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What is the most complex YSL scent?

post #1 of 48
1/22/10 at 12:23pm
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I want to buy a YSL scent.

What is the most complex scent by YSL (not linear)?




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post #2 of 48
1/22/10 at 12:35pm
Opium (the feminine)
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post #3 of 48
1/22/10 at 12:38pm
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What makes the feminine more complex than the masculine?
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post #4 of 48
1/22/10 at 12:40pm
Opium
Kouros
M7
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post #5 of 48
1/22/10 at 1:36pm
M7.
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post #6 of 48
1/22/10 at 1:45pm
imo M7
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post #7 of 48
1/22/10 at 2:12pm
I've gotta give it to Opium (PH) on this one...But I haven't experienced much of the women's collection. All of their older scents (before 2004 or so) were very complex by my nose.
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post #8 of 48
1/22/10 at 3:38pm
Yeah, another vote for M7
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post #9 of 48
1/22/10 at 3:39pm
I enjoy Opium PH very much, but I find the original YSL PH to be very complex; PH continually reveals different colors of lemon, green, and woodiness. (But I was expecting to see Live Jazz mentioned here in answer to the OP question.)
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post #10 of 48
1/22/10 at 3:45pm
Kouros or M7
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post #11 of 48
1/22/10 at 6:35pm
Opium (women's), by far.
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post #12 of 48
1/22/10 at 6:49pm
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Originally Posted by Dr_Rudi View Post

Opium
Kouros
M7

My answer as well.
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post #13 of 48
1/22/10 at 8:15pm
YSL Pour Homme Haute Concentration. this one is even harder than Kouros to understand not to mention wear. I wore it countless times and still my feeling towards it were mixed. In the end I swapped it with another member because I knew he would be able to appreciate it more than me.
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post #14 of 48
1/22/10 at 10:06pm
I don't find any of the YSL fragrances particularly linear. In some cases, too sweet, and therefore not to my liking (i.e. La Nuit de L'Homme) But not linear.
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post #15 of 48
1/22/10 at 10:15pm
Some of my favorite scents come from this house. None of them are overly complex, nor simplistic. I would say Kouros is probably the most "complex" of the scents. It is a masterpiece that I can't stand smelling. Kouros is one of the very few fragrances that I get a true gag reflex from smelling at first sniff. It is also one of the most well-crafted scents I've ever smelled.
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post #16 of 48
1/22/10 at 10:35pm
Some YSL masculines are self assured, others are non-apologetic, but complex? That said, ...

K O U R O S
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post #17 of 48
1/22/10 at 10:36pm
Kouros.

Its evolution is the most noticeable of the YSLs, IMO. Many comments also indicate that the drydown is very good, compared with the howling-Banshee, men's-room opening. THAT is some progression. But then, Kouros is my favourite.
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post #18 of 48
1/22/10 at 10:57pm
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Originally Posted by perfaddict View Post

Kouros.

Its evolution is the most noticeable of the YSLs, IMO. Many comments also indicate that the drydown is very good, compared with the howling-Banshee, men's-room opening. THAT is some progression. But then, Kouros is my favourite.

Indeed. Kouros is an incredible journey from beginning to end.
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post #19 of 48
1/22/10 at 11:33pm
Another vote for Kouros, the opening still confuses me and the drydown is just wonderfull. It is however an aquired taste. I hated this the first time i smelled it, but somehow i kept coming back to it. Now it is one of my favorites
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post #20 of 48
1/23/10 at 12:28am
My choice is M7
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post #21 of 48
1/23/10 at 12:41am
Thread Starter 
Kouros scares me. I think I'll get a sample first.

I tested it at perfumania and got that pink urinal cake note, lol. It was on a test strip. I should try it a few days on my skin.
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post #22 of 48
1/23/10 at 1:52am
Kouros. i loved it since first sniff, 25 years ago, and it is still my all time favorite.
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post #23 of 48
1/23/10 at 3:49am
Rive Gauche- for its subtle, timeless simplicity
Oopium Eau d'Orient- some of the most lush, non-generic and daring Orientals around
M7- not my favorite, yet I admire it for its extremely modern and non-generic harmonies
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post #24 of 48
1/23/10 at 5:02am
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M7 and Opium for men
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post #25 of 48
1/23/10 at 6:36am
Kouros!! An animalic frenzy! Sweaty,dirty and yet contradicting with clean and fresh notes! amazing!

evocative of the finest summonings!
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post #26 of 48
1/23/10 at 7:41am
For the love of God, don't make me come to each of your homes with a bottle of YSL's Opium homme eau de parfum to show you what is truly one of this house's best offerings especially with regards to complexity. I dare say that the difficulty in finding the Opium edp at fragrance stores in North America has kept this from being one of YSL's premier men's fragrances.

This is what you wear when you grow up.
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post #27 of 48
1/23/10 at 7:58am
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Originally Posted by Spray View Post

What makes the feminine more complex than the masculine?

The way it evolves on skin. The strong diffusion all around you when you wear it. The very long lasting and tenacious dry down.

Sample the EdT and/or the parfum (the EdP is a bit too much for me).
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post #28 of 48
2/6/10 at 7:05pm
Kouros, it's complex times 5
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post #29 of 48
2/6/10 at 7:10pm
another vote for Kouros
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post #30 of 48
2/6/10 at 7:11pm
I would have to say Kouros, the development is just amazing. It transforms from a animalistic-dirty- gritty scent (yes it kinda smells like urinal cakes and sweaty sex too but not for the whole length of the scent) to a clean, soapy and incredibly pleasing aroma. I really can not think of a fragrance that changes so drastically. It is really a pretty amazing scent IMO.
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post #31 of 48
1/26/11 at 7:29pm
YSL isn't about being complex. All of my YSL favorites --Body Kouros, M7, Rive Gauche PH---they're all simple scents, and I think there's something to say for that. If you want complex, pick up some AMen or something
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post #32 of 48
1/26/11 at 7:38pm
very good fragrance house. cant go wrong.
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post #33 of 48
1/26/11 at 7:55pm
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Kouros
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post #34 of 48
1/26/11 at 8:17pm
M7 and Opium PH Edp
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post #35 of 48
1/26/11 at 8:46pm
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Originally Posted by graffham View Post

For the love of God, don't make me come to each of your homes with a bottle of YSL's Opium homme eau de parfum to show you what is truly one of this house's best offerings especially with regards to complexity. I dare say that the difficulty in finding the Opium edp at fragrance stores in North America has kept this from being one of YSL's premier men's fragrances.

This is what you wear when you grow up.

i like that answer, definitely have to get my nose around that
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post #36 of 48
1/26/11 at 10:58pm
M7.
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post #37 of 48
1/27/11 at 2:44am
Kouros is the most complex followed by Opium PH edp. I have never tried the original Opium.
I don't understand all the votes for M7.
To me it is a rather dull and flat scent.
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post #38 of 48
1/27/11 at 2:59am
anything launched before 2004
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post #39 of 48
1/27/11 at 7:41am
The most complex in my opinion is the original Opium.
For men, Opium pour homme.
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post #40 of 48
1/27/11 at 10:18am
Kouros and Opium for women
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post #41 of 48
1/27/11 at 11:06am
More votes for Opium (women's) and Kouros.
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post #42 of 48
1/27/11 at 5:45pm
Kouros
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post #43 of 48
1/27/11 at 6:35pm
What? No one has mentioned Jazz? Very reasonably priced, but still interesting!
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post #44 of 48
1/27/11 at 10:56pm
Opium wins this thread. Anyone who's smelled Opium in parfum wouldn't be voting for bloody M7 or Rive frickin' Gauche.

Kouros runs a close second. Seriously, what didn't they put in that thing? (It's fresh! No, wait, it's sweaty. Fecal? Musky, definitely. Is that coriander? Wow, nice incense. Hey, there's cumin! And ambergris! And...wow, that's a lot of clove. Hm, a bit leathery now. And...lemon? Rose? Something like rose, I swear to God. Oh, it's gone. And now...is that camphor? I...I'm just going to lie down for a bit. My nostrils are spinning.)
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post #45 of 48
1/27/11 at 11:06pm
Of the masculines I've sampled, I'd say Jazz Prestige. I can't say if Kouros was more complex because I found it so vile that I couldn't focus on it. For JP:

"Top notes are coriander, lavender, green notes, fruity notes, pepper, nutmeg flower, anise and bergamot; middle notes are carnation, cypress, ginger, cinnamon, jasmine, caraway, rose and geranium; base notes are leather, sandalwood, amber, patchouli, benzoin, coconut, oakmoss and cedar."

Where is the tobacco, which is obviously there? LOL.
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post #46 of 48
1/28/11 at 2:27am
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Originally Posted by mikeperez23 View Post

Opium (the feminine)

Exactly. Period.
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post #47 of 48
1/28/11 at 2:32am
From the men's line:
M7
Kouros
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post #48 of 48
1/28/11 at 4:57am
Opium homme eau de parfum IS the one!
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