Caron Paris Yatagan Eau de Toilette Spray, 4.2 Fl Oz

If you read about Yatagan online on fragrance websites you'll find that it's a very polarizing scent that evokes either love or hatred. I ordered it anyway without having smelled it anywhere and I can say that I am very glad I did. It's a totally unique men's fragrance. it's classified as a woody oriental, so if you like heavier, wintery, spicy men's fragrances (think Bel Ami or Timbuktu), which I do, you may like this fragrance. If you're into lighter, summery, citrusy, "fresh"-smelling colognes like Cool Water, Eau Sauvage, then stay away. The dominant note of Yatagan to me is celery, as in celery seed, with other notes of leather, caraway, pine and musk/funky animalics (odors derived originally from the glands of beavers and such). I find the mixture absolutely intriguing; the scent evolves as it stays on you and every so often you catch a whiff of it and it holds you. It's fairly long-lasting and a little goes a long way. I would also say that this fragrance can easily be worn by women who like orientals such as Opium or Cinnabar.

In all the years I've worn Yatagan I've never considered it herbal or green.If anything the words hunter,taxidermy,frontiersman come to mind.Imagine a hunk of old leather formed into a ball.In that ball is pine and oak along with a little aged patchouliTake that ball and dunk it in castoreum (the beaver musk note) then unravel the ball.Rich leather and woody,a little earthy,and spicy through a resinous sweetness.Last is the animalic musk note that makes it gruff and macho yet very erotic.Definitely puts up a barrier against metrosexual and feminized upkeep men of today which can't pull this off without chuckles from traditional men.Can't recommend Yatagan enough -smells darn good and rustic!

Although the packaging and name have remained the same, this is not the same as Yatagan that I have used previously. It's not a bad fragrance, and I will still use it, but why not rename it if your going to change the formulation?During the fall and winter months I have alternated between this and Dirty English, which to me resemble one another and are both reasonably priced. The fragrance this most reminds me of is Eloge du Traitor, but Yatagan is much more affordable.Like other reviews have mentioned, this is not a light fragrance, and has very masculine, earthy tones. The fragrance lasts reasonable well, but not as well as the previous formulation which would last all day easily.I enjoy the fragrance, and would use it gladly by another name, I simply wish that the original formulation had not been changed, as this one is similar but not nearly as good as the original.

As the 5 stars says, I love it. I'm far from a scent expert, I don't know the intricacies of this note and that note, but dang this smells nice. It's a strong masculine scent, without being overpowering (when used in moderation, as all colognes and perfumes should be). It's a strong woodsy scent, think fresh cut pine or the lumber section of your hardware/ home improvement store. I wouldn't say it has citrus tones, more like juniper (think gin). Also a bit smokey: "incense," as a few people have described it. It's definitely a warm, fall/ winter scent, which works well for me because where I am there is often snow until late May/ early June, so I have an excuse to wear it frequently. To put it concisely: lumber is big where I live, and this smells like a day at lumber camp concentrated into a single spray, minus the sweat.

I want to place my sensibilities. I am a mid-30s professional man who enjoys a nice wardrobe - nice way to wallpaper the walls of the maze we run through in the rat race, I suppose. Anyway, I'm not a professional by any stretch of the imagination, but I'm also not an amateur. I have an embarrassing number of fragrances in my wardrobe, numbering in "several hundreds" although I haven't counted recently - somewhere north of 500 by my best estimation. I enjoy whatever smells great, without being snobby. I enjoy a $15 bottle of a nice synthetic like Fujiyama as well as a $300 bottle of Amouage (and I have all of them, all the Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier, several Le Labo, all of the Montales, all of the Creeds, all of the L'Artisan Parfumeurs, a variety of ouds, attars, and other pricey niche frags). I love a pleasant, silky floral that everyone can enjoy every bit as much as a complex, challenging and dense high-end fragrance that the layperson may find impossible to appreciate. My top-25 (alphabetical, not rank-order):Amouage LyricCreed Green Irish TweedCreed ErolfaCzech & Speake No 88Dunhill Dunhill ManFerrari Light EssenceFerrari UomoFranck Olivier Black TouchFranck Olivier SunriseIssey Miyake Issey Miyake pour HommeKenzo Kenzo Pour HommeL'Artisan Parfumeur Passage d'EnferL'Artisan Parfumeur TimbuktuL'Artisan Parfumeur DzongkhaLe Labo Rose 31Le Labo Oud 27Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier Route du VetiverMaitre Parfumeur et Gantier BaimeMaitre Parfumeur et Gantier Jardin du NilMontale Aoud ForestMontale Aoud SafranMontale Black AoudMontale Aoud LimePolo Double BlackSuccess de Paris Fujiyama pour HommeI love pleasant rich florals, aouds, fougeres, orientals. But I have eclectic taste in fragrances. The only type I really don't like are medicinal, artificial "wood" fragrances, the acerbic common "man" smell of the 70s office place. "Old Man" smells, like Halston, Old Spice. And, cloying, sticky-sweet catastrophes like Karen Low Xchange. A lot of background to say, "I like everything except sour-artificial-woody medicinal old man smell, or super-sappy-sweet teenage boy smell".Now to this Yatagan. Heard of it, read of it, everybody seems to know it / have it, but I couldn't quite be bothered to get it. But boy, I agree with the positive reviews. I must emphasize that this one was made in 1976 and I despise the typical 1970s medicinal, bitter artificial wood nonsense. But this one is actually good... something special.When I pulled the plastic wrap off, I smelled a humidor. Aging cigars in a cedar humidor. That was the smell on the box. But I sprayed it on and it does something VERY different. The top note is a dirty-fresh celery, a touch of cumin, the barest hint of sweet like a Canoe (it's not Canoe, I just mean, it's that kind of not-sweet sweet). The middle notes open up into a warm wood. I absolutely agree, it's the smell of some kind of pine, used for... a bow? An Ottoman chair? Infused with years of camp fire or incense smoke, just a warm wood with a hint of life lived, activity. It isn't a sharp, bitter wood - it's WOOD - wood, proper - the way you expect a cut piece of wood to smell. No it's not pine - it's a hardwood. The base note unfortunately loses that great dreamy warm living wood and goes more towards dried herbs, some sage, celery, and the wood maybe is more passive, more stale.It's not a fragrance everyone can enjoy. If I wore it to work, I'd apply it very lightly - more something for me to enjoy, not to project to the world.I don't know about longevity yet but it is complex and enjoyable, and more of a ride than you can get almost anywhere for this price range. And there are a great many L'Artisan Parfumeur, Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier, Amouage, etc. fragrances that are similarly not really "accessible" - they are delightful, even spectacular fragrances that you still wouldn't necessarily want to project on other people in the elevator. Not neutral, pleasant and generic like something from CK. It is challenging and should enjoy a place in your wardrobe accordingly. But, sure enough, it IS good! And, good, square in the middle of a category of frags I generally despise. "Designer" synthetic chypres from the 1970s. So, color me surprised. It's good.Enjoy!

Delivered fast and in a very high quality package. Cologne is amazing and love the smell.

I like this perfume since long time ago