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Who Has YSL M7 Fresh?

post #1 of 39
3/12/09 at 4:23pm
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IF you do and also have original M7, please comment and distinguish between them, what you like most about the other, etc. I really want to do a blind buy on this but I need your testimonies big time.

Sometimes you can judge by the bottle design what that scent is good for....e.g., M7 looks great for nights out, formal parties, etc., with M7 fresh its composition is light and clear, so I'm guessing its one of the best summer scents out there since its from YSL? or No?
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post #2 of 39
3/12/09 at 4:25pm
Very different. Just read the BN reviews in the directory. To be honest, I'd just buy an oud frag from:

http://www.nematfragrances.com/

at this point, rather than spending big bucks on M7. M7 Fresh is just not that interesting to me. I prefer Green Jeans, Higher by Dior, for example.
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post #3 of 39
3/12/09 at 4:29pm
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Thanks for that, I did read them, but wanted a little more of a personal review or something. Check out my revised post. Is the scent tantamount to the likes of Issey Miyake, Aqua di Gio, and the Aquatic range,? What clothes/season is it best for? Thanks in advance.

And what is the link you posted? They don't sell any colognes, just oils..
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post #4 of 39
3/12/09 at 4:30pm
It's absolutely not an aquatic. I wouldn't even call it a fresh oriental, although I think most will. It's a *light* aoud oriental.

Personally, it gave me a headache.
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post #5 of 39
3/12/09 at 4:48pm
They explain how to make the oils into an alcohol based frag there, if I'm not mistaken. You really should sample M7 first. M7 Fresh is light and inoffensive, but I wouldn't spend that kind of money on something that is just okay, or a bit above average.
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post #6 of 39
3/12/09 at 5:37pm
I think M7 Fresh is awesome and head and shoulders above original M7.

PM me and I'll send you a sample vial. It's one of the best hot weather fragrances out there.
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post #7 of 39
3/12/09 at 5:50pm
They are basically two entirely different fragrances.... and M7-Fresh is not an aquatic, though I'm not sure exactly how to classify it - it's probably in the fruity/citrus family according to Michael Edward's classification wheel. There are some hints of the original, especially in the drydown, but it's nowhere near as heavy and it a great warm weather fragrance alternative to aquatics. I was going to offer a sample but it looks like TRex beat me to it... it's definitely worth a shot.

100ml bottles of M7 Fresh are on eBay for around $50. I certainly have respect for saving money, but relatively speaking it's not expensive, especially not if you've sampled it first. I bought it as a blind buy and never regretted it, and you'd probably be able to sell it on BN quick should you not like it.
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post #8 of 39
3/12/09 at 6:07pm
I used to have M7 Fresh, but much prefer M7. I actually do find them similar, but found Fresh to be lacking many of the qualities that I loved in M7. I regret selling it for no other reason than visual completeness of having it sit next to it, but that's it. I always found myself reaching for the original more than Fresh.

Bigsly mentioned big bucks, but for what it is and the type, it's on the low end of the money scale.
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post #9 of 39
3/12/09 at 6:20pm
I have and love both, but for very different reasons. M7 Fresh is very fruity in the top notes. I'd call it a "heavy hitter" as far as lighter fragrances go. M7 Fresh definately isn't an aquatic fragrance. M7 is delicious, it's warm, it's sweet, the drydown is to absolutely wonderful! It's like melted marshmallows!
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post #10 of 39
3/12/09 at 6:36pm
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Originally Posted by T. Rex, Esq. View Post

I think M7 Fresh is awesome and head and shoulders above original M7.

PM me and I'll send you a sample vial. It's one of the best hot weather fragrances out there.


TRex you have a sample? As in an already designed sample or you're pouring some of it into a tiny container?
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post #11 of 39
3/12/09 at 6:37pm
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Originally Posted by Dudester! View Post

TRex you have a sample? As in an already designed sample or you're pouring some of it into a tiny container?

Oh, option B. I'd be putting some into a little atomizer.
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post #12 of 39
3/12/09 at 8:27pm
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Originally Posted by Bigsly View Post

Very different. Just read the BN reviews in the directory. To be honest, I'd just buy an oud frag from:

http://www.nematfragrances.com/

at this point, rather than spending big bucks on M7. M7 Fresh is just not that interesting to me. I prefer Green Jeans, Higher by Dior, for example.

have you ever purchased from that site? it looks very promising.
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post #13 of 39
3/12/09 at 8:38pm
I took a look at that site - seems like mostly oils and accords used to make perfumes instead of perfumes themselves. Have you actually tried any of these Bigsly or do you know anyone who has?
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post #14 of 39
3/12/09 at 9:02pm
To me, M7 Fresh smells like fruit-loops, oud and smoke (not stinky cigarette smoke - more from a campfire). Its certainly nothing like AdG, Issey, etc, and I dont think you would appreciate it as a blind buy.
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post #15 of 39
3/12/09 at 9:52pm
I own M7 Fresh and I wore it quite often last spring / summer. I paired it with light coloured clothes. I would not say its for black, urban, sleek looking apparel. Nor would I say its for a light coloured, cargo / military-stye. I think it works well with a kinda RL polo, clean style. It has a sophisticated edge that can distinguish you from the crowd. I'm happy to have it in my wardrobe.
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post #16 of 39
3/12/09 at 10:07pm
I went an bought M7 Fresh when it was really hard to obtain...It did rock my boat initially but it fizzled out for me....It's best worn in spring/autumn...It doesn't work too well on 'hot days'....It's a little too sweet for that....I still have it in my wardrobe and would like to continue hold on to it...It's a good scent.....

M7 is something that I've always loved...best worn in winter...excellent sillage and longevity....

M7 Fresh does sort of smell like M7 but with added citrus & fruits....They are not substitutes for sure....If you like sweet, fruity scents you can pick up M7 Fresh, blind.
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post #17 of 39
3/12/09 at 11:44pm
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Well the Esq wants to give me a sample and i'm lucky enough to get that but how ?
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post #18 of 39
3/13/09 at 10:45am
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Originally Posted by Dudester! View Post

Well the Esq wants to give me a sample and i'm lucky enough to get that but how ?

If you're in the US, the perfumed court.

I blind bought it though...was just that curious
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post #19 of 39
3/13/09 at 10:50am
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Originally Posted by Dudester! View Post

Well the Esq wants to give me a sample and i'm lucky enough to get that but how ?

Send me a private message with your address and I'll mail it to you!
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post #20 of 39
3/13/09 at 11:16am
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LoL, I am kinda new to this, I appreciate it but I don't think sending a pm w/personal info would be the best move..

Btw, where did you go to law school? I am considering going one of these days as i just graduated undergrad.
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post #21 of 39
3/13/09 at 12:09pm
I was reading about that site on another site (MUA) and it got great reviews. Plus there are some threads about it in the BN women's forum, if you do a search for it here.
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post #22 of 39
3/13/09 at 2:13pm
I have M7 Fresh and have found myself wearing it quite often lately. But it took me a while to appeciate it. I was immediately impressed with the original M7...it's one of my nightly can't miss frags. To be honest, I couldn't quite figure out the Fresh version the first few times I wore it and was kicking myself for buying it. Then I realized I wasn't putting enough on. A couple extra sprays and it came into its own.
Highly recommended along with the original M7. Great stuff!
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post #23 of 39
3/13/09 at 3:50pm
Dudester..... someone's offering you a free sample and you can't send him your address??? How do you think people get samples, decants, bottles, etc.? You think T-Rex is going to come to your house and steal your bottles?
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post #24 of 39
3/13/09 at 3:56pm
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Originally Posted by Dudester! View Post

LoL, I am kinda new to this, I appreciate it but I don't think sending a pm w/personal info would be the best move..


You gotta be joking

A person here is offering you a free sample so that you can try it for free, sitting at home and not having to make a blind buy (and possibly save money) & you are reluctant to even let out your address, that too through a PM? Wow......
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post #25 of 39
3/13/09 at 4:02pm
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Originally Posted by Bigsly

I was reading about that site on another site (MUA) and it got great reviews. Plus there are some threads about it in the BN women's forum, if you do a search for it here

Oh ok, so you haven't tried them... let me know when you do, I'd be curious to hear how they are. It's not often you see fragrances sold by weight and not volume, it's usually only materials for compounding into fragrances that are sold by weight.
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post #26 of 39
3/13/09 at 5:51pm
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Originally Posted by gupts View Post

You gotta be joking

A person here is offering you a free sample so that you can try it for free, sitting at home and not having to make a blind buy (and possibly save money) & you are reluctant to even let out your address, that too through a PM? Wow......

one man loss is another man gain.
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post #27 of 39
3/13/09 at 6:44pm
He's new to basnotes, don't pressure him into giving up his address if he isn't comfortable enougfh with you guys yet. There are a lot of scary internet stories out there so don't blame the guy for being careful.

I recommend trying m7 fresh at least in the store. It is an interesting scent but the bottle I own started leaking mysteriously. No idea why but it just did, could be some random error since I never heard about it before. I think m7 fresh is an interesting fragrance that offers complexity but is still unoffensive and very wearable but not another citrus/acquatic scent.
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post #28 of 39
3/13/09 at 6:56pm
With all do respect, Lian - my post wasn't intended to 'pressure' Dudester into giving his address at all, but rather pointing out that it's rude when someone makes a nice offer to publicly rebuke him. It would have been better had he just said nothing - or sent a PM - rather than point out he's going to turn down a generous offer. Also, it is how BN runs that people trade fragrances (and consequently, addresses).

In 80+ transactions I've never had a problem, and as far as I know no one has ever reported a problem giving out an address... it's just not like that. While there are weird things that happen on the internet, T.Rex has good feedback and hell, Chandler Burr met him for lunch last week! It would be one thing if T.Rex himself was an unknown person, but he's not. I understand being careful, but his comments were just rude. Rather than support him for being rude to T.Rex, it would have been best had Dudester been reassured that BN isn't like that.
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post #29 of 39
3/13/09 at 7:09pm
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Originally Posted by bbBD View Post

With all do respect, Lian - my post wasn't intended to 'pressure' Dudester into giving his address at all, but rather pointing out that it's rude when someone makes a nice offer to publicly rebuke him. It would have been better had he just said nothing - or sent a PM - rather than point out he's going to turn down a generous offer.

I agree.....a friendly offer by a basenoter should have been dealt with a bit of more respect......no harm in being cautious....but you have to look at how your behaviour could affect the other people on the board....
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post #30 of 39
3/13/09 at 7:29pm
I think having several people on your case because you did not want to share personal information is..odd and probably won't convince someone to actually give that address. You cannot force trust, all you can do is give people time and have them come back to a nice place.

I don't want to get into an argument, all I'm saying is that it's not nice to hold it against someone if they do not feel comfortable (yet) with sharing private information.

So instead of having 10 more posts on why he should or shouldn't give his address and other related things, why not get back on topic?

If you are not happy with this, pm me.

edit: I do want to add that it is common here that people sent each other fragrances to try out. Basenotes is all about enjoying perfumes with each other, discussing it and to expand our knowledge of perfumes and one way to do that is to send each other samples Stick around and you'll see that it is a welcoming community where people really do their best to help each other find the next true love, perfume wise.
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post #31 of 39
3/14/09 at 1:56am
I bought M7 Fresh blind too. I wouldn't normally buy blind, but I did so with M7 Fresh because it was the only bottle in Cairo and I just had to have that. At first I wasn't that impressed, but now I think it's one of my favorite go-to scents. For me, the smoky side of M7 Fresh makes it more suitable for nights out. It has slight longevity problems, but being an evening fragrance I can probably live with that.

I think it's also a little rare (not available in the US?) so you'll be able to trade or sell it if you didn't like it.
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post #32 of 39
3/14/09 at 2:44am
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Originally Posted by bbBD View Post

With all do respect, Lian - my post wasn't intended to 'pressure' Dudester into giving his address at all, but rather pointing out that it's rude when someone makes a nice offer to publicly rebuke him. It would have been better had he just said nothing - or sent a PM - rather than point out he's going to turn down a generous offer. Also, it is how BN runs that people trade fragrances (and consequently, addresses).

In 80+ transactions I've never had a problem, and as far as I know no one has ever reported a problem giving out an address... it's just not like that. While there are weird things that happen on the internet, T.Rex has good feedback and hell, Chandler Burr met him for lunch last week! It would be one thing if T.Rex himself was an unknown person, but he's not. I understand being careful, but his comments were just rude. Rather than support him for being rude to T.Rex, it would have been best had Dudester been reassured that BN isn't like that.


Whoa whoa whoa, my comments just rude?? Just how so? What was so "Rude" as you assert by saying what I said, (these were my words):

I appreciate it, but i don't think sending out personal info would be the best move

^Well? Did I call Esquire Crazy, a lunatic, etc?! I am not offended by him asking to send me a sample but I merely stated "i don't think it would be the best move" which one could argue is a EUPHEMISM! How was I RUDE? You clearly ticked me off by even RAISING that word!

Second, I had no idea the primary purpose of BN was to exchange personal information here and swap colognes like crazy, I'm sorry but I have a life, just graduated college and I'm not saying that you guys don't have one, but that I am not overtly concerned with getting a cologne sample in my hands as if the world depended on it.
This post is in no way meant to downplay Esq or anyone else on these boards for that matter but solely a direct response to saying that my comments were just "rude" when, clearly, I did *not* even call Esq., apparent "rude" words, like crazy, psycho, or some other word which can easily be called "Rude." I am done here!
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post #33 of 39
3/14/09 at 2:45am
Dudester, M7 Fresh is a frag you arnt likely to find in stores, so getting T rex to send you a sample would be the best way. I've messaged T Rex on numerous occaisions and hes definately one of the friendliest, most reliable Basenoter's on here.

I would have no problem sending him my address (In fact, about a year ago him and I were going to arrange a swap - my Joop! Jump for his M7 Fresh! ), but I ended up convincing him to keep it and try it in warmer weather.

M7 Fresh is a wonderful, interesting frag and I would seriously consider sending T Rex your address so in turn he can send you a sample
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post #34 of 39
3/14/09 at 2:51am
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Originally Posted by Dudester! View Post

Whoa whoa whoa, my comments just rude?? Just how so? What was so "Rude" as you assert by saying what I said, (these were my words):

I appreciate it, but i don't think sending out personal info would be the best move

^Well? Did I call Esquire Crazy, a lunatic, etc?! I am not offended by him asking to send me a sample but I merely stated "i don't think it would be the best move" which one could argue is a EUPHEMISM! How was I RUDE? You clearly ticked me off by even RAISING that word!

Second, I had no idea the primary purpose of BN was to exchange personal information here and swap colognes like crazy, I'm sorry but I have a life, just graduated college and I'm not saying that you guys don't have one, but that I am not overtly concerned with getting a cologne sample in my hands as if the world depended on it.

This post is in no way meant to downplay Esq or anyone else on these boards for that matter but solely a direct response to saying that my comments were just "rude" when, clearly, I did *not* even call Esq., apparent "rude" words, like crazy, psycho, or some other word which can easily be called "Rude." I am done here!

I'll leave my original post here since I was trying to be helpful, but after reading the last paragraph, good riddance!
We don't need people insulting everyone on Basenotes. Its a hobby, some of us are more passionate about it than others. Not everyone here registered to get free samples, some of us are genuinely interested in fragrances, etc.
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post #35 of 39
3/14/09 at 2:53am
I would really like to try this one, the original was a bit sickly and strong for me
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post #36 of 39
3/14/09 at 6:52am
After reading this thread I went and pulled out M7 Fresh from my line up. I too bought it when it was a little harder too find. So anyway, I sprayed it on and wondered why I don't wear this more often. If M7 is too heavy but you want to like it all the way through, M7 Fresh may be the answer. It's brighter in the beginning and not as heavy at the end. I think I will be wearing it this weekend. Still, a sample may be in order instead of blind buying. I first obtained a decant from the Perfumed Court before buying a 100m bottle.
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post #37 of 39
3/14/09 at 2:29pm
I am glad this thread came up. I have sampled both M7 and M7 Fresh. I like them both. I haven't purchased either because I want to sample Montales aouds before buying a bottle. Being that the warmer months are coming and I am looking for another warm weather frag, maybe M7 Fresh is the way to go. I have been traveling to Germany on business and I see it in the stores there. Hmmmm. Maybe I will go for it this time.

FWIW I got my M7 Fresh sample from The Perfumed Court. I definitely get the Fruit Loops reference but it goes away fairly quickly.

I hope you find a sample and like it.
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post #38 of 39
3/14/09 at 2:49pm
I own both and like both, for somewhat different reasons. They are actually to me more different than viewing M7 Fresh as M7 Light would indicate. M7 Fresh starts out with sort of a pine thing to me, although you can smell notes reminiscent of M7 in there. As it drys down, it does become closer to M7, but as others have noted, lighter. The pine-like notes never really disappear entirely with M7 Fresh, at least on my skin.

I do not find either to be to strong or too sweet, though they both last a long time on me. I can typically still smell them a bit the next morning! Bottom line is they are both bottle worthy fragrances and I am happy I own both of them.

Oh, Dudester, try Beauty Encounter in the U.S. if you dont want to let someone send you a free sample. Beauty Encounter stocks both and have very good prices.
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post #39 of 39
3/14/09 at 5:30pm
Are you guys sure you tried m7 Fresh off TPC? I have looked 100 times for it and never seen it there. Did i just miss it?
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