the explanation from the Nautica website: Of all the thrilling adventures he has embarked on, this is the one that means the most. Nautica Life pays tribute to the lifelong journey of love. The fragrance starts with pure sparkling Living Sea Salt and Organic Ivory Coast Ginger for an invigorating splash of energy and balances a fusion of Natural Sage, Provence Lavender and Natural Violet Leaf to reinforce the masculine aura. The finish: classic notes of refined Hinoki Wood, Organic Tonka and marine Seamoss create a seductive sense of magnetism. It is opens with some sea salt but with a mostly ginger (where the spice fall into place) note along with a little bit of citrus from a grapefruit note. It also has traces of an herbal green with sage and lavender. The base contains woody notes with tonka bean and a little seamoss. The performance of this BdC smell alike is a strong point for this discount Nautica scent. The open lasts about a half of an hour to an hour as does the mid. The base remains for about three more hours. The It projects strangely heavily for about half of an hour to an hour even an hour and a half. It is about a wingspan of sillage giving about moderate if not heavy sillage. For the remaining time, it is a skin scent. The scent is NOT as formal BdC, it is far more casual for work, the beach and errand settings and maybe better for sports, especially as it becomes a skin scent. Can it be used for dates, sure but it isn't as good of one as BdC. I find that it is very good during the day, especially spring, summer and early fall. Now for the question is Nautica Life better than BdC, it's complicated... If you look at pricing, as I normally do, it's about even mainly because Nautica Life is far more limited in use than BdC and has a lower performance, despite the price discount. I do like both scents but I recognize Nautica Life performs more Nautica than BdC which isn't a bad thing. Few smell alikes perform to the exact level of the original. Nautica Life is a really nice casual by the seas scent however I cannot rate it as good as Bleu de Chanel. I have to rate it a 7.3. It is better than a good number of scents but as I mentioned the performance issues outweight the price discount. I found this for about $12 for a 3.4oz/100ml tester and feel that if I paid more than $20, I would have paid too much for a 3.4oz/100ml bottle. In other words, DON'T PAY WAL-MART PRICES for this one.

Informed review after multiple wears Nautica Life is a wonderfully sweet aquatic aromatic that is somewhat confused on what it wants to be. Upon first spray, the wearer is doused in a candied fragrance that overwhelms and overloads the senses without compassion. This lasts for about five minutes or so, until it dries down into a slightly more manageable scent that loses its cloying trait, but still stays sweet and fresh. From here, it is actually pleasant as it perches on the skin, projecting decently for a few feet or so. This is possibly the best part of the fragrance. It is sweet. It is fresh. It is desirable. Unfortunately, it is not unique. I could literally place about four other fragrances (many within my own collection) that were incredibly similar, if not indistinguishable, from Nautica life. To me, it was a slightly fresher version of Mont Blanc Legend, or an even more inferior version of A&F Fierce with aquatic undertones. It was virtually confused on all accounts, while still trying to maintain ambiguous and desirable while pleasing all crowds. This scent, by all definitions, is the purest form of fragrantial demogogue. It appeals to popularity, but accomplishes little else. The projection was good....for about the first hour. Then it died to a skin scent, and I had to literally press my nose to my arm to smell it. The longevity is poor, if not below average. After three to four hours, I could barely tell there was anything left. It was like a ghost, leaving extremely subtle, if not undetectable remnants of itself to be sensed. Buy, try or pass? This is a PASS for me. It cannot hold itself erect for long enough to even warrant an evening wear for myself, and it is not unique enough to earn a spot in my collection. It is conflicted, confused, and frankly unoriginal. I hate to say it, but if you are looking for a sweet aromatic with some hints of woods or aquatic, instead look toward Mont Blanc Legend. At least you will get some decent longevity from this scent without sacrificing performance. The originality is still not there, but you will most likely still be smelling Legend when lunch rolls around. Take my word for it- try this one if you like, but don't fall for its overly sweet tones and attractive top notes. It will disappoint you in the long run. Projection: 3/10 (Good for first hour, then falls flat) Longevity: 4/10 (3-5 hours; 5 hours is being generous) Versatility: 4/10 (A nice summer fragrance, if you can get it to last) Overall smell: 5/10 (Sweet, but unoriginal)

Nautica fragrances are a conundrum for me. It's as hard to love them as it is easy to like them, which is to say, very. There isn't a Nautica fragrance that I've owned or smelled that has wowed me in the sense of being unique in such a way that would have me love them, but they've never smelled so bad that I couldn't do anything less than like them. They stay true to what they are, an inexpensive way to smell unoffensive and pleasing. Nautica Life continues this trend, with what comes off as a slightly floral, somewhat herbal/spicy aromatic, that might have a tinge of blue/shower gel as it dries down to balance it out. It's very easy to wear and the most unique out of the Nautica fragrances I've smelled so far. Now...unique compared to all the other Nautica fragrances, still could make it run of the mill when you compare it to offerings from other brands. When I first smelled this, what immediately came to mind was Cool Water...but Life smells smoother, especially in the opening where it's less sharp. Then I looked up Green Irish Tweed, and couldn't help but wonder if anyone else could justify this comparison. I've smelled, but never owned, Green Irish Tweed, and from what I remember, there wasn't a big resemblance to Cool Water, but it was about as complex as Life is in terms of note breakdown. Maybe not a 1-for-1 copy, but a 1-off? Downsides? I wish the cap on the bottle was heavier. The bottle has good heft, and the design of the braided sheath that surrounds the feeder tube is more ornate than what you'll see in a bottle of Dior Homme Cologne (which is ~5x the price). Regardless of that, this is an inexpensive (usually), mass-appealing, uncomplicated, blind-buy-worthy, dumb reach for spring and summer days. If you're not expecting something groundbreaking, it'll be hard to be disappointed. 7/10

Ill have to re-review this when Ive given this a full wearing but ill post my quick thoughts on this after applying 1 hr ago. So far its a pretty decent scent but I do have to say this is VERY similar to Bleu de chanel. The main differences is Nautica life is more smooth,green and less spicy than Bleu de chanel and I honestly like the smell of this a little bit better. Its decent but theres better nautica frags than this but I will keep this in my rotation because I loved the opening and mid notes of bleu de chanel but after 1 hr once it reached the base notes bleu de chanel just smelled like an old pool on me, whereas Nautica Life smells good from beginning to end RE-REVIEW Well my thoughts on this are pretty much the same as my initial thoughts on this fragrance. This is pretty much a sportier/greener Bleu De Chanel knockoff ! With that said its still a great fragrance and it got me a lot of compliments at work and my gf loves this and always compliments me on this as well, which after wearing a lot of different frags its hard for scents to stick out anymore. So in a nutshell. If you liked Bleu De Chanel but it was to mature or spicy for you than you HAVE to try this, OR if you love Blue De Chanel but want a cheaper alternative for casual wear than you will love this as well. Performance on this is above average. It lasts on me about 5-8 hours and has very good projection going on for up to 4 hours on my skin. All in all id have to rate this a 7.5 out of 10 ! Great scent with very good performance ! Id rate this higher if it wasnt a knockoff

Today I broke out my summer rotation of citrus, aquatic, clean/sporty fragrances with a few masculine floral ones as well. I decided to wear Nautica Life first because I bought it last winter and never wore it before. At first it reminded me of Guess, it's very green but more aquatic than Guess. It also reminded me of many Adidas scents with its sport clean vibe. I was not impressed. However, it's a fragrance that's hard to dislike. Back in the 90's before the aquatic faze this would be very popular like Tommy by Tommy Hilfiger once was. However, today, it's just blah. Nothing memorable. It's priced right at about $18 for 3.4oz, but any higher would not be worth it. I prefer Nautica Voyage over this. The longevity of Nautica Life is not good on my skin. It's gone within an hour. But I do get better longevity on clothes. All in all I rate this average. I have about 40+ other summer fragrances I would prefer to wear. I'll probably give this away because I got bored of it quickly. BTW this is nothing like Bleu. The Chanel is in an entirely new league. So don't fall for the hype of this smelling like the legend Bleu. Its not even close

I just got this scent yesterday so I've been testing it for a day and I can tell my opinion about it now. First of all the design is really-really cool. I love this boat theme style. The scent itself is very linear no top, middle or bottom notes only the shower gel fresh, masculine "blue" smell which is doing its job very well. It's a very masculine, a proper all day summer scent. Not more, not less. Many people said that before that it's a clone of Chanel Bleu. Well, to my nose it is very similar indeed. Of course its not as complex and it hasn't got that dept but still; it reminds me of Chanel Bleu as well. Fun part is the price! It only cost me 9 euro which is a joke. I mean It is the cheapest best smelling scent in my collection so far. Totally recommend to get a bottle of this and even though it is not very strong on longevity nor on projection - hello, it only costs 9 euro - but still worth it. Maximum you can be a bit heavier on the sprayer. So overall I am a very happy chap with my blind buy cheapy.

I just purchased this from T.J.MAXX. There’s a lot of talk here about what it smells like and that there’s a comparison to Bleu de Channel... First let me be clear the notes listed are not the full note breakdown. Straight from the Nautica website: Top Notes: Sea salt, Ginger, Sage, Lavender Base Notes: Sea moss, Hinoki Wood, Violet I get what people are saying about the comparison but it’s like comparing colors of a different shade. The ginger is the one note that’s similar in both fragrances and it’s the way that the rest mix that give that similar tone. This is more aquatic than anything. There’s also the similarities that both fragrances are woody aromatics. If you’re a fan of Nautica this is done in a typical Nautica style which is the aquatic theme. Don’t expect more when Nautica is playing to their theme. Fresh, aquatic, and average. You’ll get what you paid for.

Probably the safest scent ever created; fresher version of a scented bodywash. I kept thinking old spice here but no I got it now it reminds me of Irish Spring which is why I think bodywash. Must be the green notes. To me you literally smell like you just walked out of a shower when wearing this. FWIW I think Irish Spring smells fantastic so that's a good thing imo, but I still like Voyage better than this. It's cheap though so it'd be pretty hard to regret buying it. Wear it to middle school, high school, wear it grocery shopping, wear it at church, wear it on a road trip, wear it to the gym, wear it cycling/running. Poor man's bleu de chanel like people say? Maybe, still fresher though. And green. Very green. Very simple but nice smell, nice bottle, nice usability, nice age range (12-40) 7.5 out of 10- wait what did you say? It's $17 for 100ml? 8.5/10. NICE.

You just stepped out of the shower, you smell clean, fresh, slightly aquatic and green but not soapy. That's Nautica Life, pleasing and mild you can wear it sprayed a few times, maybe 3-4 max without fear it'll be too strong or offensive. Longevity is okay, silage is good, projection is good as well. Not a fragrance that announces your arrival or screams sophistication but also not juvenile or bubblegummy. Just a simple fresh scent that says you smell nice and may get you a few comments stating exactly that. Does well on clothing to extend the staying power and not bad in hot weather either. Good Spring/Summer go to but can totally be used any time you want to have a freshy fix. It's also like $12 for the biggest bottle so there's that going for it too.

I want to like this one more because I think there was potential for this to be better but at the end of the day you can tell corners were cut and this is just a cheaply made cologne. It's not the worst I have put my nose on and it certainly won't offend anyone but it's not a diamond in the rough like some under the radar cheapies. If you are a collector I would definitely recommend passing. This one is more for the teen looking to upgrade from cheap bodysprays or someone who isn't into colognes much but just wants something that won't break the bank and smells fresh/clean.

This scent is solid. Weak and have to go crazy on the trigger to get decent performance. But it makes up for it with scent. It’s a minty, green almost mossy green accords. With some peppery notes, then a blast of freshness not really aquatic but still a fresh touch of water or aldehydes even. Scent 7.5 Longevity- 5 Caps at about 3 hours maybe even less unless sprayed over 10 times. Sillage- 5.5 mostly skin scent, arms length within the first 30 minutes. Projection- 5 arms length projection, others probably won’t smell you unless very close. Overall- solid 7

Fresh, green, and slightly spicy. When you put your nose to your skin, it's gonna smell really synthetic. But coming off your skin, it's a nice smell. Like the majority of Nautica fragrances, this isn't gonna have a long life on your skin. But it is gonna do a good job for the price category. I use this as an "out of the shower scent" and I really like it for that. If you were just gonna run a quick errand on a warm day, and needed a cheap scent to use, this would be an excellent choice.

It's a nice scent, Fresh, Clean and Green. Based on Nautica site : Top notes : Sea Salt, Ginger. Heart notes : Lavender, Sage, Violet Leaf. Base notes : Sea Moss, Hinoki Wood. The Performance is good and it smells very pleasant. It opens up with like fresh spicy and green notes in the background then dry down is woody. This is perfect for the spring and summer. The art of bottle design is very beautiful. I like Nautica Life EDT for Men. Rating : 7.5 / 10

Classy bottle. The bottle came in a package so I could not test it first. It wasn't too expensive so I sprang for it. While the bottle is class, the scent is so weak. I can spray away and barely pick up anything. While the bottle is cool. I do not buy fragrances for the bottle, that sits at home. I buy fragrances to smell good and get ladies attention. This fragrance fails at that so I would pass.

First: This is not like BdC. Not even close. BUT, I do get the same vibe as D&G The One Sport. Even the same bad longevity. But i paid 6 euro for a 100ml of Nautica. For that price its acceptable for sure. Its a real Nautica fragrance. Fresh, clean, inoffensive and aquatic. It does what its supposed to do. I would have paid easily 15 euro for this. This is one of the better Nautica fragrances.