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william.80 – :
Fragrance – Blue Hope Xerjoff
Bottle from – 2016
Blue Hope opens on my skin with a citrusy,moderatly sweet and comforting saffron with a wisper of flowers yet to come laying on top of a bit cozy vanilla.
During mid development,a bit romantic jasmine,starts to emerge.At this point,in the middle,it is all about jasmine and cedar with a wisper of musky vanilla.
This all leads into a musky,woody,moderatly sweet and vanillic base.
This is another great relese from Xerjoff,there is no question about it.
Longevity – 10/10(10+ hours)
Silage/Projection – 8,5/10(moderate to high projection and silage for the first 2-3 hours,than sits closer to skin for the duration of the scent’s evolution)
Weather – For more or less any time of year.
Versatility – 9/10
Age – 20+
Compliments – 9/10
Scent – 9,5/10
Main notes according to me –
vanilla,musk,saffron,mandarin,jasmine,cedar.
The drydown is moderatly sweet,musky and woody and I get some -vanilla,woodiness and musk.
Emotions -positive,seductive,comforting,luxurious,classy, sophisticated.
Occasion -For more or less any ocasion.
Could be a nice signature scent.You’ll get compliments with this one.
Jordan20 – :
Shushkin nailed it.
Blue Hope does smell like those orange ice lollies with vanilla ice cream in the center.
ganss.kostyan – :
Such a nice airy candy smell! Very light yet long lasting. I’m really impressed by something that can be sweet but not at all cloying.
Vanilla, orange, and musk… Holy jeez this is good.
2 Sprays can easily get through an entire work day.
9/10
dea1272 – :
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.
svtkst – :
to ‘enigmatic_jd’
So you take more notice of my opinion and pricing of Niche than the actual scent itself, to the point of not even offering up 1 line to describe it in some detail?
Worse still, you just label it average at the end. I’m afraid that applies to many many scents out there.
The problem is, why do Niche houses (and Xerjoff are not the only ones for sure but are certainly a contributing brand) push out so many ‘average’ scents?
With oranges, herbs and saffron?
kliks – :
Just no! Blue Hope should be renamed Blue Nope! I’ve created better smelling concoctions just fiddling around downstairs in the catacombs with a few nickels worth of oils and aroma chemicals…prior to toss ’em in the reject bin. Don’t waste any effort trying to same this one…just a tremendous waste of your time and money. Sad, but true…as there is not a blue hope of your loving this fragrances. I’ll just ditto 99% of everything Jeff mentioned below.
marysha24 – :
I’ve Tried 8 Xerjoff’s and Blue Hope Would Be My Pick of This Company! Followed close by Red Hoba. I May Purchase a Bottle of This Soon!!!!!
barbaric – :
To The Long RANT Below There Is So Much I Disagree With On….
But Lets Just Focus On One Point – Price:
Tom Ford Private Blend $295 AUD 50ml $410 AUD 100ml
For A Department Store (Estee Lauder Owned), Over Hyped, Hit And Miss Fragrance Collection IMHO.
I Think Most Of The JTC / Shooting Stars And 1861 Collection Are Cheaper Or Similar In Price And Rarer/ More Exclusive And Better Presented Than A Sticker On A Bottle. Also, To Than Compliment A Roja Dove And Whinge About Xerjoff Pricing Is Rather Comical.
Yes I Think This Fragrance Is Average,
Yes i Think It Is Overpriced For What It Is,
But No I Will Not Trash All Of Xerjoff’s Fragrances And Brands Because Of This One.
ewgen1 – :
I think I shouldn’t be really stating it to clearly here but the Xerjoff house is seriously unimpressive, overrated (by some) and certainly hideously overpriced.
Another ‘orange-y billowy vanillic drydown” snoozer. That’s is literally all I can describe about this scent.
No effort on the orange note, it’s certainly no freshly squeezed sweet yet luscious juicy clementine you might have bought for 40 pence for your breakfast. Just that bland, nondescript ‘citrus blast’ drying out on skin after 5 minutes to that infuriatingly common ‘orange-haze’
It’s time some stood up and talked some sense into some Corporati,,,erm, ‘companies’
At least for me. It sounds stinging but scents like these only fuel the fire; all the cliched pitfalls of Niche are here; saffron, orange, jasmine and that pre-requisite fur-skin note.
This house is a Champion of the mundane and mediocre, maybe not for Quality of materials but where is the ‘reference point’ with already excellent Houses for superlative raw materials like Creed, MFK and a bunch of others – all with more competitive price tags and interesting blends – in my honest opinion.
I’m no scent ‘hardcore’ aficionado, or even knowledgeable in my terms but I can spot who’s doing what and make a honest-fact based take on scent-profile comparisons.
Even Amouage offer much better value I think and they’re usually, no, *always far more adventurous or challenging with their products.
While this one is Ok with it’s creamy vanilla, it’s too offset by the usual ‘game-spoilers’ I listed above; Xerjoff really need to take a leaf from houses like T Ford that use, not necessarily ‘daring’ notes but simply more exciting ones.
Like Raspberry. Cannot recall a single Xerjoff basing a scent of that while not including orange or saffron. Apple? Nope. Apricot? Nope. Bananas?? Hell, no. Even a Roja scent uses a banana note now, one that I think is pretty excellent actually!
While this will obviously please those who like an orangey-creamy floral vanilla, it’s not that this hasn’t been done by countless others, at a lesser price and even then with far better value.
I can name 2 Montale scents off my head at $100 per 100ml bottle that easily better this and many other Xerjoffs: White oud and Oud melody. And I don’t even enjoy those ones!
I think I’m done with this house, even their samples weigh in at more than the others!
Sorry if this appeared a long rant that was obtrusive to anyone’s views on this house but in the end I am only honestly trying to point out where exactly this House lies in terms of upscale valuation – and they really have a lot of work to do. All I can say is time to pull your socks up Xerjoff or pull the insane price tags down!
But I think they’re happy enough in their own bubble.
*Edit: I forgot the ‘Sospiro’ brand, that do come ‘under’ Xerjoff. While I haven’t tried any of that line, I do find their note-lists much better than the ‘Xerjoff’ moniker ones. So, I’ll give those a try, maybe they can ‘redeem’ something for Xerjoff.
As for coming back to this scent, the usual.
My rating: 5/10.
Scent Quality: 8/10.
Needhate – :
Musty saffron and cedar with a touch of citrus and sweetness, feels very rubbery. I don’t get this one, to me it just smells bad. What the point of releasing these type of fragrances? I wish perfumery would be about quality not quantity!
bzx670bedyWelty – :
Blue Hope opens with a mix of citrus and saffron creating sweet hard candy vibe to it. In my opinion this is more sweet than Red Hoba but the sweetness isnt cloying in this one. The white flowers and cedar are noticable but its most sweet vanilla, musky dry down , simple and safe. I feel this could be used by some younger generation like under 30 yrs. Somehow it doesnt suit the older ones.
Deroxrivet – :
This one is much better than red hoba which it was released with. The opening is fresh with the citruses and it progresses into a nice woody floral. I like that it’s somewhat fresh but also has depth with the saffron, woody notes and florals. A very nice scent but not worth the price for what it is in my opinion.