Versace
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Aniseed detonates first, sweet and almost medicinal, cutting through a haze of fizzy citrus that recalls those old-fashioned lemon sherbets. Basil adds a bruised-leaf greenness that stops it becoming entirely confectionery, whilst rosewood lends a peppery woodiness that hints at sophistication the fragrance never quite achieves.
Heliotrope takes centre stage with its powdery almond sweetness, wrapping around carnation's clove-heavy spice like fondant over Christmas cake. The lavender-fir combination creates an oddly compelling aromatic freshness, whilst jasmine and rose float somewhere in the background, their presence felt more as abstract florality than distinct blooms.
Tonka and vanilla settle into a creamy, slightly plastic sweetness that sits close to the skin, bolstered by a synthetic musk that never quite fades. Cedar and sandalwood add woody structure in theory, though in practice they're more textural than aromatic, giving body to what's essentially become a cosy, if slightly laundry-detergent-adjacent, sweet skin scent.
Blue Jeans sits at a peculiar crossroads in perfume history—a 1994 anomaly that feels both dated and prescient. Jacques Cavallier-Belletrud created something aggressively synthetic here, a fizzing riot of aniseed and citrus that reads like sherbet dissolved in Fanta. The opening is almost confrontationally sweet, that liquorice note jabbing through bergamot and basil in a way that shouldn't work but somehow does, like finding fennel seeds in lemonade and realising you're into it.
What makes Blue Jeans genuinely interesting is its sheer density. This isn't minimalist; it's maximalist in the most 90s way possible. The heart is an overstuffed bouquet—heliotrope's almond-powder sweetness wrestling with carnation's spicy clove facets whilst lavender tries to maintain some semblance of freshness. There's fir in there too, adding an unexpected aromatic sharpness that cuts through the floral chaos. It's the olfactory equivalent of a packed nightclub at 2am: too much happening, slightly overwhelming, but undeniably full of life.
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