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They thought of a nice name, dear YSL.

MYSLF
M - YSL - F
Male - Yves Saint Laurent - Female

Well, are you sick now? ;P You're welcome! :))

Even though I think the scent of MYSELF speaks perfectly for itself, everyone interprets something else into it... paradoxical somehow, and yet desired in my opinion.

I think I have this fragrance really well figured out.

Many say or write that it smells like a lot of things you know... but then again not exactly like a copy of something, you can't put your finger on it.
Not fish, not meat, but ... Protein? Or something like that. (Also vegan soy protein, if you like!)

Some people associate it with "Libre (Eau de Parfum) | Yves Saint Laurent", which is not quite true, as Libre is much more opulent, more feminine, more defined. Louder!

I would like to take a short break...

Alongside other trends and movements in the perfume sector, there is currently a movement of unobtrusive minimalism, as I would like to call it.
Because mankind in the industrialized countries has gone so wild with all the excess that some now like to go through the day with understatement again. What counts most are inner values and ideals, right?
Everything should be as efficient as possible, precisely coordinated. Yes, not too much of anything, if possible too little, you should be modest. And above all, don't offend anyone! Don't offend anyone, there are so many different truths.
Political correctness, feminism, LGBTQXYZ, modesty, values, oppose globalism, Americanism, commerce and our economic world.

But after the opulent abundance in all its colors has been lived for a long time, (There are already really many pick-sweet "men's" fragrances that men would NEVER have worn 20 years ago), one wanted to devote oneself to the new topic.

A template for many things back then was probably "Molecule 01 | Escentric Molecules", which showed that a single isolated chemical accord (in this case Iso-E-Super) can be used to create a particularly fragrant scent.

Then came the ambergris / ambroxan surge from the industry:
"A dab of ambrox, a bit of freshness, and there are already banknotes on the table!" ;P

"Bleu de Chanel (Eau de Toilette) | Chanel", "Sauvage (Eau de Toilette) | Dior", "Aventus | Creed" (Or is there only real ambergris in it? I don't think so ;P) etc. etc...

"After the cow was milked, and its calves too. The producers greedily hit their bellies!"

But that's understandable, now that each of the fragrances mentioned has flanker-without-end, you can think again.

And I think this is where this trend comes from, of fragrances that are supposed to be very subtle, but at the same time want to be very convincing and special despite their minimalism.

For me, fragrances such as "CK One (Eau de Toilette) | Calvin Klein" (which is currently celebrating its resurrection with Flanker), "Hero (Eau de Toilette) | Burberry", "H24 (Eau de Toilette) | Hermès", "K (Eau de Toilette) | Dolce & Gabbana" and others have embraced this conservative trend and launched products that shine with perfect minimalism. Often in refillable bottles and made only from vegan ingredients, of course ;P

Yves Saint Laurent wanted to go one better and have actually massaged a little bit of the glowing "Libre (Eau de Parfum) | Yves Saint Laurent" heart into this new composition MYSLF, in my opinion.
An ingenious move: first Libre, the women's fragrance, which has a masculine edge thanks to vetiver, among other things, and now Myslf, the men's fragrance, which has a slightly feminine touch thanks to the white floral orange blossom with a sweet anecdote to vanilla.
No wonder, then, that women (or people who mainly wear fragrances marketed as women's fragrances) often seem to like MYSLF very much because it reminds them of many of their beloved women's fragrances without explicitly coming too close to any of them.

So here we have not only minimalism, but also the genderfluid, not to say queer, zeitgeist flowing into products.

I would like to say that I am not necessarily an opponent of the sexualization of fragrances, so I like them to have an identity. Because the wearers have that too! (No matter which one!)
You can just wear fragrances ("wear"), and absolutely anything that's fun is allowed! ;)

And that works really well here! In all directions, without losing any of its excitement or potential. On the contrary, it smells so good that you don't think much about the direction.

I would describe the fragrance as floral, slightly sweet. With seamlessly incorporated, slightly hidden citrus (difficult to isolate from the rest).
The woods are only delicately hinted at, as small as in the fragrance note pictogram above ;P
A sexy orange blossom radiates from the center, for me slightly reminiscent of "Fahrenheit 32 (Eau de Toilette) | Dior".
Perhaps a bit like the more androgynous, sweeter brother of "Dolce & Gabbana pour Homme (1994) (Eau de Toilette) | Dolce & Gabbana", or its successor "Dolce & Gabbana pour Homme (2012) (Eau de Toilette) | Dolce & Gabbana", which is even drier.

I'll be honest, I'm a very passionate perfume enthusiast. (See my collection ...) I sprayed 26 perfumes on paper strips in the store today and took them home to "analyze". :D

And there were a lot of really good ones... but I keep wanting to smell the back of my Myslf hand, it's so delicious. (Although you notice it more when you let it drift... like Molecule 01, I think.)

I find this fragrance a very interesting approach, an understatement with which I can identify well, because Myslf is still able to be exciting and interesting, and perhaps even captivate the other person.
YSL can simply be >sensual

Y-smoke ... Incense ... do you understand? ;P

As a YSL fanboy and proud owner of many fragrances, including some from the Y series, I was of course very amused and excited that the good Yves is now bringing out a new, intensified version of the series.

And when I got a free sample of it in a store the other day without even asking for it, it was clear that a detailed test was soon to come ;)

In the opening, I was immediately struck by a slightly sour, sophisticated version of Y DNA. However, the incense accord immediately builds up and completely ruins the fragrance for me.

For me, incense is similar to pepper in food:
If you can perceive it in isolation and it doesn't get lost in the overall composition, it's too much of it for me and spoils the taste a little.

Unfortunately, this makes it primarily an incense fragrance for me, like "This Is Him! | Zadig & Voltaire", where this cool, dusty aura just hangs over everything.

I also think that this is not necessarily good for this already very conservative, fresh-blue men's fragrance, as it simply comes across as more serious and distant.
"Acqua di Giò Profumo (Parfum) | Giorgio Armani" is actually on a very similar track, but integrates the soft smoke much more subtly and therefore better.

I cannot confirm that Y Elixir is supposed to contain oud, as I was unable to detect this.

Oud, the hyped fragrance that so many manufacturers have been trying to market profitably since "M7 (2002) (Eau de Toilette) | Yves Saint Laurent"... very few in the mainstream really manage it.

but "Versace pour Homme Oud Noir | Versace" has already shown that it works well, it really makes sense there and is integrated into the fragrance, giving it an erotic slant. Or, for that matter, Tschäremie Frägränzes "Date for Men | Fragrance One", which quite successfully weaves a Gaultier Ultra Male-like DNA with oud to create a sensual experience.

There, the oud really makes sense, but here, in a cool blue fragrance that is almost devoid of any emotion,- to me it just seems like a drop of smokiness on the cool stone. ;P

I'm really curious to see what other reviews you have to say, and whether you perceive more than I do, or whether I even missed the sensation in the drydown, as I was so bored by the middle section that I gave in.

But in the end, the only question that remains for me is, Y incense YSL, y?

;)

I've had Xerjoff's "shooting star" "Uden" on the hit list for a long time. ;)

Now I came across the convenient embarrassment of being able to put my nose on a bottling of this Uden clone warrior "Omen" at a souk.

(Thanks at this point to the noble donor, enjoyed the test of course definitely!) :)

However, I must say that to date I am quite underwhelmed by the Uden "DNA"...

What serves me his imitator here, is a for me to the "Zino (Eau de Toilette) | Davidoff" Machart leaned composition, with something more citrus and coffee note in the heart. Slightly sweet, slightly woody, slightly floral, and also, light!

The whole thing is not unpleasant, quite nicely done, also has slight "Bvlgari Man In Black | Bvlgari" moments for me. (Probably due to the rum...)
But more of everything a little bit, than now very concrete and expressive.

I just lack the "wow effect", it remains very average.

I must fairly say that fragrances with coffee have it hard with me, because I drink coffee so gladly and often, that I do not need it in the fragrance world on the other hand then necessarily...

But I think if the fragrance would have more of the "wow", as it has "Rochas Man (Eau de Toilette) | Rochas" for example, the coffee would at least not irritate me so much.

(By the way: even with Rochas Man, the Intense variant has less appealed to me because of the increased caffeine content! :D)

So in fairness, maybe you could say, "For fans".

And for me, this is thus a bad omen, am therefore curious whether I will like the original Uden, or Black Extreme by Mandarina Duck, which is supposed to be similar, then.

Black Extreme is already ordered, so you can be curious.

Your guesses gladly here as answers! :)

This Boss fragrance is for me the personified un-scent!

Apple? Ha. No, orange in the top note, some spices in the heart, and a bit of sweetness with woods in the base.

You could say, the lowest common denominator of all mainstream fragrances, in the most boring constellation imaginable.
Less expressiveness, and less "yes nowhere to tick off" hardly goes.

That for it cleanly exerziert, so that one would not have to be embarrassed to go with it e.g. in the business meeting.

But the looks gets the colleague of you who has Boss Bottled on it. And that's actually already mainstream. All right?

I feel it even almost as a precursor to Boss Bottled. You could say Boss Bottled casual business, and sell him as a flanker of the series to people who are afraid to smell like too much.

But apparently Hugo Boss felt it would be more lucrative with the neutered Bottled DNA to fish for a new class of buyer who, for whatever reason, is afraid of apple indulgence.

If it works out for them...ok. Allowed is in the free market economy, after all, everything that makes money.

Montblanc Individuel is for me personally a no-brainer in the collection.

Such a fragrance I a YouTuber Nachgekauft have, and immediately at the first sniff knew, "Hey wow,.... there's really something to it!!! The is really special!"

Over a longer period of time I thought that it is an homage or copy of Creed's Original Santal, which also imposes itself on you if you had to guess it only by smell, since Original Santal smells somehow more natural and a bit higher quality.

However, it is not!
Individuel: anno 2003
Original Santal: anno 2005

However, I did not care anyway, because Individual smells more interesting for me, it just moves more in me. Even if it is something more chemical / artificial, - or maybe just because of it?

What smells individual?
Hui... so with this list of notes, as long as the Old Testament, this is really a challenge to describe it! :D

I would say the raspberry plays a very central role, around which everything revolves. It is surrounded by sweet, floral, woody, and spicy notes, but there are so many and different that it is really hard for me to smell them out individually.

Let's say fruity sweet, so a slight amber impact, a little sticky, a little "alien" so alien / chemical. Also fresh, actually not so little! It is only not so noticeable since the sweetness yet radiates more strongly, and there are so "many small" fresh notes, which puzzle together here.
And in sum smells Individuel somehow so typically masculine-Cologne artig, so it just feels very much like a confident, sexy signature fragrance.
A little mistery, but present, with great charisma, and yet not overbearing.

The Individuel lover likes to wear his fragrance often, it's also such a grab-and-go thing. Fits in really every season and temperature, and to most situations. To the funeral it is perhaps a little too "happy", but otherwise goes really everything. So in the office you will make with it quickly times a few new friendships. ;)

Unfortunately, Individuel has now been finally discontinued after a long time on the market, it is also no longer listed on the manufacturer's site. (I guess but in some online stores you'll still find it here and there..)

Anyway I understand it, because even if it is very timeless, fragrances like Explorer, or Legend are simply more modern, and "do" what similar. But are somewhat easier to grasp in their DNA, for the masses.

I still find Individuel is really unique, almost a kind of highlight from the house, it is olfactory a bit like the golden ratio of this fragrance for me.

Just perfect!

I would think of Joop Homme now, which is also somewhat similar, but Joop Homme is much more striking for my taste. (Le Male Vibe) It smells much more like "broad masses", you immediately think "I know him yet.". And maybe a little youthful...

Individual is just... more individual. ;)

So a fragrance where you are constantly asked what the good, with nervousness in the voice of the counterpart, it would be but also like so individual. ;D

It should be said that I prefer designer fragrances mostly Nichendüften, but I find Individuel just has the "certain something", I know some that resemble, but none that resembles.

So the name is 100% accurate for me. The flacon shapely, clear, and yet practical, - you just like to take him in hand!

Durability and silage are for me very good to outstanding.

I remain in any case forever Individuel(l)! :)