La Nuit de L'Homme Eau Électrique

I wanted to add some more notes on this fragrance since I have had more time with it in the last few weeks. When I received it, I wasn't overly impressed: it didn't really work in the early cooler spring days, but since the summer heat has arrived I have grown to absolutely adore this fragrance. A bright opening, with a bit of bright citrus detected, the apple is very obvious is definitely the main character along with lavender. In theme drydown it gets quite sweet with vanilla and tonka and some depth coming from the cashmere and cedar. It is a lot sweeter and projects extremely well in warm weather, it's a much more muted composition in the cold. This is definitely a more summer friendly LNDH release, I think it it works better in the heat than Frozen Cologne did, and I also prefer the scent profile of this to FC. I can definitely see why some people would compare this to Eros, the balance of sweet and citrus, but I wouldn't think this was an Eros flanker if someone gave me a spray from a blank bottle. It smells less like something for the Eros line than Valentino BIR Yellow Dream does to me, and I don't see anyone comparing YD to Eros. I think the Eros comparisons are just a product of the time when this was released and everyone had Eros fever. This is a great Spring Summer release, and I got it so cheap that I don't need to be concerned with running the bottle dry. I would definitely consider buying another once this is gone if the price is right. I'd give this a solid 8.5/10

At first I thought I hated it. I usually do not like Apple in top notes. (It's a cheap inexpensive and often synthetic top note.) But I stuck with it. And throughout the day i began to enjoy it. There is something more happening here than just the cheap simple apple note. And I don't hate the apple and actually enjoyed the rest of the fragrance. Maybe it is the other notes that kept coming back to visit me the rest of the day. I wouldn't say it's exceptionally long lasting, but it does stay with you. It's sort of like a teenager. Google "Nick D’Aloisio". When you meet him you think "who is this teenager? Oh well he's cute, but he's so young. He probably just plays videos games or goes to the movies. Maybe one day he'll attend college." Uhm, no girl, Nick D’Aloisio designed, deployed, and sold an app for smartphones. Today that 18 year-old is worth half a billion dollars. So that's what this fragrance reminds me of. It's more than meets the eye. But at the same time and at the end of the day, it is still a teenage boy having wet dreams. This fragrance is Nick D’Aloisio.

Before the review a few notes 1) I'm a big fan of YSL despite their inherent lack of silage and longevity. 2) I had to make a blind buy because I couldn't find it at a retailer near me. 3) I appreciate the helpful reviews in deciding to purchase or not. My honest review after about a week of wearing this is this is a definite success. I really was expecting something fresher and lighter based on the profile of the notes but what I got is more sweet and gourmand nothing to me like Eros but more like Armani Code profumo. The performance, oddly, is all over the place for me. One wearing I could still smell it after 14 hours and another it was gone completely in under 2 but I'd say average is 4-6 with a soft silage. Also, for what it's worth, this is nothing like Ultime. I have gotten some nice compliments and zero negative feedback. Personally I really like the way it smells and for my chemistry it works well. Definitely not ground breaking but that is not really necessary for it to smell good.

Just received a 100ml bottle in the mail today, at a HUGE discount. It was not at all what I was expecting. I can see why some might make comparisons to Eros, although it is a very light juice, and it smells more like a l'Homme flanker than a La Nuit de l'Homme flanker. A very different opening, the apple is very obvious in the opening and is the main thing I can smell with the lavender and geranium playing the supporting role. I don't really detect many other notes, maybe some cashmere, cedar, and light Tonka. It's definitely not what I would classify as a sweet scent, even though I have seen many people saying it is. It definitely smells like it's in the l'Homme family, maybe too bright to be a LNDH release. It's a very pleasant fragrance and I could see it being great in the day. I will write a longer review after I have some more time with it.

Fresh, minty opening. It is also a bit spicy. Sometimes It can be a little bit sharp at this stage (It depends how my nose feels in that moment), but that it's just for the first minutes, and for me that's ok. The nice thing about this is that, when it starts setting down, you get those brush strokes of La Nuit combined with this fresh / bold aura. Then it surrounds you with a really delicate sweetness in the dry down, which It is my favorite part. I must admit that at the store, at first try, I wasn't sure about purchasing this, because of course it reminds me immediately of other perfumes that I already own, but after wearing it for a while, I have come to the idea that it brings its own thing to the table. In my opinion a very nice fragrance. Very pleasant to wear. It last long on my skin and it has a very nice sillage. I am happy with this.