Yves Saint Laurent L'Homme Eau de Parfum 100ml

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I honestly wonder how many of these people even smelled it vs. just seeing amber in the ingredients and marking generic off the bat, and even those who did I wonder how many people gave up on it during the opening and how many sprayed it on paper vs skin. Word to the wise on testing this bad boy, it NEEDS to be applied to the skin. When I smelled it on paper the amber really dominated everything else, which did make it smell generic "blue", however the warmth of your skin really helps elevate the woody cedar base making that that's what's most prominent, and the amber a supporting role. Also, I did find the opening to be a bit generic blue. It's ozonic, citrusy, and aromatic like most blue's. The cardamom does add some flare and spicyness to the opening though. I do not see any resemblance to YSL Y EDP. That one is dominated by apple, ginger, and sage. Yes they both have amberwood but they are completely different.

At first I thought longevity and projection were bad, but after trying this out, i find the longevity to be pretty good, it lasted about 8 hours on my skin. Projection is pretty good for about 2 hours and then it begins to sit closer to your skin. This will get you noticed but it is never too loud. I do not find this cloying at all. I really hope people don't get dissuaded from buying this because of the 3.5 its sitting at, if you scroll down to the actual comments you'll find that a lot of the negativity comes from 3 things. 1. People who write off anything with so much as a hint of "blue" as basic and generic. 2. People who blind bought hoping it'd be a carbon copy of the original just stronger. 3. People who hop on every L'homme flanker to hate that they made another flanker instead of remaking the original formulations. You won't see much hate on the smell of the fragrance itself, and this stuff smells AMAZING.For my nose, vibe and climate I honestly prefer this to the original. I'm not huge on Ginger and I love cardamom so that was a welcome change for me. Ultimately IMO they amped up my favorite part of the original (the cedar) and replaced my least favorite part (the ginger) and the added aquatic notes and freshness make it better for the heat and humidity of the south Florida climate I live in and make it match my beachy vibe better.

I already have La Nuit de l'Homme and Y EDP and I enjoy them a lot so I definitely won't need this one. However, if you don't own a YSL fragrance yet and want something versatile that can be worn in many different occasions, seasons, day or night, this could be the swiss army knife of YSL DNAs. The spices and intensity makes it unique for a blue scent, and the La Nuit DNA makes it appropriate for dates. Very easy to like but not too generic. After sampling about 50 fragrances, this is the only one I loved. It works on my skin so well. Having said this, I’m not in love with the opening. It is ozonic, sweet (amberwood), spicy (cardamom), aromatic (geranium), with a slight touch of lemon. The beginning is a little much for me. I don’t love the ozonic notes. However, if you give it 20 minutes, the fragrance calms down a little and a beautiful, dry, masculine cedar note begins to become prominent and it balances everything out. By then, the ozonic notes and lemon are basically gone, and the fragrance is mostly dominated by cedar, spicy cardamom, and sweet amberwood, with some aromatic touches from the geranium/basil/violet leaf. As time passes, it is mainly cedar and amberwood. What Le Parfum says to me is that it’s not intended for the fragrance connoisseur, but instead the layman who wants one option for all occasions after growing up a little bit. Maybe he’s just gotten a promotion or is thinking about proposing to his girlfriend, but he’s on the precipice of some major life change. I wish YSL called this fragrance “Dude! Now you’re 30!” as that seems exactly what this is. A little bit more mature, but still having a foot firmly planted in the familiar. But again, performance is so spotty it’s hard to say this modest goal is really achieved. But I love the color of the juice itself. It’s the perfect shade of chroma therapeutic blue to manage that 1/3rd life crisis. A nice example of how different a perfume can smell in the air, although i never would have expected it on THIS one. However it gave me a lesson for the future. If this is to be the replacement for L’Homme Ultime, that’s a real shame. Artistically, it’s unfortunate to replace something so elegant and unique with the blue scent of the week, but I guess commerce wins.I find that I am completely enamored by the scent profile- it has swept me off my feet. I simply can't find a reason not to adore this. I also request that, those of you who complain about longevity, to consider the possibility that you are suffering from olfactory fatigue. Just because your nose has ceased to register the scent, that doesn't indicate the people around you have lost their ability to detect the scent.