Blue Hope

A super nice unique fragrance is what Xerjoff is known for, and they continue to deliver with this one. At first, it's a very bright saffron and orange takeover. Don't worry, that fades after about 5-10 minutes and settles into a deep heavy vanilla for about an hour or two. It's full dry down blends the opening into that heavy vanilla ever so slightly. The orange peeks through just a bit more than the saffron but don't mistake this for a citrusy fragrance at all; it is a vanilla fragrance first and foremost, and a citrusy orange in the background. It reminds me of a super high quality orange version of Chanel Allure Homme. The coolest part is the packaging of course. Nobody ever talks about packaging, but Xerjoff takes the cake on presentation and it's not even close. The first box is a plain white box that you open to reveal your fragrance box. You get a box for your box, you read that right. Then you open the box to get a high quality faux leather covered, hinge open, gold name plaqued box. Open that up to reveal two velvet pieces of "tissue paper" to reveal your fragrance. It comes with a pull tab that takes the bottle impression out and turns it into a normal box. Normally this is where your Xerjoff presentation ends, but with Blue Hope, because it's part of the "Shooting Stars Collection", you get a small authenticated meteorite. Presentation like this is genuinely part of what keeps me coming back to Xerjoff. With this you get a high quality, very well blended, delicious, great year round, fragrance with presentation to match. 100/10

#1265 in my "Tour de Fragrance" Got this as a decant. This is another great bath powder scent from Xerjoff. Castoreum is always an interesting note for me. It's been synthetically produced for a long time, so I don't know why it's still illustrated with a beaver, which horrified one uninformed person of my acquaintance that thought we were still harvesting beavers and musk deer, etc for all these millions of gallons of perfumes. Without the castoreum note this is really not all that distinct from Mancera's "Gold Aoud." But I really get the same effect dusting off with Yardley's Gentleman Classic bath powder after my morning shower. I would say if money is no object, then go for the real thing. Otherwise I think you'll be as happy with the Mancera "Gold Aoud" , for which I paid $60 for a 4oz bottle. This Xerjoff, as always, is pricey at $193, so of course Dua has duped it note-for-note for $36 an ounce. I haven't tried the Dua dupe. Every time I go to their site the fragrance I want seems to be out of stock, so I've given up on them, but you may have better timing. This will not offend anyone in any setting. Decent longevity and projection. Dead center unisex if that's what you're going for. I like it, will probably get around to owning it at some point, but not before the Gold Aoud runs dry.

Ladies and gents this is my new signature scent. Loooove it! Dont read the negative comments! Such a gorgeous saffron orange icecream yummy scent. The castoreum brings the depth, hint of animalic vibe that together w the saffron create this unique vanilla creamy concoction. The orange adds to the sweetness and freshness. This is an unusual scent overall despite the common notes. This doesnt smell smokey, leathery or rubbery. Its all super well blended into a very inteeresting and yum scent that if u pick apart ya maybe ull get a hint of rubbery animalic. Maybe if u oversprAy like theres no tomorrow u may get that. Otheewise this is the yummiest saffron icecream. Jeans and t-shirts, everything except red carpet maybe (like we all have so many red carpet events lol) sunny... overcast... happy cozy creamy scent. I do see blue when i wear this.... Year round signature worthy!

Mmmm....yummy. It reminds me of the orange ice lollies with vanilla ice cream in the middle. The orange, musk and vanilla dominate but after a while you can just about detect the saffron and castoreum. There is a freshnsss from the bergamot and Im not surprised the lovely mock orange blossom note is also present. My first thought was that it is quite a feminine scent because it is a bit sweet. You can tell there are good materials used and the longevity is good although the sillage is moderate. Totally yummy but I'm not sure if it is worth the hefty Xerjoff price tag. It is not exceptional enough.

After a whole month with this perfume I can say for sure that this is my favorite perfume. The combination of its pleasant and special vanilla scent with bergamot, mandarin and the musk is simply a great combination to my nose. I can say that this perfume got me a lot of compliments and it is the most versatile perfume I have, it is suitable for every season and almost every temperature. Blue Hope also has great performance, lasts 12 hours on me and projects excellently. It's the most underrated perfume from the house Xerjoff, I rate it 10/10! An undisputed masterpiece for me.