You Or Someone Like You

One of my favorite freshies in the niche tier! Personal: 9/10 – Bright, minty-green, fresh floral that’s pleasant and uplifting. I actually find this one of the most pleasant summer fragrances I've sampled. Mass appeal: 9/10 – Crisp, green, and citrusy fresh scents are usually safe. This is versatile and approachable. Performance: 7/10 – Average longevity and projection, fading fairly quickly into a soft green freshness. Nothing unexpected from something fresh. Value: 7.5/10 – ELDO pricing is fine, though the DNA feels closer to something a designer could pull off for less money. That said, none have. So it's still worthwhile. Uniqueness: 7.5/10 – Minty, green, fresh florals aren't something you see every day, at least, not executed so well. And mint is somewhat unique. That said, it's nothing groundbreaking. Just good. SCORE: 80/100 Full bottle buy? YES, this gives me that same greenness that I get with Imagination, but more minty and less tea-like. I love it. Blind buy? YES, it’s fresh, clean, and safe enough for almost everyone to enjoy. Recommend? YES, as an approachable, totally wearable ELDO that's not actually weird or avant-garde. Date night? YES, works great for casual summer dates or outdoor settings. Office safe? YES, very clean, refreshing, and inoffensive. Perfect for it. Pros: Fresh, minty-green citrus floral, highly wearable, versatile and easygoing. Cons: A bit generic, leans garden-like with green notes. Not everyone likes mint. You or Someone Like You is probably the safest and most “mainstream” fragrance in ELDO’s catalog. It's very fresh, a bit leafy, citrusy, and green enough with the mint that it has depth other freshies don't have. To my nose, it lays somewhere in the territory of Louis Vuitton's Imagination and Xerjoff's Torino 21. It also has a distinct marine woodiness that I can't quite put my finger on, but reminds me of Heremes's Eau de Merveilles Bleue. It's nothing vastly unique, but it's one of the best fresh executions I've ever smelled, and the slightly menthol-forward mint note adds so much crispness and freshness. This could very easily join Fat Electrician on the shortlist of ELDO bottles I actually want to own. One of the best freshies I've ever smelled, and that's due in no small part to the green depth of the mint. Absolutely a must-sample for everyone, and a great alternative to Imagination. Review #118 in my fragrance journey – this fragrance I own as a decant

EXACTLY what I've been looking for in a Mint fragrance, after trying many other options, this one is still the best. Went through a decant super quick and bought a full bottle with no hesitation. They nailed both the mint feeling – fresh, slightly cold, clean, and the mint note itself – smells like an actual fresh mint leaf, not toothpaste, not peppermint candy, just a plant. Not too overpowering and sharp like it is in Menthe Fraiche, just refreshing enough to uplift you but not a cold spicy punch to your nose like Beach Hut Man. The grassy green notes fit perfectly into this, and they, too, smell super natural, very much like freshly cut grass. I do like the jasmine&rose too. The only thing I am not a fan of is the drydown about 2, maybe 3 hours into the wear. The jasmine/rose smell overwhelms the grassy freshness and becomes a bit too sharp for my taste. Don't know if that's the cat urine people are talking about. However I found a nice trick – if, at that point, you wet your application spot lightly, just with some water, the grassy freshness returns and the further drydown becomes overall more balanced. I am not a huge fan of the 100ml bottle – not sure what the sticker is made of but it feels like I could pull it off accidentally. And the shape is a little awkward to hold while spraying. The performance is reasonable, with medium projection lasting about 3 hours until it becomes a skin scent for a couple more hours. Could be better but honestly the way it smells I'm ready to reapply as much as needed. Very versatile, sure it's a fresh scent, (to clarify, natural, meadow-after-rain fresh, not human-after-shower fresh) but I can't imagine where you wouldn't want to smell fresh and lively. Maybe a serious business meeting or a funeral. Overall a fantastic scent, me in a bottle. Wanted to smell exactly like this in my mind looking for a perfume, and so happy there is something accessible to fulfill my dreams.

There is a difference between a fragrance that smells like regular perfume and a fragrance that smells like a real place. You Or Someone Like You is the kind. For me this fragrance is not something I like it is a masterpiece that I think is perfect. It completely changes what I think a fresh fragrance can be. Most summer fragrances are made with the old ingredients like citrus ocean smells or clean laundry smells.. Eldo does not do that. Instead they made a fragrance with a mint smell that feels very real. This mint smell is not like toothpaste or candy it is like the smell of a mint leaf that you are holding in your hand with dew on it. What makes You Or Someone Like You so special is that it is a bit strange. Chandler Burr made it to smell like Los Angeles, a city that is always making you think of movies and nice weather. Under the mint and bergamot smells there are other smells like metal and rose that you can barely notice. This makes the fragrance seem natural and modern at the time. It smells nice and cool like something from the future. When I wear You Or Someone Like You it smells great on me. It stays fresh and cool, for a time then it settles into a clean slightly grassy smell that feels like my own skin. If you are tired of wearing the old summer fragrances and want something that is smart and cool You Or Someone Like You is the one. It is a fragrance that's fun and unusual and I will always have it in my collection. You Or Someone Like You is vibrant and surreal. I love it.

Both Torino 21 and YOSLY are minty but honestly they live on completely different planets. YOSLY is the wild one. It smells like you crushed a mint leaf in your hand during a sunrise walk in northern Thailand. There’s mist, silence, maybe a bit of existential crisis in the air. It’s fresh, yes, but also cold, metallic, and emotionally distant. You don’t wear this to be sexy. You wear it to be interesting. People won’t say “you smell nice” they’ll say “what is that?”. Torino 21, on the other hand, is your reliable best friend who always smells clean, bright, and put together. It’s like sipping iced mint tea in a tennis club somewhere in southern Italy. It’s friendly, polished, smooth as silk, and gets compliments without even trying. You can wear it anywhere and people will like you more. It’s that kind of scent. So: Want to smell like someone who packed one bag, left their old life behind, and is now journaling in a mountain café with a view? Go with YOSLY. Want to smell like you just finished a doubles match and now you’re lounging by a marble fountain with an Aperol Spritz? That’s Torino 21. Both great. Just totally different species.

I have searched far and wide for an ultra fresh realistic mint that does not fade after 10 minutes. This is the one. Frankly upon seeing the green notes and Grapefruit listed, I'm pretty sure I would never have touched it, but the mint got the better of me so I tried it and it's amazing. Excellent lasting poweer for a freshie - I'd say 6 hours. It's just such a relief to wear something light, fresh, but not boring and with some lasting power on a day of extreme heat. To me, it's like picking fresh mint out of a garden filled with early morning dew. You have crushed the mint in your hand and as the morning light grows stronger, the smell of fresh pink roses from the flower beds wafts over, while you drink cold water with just a drop of freshly squeezed grapefruit mixed in. It's so lovely. A lady sitting next to me in the subway leaned in to sniff and asked me what it was :). Also, I have the impression that the mint in the perfume has a cooling effect on my skin, always a bonus on hot summer days.