Blue Lotus

this is about the new blue lotus tahitensis...it has amazing projection for a start....a beautiful narcotic floral...it is richer than the original and less custardy. It has the same airiness as jasmines macarons but is not candy sweet like that. if you loved tropical florals that have a lush humid smell to them with penhaligons amaranthine being a good example then you will love this. Really really beautiful and easily imagined as a summer evening scent. The ylang is more like the rich essential oil smell than the ylang smell you would find in ylang austral or amarige where those sometimes smell more like mimosa.

I have moderate to severe allergic rhinitis so I have to dilute perfumes sometimes to enjoy them. I've mixed 100ml of hazelnut oil with around 5ml of Blue Lotus to use as a light body oil after a hot shower. Perfection. Glad Teone didn't mind when I told her about my concoction!

An interesting fragrance that reminds me of Musc Ravageur but far more wearable and unique. In the top notes, I’m hit with a mixture of non-abrasive cloves, ylang-ylang, and sandlewood. The foundation of Blue Lotus is a dose of cinnamon, ambrette seeds, and cardamom. Try before you buy... Rating: 8/10

This is very classic. It's a little old-fashioned but in a clean and wearable way - sandalwood and musk. It's like a soft Samsara EDP. Sillage and longevity are moderate.

Update: April 2025 I am leaving this following review as is because I want to tell folks what a 180 change I have made since 2022. In the past 3 years, I have not only grown to love the brand but in fact it is my most favourite natural perfume house. OG review: Sep 2022. After trying a couple of perfumes (Blue Lotus, Rosa limited, Saffron) from samples that I purchased from a reputed source, I have learnt that the TRNP house is not for me. The perfumes, although high quality, tend to be VERY strong, in-your-face kind, on my skin. After I applied it on my wrist like an 'attar' (dabbing, not spraying) it smelt mostly of amber, yellow flowers and musk on me. In theory, the notes of this perfume (as listed on Fragrantica) sound too promising but the performance on my skin is not pleasant for me. The sillage and longevity are STRONG! Leans masculine on me. For reference, I like the amber in Ryder very much!

Came back here just to say that I have tried several other perfumes from TRNP and I love the house now! Blue lotus has also grown on me.

Blue Lotus and I were off to a rocky start. A compulsive arm-sniffer, I would often put nose to skin and snort a scent hungrily. And on first encounter, it was very spicy. I get something of a ginger, cinnamon accord. It wasn't unpleasant, just unexpected and yes I said it... very spicy. So I was initially like "Uh-oh, this may not be for me". The subtlety of it began once I left the scent alone. I no longer tried to 'figure it out'. I subsequently applied the perfume a few more times then proceed to forget about it. And that's when the guarded magic of this Blue Lotus starts to unfurl. I was caught off guard by the most haunting wafts of exquisite Ylang Ylang and spicy/musty Nymphaea Caerulea, rising from my limbs and curling up in whorls around me. Eager to capture this dazzling display a bit more concretely, I'd again put my nose to the arm and BAM, hit the spice wall again. Blue Lotus once more shuts its hallowed doors and keep rapacious sniffers from getting too close. So I saw where this was going. One day, I wore it for yoga practice. I was enveloped in that same enthralling psychedelic display for over 90 minutes. Blue Lotus just BLOOMED and BLOOMED. But this is not the overbearing sillage of EDP. (Unwritten rule of yoga practice is never suffocate your Neighbours with perfume) The perfume oil stays close to the wearer. The people beside me on the mat seemed oblivious; only I was in heaven. Blue Lotus is one jealous goddess of a perfume. I did my time and earned its secrets. Now I cannot live without it. I know I will come back to this perfume again and again. I wear it on most days, often several times throughout the day. It really is Divine.

Blue Lotus. AS ABOVE SO BELOW. Looking at the list of ingredients in this one I knew it would be unquestionably beautiful, and it is pure haloed magic. Once, in Ancient Egypt, we bathed amongst the blue lotus blooms while someone stayed on the lookout for crocodiles. The mud kept our skin supple when we dived into its soft slurry to retrieve the roots and stems which were used for weaving and nutrition. As we broke through the prismatic surface of the water to the daylight again we were reborn into the floating fragrance that swirled around us, wafting ashore the sun warmed sweetness of the newly opened blooms. The flowers were stars. We swam in heaven. One cannot venture on the journey of Teone's Blue Lotus without realising the aquatic origins of this famed flower. Here the scent of heaven shines from the blue lotus' golden heart while its roots remain firmly mired in the watery mud below. You do dive down and smell that life giving resinous mud of ages, coming from the sandalwood, amber and cardamon; but at the same time the euphoria of Ylang-Ylang, vanilla, and the many-winged petals of Egyptian Blue Lotus bear up upward through those scented layers into a beautiful lingering dawn. This fragrance is balanced, it is grounded and yet sublime, like the plant that gave it birth.

Blue Lotus is one of the most hauntingly beautiful perfumes I have owned and worn. It has a meditative and spiritual quality. As a small child there was large painting on my bedroom wall of an angel watching over a child playing by a brook. Wearing Blue Lotus as an adult, takes me to a similar realm of being alone beside a brook somewhere not on Earth. I spritz Blue Lotus reverently and liberally and whisper, Oh my word....blessing wrists, neck, hair. I wear this for self and feel beautiful under its silky veil. Blue Lotus stays close to my skin and is worn for self, but the one I love finds it gorgeous when in my personal space and smells exquisite flowers. The base is a stunning amber which lasts for hours. The rest of the story is a sensual Edenic visual of water and earth, lily pads, insects, reeds and flowers. Art.

A love poem from Radha to Krishna written in notes of blue lotus, ylang-ylang, amber, and vanilla. This perfume is haunting and makes me feel like Radha, sitting next to my beloved near a pond filled with lotuses in bloom, while looking into his kind and compassionate eyes of love as we sit together underneath a full moon. Yes, this perfume is meditative and comtemplative, as others have mentioned, but the undercurrent is more of a transcendent love because of the gorgeous floral notes that surround the composition. Exquisite.

Beautifully smooth and luminous. Distinct notes of ylang ylang and sweet woods. There is a hint of bitterness to open, like fading petals with indole, which creates a warm backdrop as the sweetness warms on the skin. A little heat makes this radiant and multidimensional. Blue Lotus culminates into an incandescent floral emerging out of soft base of mineral rich mud. It brings to my mind Thich Nhat Hanh's book "No Mud, No Lotus" and intentionally, or not, olfactively reflects the philosophy of this inspirational teaching.

From a sample: Pretty scent but it feels mature and somewhat vintage to me. I am in my late twenties for reference and please keep in mind I mean no disrespect by saying mature. Not my personal taste but it has great staying power and you can tell it’s of great quality. I tried washing it off and it’s still lingering some. Not a safe blind buy!