Perfume Parlour 2014 EDP

M £ Favourite

Sensing Blue

Name: Sensing Blue Eau de Parfum
Brand: Perfume Parlour

Perfume Parlour Sensing Blue is an Eau de Parfum launched in 2014. Sensing Blue opens with Driftwood, Oud, Cardamom, and Ambrette, settles into a heart of Myrtle, Lemon, Lavender, and Juniper, and dries down to a base of Oak, Vetiver, Vanilla, and Incense. Perfume Parlour's Sensing Blue carries a Favourite verdict, a woody-led wear.

Sensing Blue chases Tom Ford's Costa Azzurra - that salty driftwood-and-seaweed Mediterranean freshness over herbal aromatics and a smoky incense-vetiver base. The seaside mood lands, but it reads thinner and more linear, missing the original's resinous depth and weight.

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Fresh
Refined
Grounded
Uplifting
Sophisticated

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Inspired by

Costa Azzurra by Tom Ford

88%

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Costa Azzurra the original Sensing Blue inspired by

Scent Profile

Composition

Timeline

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Topas listed

Driftwood25%

Seaweed22%

Cardamom20%

Ambrette16%

Oud16%

Heartas listed

Lemon24%

Juniper22%

Lavender20%

Artemisia18%

Myrtle16%

Baseas listed

Vetiver25%

Incense21%

Frankincense20%

Oak18%

Vanilla16%

Top, heart and base are the brand's own listing, not a timing claim - the industry classifies a note by its character as much as by how fast it fades. Each curve here is modelled from that material's own volatility, so groups can overlap when a house lists long-lasting materials in its heart.

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Notes

Top

Heart

Base

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Performance & Mood

Performance

Longevity

Moderate (4-6h)

Projection

Intimate

Intensity

Light

Mood

Mood Energising

Calming

Character Playful

Serious

Sentiment Uplifting

Brooding

When To Wear

Best Seasons

Best For:

Spring Summer

A salty, green aquatic-aromatic profile is built for warm weather, peaking in spring and summer and feeling thin in cold.

Best Occasions

Best For:

Office Casual

Also Works:

Date Sport

Fresh and easygoing, it suits casual daytime, daily wear, the office and even sport more than formal evenings.

Ingredients and allergens

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About

A budget take on Tom Ford's Costa Azzurra, Sensing Blue opens with a breezy, salty blast of driftwood and seaweed, dusted with cardamom and a faint musky ambrette, evoking sun-warmed sea air. The heart turns green and herbal - lemon, juniper, lavender, artemisia and myrtle conjuring something like a high-end mojito - before the base grounds it in earthy vetiver, oak and a smoky thread of incense and olibanum with a touch of vanilla. Set beside the real Costa Azzurra it reads flatter and more straightforwardly fresh, the resinous incense and woods thinner, so it loses some of the niche depth and weight. Projection is moderate and turns close after the first hour, with the modest longevity typical of this aquatic-aromatic genre. Still, for the money it captures that coastal, herbaceous mood convincingly - a salty, green, sunlit freshness that suits warm-weather casual days, daily wear and the office through spring and summer, reading as fresh, grounded and effortlessly refined.