Nautica

Blue

The houseFor men

VersionEau de Toilette

Basil, airy ozone and warm bergamot over waterlily, jasmine and cyclamen, with ylang-ylang and rustic sandalwood underneath.

Nautica says

You’ll smell basil, ozone, bergamot, jasmine, cyclamen and ylang ylang.

More from Nautica’s description

It also mentions Waterlily, Rustic sandalwood and Warm bergamot.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Blue’s scent picture, a draft: basil, marine notes, bergamot, jasmine, cyclamen, ylang-ylang drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Blue, top notes: Basil, Marine notes, Bergamot

Heartas it settles

Blue, heart: Water lily

Dry-downwhat stays

Blue, dry-down: Jasmine, Cyclamen, Ylang-ylang, Sandalwood

What’s inside it

What Nautica names

BasilBergamotJasmineCyclamenYlang ylangWaterlilyRustic sandalwood

What the label names

7 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender3 florals1 powder

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals3

Benzyl salicylateLyralLilial

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)
12 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell12

AlcoholWaterOctinoxate (a UV filter)Octisalate (a UV filter)Avobenzone (a UV filter)BHT (keeps it fresh)Ci 60730Ci 42090Acrylates/octylacrylamide copolymer, not in Ingredients yetBenzophenone-3, not in Ingredients yetPropylene glycol, not in Ingredients yetHydrolyzed jojoba esters, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

OscarOscar de la Renta · shares basil, bergamot, jasmine, cyclamen and 2 more$109 for 100 ml
BambooGucci · shares bergamot, jasmine, ylang-ylang and sandalwood$138 for 75 ml
Jessica McClintockJessica McClintock · shares basil, bergamot, jasmine and ylang-ylang

Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.