In Love Again

When I was 4 or 5 years old I visited an aunt of mine at the kiddengarden, where she used to work. It was an autumn afternoon and, whith sun playing in the trees. Happy faces of us and our hearts were still clean. Winter was approaching and we, as kids, were playing in the yard. It's funny how mind stores memories. This memory of my childhood has a particular smell. This perfume has the smell of that day. Completely! Yes, the first time I put it on, it brought back that day, which is a sweet memory for me. A very interesting perfume. A co-ordination of fruits - blackberry, bluebbery, black currant - that is so unusual in YSL perfumes. Keep in mind that the dominant element of YSL is the rose. But in this perfume rose keeps a low profile. Black fruits have the first role in this. It doesn't remind me of any other perfume. It's very elegant and very YSL, but yet with its own character. I had both versions (1998 and 2005). Both were just fine. I didn't detect differences. It's one of the perfumes I bought without even testing it, like I knew how it would be. And I was right. The bottle is heart-shaped and a great surpise comes from it.

11. January 2011 Guys, girls! How can you compare this to cat pee or someone ́s butt? I would like my butt to smell like that! This is simply one of the best YSL fragrances ever! It was at the very affordable price in tax free back then so i used to spray it a lot and even sprayed my pillow with that so i could fall asleep better. But now it is getting extremly expensive and almost impossible to find so i cherish my last 2 bottles of this joyful and amazing fragrance. This is a true spring fragrance can be used also all year long! Fresh, with citrus-notes it is making you to fall in love again and again for it. The only problem back many years ago when i used to have it a lot was that it didn ́t lasted long on me, maybe because i was smoking, i don ́t know. But this season i am using it and the lasting power for an EDT is very good! I still can smell it on myself even the next day!

I have an original bottle of the 1998 formula. I remember buying it a year after getting out of a relationship, when I was definitely not "in love again" but wishing I was. This was at least 5 years before the beginning of my perfume obsession, long before I heard of a perfumer named Jean Claude Ellena. I always considered ILA a spring/summer scent—and because it coincided with the time my heart was broken. It's fruit forward in its composition, I smell grapefruit, cassis and berries before it morphs into it's musky wood base. I went through a period where I disliked fruity scents, but I never let go of this one. I still think it's beautiful two decades after it was introduced. I have no idea what the new formula smells like, this review is for the first release. For an EDT, this has great longevity and decent projection, glad I still have 1/2 a bottle.

Very pretty scent, starts off with a prominent sweet grapefruit note and settles as others said to a base very similar to Un Jardin Sur le Nil, though sweeter and more feminine. The musk is almost undetectable to my nose but the greens are there sweetened by the berries. In love again has minimal sillage but is certainly detectable and lasts all day. Not your typical fruity floral, not cloying but fesh and with excellent longevity makes a perfect scent for work and other day functions and great for the summer. I haven't tried the la collection reformulation but hope its similar because this is not only bottle worthy but replacement bottle worthy, wonderful stuff.

"Originally launched as a limited edition in 1998 to celebrate 40 years of Yves Saint Laurent in the fashion business. It is now re-released in 2004 to celebrate 40 years of YSL fragrances. Same juice as before, but a slightly different bottle". I have both versions: 1998 and 2004 and they are the same. I even prefer the later version, since it has more lasting power and sillage. I have also tried "INLA la collection" in white bottle and this one is even better and stronger, but still smells very close to the original and even better, since i do love the grape and peony notes there. Every single version of this amazing fragrance is great!