Navy Black 2020

For $12 bucks it's not bad at all! I don't really get any BDC except for maybe a few minutes in the opening, as it drys down I get a lot of Dylan Blue, as in pretty damn close. I'd say 85-90% close to Versace Dylan Blue. I don't get much Dior Sauvage either, maybe a hint of the EDT but not the EDP or Parfum and I have all three and can compare. I love Dylan Blue and bought a 6.7oz bottle because it's really a nice fragrance that is inoffensive, versatile, good value at discounted prices and it's about 65-70$ dollars for a big 6.7oz 200ml bottle on Ebay from Foreverlux so you know it's authentic. Foreverlux.com is the place to buy fragrances.. Can't beat the prices..!

I bought 100 ml for 10 dollars a year ago. This was my favorite fragrance, i tried a lot of blue fragrances but none of them can replace the “fresh after-shave smell” this one has. It has Blue de Chanel DNA but somehow this one is even more likable for me. I miss this fragrance so much. They discontinued it in a few weeks after i got mine and i am desperately looking for it everywhere i go. It had terrible performance but still, i wish they never discontinued it. They casually discontinued one of the best perfumes they had, please bring it back Zara, new versions can’t replace this one. 😞

Great office fragrance, and good price. Performance is better on clothes, like 6h or so.

Smells great but has the longevity of a fart

I recently purchased all three fragrances of the 2020 Zara Black line. Agate, Warm and Navy and I like them all. Navy Black, as the name and colouring already suggest, is a blue fragrance. In the immediate opening I get citruses with a very faint vetiver. As I really love vetiver fragrances, like Guerlains Vetiver, Terre d’Hermes and even cheapies like Bentleys Infinite Intense, I can say the vetiver in this is weak as hell. That said, Navy Black starts out with a distinct Dior Sauvage EdT vibe, supplemented by Bleu de Chanel, but to me it is more of an attempt to clone Sauvage than Bleu de Chanel. But then in the dry down it fades a bit closer to Bleu de Chanel. If you like Sauvage or blue scents in general, this is a good alternative for when you do not want to waste the expensive original. Longevity is ok. About 5h with less projection of Sauvage of course, the EdT is blasting out a lot in its opening. This is not. It is moderate bordering on soft and becomes a skin scent rather quickly. As a final thought: It feels like the entire Zara Black series (Warm, Agate, Navy) is one of “blended” perfumes. Navy Black reminds me of Sauvage (opening) and Bleu de Chanel (dry down). Warm Black reminds me of Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille (opening) and V&R Spice Bomb (dry down, though here it is the weakest similarity). Agate Black reminds me of Dylan Blue (opening) and Acqua di Gio Profumo (dry down).

Ive just made it through the bottle and i can say its a fresh aromatic scent. It is also very linear and enjoyable with good dispersion on the sprayer in a quality sealed bottle with thick glass containing alot of fragrance for an extremely good price these days if you can find it .It does remind me of Nautica Life only less green . No way great but really good as a "grab and go " fragrance which actually gives good vibes and got me compliments . At 15 dollars for the purchase how can go go wrong here and if you do grab it , spray away with glee as youll need to in most climates and situations.

I bought this as I’m currently too poor to buy BDC haha, I’ve smelt BDC and I’ve gotta say the opening is almost spot on. Give it a couple minutes and it dries down to something a lot different but nice. It smells a lot like fresh sheets, it’s very comforting. Unfortunately it does only last maybe 3 hours at most. Good for a little spray for the Gym or at home.

As others have mentioned, this is a blue patchouli in the vein of Bleu de Chanel, Sauvage and Dylan Blue. If that is what you are looking for, there are others that copy that vibe better, especially La Rive Extreme Story. Navy Black is way easier to wear though. Never overbearing or overpowering. Overall a decent fragrance from ZARA.

Haven't smelled the Chanel fragrance surprisingly but this does remind me of Sauvage. Not saying it smells exactly like it but it did remind me of it. I would enjoy it on a guy. Only ended up getting this because it came in a set with Warm Black which I was dying to smell.

Works best above 15 centigrade, if you use this in cold weather you will not notice its moderate sillage. Overall, a good scent, not long lasting, good for an evening gathering (dinner, movie date, etc.) Edit: It smells very similar to the dry down of Montblanc Legend EDT.

No e probado blue de chanel ni dylan blue pero le encontré un parecido a polo sport, no es un mal perfume per su aroma no lo encontre innovador ya que polo Sport lo utiliza mi papá hace mucho tiempo y lo encuentro muy igual a mi parecer :)

Love the new batch! (90 ml) More grown up and less sweet than the 80 ml ones (can't remember the 100 ml version). Notes on the website (from the top): nectarine / bergamot / grapefruit clary sage / coffee notes vetiver / amber / patchouli

Nice, versatile, very affordable. Very similar to Bleu de Chanel. Unimpressive performance, but can partly be compensated by overspraying. Good for office wear because it is very inoffensive.

Smells nice but doesn’t last very long. Can’t complain too much however, considering the price

After purchasing the perfume, use it for a while and let it rest, it will become beautiful.

It's not like Bleu de Chanel for me. It's more spicy, idk. But still not bad

Good smell. Opens with citrics quite similarly to Bleu by Chanel (or plenty of other "blue" fragances) and then dries down to a dark patchouli + vetiver. It's actually a quite cool duality, fresh opening, dark drydown. While it's true that it lacks something in the middle "binding" both parts (a role usually left to ambroxide or iso-e) that's not a problem by itself, it just creates a different fragance with two (interesting) personalities. The real problem is that performance is abysmal. After about an hour it becomes a skin or clothing scent, and that only by sniffing in Tony Montana mode. Reviews made in 2020 (with the black bottle) talk about 4-5 hours, so maybe the new bottle is reformulated, it certainly doesn't last anywhere close to that, maybe, maybe as a (very) intimate scent, but other people won't smell it beyond an hour, if not less. With a better perfomance this would be a very nice fragance, as of now, I only recommend if it comes along with Warm Black as it adds little to the price and one can use when performance is not required. On a side note, could be interesting to layer it with one of those single molecule (ambroxide or iso e) fragances; at least as an experiment.

the weakest in this collection 'Shades of Black' and when i say weak i dont mean just the performance, theres something about the blend that makes it not very well balanced, i dont think theres any ambroxan in this one and that what it actually needed... u can say this is a super light version of Bleu de Chanel edt with a few hints of Dylan Blue, with a Sauvage vibe in the background, from the first spray itll remind of u that sort of perfumes.. overrall it is an ok frag, office friendly..or even for the gym, the price is awesome so yeah u get what u paid for... if u want a list of Zara fragrances that smell like other famous frags u can check out this video on youtube (copy & paste the title on the search bar in youtube) : UPDATED LIST of ZARA FRAGRANCES that r believed to be CLONES to DESIGNER FRAGRANCES!

very boring, certainly inoffensive. Blue fragrance in the style of dylan blue ; longevity is basically non existing. It is so weak I used it after showers indoors and even after heavily overspraying it, it is gone within a couple of hours. Still not a bad scent , very agreeable and easy to wear, does not smell overly harsh and smells clean.

Purchased as a cheap gym frag. Even for the £15 price it’s very disappointing - smells like a budget generic deodorant. EDIT. Kept with the frag for a few days and it’s slightly better. Won’t be repurchasing, but for £15 it’s ok. However, like most Zara frags, performance and silage is poor