Y Le Parfum

I received my original Y Le Parfum today (all black bottle) and it smells amazing! This is definitely a fragrance for a night out and smells so much better than the 2025 Y Le Parfum which I own as well. The new Y Le Parfum 2025 smells like a shower gel mixed with pine and ginger, while the original smells more mature / masculine, reminds me A LOT of Ralph’s Club Parfum , but BETTER , more creamy with the tonka bean and more warm amber, it doesn’t have that nasty smelling orange blossom that RC Parfum has. I’m sad this is discontinued, and is very hard to find at the moment without prices being super high , I was blessed to find mine for under 100$ and with a batch code of barely hitting 2 years as of this month June 2026. The opening smells like Y EDP but way toned down on the sweetness , then drys down into a creamy dark manly scent, longevity wise I sprayed this at 3pm, 9 hours later I can still smell it on my skin, projection isn’t the best though as it faded within 2 hours. YSL bring this back !!!

Wow!! I’m blown away! So glad I got a bottle of this before they’re all gone. The fact that they re-formulated this masterpiece into something different instead of adding a flanker is crazy to me. This is like the EdP but without the synthetic strong shower gel teenager smell. The rough edges were smoothed out. The top is nicer and less strong sweet without the synthetic undertone of the EdP. Nice balance of all the notes, aldehydes make it more airy. The harsh spicy dry down replaced with smooth lavender, woods and tonka bean. This is insanely nice! Signature scent worthy and extremely versatile. Layering this with a couple sprays of Le Nuit de L’homme (or Y Elixir which I haven’t sampled) in the winter could be one of the ultimate smells ever. 10/10

I have read that the older black label is better so that is what I acquired, but could only find a 10ml. This is Y EDP in a tuxedo. It is so freaking good. While EDP is a fun screamer of a freshie, this is the older brother at the back of the room watching over his little brother be the life of the party. Parfum will be bringing home the only dime at this party as he knows when to be quiet and when he speaks, he does so eloquently. I am rating this the same as the EDP... 9 5. Intense is louder, but not blended as well so it gets a 9. Elixer is an 8.5 as I feel its just a money grab. It doesn't set itself apart but is still great. I need a bottle of this.

Interesting silver-pine menthol forest start which is constantly broken by undertones of licorice and deep bit sweaty musk which creates a strange not entirely harmonious aftertaste on the palate. Not bad though. Fortunately it quickly transforms into a pleasant and partly "original" (read "not entirely generic but it has very close to some Boss or other designer common stuff) non-gourmet herbal-citrus dark green-light yellow aroma. Bitter, bergamot sharp with a white grapefruit twist. Drydown adds lemongrass, pepper, fresh unsweetened and does not go sour even on sweating people. Surprisingly stable citrus. Shame it is not under 50 Euro per 60ml.

I have an OG bottle that was given to me for free years ago. I mostly smell a lot of the green apple note, and some lavender and some ginger. Lasts long and has moderate sillage. It doesn't smell that bad for YSL, but I definitely wouldn't pay over $100 for it.. especially since the Arab colognes I have smell better and are much cheaper. And also apparently they reformulated this cologne so I dont wanna overpay for another bottle if it doesn't smell like the one I own. I give it a 'love' rating because I like the scent of green apple and it's strong, at least with my bottle.