Abadi Opulent

Talk about a nice find! • Abadi Opulent nails the YSL Y DNA very well. Smelled good right out of the box, and punches above its price point. • Nice bottle, good atomizer, and very good performance, especially on clothes (undershirt). • This is definitely the one to get among YSL Y dupes if your nose is on the "less sweet, please!" side of things. • Fragrance is pretty linear, but in a good way, it's pushing the middle notes (which I love) for a very long time. • For a man in his 40s-50s looking to bridge the gap between 1990s fougères and sweet modern scents, this works! July 2026 update: • Had this bottle for ~8 months, still a great performer, and its scent has improved slightly. • It's still pushing these intoxicating middle notes with gusto, but the opening is now way smoother than it was.

I have had some more time with this fragrance since I got my bottle. It's really good. The opening is not as deep or as sweet as the opening of Y Elixir, in the dry down it gets a lot closer, but with a bit of a twist. It's almost a hybrid of Y Elixir (90%) and Y EDP Intense (10%). It has all of the main notes of Elixir with a few supporting notes of the from the EDP Intense in smaller concentrations: the bergamot, the sage, tiny hints of juniper as well. It's a solid release and longevity is decent for a fresh fragrance, about 7 hours. It's very versatile and can be used in any season. I think it's definitely worth the asking price ($40 shipped for a 100ml bottle) and most people would assume it's y Elixir if they smell it on you.

Best I've smelled in Years!!! Mannnnnnnn! I freaking love this stuf.. Got a decant of this along with others in a trade with Newtype.. Thank you my friend for this... He also sent the original YElixir and I enjoy this so much more!! Much more balanced and i love the addition of juniper berries along with bergamot.. Its not 1 to 1 to the Elixir I would say 80-85% alike with a touch of Y EDP.. Amazing for any season, any occasion.. I find this to be alittle more mature than youthful but if you enjoy it wear it! I bought a full bottle on ebay paid around 50 bucks with tax but I think its worth it.. Besides the bottle looks really cool! This stuff is insane! Rating 10/10 its simply perfect in my opinion

Though I have Y EDP, I haven't tried Y Elixir as yet. Regardless, Abadi Opulent is a nice fragrance. It still keeps the YSL Y dna, but the added Oud and Frankincense make it darker and richer smelling. In fact, the Oud and Frankincense are very well blended. It strikes me as a more grown up version of Y, but can still be easily worn either day and night, and in all environments. Sillage is strong at first and it projects well for about an hour, but then it starts to turn into a skin scent. Instead of being beastly, Abadi Opulent instead radiates warmly from the skin. I picked up a bottle for £20 in the UK, so I can't really complain given the huge cost of the original. 7/10.

This is my most recent acquisition and I can't give a full opinion yet because I have a slight nose cold which is affecting my ability to pick up scents. I also want to let this one macerate abit before I give my final thoughts. But so far, this is a very fresh and masculine scent which is super interesting to my nose and highly pleasant. I can see this one pulling a lot of compliments. The freshness is really vibey and takes me on a little trip. I'm gonna come back to this review and update it soon, but so far I'm really intrigued and I think the low price is a wonderful thing for this type of scent and also as a sidenote, the bottle and the packaging are both super pretty.