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Like all adidas EDT, this has the same heart (the most similar is adidas PURE GAME), but this has something special, maybe the lavender, maybe the bergamot, I don't know, but I love this edition. The introduction for that fragrance is a bit confusing but after a while when it dries I smell lemon and ginger, It starts off with a spicy (Anise) bombardment of sweet (Mandarin Orange, Yuzu) and sour/bitter citrus (Grapefruit, Bergamot). The Grapefruit and Kiwi give it a sweet and tangy opener. Mint hangs on through the scent's evolution, keeping it clean. Lavender wraps everything up with that classic soapy smell. Immediately afterwards you get a potent green and/or earthy (Patchouli) and floral (Geranium) vibe. Then even more immediately afterwards you get a flagrant body spray (musk) and salt (the ambergris) with pepper. So, a balance of sweet, sour, salty, spicy notes with freshness. The main accords my nose gets is: fresh spicy, aromatic, and citrus. The scent itself gets a 7/10. I remember that Ice Dive used to smell exactly like Bleu de Chanel to me, but now it just smells very aquatic in a synthetic way and even somewhat metallic. I don't like it anymore.
Only the opening resembles that of BDC since the drydown of BDC has a dominant vetiver & incense which are missing in this. Edit Nov 2020: Cold November temperatures have improved Ice Dive's projection to a few hours and it's also more of a perfume impact: sweet, citrus flowers and spice, on a light oriental base. Philippe Bousseton has done a couple Cool Water flankers, and get this, he did Tsar! I like to liberally splash the after shave, wait an hour, then top it with the EDT. Adidas Ice Dive by Adidas is a Aromatic Spicy fragrance for men. Adidas Ice Dive was launched in 2001. The nose behind this fragrance is Philippe Bousseton. Top notes are Mint, Grapefruit, Lavender, Bergamot, Yuzu, Kiwi, Mandarin Orange and Anise; middle notes are Geranium, Sandalwood and Patchouli; base notes are Pepper, Ambergris, Musk, Vanilla and Tonka Bean. The long long list of notes on Fragrantica is preposterous. Perhaps each in microscopic quantity. Nearly 20 years after creation, this is watered down to something extremely fleeting. Mind you, I enjoy the fragrance and if I douse myself with a dozen sprays, it's a pleasant after-shower experience. In fact, I have the shower gel and the aftershave! One hour of fraîcheur. After having owned a miniature size of Versace's Pour Homme Dylan Blue for a couple months, I'll say that the fresh spicy citrus nuances in both are truly in the same vein. They both contain pepper, grapefruit, bergamot, patchouli, and musk. And though they have distinctive notes apart from one another, I believe they don't go too far off from one another in the end.
The Adidas Victory league and Ice Dive were my very first fragrances when I was 9 years old. I remember both of them being really nice as a 9 year old kid does 😂
That is just me. Personally I like the scent on other people and I think this is purely a body chem thing. Beyond that This guy is surprising. I have and have had many of the adidas EDT's and this seems to be on the more unique end. So many are safe, clean, after workout scents that are sport + vanilla. This isn't that. Even though that seems like what it would be from the notes posted above. This is adidas showing some attidue that is out of their character. I'm glad to see them make a stab outside of the safety zone. It's cheap, fresh, citric, soft, excellent for everyday use. Smells like a clean body, and it's suitable for layering with other citric scents.This is nice smelling frag, very fresh and very well blended. Yet it is synthetic and yes it is not sophisticated nor it is bold either. The issue I have is that it has some of the worst performance I've experienced. The sillage is a little beyond a skin scent after minutes of application. And the longevity is underwhelming to the point that after 30 minutes to a hour it kind of disqualifies itself from having longevity due to how weak the scent is at that point. The concentration of this seems to be that of a Cologne. Unless you love to smell it, I couldn't recommend this. I did, and damn well near smashed all my front teeth out and broke my nose off of the pond at my local park last winter.
It could work as something to have in a gym bag, but please remember that it does not last at all, meaning that it will not interfere with your evening smell later on. Silage - Again poor. Moderate only when you apply many many sprays... but then it lasts for a short time. A very forgettable fragrance, I don't even know how or why I own it... there are so many better alternatives; it only lasts for about 2 hours and it has weak silage, none the less after a workout, if you don't have a shower nearby, it can come in handy. Get it for that 15yr old kid as a present they won't complain, they might even like it.Deutsch | Español | Français | Čeština | Italiano | Русский | Polski | Português | Ελληνικά | 汉语 | Nederlands | Srpski | Română | العربية | Українська | Монгол | עברית I really like Ice Dive. Both it and Dynamic Pulse suit me really well, and I like scents with that late 90's early 2000's vibe. I do get a little BdC for about an hour, but then it reminds me more of some of the Axe scents from the same era. If used with Shower gel after a workout - it leaves a very nice, calming effect. One could use this before going to sleep, due to the fact that it is soothing.
It is a cheap and nice smelling Frag. Yet I am not sure why, but this is extremely watered down. I have to agree that it lasts for about 1 hour and then vanishes instantly. I can understand the comparison to BDC edt and parfum, and I also get 35% aqua di gio vibes from it. I'd wear this in the summer to go out shopping. Nice citrus and colling mint/camphor vibe but without going cold-medicine on you.Fresh. I detect more clean citrus than mint at first blast, but a balanced citric scent- not overwhelming in any way. It smells much more expensive than it really is... but it doesn't develop much, I'd say it's quite linear. Cue the current 2020's era and the entire Adidas line reappears. I wasted no time buying both the body wash and EDT. There's definitely been a formulation change, as the opening is now much better than I remember, with a complex mix of fresh, citrus, aquatic and powder aromas. However, it is also very much missing that distinctive sea salt note. Without it, there really is nothing that sets this apart from other fresh blue style fragrances on the market. FYI, I also notice that sea salt note missing from the body wash as well despite it being listed in the ingredients. Terrible performance -- extremely weak in particular on projection and sillage that even overspraying doesn't help solve
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