Axis Blue for men was launched in 2009 by Axis Passion, for the Casanovas of modernity. It is a perfect blend of fresh spices and soothing herbs supplemented with the musky warmth. The top note is fresh and fruity with bergamot and tangerine complimented with lotus. The heart is the real seasoning with the nutmeg and cardamom taking a green turn with tea and lavender. The woody base of sandalwood, vetiver and Virginia cedar with the foug?re tonka bean and musk keep the background highlighted. It is available as eau de toilette, a perfect companion for charm casters.. The eau de toilette will freshen up your spirits. as a rich array of notes like bergamot, black currant, crispy green, cassis, rose, gardenia, lily of the valley, orange blossom, sandalwood, orris root, musk, vanilla and heliotrope.ate perfumers trying to create a scent that would not only capture her essence (don t laugh: they actually seem to have done it) but would survive in an increasingly volatile $31-billion market. Un Jardin sur le Nil, the more traditionally designed Parisian fragrance, was revolutionary in its own way. Seeking a higher profile in the lucrative perfume market, Herm s hired Jean-Claude Ellena, one of the professional ghosts who actually make the scents sold under designers names, to be its first-ever in-house perfumer. The astoundingly complex struggle to define and refine Nil, first reported by Burr in a 2005 New Yorker article, centered on an ephemeral conceit of green mangoes on the Nile. Lovely comes across here as a far more personal scent, though that might be a subjective judgment the author seems a little star-struck by SJP. Nonetheless, Burr sharply evokes the intoxicating, often infuriating mix of precise science and artistic vision necessary to create a perfume, aided by his impressively calibrated BS detector and ability to unearth the industry s many dirty little secrets. An unusually grounded depiction of a business built largely on artifice.