L'Homme Cologne Bleue Yves Saint Laurent 2018

L'Homme Cologne Bleue by Yves Saint Laurent

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L'Homme Cologne Bleue is a perfume by Yves Saint Laurent for men and was released in 2018. The scent is synthetic-fresh. It is being marketed by L'Oréal. Pronunciation

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Main accords

Synthetic

Fresh

Aquatic

Fruity

Spicy

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Black pepper

Mandarin orange

Bergamot

Blood orange

Cardamom

Grapefruit

Heart Notes

Lavender

Apple

Geranium

Marine notes

Thyme

Base Notes

Patchouli

Sandalwood

Cedarwood

Perfumer

Juliette Karagueuzoglou

Videos

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Ratings

Scent

5.8143 Ratings

Longevity

5.3129 Ratings

Sillage

5.1126 Ratings

Bottle

7.2134 Ratings

Value for money

5.252 Ratings

Submitted by OPomone, last update on 07.04.2024.

Reviews

3 in-depth fragrance descriptions

01/07/2023

Koyote44
4 Reviews

Koyote44

2

Extreme hot weather

Imagine a day so hot and without any wind, even breathing is hard, a faint scent becomes a strong scent, even Bvlgari Man Glacial Essence would be too strong, YSL L'Homme Sport would be borderline. For those kind of days a cologne suits better, YSL L'Homme Cologne Bleue being one of them, spray with confidence but not that much because the cardamom and black pepper could be cloying in the opening. The proyection won´t last that much, half an hour to an hour, and will become a skin scent after that, activated only by movements of your body that will push some whiffs of scent to people close to you.
Something fresher for those extreme hot days would be Dior Homme Cologne, this one spray with confidence, even in the hottests days people will love it. Proyection is weak after an hour, but will net some whiffs when you move for a couple hours.

06/11/2018

BrianBuchanan
355 Reviews

BrianBuchanan

4

Don't you wonder some times ...

Luca Turin dismissed the original YSL Homme with a quip about how Pierre Bourdon would be richer than Berlusconi if he only had a dollar for every Cool Water clone.

Cologne Bleue takes the Nuit flankers back to their aquatic roots with a predictable medley that probably wouldn't make Bourdon a billionaire, but it should by rights buy him a yacht on the Côte d'Azur.

05/20/2018

6
Bottle 6
Sillage 6
Longevity 6.5
Scent

MrHonest
110 Reviews

MrHonest

Helpful Review 5

What's that smell? It smells like......everything.......

For a minute, let's just disregard the massive hate that has surrounded this release.
Yes, it's the 14th or 15th flanker of L'homme.
Yes, it has a massively redundant name.
Yes, YSL has disappointed in the past. And on and on and on...
But put that aside for a moment, and let's take a look at this juice objectively.

On the initial spray, it opens up like a shower gel version of L’homme. It’s INCREDIBLY generic to the point of almost making you want to cry out in exasperation, "Noooooooooooo! NOT AGAIN!!!" But the L’homme backbone is clearly there for a few seconds. Suddenly, it takes a turn towards LNDL Eau Electrique, with a tonka-ish sweetness coming out. A few more minutes in, Invictus Aqua (2018) starts peeking out from behind the shower curtain asking blithely, "room for one more?" Big smile. Sure, why not. Why the ______ not.

Finally, when everything has settled down at the 15 minute mark, the lavender in Cologne Bleu makes it smell very similar to Diesel Bad. Coupled with the marine notes and sandalwood from Invictus Aqua, and the apple, geranium and tonka from Eau Electrique, you get an incredibly mass appealing and forgettable mishmash of overly done nonsense. The far drydown continues to bounce between all 4 scents, but doesn't mask the overall intention - that this is essentially YSL's answer to capitalizing on the hype generated by Invictus Aqua.

It’s smooth, it’s aromatic, it’s slightly sweet and it smells like an Invictus Aqua take on Diesel Bad, with a lingering nod to Eau Electrique in the background. If you were to give this as a gift to a man, they would probably say “Wow, thanks! I now smell like a person.”

So if you're an enthusiast, I can see why this could be a massive disappointment. After all, Cologne Bleu just smells like a bunch of other popular things mixed together. What else is new these days? But heck, perhaps this is the first fragrance you’ve EVER smelled, in which case it could possibly be the GREATEST thing since adolescent horniness. You could definitely do worse. But IMO, you can DEFINITELY do better.

Scent – 6.5/10
Longevity – 6.5/10
Projection – 6/10
Overall – 6/10 - if the word "generic" had a smell...