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I tried the $5000 a bottle, Yü.

post #1 of 46
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I was lucky enough to have an SA at Bergdorf take me over to the locked case. He gave me a dab on my wrist. Composed by Cecile Krakower, it's all tropical flowers in a oriental base of vanilla, etc. My initial impression was that it smelled very real, almost 3-D. But after about 30 minutes or so, it was just a memory. $5000 for 30 minutes, now that's slick.
post #2 of 46
I'm not aware of that particular frag... however are they not priced so high almost as a peasant blocker? I know they are very high quality but lets be honest $5000? It's just so the rich can relax safe in the knowlege that some muggy little scroat is not wearing their fav frag!!
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Originally Posted by r2s View Post

I'm not aware of that particular frag... however are they not priced so high almost as a peasant blocker? I know they are very high quality but lets be honest $5000? It's just so the rich can relax in the knowlege that some muggy little scroat is not wearing their fav frag!!

"peasant blocker"?

ROTFL!
post #4 of 46
Neat Ruggles - I want to go shopping at Bergdorf's with you!

I remember reading about Yu before. If I remember correctly, the company was marketing the flower notes as 'jungle essences' that utilized a patented hermetically sealed canister that captured the smell of jungle flowers in the forests where the perfumers researched such scents.

I also remember many saying Yu smelled like Bounce dryer sheets.

The nose (Krakower) hasn't done any other scents that caught my eye, except for MV3 from M.A.C. that smells like a thin copy of Musc Ravageur.

I'll wait for the Yu Extreme, at $10,000 a bottle.
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I also remember many saying Yu smelled like Bounce dryer sheets.

RICH PEOPLE DON"T DO NO LAUNDRY!
post #6 of 46
If I were going to charge $5K a bottle, then I would have expended considerably more effort to come up with a name that folks would take seriously, rather than the remarkably lame "Yu".
post #7 of 46
They shortened it from the originally slated "Yuchumpe"
post #8 of 46
Most of these ridiculously priced $150,000 frags are so priced because of the expensive crystals adorning the bottles and not the ingredients or blending.
post #9 of 46
I'm gonna wait for their scented lotion, YuTube.
post #10 of 46
I'm sure it's a beautiful scent (while it lasts, anyway), but I just don't think it's Më.
post #11 of 46
I've been considering their product in an oil-based dropper, PhakYu.
post #12 of 46
Oh, you guys are killing us!

So, a locked case and formal dabbing? How did you ever keep a straight face?
post #13 of 46
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They shortened it from the originally slated "Yuchumpe"

Now that is apt!
post #14 of 46
That's funny, I could have sworn the SA told me it was shortened from Yusnahb. Oh well. I wouldn't feel bad about buy it if I had the money, or if I like it, but from hear in the Peasant section, I'll just laugh at whoever does buy it. And rentboy is right, I don't do laundry.
- Rich
post #15 of 46
Yu don't do laundry? Thats Outrageous!
post #16 of 46
What if you layer it with Calvin Klein....














YucK
post #17 of 46
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Originally Posted by genvy5 View Post

I've been considering their product in an oil-based dropper, PhakYu.






I'll just wait for their second one...PhakYu 2.
post #18 of 46
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I'm sure it's a beautiful scent (while it lasts, anyway), but I just don't think it's Më.

Yü are a funny boi, PaulSC!
post #19 of 46
My, everybody's on top form with the punning today
post #20 of 46
There's some funny 'schit' here for sure!


Dan
post #21 of 46
Thread Starter 
This is Yü.
post #22 of 46
"muggy little scroat"
post #23 of 46
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Originally Posted by Ruggles View Post

This is Yü.

Yu or Poo ?
post #24 of 46
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Originally Posted by zztopp View Post

Yu or Poo ?

It does look a bit like la merde de chien, doesn't it?
post #25 of 46
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Originally Posted by zztopp View Post

Yu or Poo ?

Yeah, who squeezed out the glass turd filled with juice?
post #26 of 46
Apparently Frederic Malle had a heart attack today when he smelled this on his maid.
post #27 of 46
Ruggles,
Thanks for that look into how the other half lives! Do they actually sell enough to make money, or is it simply some rich dork's tax write-off?

Even if I had that kind of money and was punchy enough to buy it, if it wasn't absolutely guaranteed to get me laid on every single wearing, forget it! And I take it you didn't, unless you work extremely fast!
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Originally Posted by supermarky View Post

"muggy little scroat"

That elicited a laugh out loud from me, as well.
post #29 of 46
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Originally Posted by Circa1905 View Post

That elicited a laugh out loud from me, as well.

Me too -- that was fabyülous, Marky!
post #30 of 46
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Originally Posted by Indie_Guy View Post

Apparently Frederic Malle had a heart attack today when he smelled this on his maid.

This line means nothing to noobs but this is the damn funniest thing that I have read in a long time.

LOL
post #31 of 46
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Originally Posted by Ruggles View Post

My initial impression was that it smelled very real, almost 3-D.

That sounds kinda cool....would love to smell something like that...I remember taking an advance calculus class where we had to look at things in a three dimensional way...boggled my mind.
post #32 of 46
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Originally Posted by Ruggles View Post

This is Yü.

Ummm... This is me:



Clearly, Yu don't know what IT's all about. Peasant.
- Rich
post #33 of 46
So it comes with a $4900 table? Great, now I don't have to shop for my furniture and fragrances separately.
post #34 of 46
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Originally Posted by Thrax View Post

This line means nothing to noobs but this is the damn funniest thing that I have read in a long time.

LOL

I agree. That is one of the best lines i've read in a long time.
post #35 of 46
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Originally Posted by somethinpositiv View Post

So it comes with a $4900 table? Great, now I don't have to shop for my furniture and fragrances separately.

Table? You thought that was a TABLE? Oh, no, my dear -- that was its excrement.
See how it's coming out the bottom? Yü have to feed yür Yü every day, yü see, AND yü have to clean up yür Yü's pü-pü, tü.
post #36 of 46
bü!
post #37 of 46
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Originally Posted by Ruggles View Post

This is Yü.

Hm, reverse the colorization of the objects and it'd be resembling some fetishes involving glass tables. Just saying.
post #38 of 46
Holy cow. This is the best thread ever. Hahaha...

I can't believe the design of the Yu bottle. It looks like a wad of dog poo, and the bottle itself is... the steam rising. Ugh.
post #39 of 46
LOL this thread is highly amusing! Guys how come I cant see pics on this site just a small white box with a red cross in it?

(Oh and I have found out why this stuff is so expensive: It is rumoured to have a note of ballbag sweat carefully taken from the sack of an ancient Chinese warrior) fantasic stuff!
post #40 of 46
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Originally Posted by Circa1905 View Post

If I were going to charge $5K a bottle, then I would have expended considerably more effort to come up with a name that folks would take seriously, rather than the remarkably lame "Yu".

I always thought the name Yü was referring to the word rain in Chinese, it also seems plausible considering the shape of the bottle.
post #41 of 46
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Originally Posted by Indie_Guy View Post

Apparently Frederic Malle had a heart attack today when he smelled this on his maid.


post #42 of 46
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If form follows function, I'd say the Yü bottle was designed to fall over and break shortly after taking it home. Then you will be blue.
post #43 of 46
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Originally Posted by Ruggles View Post

If form follows function, I'd say the Yü bottle was designed to fall over and break shortly after taking it home. Then you will be blue.

Psst! "Blü."
"Then you will be blü."
Do you see!
post #44 of 46
Paul, are you trying to say he blü it?
post #45 of 46
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Psst! "Blü."
"Then you will be blü."
Do you see!

Then yü will be blü. I stand corrected. Thank yü.
post #46 of 46
Keep an eye out for the nü Yü Zü. I have heard it is very citrus-civet heavy.
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