Blue Seduction by Antonio Banderas

I’ve just bought it, I like it, I feel it’s unisex, at first I found it very masculine but after 30 minutes I found it sweeter, like fruity floral, so far I like it I’m going to try it during the day because I put it on at night to see how it develops on my pH

On the skin, the perfume opens with a marked presence of patchouli, which gives it a fresh and elegant air. Peony is very dominant on my skin, giving it a feminine and vibrant character. I perceive it as an ideal perfume for going out dancing, intended for early afternoon and evening in spring and summer. It’s fruity floral with moderate sweetness, easy to wear and with a clean and luminous air, I’d even say somewhat unisex. The bottle is one of its greatest successes: it brings to mind a swimming pool, with reliefs on the base that evoke the tiles at the bottom, and in the light it looks especially lovely. Even the gesture of moving it to see the waves is part of the experience.

I first knew this fragrance when I was young. I’ve wanted it again for a while because I have many strong sweet perfumes but very few to wear in spring-summer. I perceive it as aquatic, with just the right sweetness to lift your mood. On those humid days when it’s neither cold nor hot, it’s ideal. I really like it. I would even wear it after having a bath, because it smells clean to me. It doesn’t have great sillage but you can notice it when someone comes close to say hello. It’s a lovely aquatic floral, with the performance of an edt. In my country it’s super affordable and ticks all the boxes for good, pretty and cheap 🥰💕

One of the first perfumes I got into my collection, and also a really complimented one. I just love this scent even though I tend to buy sweeter ones. It doesn’t last as long as I wished, but for the price it’s really nice. I got the 200ml bottle at great value. 100% recommended

They couldn’t have given it a more fitting name, it’s like a blue seduction. Although it’s recommended for daytime, for me it’s more for the night, for spring-summer nights. In fact it’s very versatile, it could well be worn daily too, but it has such a seductive touch that I recommend it more for a night out. Feminine? unisex? well it’s both at once, I don’t know how they’ve managed it but I love it. It doesn’t remind me of other perfumes, it’s an original fragrance so another point in its favour. Olivier Cresp never disappoints, what a stunning scent he’s created. It’s great value for money that if you like blue scents but with a sweet touch you absolutely must have.

It’s a beautiful unisex, fresh and sweet, ideal for summer. It conveys confidence, I’d say it’s seductive in a way. For an EDT it has power! Ideal for a masc lesbian who doesn’t like perfumes typically labelled “for men”. For me, it screams queerness

Honest review. I bought this fragrance blind as I needed a perfume and went for the budget-friendly option. Straight away I knew it was a summery, fresh perfume, it even reminds me of a beach afternoon walking along a pier. It’s a perfume that can be mistaken for Light Blue by Dolce & Gabbana (it’s not the same). It can be worn unisex. On my skin the sillage lasts almost no time at all, and it has no longevity, at first I can smell it, one hour at most. Other people can smell it but I stop noticing it after 40 mins. It is excellent value, it cost me $29 for the 200ml bottle. Longevity comes down to the person’s pH, because my friend has this perfume and it lasts her 3-4 hours, and the sillage is noticeable when she walks or when she comes over to say hello I can smell it quite strongly. It’s good as a gift. It doesn’t disappoint me, I like it but I don’t love it because on account of my pH it lasts almost no time.

It doesn’t surprise me that the nose behind this fragrance is the same perfumer as Light Blue by Dolce & Gabbana, but truly neither one lasts, which is a shame. This fragrance is very fresh, less citrusy in my opinion than Light Blue, but fantastic if you want to economise or keep it as an everyday fragrance.

On me it smells fresh but at the same time sweet, I don’t know how to describe it, really lovely and on me it has extreme longevity, so much that sometimes it gives me a headache

I’ve been using it since it came out in 2008, I just can’t imagine spending a summer without it, it’s fresh, clean, fruity, sparkling, cheerful and feminine, its longevity… oh! surprise!! 6 hours on skin and up to 10 on clothes, for an EDT that’s more than good. 100% recommended ALTHOUGH it has one single flaw… it only smells good in the heat, I don’t mean pleasant mild warm days, but real heat, unbearable summer, that’s its ideal climate, because in cooler weather it smells awful, like musty laundry (when you wash clothes and forget them a couple of days in the washing machine) that’s exactly why I love it, because it screams SUMMER at the top of its lungs, and I never get tired of that scream <3

The opening note is a powdery citrus fruity scent, it is moderate, quite striking. On my skin over the hours, the sharpness of bergamot, peony and a very faint raspberry stands out. On my skin it smells similar to Guess Double Dare, but in Guess the bergamot is not felt and the powdery side leans more towards vanilla. Guess is warm, Blue Seduction is fresh. But the smell of both on my skin is very similar, they only differ because one is warm and the other is citrusy.

Antonio Banderas fragrance adverts used to annoy me quite a lot, always full of “secrets”, “seductions” and “temptations” for kings and queens of the party. With so many outdated messages I barely paid attention to them and in the end I regretted it, since nowadays practically none of his women’s fragrances can be found in physical shops. I came across Blue Seduction by chance in an online outlet and as it was practically a giveaway, I decided to try it. I had imagined I would find the typical summery light water in the style of Light Blue but, surprisingly, there is hardly any similarity between them. Moreover, Blue Seduction seems much more interesting to me. Its first seconds bring me balsamic-herbal sensations similar to Manila elemi and for that alone, it was already worth it. After this very brief prologue it becomes eminently fruity, with pear and raspberry very united from the first moment and well anchored on musk and patchouli with a woody aftertaste and with an occasional touch of peony. I love raspberry in every sense: in terms of flavour it is an elegant and floral strawberry and in terms of smell, a cheerful and lively fruity hug. I was never a big fan of pear but I appreciate it more and more, especially when it enhances other notes, and the raspberry and pear combo here is a triumph. It is a perfume with multiple facets and in the drydown I feel it balsamic again behind the raspberry. I’m sure most will say yes but I don’t find it marine or light although I do see it suitable for any time of year. I’ve been using it freely for about 3 weeks now and although spring hasn’t quite arrived here, I find it a delight. It is not fabulous and for that it would need a small qualitative leap but its sillage is good and its longevity, decent (on me, 6-7 hours). I see that behind it were Olivier Cresp, Rosendo Mateu and Elisabeth Vidal (whom I’m sorry not to know but from now on, delighted) and Blue Seduction seemed to me a lovely collaboration. Together with it I also ordered Her Secret and the conclusion I can reach is that they are “outsider” fragrances within the era in which they were created (lots of wood and little sweetness, Antonio…), although, in a good sense, there is a certain boldness in their compositions, especially in Her Secret, which I am enjoying even more than Blue Seduction. Too bad my prejudices kept me from knowing them before their respective declines.

Today I wore this fragrance, which I had several doubts about at first when buying it. My first impressions are that you feel a fresh herbal and powdery clean aroma, very clean, it has moderate sillage, which lets itself be noticed. Its performance on my skin is 6 hours maximum, then I no longer smell it on me, but when there are draughts I still perceive it and I don’t know from what part of my body the fragrance emanates. I am satisfied with the scent and performance for its cost, I totally recommend it for hot and fresh days.

I know many say it’s very masculine but honestly I find it feminine, it does have a slightly unisex touch but it seems more for a woman than a man to me, I found it super delicious, super fresh, citrusy, my favourite, just how I like it, honestly I think it’s great for a summer afternoon because it’s not heavy at all, I liked it a lot and it’s much more wearable than Queen of Seduction which has a pink pepper note and in the summer on very hot days I personally don’t like it.

It’s a perfume that doesn’t stand out too much on an adult woman, it’s a fresh, calm, soft sweetness. It’s ideal for girls who are just starting out in the world of fragrances. For summer and casual meet-ups with friends…