L’Homme Cologne Bleue

This fragrance smells so, so, so good. L’Homme Ultime is in my top 3 frags of all time, I was so sad they discontinued it and have tried many of the other L’Homme flankers to try to capture the feeling I get with Ultime. So far, this one comes the closest (that doesn’t even mean they are very similar, they just have certain elements that stick out that I love). This feels like a solid mix between L’Homme, La Nuit, and the more sweet/sour citrusy opening from Ultime. It’s light and airy and the aquatic notes are actually really well done to me, still keeping that magical, warm floral woody feeling from the others. That being said, I’ve honestly never, in my entire life, experienced such a disappointment when it comes to the performance of a fragrance. I’m not even a snob about longevity or projection, never have been, and I even dislike when people complain so often about “weak” fragrances on here, because honestly anything that gives me even just 3 hours of a personal scent bubble I don’t mind. I don’t wear it to be loud and obnoxious, I mostly wear it for my own enjoyment. This one has shockingly weak longevity and projection, and it hurts all the more because I truly adore the scent. It’s gone within half an hour, leaving such a faint skin scent I began to question whether I got a fake one (ordered from Ulta, it’s as legit as you can get... sadly). I have to jam my nose into my arm and try so hard to even detect anything. Just a very, very faint aroma of that beautiful L’Homme drydown. I am incredibly disappointed with this one. I’ve had better performance from an axe body spray, even from those cheap Adidas EdC sprays they sell at target last way longer than this. Shame on them, honestly.

I love this fragrance for pretty much the reason that others don’t like it: performance. I work in an environment with people who are scent sensitive, so projection is my enemy at work. I put this on after I shower and moisturize in the morning, and by the time I’m at work, it has nearly been relegated to a skin scent, and by the time I’m off I can confidently use a different perfume without the fear of the scents clashing. The scent itself is light, clean and generally respectable. It’s not something you wear to get attention; it should be worn for the sake of the person wearing it. I get about an hour of moderate projection followed by 5-6 hours of a pleasant bright and inoffensive skin scent (your mileage may vary). The only issue I take with it is the price. For me it’s too pricey for a blind buy (or at least it was when I first tried it in 2019). Fortunately Yves Saint Laurent is carried at a ton of department stores. I swung by a Macy’s and tried a spray, dug it, and then bought it from a discounter the next week. All in all, don’t go into this one thinking you’re going to get some sort of head turner that announces to everyone that you’ve arrived; this ain’t that. But I strongly recommend giving it a shot if you’re looking for something fresh and subtle. Your coworkers (or classmates, or fellow elevator riders, or anyone else that exists in a confined space with you) will be pretty pleased.

It smell soooooo good to me!!!. Like it does have a generic kind of feel like any other male fresh clean scents. The notes are easy to recognize. But there something about this combination that make me feel like so much is going on and yet so simple Mostly I think it because most male perfume have such strong woody or too spicy combination while I like sweet thing so when I smell this, it have everything that I like: Light but not to the point of light like Nautica Voyage, very strong citrus and hint of sweetness and spicy balance. It has a very strong projection and last pretty long if on clothes, on skin is depend. I use it on my bf and somehow I'm so altractive to him more than before. Like an elevation. When I smell it on him, it like I'm on a rooftop pool sipping a Citrusy, tangy fresh spice, sweet Lemon Citrus Apple soda cocktail, While looking at my boyfriend hot bods coming out of the fresh cool water pool with water running down I know it kinda exaggerating. But yeh. I like this perfume a lot 1000000/10. Highly recommended. Wanna make me go in bed with you. Use this. The price is kinda on the almost high but still a affordable kinda and can still use for a long while.

I love the opening freshness of this one, somehow reminding me of a much more watery Versace Blue Jeans, I definitely sense lavender, geranium and of course citrus, there's a cool marine vibe. Unfortunately the fragrance greatly lacks in the performance category. If YSL had released this as a large 200ml cologne but for the price of a 60ml it would've been fine imo. As it is it lacks value for money and can't stand up to good flankers such as l'Homme Ultime. Shame. At the right price from discounters I would consider this for summer, definitely isn't going to offend anyone and it smells very nice, if nothing too unique. Scent opening:9/10 scent in general:7/10 Performance:6/10 UPDATE 25/11/19 : I feel I was harsh about the longevity, for me it was as good if not better than La Nuit de l'Homme EDT meaning around 5 or 6 hours but as a soft scent (as with La Nuit), bear in mind however that this was on a cool autumn day, perhaps it would evaporate more quickly in the summer, I look forward to trying it out again some time.

This is a very nice hot weather scent, very safe for office use and overall a great YSL release. Not everyone is looking for some niche frag that will make half their place of work avoid them. These are the fragrances that are pleasant and safe for everyday use. All these people complaining about "nothing new", "just another generic release", "blah, blah, blah" are the reason that most places now you go-to, including most work places are "scent free". Mass appealing, "safe" fragrances are what most people need to wear for everyday use, the "niche" frags that are not mainstream and are out of the box scents are what people need for their own time, around family gathering etc, etc. So after ranting about all that, lol, this is imho good safe summer scent for everyday use, including work/office if they still allow frags to be worn. I give this a solid 8/10, it's a perfect scent when it's 35 celcius out.