No.291 Dylan Blue

Versace Pour Homme Dylan Blue is built on a now-familiar modern masculine structure: a clean, citrus-aquatic opening that fades fairly quickly into a warm, smoky, ambroxan-driven base with an incense edge. Eden Perfumes' No.291 tracks that same journey closely, opening with aquatic notes, bergamot, grapefruit and fig leaf for a fresh, slightly green start, before violet leaf, papyrus and black pepper add texture through the middle, and a decent dose of ambroxan pushes the composition into the smoky, amber territory the original is known for. The base of musk, incense, tonka bean and saffron mirrors Dylan Blue's dry, resinous finish, though the transition between phases feels a little more abrupt and less seamlessly blended than the designer version, and the citrus opening fades faster. It still delivers the core fresh-then-smoky character people buy Dylan Blue for, at a fraction of the cost, and works well as an easy daily wear for the office or casual days in spring and autumn when a full-strength, heavier scent would be too much.