Phtaloblue

17 reseñas

Mostrando las más recientes primero.

• CarlosT

  November 13, 2021

  

  This is my first review here, although I’ve been browsing the website for over a year. I must say it’s a challenging scent, not for novice noses or people unwilling to take risks. Fennel dominates the opening and lasts quite a while. Then in the heart, the herbal notes with marine touches vie for the spotlight. By the dry down, the marine notes really come into their own. A few sprays are enough; I wouldn’t recommend it for work, enclosed spaces, or evening wear. Scent: 8.5/10 Longevity: 9/10 Originality: 10/10 Overall: 9.1/10

• J. O. S. F

  May 22, 2022

  

  It arrived a couple of weeks ago and the truth is, in this heat of the tropics where it’s always warm, it’s a beast. The smell is distinct and characterful. The trail is moderate but very pleasant. It withstands everything: you put it on in the morning, go out into the strong sun, it rains, you go to the beach, pool, work or gym, and it stays. Thanks Andy, if you’re looking for something different for extreme heat, it’s a top choice. But be careful, don’t buy niche blindly, it’s unique and I recommend it.

• J. O. S. F

  May 30, 2022

  

  It arrived a few weeks ago and its performance here in the tropics is impressive, where it’s summer all year round 🏝. The scent is different and peculiar. The trail is moderate but very pleasant. It lasts through everything: you put it on in the morning, go out into the heat, and it stays. Sun, extreme heat, rain, beach, pool, work or gym, and it keeps projecting. Thanks Andy!!!👍🏼 If you’re looking for something different for extreme heat, it’s an excellent option. But never buy niche blindly. It’s truly unique and I recommend it.

• Memoquique

  July 22, 2022

  

  I think the negative reviews come from people looking for something identical to Desert Heart. This fragrance is super natural and fresh, marine-style, but with beastly performance and projection. Just be aware: AT isn’t for everyone. If you’re going to explore their perfumes, you need an educated nose and be willing to smell something very natural and unconventional.

• Memoquique

  August 8, 2022

  

  I think those who rate it negatively are expecting something similar to Desert Heart. This one is super natural and fresh, marine-style, but unlike those, it has beastly performance and projection. Just be aware: AT isn’t for everyone; if you’re going to explore their fragrances, you need an educated nose and be prepared to smell something very natural and unconventional.

• Perfu_Manu

  November 3, 2022

  

  I feel I must say I don’t like it. An aroma that smells very synthetic to me. It’s supposed to smell like water, sea, and/or summer, but it transmits an artificial smell to me, like the chlorine smell of a pool or the chemical smell of a very potent fabric softener. And who wants to smell like that? I certainly don’t. I’ve tried it several times, but there’s no way.

• davidmerinom12

  January 28, 2023

  

  Phtaloblue is exactly that, a blue colour, but in my opinion, it would be a sky blue, a sunny day, despite the freshness of the wind sweeping through the woodland. A freshwater lake, full of green, at 20°, and a gentle breeze while strolling by the shore thinking about your inner ‘self’. Longevity 6-7h on skin with good attitude, on clothes it reaches 12h. Worth experiencing.

• Max_R

  February 5, 2023

  

  Wow! Phtaloblue is a delight and quite a bomb with beast-mode projection, plus it lasts forever! The aroma is unique, nothing like anything I’ve smelled before, and that’s despite my favourites being aquatic/marine perfumes, of which I have several. A sweet marine aroma, compliment-generating. It’s not declared in the notes, but several people have told me (and I agree) that it smells like watermelon, a sweet watermelon, or a sweet watermelon flavour, of course, mixed with aquatic notes. Moreover, with very good projection and eternal longevity on clothes. As an anecdote, once I used it on a t-shirt that I subsequently threw in the dirty laundry bin. Two weeks later, I was in a hurry as I had to deposit an envelope at the post office and grabbed the first thing that crossed my path, which was that t-shirt. The aroma was very present, and even the girl attending asked what perfume I was wearing! That is, two weeks and the t-shirt mixed among dirty laundry, and yet it smelled of the aforementioned perfume and even projected! And besides, this is the perfume I call ‘zombie’, because, I don’t know if it happens to anyone else, but on my skin, some perfumes, mostly marine ones, after several hours of having applied them, and when apparently they are no longer there upon contact with water or sweating, the aroma returns and I can perceive them well again. I know it may sound strange, but that’s how it happens to me, and this Phtaloblue is one of those that has that effect on my skin. Anyway, for me it’s a 10/10. By far the one I like most and the easiest to use of the Tauer line. Buy blind if what someone likes are marine/aquatic aromas.

• Juanpasiones

  February 6, 2023

  

  Phtaloblue smells like the Nordiko men’s toilet soap sold in Mexico. A green Acqua soap with white veins and a characteristic soapy, cool, blue scent. Very much like a freshly shaved and bathed man. It has a vintage cologne feel, a soapy-herbal after-shave. I love it because it has power in projection and good longevity. Super clean, luminous, totally for day. How curious to find these similarities while getting to know niche perfumes. Nordiko soap bubbles! 😃😊

• Juanpasiones

  February 9, 2023

  

  Phtaloblue smells like that Mexican bar soap called Nordiko, the green Acqua with white streaks and a soapy, cool, blue scent. It’s very masculine, like a freshly shaved and bathed man. It gives a vintage cologne vibe, soapy after-shave and herbal. I love it because it has power in projection and good longevity. Super clean, luminous and totally for daytime. What a curious thing to find these similarities as I get to know niche perfumes. Bubbles with Nordiko soap!

• Victortor

  June 13, 2023

  

  Phtaloblue leaves me a bit undecided; certainly, I wouldn’t buy it as it doesn’t enchant me. Nevertheless, it has awakened certain sensations in me, totally contrasting. The first tasting was total rejection. A sharp and woody scent; I didn’t like it a bit. But today, having applied it habitually, I find a soapy and blue aroma, very pleasant. If anything puts me off, it would be the opening, which I feel as highly concentrated soap, and that during the drying phase, I detect it in the background. All in all, a different aroma, which I understand people like, plus good performance.

• Victortor

  June 20, 2023

  

  Phtaloblue leaves me a bit undecided; the truth is, I wouldn’t buy it because it doesn’t win me over, but it has certainly awakened opposite sensations in me. The first time was total rejection, a sharp and woody scent I didn’t like a bit. But now, since I use it regularly, I find a soapy and blue scent very pleasant. The only thing holding me back is the opening, which I feel as super concentrated soap, and I notice that lingering in the dry down. All in all, it’s a different scent that I understand others enjoy, plus it has good performance.

• MK13

  November 11, 2023

  

  This is, and I’m surprised no one comments on it, a perfume with tonka bean as the main ingredient. Probably the fragrance in which I have smelled this characteristic note most clearly in a natural way, and I say this because I like it so much that I have tonka bean in my kitchen, use it recurrently, and I know what I’m talking about when I say this smells like this. This fragrance is completely based on tonka bean (spiced, sweet, and peppery aroma) with that special touch of salty aquatic and herbal notes mixed by master Tauer. Said that, anyone who thinks this smells synthetic should try to get a few tonka beans, crush them, smell them, and then comment on how it goes. In terms of personal taste, it’s a fantastic perfume; it evokes a great sense of cleanliness and modernity. I think it’s a sexy and attractive perfume and very different from everything on the market. It’s versatile. You can use it at night, during the day, on dates, sport, casual, elegant… Long-lasting, it remains subtly near you.

• vladidelmundo

  December 27, 2023

  

  Fennel, algae, white flowers, and a marine base. It’s not that I’m a lover of blue fragrances; rather, they awaken indifference in me. This is no exception; it’s a good fragrance with quality but lacks the magic you can find in fragrances like L’Air des Alpes Suisses, which have a certain originality and are fresh compositions but with a voluptuous and rounded structure. But if you like marine fragrances, algae, or are looking for a blue fragrance with a bit of personality, here you have a quality option.

• Darwinter

  February 2, 2024

  

  Something is happening with this composition that I can’t distinguish any of the declared notes except for the Tonka Bean, which is constant from start to finish, and slightly lavender. I suppose the ‘aquatic’ fennel is what gives that sensation of smelling a pond or a pool, but definitely not the sea. There are other fragrances that achieve that better. If it has some Fougère traits, regarding that detergent or fabric softener touch, especially in the opening, but nothing of lemon or bergamot, nothing ‘fresh’. It’s rather a dark scent, a dark blue one could be said, slightly sweet due to the Tonka Bean, but without a doubt very unique and mysterious, inviting to imagine very abstract and deep things. The woods also play an important role in that natural pond sensation. I feel it very masculine, but unlike many, I think it’s for NIGHT, without being a cloying sweet, of course. It’s love at second sniff, although it doesn’t dislike the first. Longevity on my skin is at least 5 hours, projecting well for the first 2 hours and then to a personal bubble, so it’s not a beast as they say, although on clothes it lasts around 2 or more days, releasing isolated bursts now and then. It’s a scent different from other blue perfumes, but not strange and incomprehensible altogether (if it manages to convey the ‘blue’). Very mature or for someone who wants to project mystery and aquatic evocations and above all, cleanliness. Nothing to do with any of Tauer’s other works, except for L’Air des Alpes Suisses, especially thanks to the Tonka Bean. Trying with a decant is mandatory!

• regis_wiggin

  May 3, 2024

  

  I believe this is one of those controversial perfumes. It might happen that it creates more indifference in you than anything else. But I have the intuition that, broadly speaking, it either pleases or displeases, without middle ground. And I imagine this is due to the note described by more people in previous reviews, which gives it a fairly synthetic character. Aquatic, slightly green and aromatic. But above all, clean. I would say that’s where the controversy originates. Because it’s a clean scent that feels synthetic, and its opening is somewhat strident and very noticeable. Even overwhelming, depending on who you ask. It could remind one of a concentrated laundry detergent or some household cleaning product. But it’s as if you smell it straight from the bottle, not after taking clothes out of the washing machine or scrubbing the floor. I’ve even read that it reminds someone of the smell of a pool where the chlorine is noticeable, and I understand that reference. Well, if it has this point, it’s not literal but could suggest these sensations to you. Even though as it dries, this note softens until it becomes more discreet, it will still be perceived until the end. But here lies the magic. And it’s precisely this note that makes this perfume something different from any other. For this reason, this fragrance will be controversial. In the end, it’s more comfortable to create something that, although it has its personal touch, doesn’t deviate too much from what is already known, because we ensure that, although it might not be very original, it will please more people. Or at least, it won’t disgust many. And in these cases, I suppose a creator would prefer public indifference over disappointment. It’s understandable and in no way reproachable. But it is for this reason that creations like this deserve to be highlighted and applauded. Because they are brave and risky. Because thanks to these initiatives, perfumery has gifted us so many plot twists. And looking back, the unexpected success of some perfumes has unleashed a wave of countless similar inspired perfumes. For all this, it’s important to objectively value perfumes like this and, beyond whether you like it or not, be able to say: Here is a good perfume. And to make it even clearer. And in case this argument makes you doubt my supposed objectivity, which I appeal to, because you’ve taken for granted that ALL this review is precisely because I like this perfume. NO! I don’t like this perfume, and after three attempts, I can say with total certainty that I will never use it again, but… HERE IS A GOOD PERFUME!

• Clos2

  May 10, 2024

  

  Well, Andrés (who isn’t an expert in perfumes) went for a Chilean with double ringlets, and on top of that, the chap scored a goal. Here you can detect a Calone blended with enchanting citrus notes, and shortly after, geranium rises, but above all, tonka bean. The thread running through it is that marine accord that persists throughout the perfume’s life until it fades away with tonka bean. Nothing of that horrible, commercial tonka bean; this is serious business. Moreover, Andrés (Andy to his mates) could charge much more for his perfumes than he does and still give you a very good price, considering where he lives, with a decent longevity. That said, in the heat, it evaporates like mist. Also, I don’t know how he manages to make a summer perfume, in my opinion, possess a certain elegance. (If you buy it on his website, he includes a sample case)