Pure Azure

An absolute barnstormer. Overwhelmingly seductive, expansive, lush fruity floral with a great big basket of fig on top. Then truckloads of the most redolent, reeky, assertive jasmine you can imagine. It all sounds a bit loud and a bit much - yet somehow it steamrollers any possible objections. I surrender! I don't even like fruity florals and I especially don't much like fig. Yet I am hopelessly in love with this perfume, against all my usual instincts. So what does it have that the others don't? I'd guess, some very clever heads at Phaedon (I've also fallen hard for their Tabac Rouge recently so I guess their noses chime with my taste) and really good quality control. While they're never quiet, the ingredients are so natural and complex they don't cloy or suddenly start smelling vaguely 'like perfume' - they keep smelling like notes of real things. Initial projection is ENORMOUS and longevity fairly astonishing too. So this is absolutely not a shrinking flower and you might think it too dramatic and diva-like for work. Could it be unisex? Not sure. Smells definitively feminine to me, but it's such a wonderful aroma all in that anyone who falls for it can - and should - wear it. If it can convert me so completely, I think it could win anyone over.

This is THE summer fragrance for me. It's white floral forward on my skin, but the fig, vanilla and tonka give it a softer edge that avoids it being screechy. It's classy, smells clean and expensive, but also feels youthful and not stuffy. I think you could easily wear this both day and night in summer, but it might not be quite the right sent for a night out vibe. It also evolves so much on my skin - there's a beautiful period of time in the drydown where I get such a nice fig note, which is followed later by lots of green leaves. I can't wait to wear this on holiday. I'm 90% sure I'm going to splurge on a full bottle of this but I'll get through the sample first.

Its giving: ‘ I-have-stewed-in-the-sun-for-days-and-slathered-the-✨MOST✨-expensive-bodylotion-on-me-in-the-evening’. I’m definitely here for that vibe. Its rich, it’s creamy and luscious. There’s a hint of salty vanilla that gives it the summer vibes. Definitely present at an arms length, and most certainly present in the room, without being cloying or overpowering. It carries well in hot weather without being offending. Wouldn’t wear it to an evening event, but it is definitely among the ‘office safe’ and ‘wear by day as a staple’ categories. Wouldn’t call it a safe blind buy. Its unisex, bordering on feminine.

Almost a soli-note formula, Pure Azure is built around the orange flower essence (neroli) highlighted by salt, jasmine and fig tree leaves. The neroli oil is derived through steam distillation of orange tree blossom as opposed to much spicier and honeyed absolute obtained through Co2 extration. The neroli oil smells richly green and woody, as well as citrusy with a tenderly sweet floral nuance. Pure Azure is a good alternative to classic colognes, and much superior to these in terms of longevity. Viva fresh forever.

Pure Azure - The grown up Neroli Portofino. Sorry Tom Ford, I'm a huge fan of your line - but this blows Neroli out of the water with its maturity, dense forage and wet root aromas. This is beachy all the way, an over cast Italian coast brimming with plant life. Salt and Neroli perfection. Not for the light hearted, this takes some 'getting used to' but after your first few wears, you'll swear by its magic.

This fragrance reminds me of dodging bees in the garden to stick my nose in orange blossoms and jasmine on a hot afternoon. Not a trace of sickly vanilla to me, it's more like the flowers stay suspended in air and refresh themselves with every new waft of breath. I hope my bottle lasts forever, this is such a rich calming fragrance.

Pure Azure is very heavy on neroli, the saltiness and bitterness are quickly balanced out by sweet jasmine, ripe fig and accords of vanilla and tonka. The lasting power is amazing, the scent resonates with your skin in waves of intense flower-fruity juicy opulence. It certainly feels like a hot day spent on white sands.

I love this scent. Trabuquera's description is perfect. The only thing I can add is that I had a similar impression of Intense tiaré by Montale. They are both steamrollers, both start very strong and last quite a few hours, and even with this intensity they are both perfectly suitable for summer.

Pure Azure is a beautiful sweet fig/citrus fragrance. It opens with a harsh/straight fig/citrus. In the dry down I smell jasmine, pure jasmine. I didn't think I would like the jasmine note, but I love it. I also detect some vanilla in there. It is sweet and floral. I am glad I bought it.

A beautiful, big, complex fig. Full of lovely, warm orange blossom and sun-kissed florals. Rich and wide. A real wrist-snuffler.

Strangely enough it is not the flowers that I noticed first but the 'salted chocolate' accord, which comes from the salt and vanilla and tonka combined. Somehow in my mind it felt like almost a solo note perfume until I started paying attention. Once you do that, jasmine and neroli that are almost oily spring to the front and stay present from the opening throughout. I can't necessarily distinguish the fig, maybe it just adds to the general sweetness and complements vanilla and tonka bean. I can imagine myself on a warm spring day sitting in an orchard surrounded by blooming orange trees eating salted chocolate. Overall I think this perfume strikes a nice balance between sweet and green/floral although it feels a bit linear. Longevity on my skin is poor - I can only sense the perfume on me for 3-4 hours, such a shame. I have a sample of the fragrance but will not be buying a bottle.

How I would like to grow fond of Pure Azure!... For the first 30 minutes I distinctly smell fig and orange blossom notes. But afterwards... all I can sniff out is - jasmine, jasmine, and jasmine. What a pity! Pros: A well-blended and very long lasting (haute concentration) perfume. Cons: The jasmine does reign supreme, not losing ground for anything else in this combination of ingredients. (Incidentally, the scent oozes class nevertheless.)

Aaah, breezy, salty flowers! This is not a 'beach' fragrance, it's rather the tall grass just before the true beach begins. It's the moment you know you're close to the sea but not quite there yet. It's beautiful - very strong initial blast which then subdues to create a breezy aura around you. Sun-drenched and creating expectations.

Imagine a humid summer day in NYC. The temps have risen above 95 degrees and the heat index is at a smoldering 110. Then imagine a bunch of guys playing pick up basketball at the famous Rucker Park. Along comes a 400 lb guy that use to play college ball but tore up his knee. He can still ball but has put on an excessive amount of weight. Of course his team keeps winning so they stay on the court. After 3 games the guy gets tired and goes home to take a shower.Sweaty and stinky. This is what this scent smells like, before the shower.

Sadly first scent in 10+ Phaedon perfumes I tried so far that came as definite dislike for me. While opening is rather pleasant, the more it progresses, the worst it gets. To give them credit, if they were trying to portray over ripe, almost rotten figs, they largely succeeded. Not a safe buy, get tester before committing to full bottle.

This is a very interesting fragrance, but ultimately too sweet for me in the drydown. It starts out smelling very fresh like a lovely day with a blue sky and a fresh breeze. Then indoles start to come in and I smelled fresh figs quite strongly in the opening. It smelled like raw figs, not fig jam. At this point I really loved the scent, but then the spices come in and they are pretty heavy. Mixed with the indoles from the jasmine and neroli and tonka and vanilla the juice becomes too sweet and heavy for my taste. It's no longer azure, it's muddled and murky. There is also a heavy wood note that starts to really dominate the longer the fragrance remains on your skin-- smells like oud/guiac wood, again too much funk and sweetness for my taste. It's a shame because this started out really beautifully, it's just too sweet and heavy for my taste in the drydown.

Starts off with the most delightful fig and is quickly overcome by jasmine. Sweet. Could be a stinker to those sensitive to white florals.