Kouros

Les dieux vivants ont leur parfum. Kouros. 1984 Charles of the Ritz (Paris) version. Long review. The scent of gods. Kouros. A marvel of 1980’s perfumery, Yves Saint Laurent’s ‘most expensive perfume for men’ came 4 years after Opium, the oriental that changed the world and shaped a generation into excess and decadence. Not without controversy, while Opium was said to encourage drug use and illicit substances, Kouros (codenamed Eros during development) was deemed ‘excessively dirty’ and far too provocative. In the last golden decade of quality perfumery, Yves Saint Laurent showed the world that vision and guts and perseverance are necessary risks to succeed. Without them, one simply follows. Yves lead. Kouros is one of the most polarizing fragrances, a sign of genius and innovation, a true ‘love it or hate it’ perfume. I, feel it’s one of the most beautiful creations and for me it’s the best male perfume ever created. But that’s just me, and while I adore it, I know many can’t stand it. A massive hit since day 1, Kouros came at the right time (1981, the decade of excess and power and greed), at the right place (Paris - only a house like YSL could launch an equally provocative perfume for men like they did for women with the blockbuster Opium), and with the right promotion/marketing (the white statuesque bottle, the name, the scent; Pierre Bourdon’s magnum opus). In the following years many tried to imitate its success, some better than others but none managed to surpass it. The success of Kouros lies in the dichotomy of clean and dirty, purity and carnality, and that couldn’t be copied. To envision Kouros, one must envision imagery. Imagine a beach in Greece, Lalaria beach in Skiathos for example. The water is deep crystalline blue, the sun is burning brightly but the gentle breeze that hits the rocks cools the hot August air. There’s no noise, hardly anyone, and you are lying there basking in the glory of the summer. Suddenly, a well tanned, tall, muscular hunk appears a few feet away from you. Watching his statuesque physique, you catch a whiff of him. He smells of soap, probably from the shower he took before coming down to the beach, and of a light herbal deodorant. The smell mixes with the scent of sea salt, iodine, open air and ocean. This is the clean and showered opening of Kouros. But then again, Kouros is primordially erotic, sensual, of desire. And this hunk soon goes swimming, to cool down in the clear blue waters. From afar you gaze, watching how he swims with artistic grace, taking long strokes until he disappears into the ocean, only to emerge refreshed, with a white brief, that barely hides his masculinity. He smiles politely at you, and lays down on his towel. You feel embarrassed but somehow, you can’t stop staring at him. He lights a cigarette, and suddenly you smell the smoke that comes out of his full lips, the light sweat, the smell of salt evaporating from his body, the smell of Coppertone sun oil; you smell him. And the smell, combined, feels animal, debaucherous, lustful, hedonistic. There’s nothing explicitly sexual, but you get aroused simply by the thought of it; a hot summer, a one night stand, a perfect stranger. Living dangerously, youth is risky and hormone driven. Let go and surrender. He is Kouros. A masterful combination of natural civet, castoreum, costus root, Animalis base from Synarôme (later used in Montana’s eponymous first creation and falling out of style by the late 80’s), leather, honey, musk, geranium, artemisia, jasmine, patchouli, and many more that combine in true artistry to create something bigger than the sum of its parts. Kouros isn’t animalic just for the sake of it, which he is - one of the most animalic fragrances created; he is animal. He is as clean or as dirty as you want him to be. He will either lure you closer or pull you apart, but he won’t leave you indifferent. He’s smart, hot, killer smile and big attitude. He’s the boy momma said to stay away from, and it’s one of the reasons many women wear Kouros with amazing panache (perfume has no gender). But if you fall for him, there’s no going back. Once upon a time, a fragrance lead you to dream, fantasize, ready to conquer the world. It was pure emotion, art, sensuality. In the early 90’s all that was big and powerful was deemed wrong, and minimalism entered our world, while big hair and big sillage left slowly from the back door. A big wave of Calone was coming to wash us of sins and perfume. Kouros started falling out of favor and all the reformulations that came didn’t do any favors; by the late 90’s/early 2000’s he was slowly fading away. Today, what you find in stores is a mere glimpse of what once was ‘le parfum des dieux vivants’. Times change, everything evolves (or not, depending how you see it) and people move forward. Perfumery came at its opus with fireworks and left slowly as if a mortal sin. Today, very very few perfumes have the surprise and shock factor of Kouros, and even fewer offer something new, emotion, personality. Once upon a time, perfumes were a big Dreamland. And inside a white ceramic statuesque bottle, living gods had their perfume. Kouros.

Correct information.... Top notes: aldehydes, coriander, sage, wormwood and bergamot. Middle notes: patchouli, carnation, geranium, vetiver, cinnamon, jasmine, orris root and lavender. Base notes: civet, honey, leather, musk, oak moss, amber, tonka bean and vanilla. Kouros is a journey. Its multi mood, multi faceted, simple yet almost overwhelmingly complex, opens fresh, goes spicy, loads of animal musk, depth, amber, honey and floral, dries off to deep touch of comfortable soft leather, but is way more complicated than that. There is so much going on in this fragrance, which is why so many people have lauded it and worn it for several decades now. Its just made so well, for so many moods. Theres never been anything linear about Kouros, it fits as whatever you want it to be. Kouros fits all these scent categories.. balsamic animalic/musky earthy freshie chypre powdery/barbershop/vintage aldehydes./floral spicy/amber/oriental... ....you're covered in just this one fragrance! Masterly blended and all the accords are never fussy or confused or clash. Thats a very hard thing to achieve. Lasts all day/night, even the new less musky/oakmoss modern version. The projection is well above average, so if oversprayed other people will smell it more than you, so discretion needed. its the animalic musk that projects most. It projects a musky sexuality, uniquely so. This to my mind, was always a very sexual scent, a clubbing scent or one for the bedroom rather than work. I don't think i've worn it to work in any job i've ever had. Its got absolutely the wrong vibe to give off in a professional environment. Its kind of sleazy. Its a slut. This stuff is one of the first fragrances i ever owned. I first got it in my teens around 1991. It served me well in all walks of life, love and happiness. I've got a lot of happy memories wearing this. I could never really afford it on schooleavers wages but had some friends who could get me a slightly used bottle here and there. I always loved it, and to some people it just stank of an overworked sweaty Greek Kebab Shop owner and all the fat and spices in his greasy shop, and still does in 2025. I just thought it was exotic. Kouros is divisive and always was. Unique scents usually are divisive, we don't have anything solid to compare it to. Its an eternally brave, poweful and unique scent. Above all, its a complicated scent. Its blended magnificently for the complexity and amount of notes and accords used. Its release was in 1981 and its still now probably a masterpiece, a true all time hall of famer. Its masculinity and sexuality in a bottle. Its a classic old school scent, but unlike other fougeres then or since. Some people often said it smells of urine, a truckstop sweaty BO scent etc. and many still do. I found in my experience back in the 90s if we went clubbing wearing this, we couldn't fail to meet girls and make a great night of it. I mean, this scent was just a charge of sexual masculine energy into any sweaty nightclub. Kouros used to linger in the air of dark smoky bass-pounding strobe-lit clubs like the smell of a bedroom used all night for sweaty sex. It was the prelude to exactly that for many on the dancefloor. You get my meaning. This fragrance opened many lips for me. I haven't worn this for over 32 years and just got another bottle this week. I love it. i wear Kouros now purely for nostalgia and because i appreciate its harsh beauty, not for the benefit of others or what i might seek from them. Its still a beast of a masculine fragrance and its still worth buying, because its truly unique. Its Kouros and its for the GUYS, Generation X in particular. This is just great stuff and if you try it but hate it as many do and always did and always will......maybe try something less animal, heavy and bold. This is the modern caveman...its Kouros, one of the foremost in-your-face masculine balls hanging fragrances ever created. Personally speaking in over 50 years on this planet, i've NEVER once encountered a woman wearing it, anywhere, ever but I don't make the rules, so feel free to wear whatever you want. This is the age of gender equality after all. PS. Quick heads up for guys looking for a decent strong original bottle of Kouros, OPUX London do a purely artificial aromachemical dupe of Kouros thats incredibly accurate and its NUCLEAR strength, just exactly what Kouros used to be back in the day. It literally only needs 3 sprays to fill the house. ROCKS just like Kouros did in the 80's and early 90's. Worth checking out, as it looks like Kouros is just not available on the market in the same strength and scent format anymore......SHAME ON YOU YSL .....corporate whores, you sold the most precious of all the family jewels.

Kouros still smells FANTASTIC! It doesn't have the "Beastly projection" it once had, but boy does it lasts and lasts on skin. and still has decent projection. Ill spray some on for work, always doing 2 spritzes on my arm to sniff on during work) and those 2 spritzes lasts all day into the night where I can still smell it before bed unless I shower. Granted at that point it is a Skin-Scent, but its very much clearly there! Kouros makes me feel "Put together", and like I know something others don't, (A complete FARCE, but fun to pretend). Where as before all the reformulations 2 to 3 spritzes was enough for an all day affair, it now takes about 6 spritzes imo, and you're set for the entire day.and into the evening. NOT BAD AT ALL me thinks! I own many different types of fragrances from some of the latest designers, a few Niche, Indie and clones, but these classic men's (and sometimes classic women's fragrances), are just more fun to wear than most Modern releases. It may just be bc most folks don't wear them as much lately, so they feel more "Unique"? Idk, but I like the feeling of nostalgia they bring, its like an almost forgotten art which should NEVER be forgotten at all, and many Niche brands agree it seems bc they're just basically re-doing some of those classics. Also its NOT "Too Anamalic" anymore which is a plus for some folks, its only got a hint of whatever they use as a synthetic "Civet" these days, and its only noticable if you sniff where ya sprayed up-close, cant really pick it up so much in the air, so its a much safer blind-buy than before imo. Ya just have to enjoy the classics with a touch of Aldehydes. Anyhow, STILL a wonderful fragrance and SUUUPER fun to wear with excellent longevity and decent projection! Still a 10 outta 10 fragrance in my book which is a very rare score in my collection. ... A total BANGER! Thanks to whomever took time to read my thoughts on YSL's Kouros

After trying a few other fragrances of this genre and being let down by the constant reformulations and disappointing performance, I decided not to buy this as I thought it would be a similar outcome. Instead, an old mate told me to try a Middle Eastern house, Rayhaan, of which I already have many of their fragrances that a few years ago were a bit meh, but of late they have stepped their game up significantly. He advised me to get Rayhaan Imperia Legacy. I already had about 8 of their fragrances but hadn't heard of it and it's not on Fragrantica either but he asked me to take his word for it. I already have Rayhaan Imperia which is a fairly ok version of Creed Aventus for around a tenner. There's another one that I got called Imperia Intense and I don't think that's a dupe of anything and it's the same price and ok juice but nothing to write home about. But this.........this Imperia Legacy....when I sprayed it on my hand it harked me back to the same moment like the food critic's memory of tasting his mum's ratatouille, just like in the movie of the same name. He became that young child again with fond memories of years gone by. This is the old Kouros and is to my nose as I remember it from back in the 80's at the disco, wearing my waffle weaves, white Coasters, and my Y cardigan whilst sporting my Tony Hadley massive flick and the wedge at the back and drinking a Red Stripe straight from the can. Then, you were the man, and you were unstoppable. And Kouros gave you the ammunition to blitz through the night without stopping and no-one ever said no to you. This is it. This is the real thing and it lasts overnight. 12 hours minimum. You won't need to decant and stick it in your pocket for a spray later or you will knock people out. Excellent stuff for around £10GBP. Absolutely amazing.

Makes you think sometimes.. Why do we search for "greatness" in a bottle when we already have it since 81'? Modern formulations of Kouros is more.. modern.. in terms of balancing of the accords; the new formulations are way too soapy, fresh and clean compared to the vintage ones [PPR-Gucci Era (nowadays known as Kering) and prior bottles of 2008]. I enjoy the new formulation as much as I do with my vintage ones, both share basically the same performance and projection in terms of intensity, yea there are times that I prefer the newer one over the vintage one and vice versa. Reviewing the scent would do absolutely little to no job from the time that so many other people have already done it astonishingly well. Generation tiktok does hate this one with passion, but if you ask an individual among this generation why he hates it so much will probably have nothing much to tell you; other than someone else he watched on YouTube said it's atrocious, so it must be. This goes without saying but; perfumes like Kouros or Fahrenheit makes both modern "niche" perfumery & their scam artists claiming "master perfumers" look stupid, and I myself saying this while having more niche than designers makes me feel stupid as well.. Keep in mind we're talking about mid 80s designer releases; Saint Laurent launched a animalic bomb of an aromatic fougere with aldehydes in a masculine perfume & Orris, and Dior released Fahrenheit some years later maybe one of the most rugged artistic compositions even to this day. Nowadays though.. we just get lazy Bleu or Elysium flankers that no one asked for.

Kouros reminds me of when I swam competitively. Near the end of a swim meet pretty much everyone needed to use the restroom; it's already soaking wet with pool water no matter where you venture and then add on a bunch of teens not being particularly careful where they aim in a rush to get home; that was the initial flashback I had: dank overused men's room. It didn't completely throw me off as the coriander and aldehydic citrus works to keep the civet a little into check initially. During the middle notes honey, vetiver, and cinnamon floral notes made it interesting as the civet forever looms, inescapable like that messy restroom floor. Wading through I struggled to pick out any specific florals as I ducked, dipped, dove, and dodged around the soaked urinal cakes. By the dry down the scent profile becomes worth it; the leather mossy animalistic musk feels as though balance is reached, even taking on a used cigarette vibe for that additional skankiness. It starts off stinky but ends as a slightly sweet macho skank. In a previous back-of-wrist skin test the dry down was very much still present 6in off skin 24hr+ hours later. The civet at this point comes off more as that of the aftereffects of caked sweat from taking a long nap immediately after a hard workout. It's 100% wearable; I just wouldn't refresh in a crowded elevator. Ultimately, I'm really glad I picked up a decant and am now curious how the original fares in terms of heavier honey and oakmoss. Bring it.

I’m having strange impressions — there seems to be a lot of air, some vague scent up front, everything feels both dreamy and aggressive. At the same time, and somewhat surprisingly, there’s a barbershop quality here — I’ll need to check again in a moment. It’s an ambiguous scent. It’s actually a summer fragrance, fresh. But beneath the freshness there aren’t more light floral layers — instead, something cruder, animalic, or unfortunately... something toilet-like. It smells like a toilet. It moves in different directions — maybe it’ll take off somewhere. Ultimately, quite a disappointment — it loses its edge and becomes just a regular barbershop scent. Could still be worth testing on skin. ⸻ Okay, so about a year ago I got into it — the difference lies between vintage and modern, but even among the vintage versions there’s Aftershave and EDT. The vintage EDT is a real powerhouse; the Aftershave too, but it lacks a certain essential punch. The modern version is based on the EDT, so it’s not pointless — it’s actually good that it exists. The only similar one on the market is Lippizan, which unfortunately fades quickly. I’ll be testing Lauder soon as well. My relationship with this scent is strange — sometimes it feels too floral and I can’t sense the essential leather, and sometimes I experience its brilliance. I’ve stocked up on the Aftershave, which might be a questionable decision — we’ll see.

Kouros is a self-contradictory and baroque masterpiece, mainstream perfumery's last stand before dihydromyrcenol freshness took over the world's nightclub air. A crisp white marble temple to Aphrodite filled with offerings of flowers and incense stands next to a lake where naked virgins bathe, splashing each other and giggling about your sweaty flushed chest. Your loins stir as you step out into the sun towards the water. The fragrance opens with a sharp and metallic barbershop accord with dirty animalics in the background. Aldehydes volatilised by alcohol pull the experience upwards, reminding you of an ancient plane of which you'd long since forgotten. Once the top notes evaporate a dry and complex heart is revealed, delicate floral notes and a warm and pungent civet are bridged by indoles. A pheromonal hum of post exertion euphoria connects to something beautiful and ethereal. The heart gradually fades into a sweet musky base that blends cleanly with your natural profile, the brunette that unbuttons your shirt worships a primal Apollonian glow wrapped in a blanket of warm honey and tonka. Kouros is a fragrance that must be worn with the conviction of a martyr with a dagger tucked in his waistband, or it will elicit reactions normally reserved for filthy homeless schizophrenics publicly masturbating under a blanket. Use with caution.

This is not made for low testosterone men. I'm 25 and I rock this everyday since first day I got it. First spray uplifts your mood, it's a very powerful scent, it makes you feel like you own the room and you are the CEO also. It opens with a big amount of greens, very manly herbaceous opening, after few hours it starts to feel the myrrh accord until dry down. I am very upset at my collection, because I feel now I have lots of emasculated scents. If you like Antaeus or Sauvage Extreme, this is very similar. I feel this is the best one from the two. This is the only fragrance that I spray on my neck and I feel the scent trough the day (the other ones either get me noseblind or they are not as powerful). 2 years ago I would have run away from this kind of fragrances, since I started smelling Casa Futura in douglas (first 3 times different days it smelled like shit), same with sauvage extreme and anteus, after 4th time I tried them again, I understood their scent and I said this must be in my collection. For me this fragrance was a succsesful blindbuy based on other people opinions that they said they hate it, and the same people loved cheap middle eastern scents. You need testosterone to wear this masterpiece, it is a all year round scent, I wouldn't go more then 3 sprays.

There’s not much that I can say about this fragrance that has not already been said. The fact that it endures, even in its current form... it’s a testament to what many consider the golden age of hyper masculine complexity and creativity in men’s fragrance. We live in a much more politically correct and sanitized version of that era, and the quality of ingredients and thoughtfulness that went into Kouros original formula is seldom seen nowadays. To say that it is a masterpiece is a criminal understatement. Wild regulations limiting choice ingredients, while done for safety, have flattened the current version. Still, the currently available version is still miles ahead of the flat, linear, metrosexual viral perfumes that get shoved down our throats today. Kouros may just be the greatest achievement in men’s fragrance of all time. I currently own four bottles of the original and I fear the day I run out. I wore this on my wedding day, the day my child was born, and on many romantic evenings, vacations, high stakes business meetings... and it was always there to make me feel strong and confident. I have an emotional connection to Kouros that I do not have with any other fragrance, and I know many men share that sentiment.

I see comments on this one decrying the current formulation, and claiming that a vintage bottle is a completely different beast. Well, a vintage bottle at this point would be upwards of 40 years old, so it's no surprise at all that it smells different from a bottle produced in the last few years. Fragrances change over time for a variety of factors, and the odds are your vintage bottle smells quite different than when it was first produced. This said, I'm also not surprised to see so many in the younger generation recoil in horror at Kouros. It's hyper masculine and completely lacks the boyish, unisex sweetness of a majority of modern fragrances. People talk about this putting hair on your chest, but it's so much more than that. It's a fragrance from an era where men were unapologetically men, which is exact opposite of what is commonly seen with this era's misandry and browbeating of men into submissive boys. But I digress, that's something that can be discussed elsewhere. This doesn't smell like urine or toilet cleaner. It has to be experienced on skin. It's musky and extremely well crafted. Buy it if you're sick of smelling like fragrances that your girlfriend could pull off.

That's it, one of the best perfumes I've ever smelled. I fell in love with the current, tracked down a vintage (1994), fell in love with vintage even more. For me, the current version is much more citrus/aldehydic/bright in the opening and lighter, softer in the drydown. (maybe the vintage also was bright in the opening, but due to age it changed?) But it's still the same scent. I sometimes use it although I have the vintage – I think of it as a fresher, cologne version, and that's okay. If you can't track down the vintage and want to experience it – El by Arquiste is a very similar scent (in the drydown its really really close, has the same effect) . It's so similar that I don't know if I'm going to bother finding another vintage Kouros when I run out of this one or just buy Arquiste. That said, the scent is legendary. Mossy, animalic, musky, sweaty, herbal. I actually love it the most on the hottest of summer days. It has such a great vibe to it, despite its darkness it has got a lot of sunshine in it too. It's a great balance for me, it makes me feel confident, sexy, good-looking, a little bit badass and what's most important – happy.

Kouros is flawless. The opening is herbal antiseptic - aldehydes and clary sage, sharp, bracing, like the smell of surgical steel in a private clinic. Then it shifts, seamlessly, into a warm, creamy musk, layered with honey, like expensive French soap melting into clean, tanned skin. A glandular burst of civet in the initial spray, artistic metaphor. It’s both immaculate and animalistic in composition - the steam of a luxury bath house, and the faint trace of a lover on linen sheets. Incense. Orthodox temples, heavy, smoke curling above marble columns. There’s rose too - not sweet or feminine but pristine, vegetal, virgin pink armoured in white vases. Cracked leather and spices - coriander- faintly sweaty, whispering of something darker beneath the surface. Kouros is power. It’s restraint and excess bottled together. It projects ruthlessly, but elegantly. People will notice. They won’t always understand. They will be intoxicated. That’s the point. In a world where men wear safe, anonymous bubble-gum fragrances, Kouros still disturbs. It’s not for everyone. But then again, neither am I.

Sillage 2/10 Longevity 4/10 This page is now redundant: With the 51st Amendment from the IFRA last year, I believe we should start doing separate pages for each reformulation? This page references notes and characters that are not in anyway part of the current formulation... I used my 2023 bottle up last week, the 2025 version just arrived and it is not the same perfume anymore... 1. They also sneakily changed the bottle sprayer depth so that you use more perfume to try and increase its complete lack of longevity! Yes, I measured. 2. The biggest let-down is likely because of the Geraniol now missing - no more sweetness and depth, it also lost that dry honey-like middle notes. Someone can chime in, is it the now-banned Coumarin that I am missing? I wish I knew this was coming. At this rate the EU is going to only allow Ambroxan and Hedione. YSL, how about selling a non-EU version to the rest of us! Should we start a speak-easy perfume shop underground :) Fragrantica, please allow for a Year version in the title pages. The info on this page is not relevant anymore

Ahh Kouros I've very much got a soft spot for this fragrance & no surprise that it still dominates the market along side Joop! Homme & JPG LeMale. It's that classic scent you would wear to a night club or anywhere really, intimate sillage opeing is a clean soapy introduction without going in a horrible detergent direction which can make it quite a repelent so thank fully he has avoided that, leaving Lily of The Valley out with minimal linalool was a smart move. Perfect addition of the right choice of woods which fits in nicely with the Clary Sage, Coriander + Carnation combo which steered it into the incensy direction. Followed by the dry down which steers it into dirty wild animal teritory which very much works for me, gives it that unapolegetic primal & alive vibe then sweeteing it out with sweet earthy floor. Brilliant Chypre indeed, it's not loud its got all the right flavors going on very much for the win, and still going stong to this day is a great achievement. Pierre Bourdon very inspirational love your work big thank you there.

It took around a year to work this into my rotation. I'm so glad I kept with it. So much history in this fragrance. It's a trip down memory lane when I wear it. It's got pedigree. It tells a story. It passes a tourch. It's an aldehydic bomb for a mens fragrance. The dry down is a very nice spicy and musky sandalwood. It's one of my favorites now for that sandalwood incense smell. I won't stop whining about the state of sandalwood compared to what I used to have the pleasure of experiencing 25 some years ago. The civet is kind of at the top with the aldehydes, citruses, flowers, and herbs. The musk in the base is the old man musk a le eau Sauvage by his mentor. You can spray any tart citrus fragrance over this, it tones it down and takes it in that eau Sauvage vintage direction. Issey Miyake or Artisan Pure are ones that others are likey to have easy access to and both worth it to have in a rotation. Give yourself a chance with this. Put on some pads and training wheels and get some experience with it. I want to smoke inside now.

I remember those times when designer's fragrances used to be bold, intense, unique and even challenging. I remember those times when we used to wear a perfume to add an extra touch to our personality or simply to fully express it. I remember those times when we all used to smell different. Today it seems that this concepts have been slightly modified. We're all supposed to smell "clean", "inoffensive", "aseptic", "unoriginal". We're filled with anonimous fragrances, "blues", "light blues", "aquas", "fresh aquas". Why don't we all start dressing in white and get a barcode tattooed on our necks? Kouros is a fantastic alternative to the above scenario and one of the most recognizable scents ever. A dirty, intriguing and extremely compelling fragrance that smells exacltly like a male's greased hairs and his sweaty body while he's wearing an intense animalic musky perfume. Sadly, or happily as the case may be, there's only one like Kouros. Be careful with dosage, this is very powerful. Rating: 10/10

Sexy long-lasting male perfumery at its finest. What people smell as you walk by is this rich, floral, musky, grassy, sweaty, sun-drenched laundry. Like if you left a beach towel from the lake out to dry between two trees, and it fell onto the freshly cut grass beneath it. Now, if you dig your nose into freshly-sprayed skin, you get that animalic dirty dense honey. Which I also fckn love so much. For perfumes like this it is important to keep in mind that what you smell when you dig your nose into a freshly-sprayed strip or skin is often completely different from what people smell as you walk past them hours after spraying. Either way, this perfume is a win for me. It's so complex and intriguing and lasts forever. It just smells bad if you overspray and doesn't do well on paper, but that's fine because neither of those should be your actual use cases. Also, the atomizer on this thing is incredible. One or two sprays and you're good. Please do not overspray.

This is a truly masterpiece was in the 1980s This colonge i love it even if i saw and someone wearing it these days he is truly a nostalgic person. This thing is green woody chypré citrusy and vintage it has an animalic note in it made it more powerful and stronger at its its time. I don’t know why people rank it the worst colonge in the world but in my opinion it does not deserve this hate for it. I don’t recommend buying the newer batches because they reformulate it the longevity and projection is weak for now and i also dont recommend blind buying it because the smell is not for people love simple Morden stuff its designed for the real mens who love masculine and mature and classic fragrance i Would ride a chevy corvette c2 1966 while wearing this bad boy up i think i rather buy the older version of it might be much better performance for it. Bottle design: 9.5/10 The smell:9.7/10 The longevity:6.9/10 Projection:6.4/10 The price:7.5/10 Overall:8/10

Kouros is controversial, old news. It’s obviously not to everyone’s taste but there is beauty here in abundance, Pierre Bourdon created a masterpiece with this scent, one which walks the line between filth and refinement so brazen yet controlled. This is the ultimate 80s rendition of the fougere style. Initially it blasts you with this astringent alcohol/aftershave effect, alongside bitter-green herbs and a sour lavender. When grouped with a somewhat pissy civet, you think it’s becoming dirty, but it never is. Underneath all the loud-mouthed, hairy-chested testosterone, a soft, soapy shaving foamy lavender balances the composition brilliantly. It’s this subtle shaving foam accord which scratches my brain in just the right way, it’s what sets it apart from any other animalic. Yes you’ve got impeccable honeyed-musks, but it’s the classy gentleman underneath which latches onto to your subconscious is what you’ll remember.