How it smells
Main smell: fresh spicy and woody. It opens with mandarin orange and coconut, moves to lavender and pepper and dries down to cedar and tonka bean.
- Lasts
- 9 to 12 hours
- Best in
- winter
Dark & Blue notes
Top notes
What you smell first
Heart notes
The main smell
Base notes
What stays on your skin
Smell profile
Main accords
How strong each part of the smell is
Best seasons and time of day
Bi-es Dark & Blue EDT in detail
Bi-es is the house behind Dark & Blue EDT. It comes as Eau de Toilette.
Is Dark & Blue long lasting?
This is a long lasting scent: expect about 9 to 12 hours on skin. As an Eau de Toilette, it is lighter than an Eau de Parfum, so it fades sooner. It lasts longer than Maison Margiela Replica Coffee Break and Yves Saint Laurent Libre Intense Yves Saint Laurent. Base notes like cedar and tonka bean are the part that stays longest on the skin.
How far Dark & Blue spreads
Its sillage is very strong. It fills the room. Two sprays are usually enough. It spreads further than Maison Margiela Replica Coffee Break and Yves Saint Laurent Libre Intense Yves Saint Laurent.
Its style
The strongest accord is fresh spicy (100%), followed by woody and vanilla. You will probably like it if you enjoy fresh spicy and woody smells and notes like lavender and cedar. Perfume fans rate it 3.67 out of 5.
Which weather suits it
It is at its best in winter. It is less suited to summer. From best to least suited, the seasons are winter, fall, spring and summer.
Other Bi-es perfumes
This house has 25 perfumes on iPerfume. The most popular ones are Fabio Verso Ocean Fun, Ego Black and Dream of Fly.
Dark & Blue dupes and alternatives
These perfumes have a close smell: Maison Margiela Replica Coffee Break (4 shared notes), Yves Saint Laurent Libre Intense Yves Saint Laurent (4 shared notes), Chanel Allure Homme Sport Eau Extreme (4 shared notes) and Dolce&Gabbana Pour Homme 2012 (5 shared notes).
More questions
Is Dark & Blue better for day or night?
Day. It suits work and daily wear.
Can women wear Dark & Blue?
It is made for men, but anyone who likes the smell can wear it.