This Extrait version of Blue Talisman is a divisive one. While some hail it as a masterpiece and a compliment magnet, others find it cloying, synthetic, or a redundant upgrade to the original EDP. Sample first to see if you get the pear nectar or the pickle juice.

Ya Blue Me Away captures Ex Nihilo Blue Talisman's pear-citrus-ginger opening convincingly, but the original's two proprietary, hard-to-replicate materials, Georgywood and Akigalawood, are what give Blue Talisman its distinctive sheer, diffusive dry-down, so this version's musk-amber-cedar base inevitably reads simpler and less unusual.