Wow! So, Ive been collecting quite a few "80's style Masculine, powerhouse classics" such as Jacques Bogart- Signature, One Man Show, Bogart Pour Homme, RL- Polo. Jaguar Pour Homme, YSL- Kouros, Giorgio Beverly Hills PH, Drakkar Noire, YSL - Opium PH edt, etc, etc, and while some of those have a few similarities to one another, Caron's -Yatagan truley stands apart in its daring complexity! Yatagan smells EXTREMELY natural, starting of smelling of very realistic, fresh Pine "a la Christmas Tree", then the Birch begins peeking through making Yatagan become slowly but surely more and more Smokey while never becoming too smokey like someone's omega actually burning wood such as some of the latest "Niche Offerings" which I happen to also enjoy as well. Then Yatagan settles into a rich, green, slightly (and I do mean slightly) Anamalic, woody/smokey concoction which is truely STUNNING and super classy/sophisticated!
Word of advice, you MUST let your new bottles of Yatagan MATURATE! Thing is that when Id first recieved my bottle, Yatagan wore extremely thin, faint and was quite fleeting, only lasting on my skin a couple hours while again, wearing very close to the skin from Opening to Skin-Scent, but since Im not exactly new to this hobby/obsession (LOL!), I knew better than to judge Yatagan immediately after unboxing it. About 3 weeks to a month later the Scent and performance had improved by leaps and bounds, and now lasts on my skin a good 8 or so hours with moderate projection leaning more on the modest/polite side, but the elegant, soft sillage is still very noticable while leaving these wonderful scent trails. For a green Piney fragrance with Citrus Yatagan has ZERO sharp edges or astrinency and simply smells quite "Expensive."
In my book, Yatagan is an EASY 10 outta 10 within its genre and has NO BUSINESS being as crazy-affordable as it is! Honestly, Id have paid upto $100 or more for Yatagan bc its most certainly well worth it! Thanks for taking the time to whomever read this! Cheers yall!
