Azure Lime

The perfume lottery is when you pull open your perfume drawer and at the back, you find a huge, satisfying flagon of Azure Lime that hasn't been touched for the very first time. I bought this apothecary bottle when I worked for Estee Lauder Group Companies and as some of you may or may not know, you get a hefty discount on Tom Ford... thank you Aerin ;) Anyway... this strange beauty and a vat of Champaca Absolute came home with me (fast forward... 10 years later). It's January, in the UK... I put Azure Lime on my wrists (don't scrub or rub people... you'll ruin it)... and, err, a slug on a piece off cotton wool in my bra, plus a dab under each arm pit. When I first put it on, I kid you not, this fabulous mystery of a perfume was not going to give me anything, nothing, nada, I was confused... I literally could smell nothing. So I shoved a rather large of bottle of Antonia's Flowers ROKKA into my bag for later and went to work. WELL..... hold the front the page, this perfume starts to unfold, literally, every 10 minutes in my car journey, it's giving me more, a bit more, then it's all LIMES, limes limes limes... and then it's sexy limes, I feel a bit of a nudge, I am smiling to myself, thinking, is this happening, then I get to work, into the lift, 30 minutes later, it's flowering limes and a hint of sex, just a hint. Under the arms, this perfume seems to love some heat and between the breasts, it's quite a personal pleasure trip. How on earth they crammed in a lot of subtlety into this perfume is beyond my comprehension, it's very very clever... like, super sonic clever, like playing a Rachmaninov Piano Concerto at extra extra quiet volume... genius. Is this perfume a mystery or what, I can see it would be very easy to dismiss it, walk away, cry to your bank manager, throw it in the face of your Tom Ford consultant through the laptop screen (social distancing!) start looking for cheap thrills on All Beauty, convince yourself that Light Blue is everything, or reach for the instant thrill of Gucci Rush, but this perfume has its own quiet magic. And if you're the impatient type, or someone who thought Chloe (Lagerfeld) and Chloe Narcisse was an every day shower fresh scent... or you're someone who wants their perfume to smell like a perfect mathematical equation, you're not going to want this. If, however, you want to amuse yourself and have a laugh, try and get a small decant and enjoy the perverse pleasure of this extremely complex perfume, in the privacy of your own lunch time, it's not going to set the world on fire, but it's freaking worth getting a small bit to see what we're talking about here. It's a beautiful piece of complex magic but a very hefty expensive magic if you're playing the full price. p.s. i tried a layer of Miss Dior roller ball concentration on top of this tiny lime fiesta ... and I've also tried a heavy spritz of Dyptique Eau Rose over Azure Lime too... surprise yourselves, you know you want to ;-)

First and foremost: I think Tom Ford is a pretentious man who thinks a bit too highly of himself, his designs and what not; however, he has (with his work for other Houses, and some of his own) proven he totally has the right to be so...THAT being said, onto the review! *Thanks to Pitbull Friend for the sample vial!* Azure Lime begins with an amazingly light and crisp citrus accord (lime? oh yes, but also with some grapefruit/yuzu and some light orange) opening rather brightly and also quite refreshing. It has some juiciness with zest (peel oils) resulting in a sweet dry freshness, bordering on sour but it never quite crosses over, rather nice! Repeated sniffs of my hand give me lovely wafts of citruses and some dry and warm flowers (neroli? jasmine?) underneath. I have NO idea why this is listed as a "floral woody musk" other than the listed notes INCLUDE "flowers, woods and musk". To me, it is a very elegant citrus eau de cologne type scent with the volume raised and the bass turned down a bit. As it continues, on my skin, it does get a bit woodier and also somewhat musky (though never anywhere near animalic). Elegant, but not all that "fancy", Azure Lime is (as others have already said) rather nice; but DOES have some similarities with many other "high end" FRESH men's scents. What it does do, however, is last much longer than most of them though its sillage is rather soft (not weak). You have to get very close, after it has dried completely, to get the "goods". Woody? A bit...Floral? I guess...Musky? In the best possible way. *winks* This scent is definitely very well-done. I LIKE it, for sure; but do not LOVE it (unlike some of the darker more earthy Private Blends). Let's put it like this: EVERY guy should have a nice crisp clean cotton button-down shirt. THIS is like that...do you really need to spend THAT much on a plain old shirt, especially if it is under a vest or blazer??! Sillage: good then closer Longevity: good Overall: 3.75/5 Very nice? Oh yes indeed! Worth the asking price? Nah!! I do think if you really like citrus scents with a bit "more" that have a bit more longevity than most, try a sample for yourself. I can think of many other scents that smell JUST as good and cost considerably less than Azure Lime. My very first impression? AdP Colonia meets Green Irish Tweed for margaritas on the beach... EDIT: Maybe an hour after posting this review, I resniffed my hand and have decided to "up" the rating for this fragrance from 3.0 to 3.75. YEAH, it's like that!! The dry down is the very best part of this scent. Woody, just enough musk...and so very sexy!! Tom Ford has (once again, it seems) made me eat my words...

if price were no object for me I would already be buying this. This is truly one of the best smelling citrus based fragrances I have sniffed, again price point will always be a factor for me and I need to find value in fragrances as most people would. When I think of all the fragrances I have amassed over the last couple of years I could have cut out two or 3 others and just purchased this, but that is how this deal goes for me. Just getting around to trying it. Not again! If I had known you were going to come along I would have waited for you. You should have sent me an email 3 years ago Mr. Ford warning me you had this fragrance up your sleeve. I think what sends me over the top is their splendid use of musk that extends the depth of this citrus fragrance. Does not last long enough though, but I sort of expect that. i have not had too many citrus fragrances that do. This is a shame but while Azure Lime is in its opening moments right out of the nozzle is so pleasing. Another one of their private blends that I love.. I have enjoyed spraying this one on my arm and sniffing it in, ok one more spray. definite unisex, falls into the category of smelling well is smelling well. On a woman I would say did you just get out of the shower sweetie? If you are a citrus fan it is hard to not recommend sampling this. In the new version of The Great Gatsby, there is a scene where the character Wolf something says to Jay Gatsby " You always smell so good! " This is what I would imagine he smelled of, it is so good..

A pleasant combination of lime and woods, Tom Ford Azure Lime is one of the better warm weather-leaning Private Blend fragrances, and seems to be generally well-liked while not a fan favorite. Some get limes (and only limes) out of it, and for a lime-intensive fragrance, one can certainly do better by price via Tommy Bahama Set Sail St. Barts. I get more, though---Azure Lime is relatively subdued and sophisticated, but an agreeable blend of limes with mainly woody notes, as well as some musk. Beyond that, there's not much complexity to describe, which is perhaps a detraction though in this case I do not intend it to bed. Sometimes a simple summer fragrance is ideal when the weather forces it to project, unlike a winter fragrance that gains an advantage by having many layers to be peeled when it's so cold out (i.e. Tom Ford London). Neither a projection nor longevity monster, but on par with the other warm weather Tom Ford Private Blend fragrances that I've tried (Costa Azzurra, Mandarino di Amalfi, Neroli Portofino, Rive D'Ambre). Understandably, some might feel robbed, relative to the strength of Tobacco Vanille or Tuscan Leather, but I always find the cold/warm weather differential to be relevant in composing a fragrance. Certainly one of the more pleasant entries that needs to be nabbed soon since I've been told repeatedly by reps that it is being discontinued (as is Italian Cypress). 8 out of 10

This is a nostalgic scent for me... my grandfather smelled like this all the time and i really loved how fresh and luxurious he smelled.. perhsps because of his age it suited him pefectly. So for me this is a beautiful thing as im on a hunt for extra bottles .. not retail ofcourse hehe.. Anyways the smell is a classic Mediterranean smell and indeed reminds you of azure. Like the other azure this is based on a Mediterranean inspired profile. You can find any of these types of scents very cheap around there, which means that Tom Ford is not a cheap thing at all.. I think they inspire other regions to get lost with their senses in the azure.. beautiful and inspiring art! Blast of pure smashed lemons and citrons.. with a musky base and a sandalwood which pops trough the journey.. like a shaving cream but someone added a juicy lemon on top of it.. that's exactly the smell how I would describe this. Anyways for me a emotional meaning so I'm biased by giving it a 10. Performance is pretty good on me: 6 hours with 2 hours of projecting good. In the heat it projects better and sticks days on fabrics.