Bleu Marine Pour Lui

Sacre Bleu!!! I can't believe the number of reviews calling this a "failed aquatic," or words to that effect. Mais non, mes amis, you have misunderstood! "Bleu marine" is the French term for the color known in English as "Navy Blue." Moreover, this fragrance was released in the mid-eighties, well before the popularity and glut of aquatic fragrances. Navy Blue is considered a neutral color that goes with everything --- classy, understated, and suitable for all occasions, and I think this is more what Bleu Marine's creators had in mind. The scent itself seems to straddle the line between chypre and fougere, with a crisp citrus opening balanced by herbal and green notes. As it dries down, warm woody notes appear, mainly sandalwood, with patchouli, amber, and a hint of oakmoss, though not as much as we usually expect from a chypre. It does bear a resemblance to Halston Z-14, but Bleu Marine is lighter, with more emphasis on the citrus and green components than the warm woods of Z-14. Its intensity drops off rather quickly, leaving a subtle base that lasts surprisingly well. On my skin it doesn't get overly sweet or powdery, but retains a subtle warmth. It's light enough for business wear, yet complex enough for formal occasions --- much like the color it was named for --- and at least one woman has called it "subtly sexy." It's a winner in my book!

I found the most recent (as of 2022) version of this for $12.99. I did not have much expectation that it would be close to the original version, which I loved, but I still bought this new Parlux issued version to quench my curiosity. I thought, "even if it's not good, I can at least tell people to not make the same mistake I made". So, here I am to tell you that the new version is not even in the same continent, let alone in the same neighborhood, as the old version. It indeed is an average aquatic as others have pointed out, which the old version was definitely not. The old version was a great oriental fougere, with the kind of richness and depth you would expect from a mid-1980s release. Try to track down an old bottle, if you want to experience its glory... or buy the new version, but don't imagine what you are getting is what this great fragrance used to be.

Epic Journey Into the Bottled Yonder, 082 ------------------------------------------------------- Purchased July 2019 Just a decant of the true original which is what my review talks about. Another hell yeah. This was one of the first "fresh" scents after the previous decades conifers i.e. Pino and Agua Brava. Definitely reinvented what can be done to make "blue" scents, and this gets close to a modern blue vibed scent. Cool Water for sure kicked that off and made it "aquatic". Now what you can do here is layer Halston Z-14 and Guy Laroche Horizon to get this. If you don't have Z-14 just use Lacoste or Bowling Green or Sung Homme along with Duc de Vervins. Manly as fuck. 083 review on Bambu Adolfo Dominguez posted in 2019.

An 80's experience. Unlike most 21st century scents, this fragrances from the eighties are not ashamed to start with a strong blast. This is not a cute little, light summer flanker. No, Bleu Marine has personality and shows it in a grand way. The oakmoss, leather and patchouli are vey noticeable but in the background you can smell a whole lot of things brewing, like the labdanum, clary sage and cedar. Then it slowly gets sweeter but not sticky. Calm and mature. We are bombarded with new fragrances almost daily, so it's good to take a moment to realize how good some timeless fragrances are, even the ones made almost 30 years ago.

I have bought the old version, a tester, and I'm in heaven. After having read the reviews I knew I only wanted the old version and I was able to purchase it for 27,50 Euro's 75ml. A steal. Very masculine, mossy, aqua at the same time, I can detect the carnation and a hint of citrus. Good projection, longlivity is great. This is the oldfashion kind of adictive perfume I live for. If you love the older scents 80-90ies, this is a great scent.

The new version by paralux is just a joke 🤣 compared to the vintage version! It's not even close to the vintage version? Just the name is the same! Such a pity 😠

The original was marvellous, so rich and pleasent but the reformulated version, that ́s the actual one is rubbish, just rubbish, what a pity

Just bought a vintage bottle on Ebay for $40. I really like the PC for Men, so it was worth a small splurge. First off, there is nothing at all blue or aquatic about this. It came out before the blue trend. This is a straight up fougere, fully masculine, and probably for the 40-plus crowd. It isn't citric like PRPH, nor warm and anisic like APH. It is, instead, quite herbal, completely lacking in sweetness and a bit sharp. The oakmoss, basil, sage and geranium form the backbone of this. There is also a prominent eugenol note in the nutmeg style, as well as pepper. If there is a downside, this feels sort of like someone assembled all of the classic fougere elements and then couldn't really decide which direction to take it. I wish the leather, patchouli and amber notes were amped up, because that would add a lot. It is still quite good, but it could be better. It gets a strong "like" from me, but not a love. This is the kind of thing you wear for yourself, because it won't get compliments. It stops projecting after 30 minutes, so it should work in an office setting.

Bought a boxless bottle from Fragx recently and the color of the juice is clear light blue. Batch code at the bottom is 19339 eE. It doesn't smell like the above provided notes. This is somewhat an aquatic marine fresh frag with a stale annoying note. So I concur with the review below by scentus01. It's probably been changed and reformulated. There are similar looking bottles in ebay and amazon and well, it's nothing special from what I smell. Edit: this pour Lui from fragx but it came in a clear sky blue juice bottle unboxed. Notes totally off. Different from the old pour Lui. This Bleu marine is an aquatic and marine scent. Pour Lui isn't. FragX selling the wrong scent under the name. I checked PC and this could be the Pour Elle reformulated or in a new bottle because the Pour Elle notes are similar to this Bleu Marine. My batch code below says 19339 eE. Anyway, do note the above and don't buy wrongly

PC Bleu Marine is really a fine 80's fragrance despite its somewhat "stark" aspect.. It has that ambery fougère appeal with a sweet side and a fresh side as well... But as it has been said before, don't expect "aquatic" or "ozonic" freshness here.. From crisp flashy herbal top notes things evolve to a darker tone with oakmoss and amber thrills.. Nothing fun or versatile here (I never know exactly when it's time to spray some Bleu Marine) it's all about keeping an intriguing and austere low profile ("depressing" is too much of a word).. not a clubbing fragrance by any means.. still I think it's a must have for all masculine perfume enthusiasts.. Another well executed composition by Martin Gras (Lapidus PH, Cerruti 1881)..

Together with Aramis 900, the original version of this fragrance was one of the two male fragrances I liked best. It was sweet, flowery and unique. I cannot see any resemblance between the original version and the current one. I just cannot understand why they changed such a marvelous scent.

This is an early attempt at a "fresh" type cologne. Sadly some designers at the time thought that meant bar soap. Opening is similair to Sung Homme, but Sung is a better attempt at this for sure. Has a dated smell to it. I prefer PC Pour Monsiuer

Summer-Spring fragrance from my point of view. It's green with much leather scent, very elegant and quite fresh. It's the type of fragrance which can get you through the day if you spray more.

Ok I gave this one another try. After spraying it on it rapidly settles into olfactory obscurity on my skin. After 5 minutes I have to put my nose right up to my forearm (where I put two generous sprays) to detect it. Could it be that it has been reformulated and is now an inferior offering? I initially detect citrus/herbs but it quickly settles into a sort of cheap-smelling generic non-descriptness.

I bought this one at the same time as Pierre Cardin Emotion for men and I really wanted to like it, but it is so short-lived that after an hour I can hardly detect any traces of it. The Emotion however, is still quite detectable after 2 - 3 hours. The jury is still out on this one for me.

What it smells like: Top notes: pickle juice Mid notes: diapers Base notes: oakmoss (ala Drakkar Noir) If this sounds like something you'd like, then go ahead and try it. I, for one, will avoid this at all costs.

The new version is just an aquatic-oceanic floor clenaer.Thank you COTY:( (10/2) Giving two for the bottle design.

I must have gotten the new formulation that people talk about avoiding because this smells like a cheap nothing. It's overpowering, highly synthetic, and headache inducing, and with all of these qualities somehow smells like nothing. It's just a chemical blast. I'm probably going to try to empty out the bottle and put something else in it, because the bottle itself is sleek and nice. If you want to avoid the new formulation, do NOT get one with a red line between the cap and the topper, transparent glass, with a light blue liquid in it; originals are in dark or frosted glass.

By sheer coincidence, Martin Gras designed both BEST OF CHEVIGNON and the creation I take up now: Pierre Cardin BLEU MARINE POUR LUI. Before addressing the qualities of this fragrance, I feel the need to confess here that I generally steer clear of über-franchised names such as Pierre Cardin, Liz Claiborne, Bill Blass, et al., the list goes on and on, as my distinct impression is that whatever prestige may have once attached to such names has evaporated in a flurry of profit-maximizing gambits. Faced at a crucial crossroad in their careers with the choice: art or wealth, the decision of these sorts of people has always been clear. That said, the actual quality of the zillions of individual products generated by such corporate machines is in large part a function of the subordinate designers ("consultants") lured in to participate. Some of them are hacks, pure and simple, who want nothing more than to rack up more cash--and fast. Sometimes, against all expectations, they manage to create something both nice and new. Now, BLEU MARINE POUR LUI is a competent creation, albeit in some ways rather cacophonous and definitely in conflict with its ostensible, misnamed identity. This is not, as the name blares out, an aquatic fragrance. Nor is it really very masculine (pour lui). Instead, after a brief flirtation with vaguely masculine aromaticity, BLEU MARINE POUR LUI ends up as a smooth woody oriental fragrance entirely suitable for women as well as men. For most of its life, this is really a winter perfume, with enough spices and amber to appeal to oriental lovers. But the whole package is all a bit too confusing. Why use the misleading name and go through the shortlived aromatic stage to get to a completely different fragrance, appropriate for altogether different milieux and circumstances? Perhaps this was a case of trying to be all things to all people--to capture simultaneously as many market niches as possible. In reality, the intersection of those looking for citrus aromatic colognes and those looking for oriental perfumes is rather small, and I'd be surprised if this composition were anyone's "signature scent". As a final, arguably irrelevant, linguistic observation, "bleu marine," if not a type-o made by a now American company (the über-conglomerate Coty), can only mean "blue Marine" (as in a person who serves in the U.S. Marines). If this were to mean "blue marine," there would have to be an 'e' at the end of 'bleu', to read: "bleue marine," since 'marine' is feminine in French.

For clarity's sake, I must start by saying that this is certainly not an aquatic scent of today's concepts, even though the name might lead one to believe that. No, it is (just to reinforce what's written in the description above) a deep and rich, ambery fougere nuanced with a lot of herbal and spicy notes. This is rather the typical '80-s style fougere fragrance, in that it creates a "marine" sensation with a heavy animalic ambergris and oakmoss aura balanced out with cool greens, bergamot, and an abundance of spices, the style that eventually lost to the high-pitched citric-ozonic-Calone scents that have been dominating the scene since the early '90-s and still thriving in popularity. I've read some words of disdain concerning this scent on other sites, claiming this being a bore with a cheap musty after-shave smell etc. Well, most fougeres tend to give the impression of dated and cheap because they are living in our memories as being overused and abused and a masculine cliché, don't they? Yet in today's context I think that a classic and well-balanced fougere can bring back some olfactory excitement. Bleu Marine can be best compared to Drakkar Noir, although I find the former more wearable and less musty and sharp. Davidoff's Cool Water is also similar in style, which it predated only by a year or two, but it is less of a traditional fougere than Bleu Marine. I think it can be best characterized as a deep and rich amber with a lot more things also going on. It starts out with nice green and herby top notes, then a really dense spicy core comes to the fore. The fougere base is rather rich and mossy, with a touch of dry woods. Overall, the scent might be appreciated by some who are sick of the usual Aqua's. I have received the "eau de toilette deodorant" spray as a gift a few years ago, and, well, let's be honest, I haven't used it very often since. And not because I find it dated, but I find it a tad too rich and forceful to wear as a day fragrance. I love taking a random sniff from the bottle though.