Comments on: Caron Yatagan fragrance review

By: George Sand Devotee

George Sand Devotee — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:50:37 +0000

Great review and thank you for sharing your discoveries.
I went to Les Senteurs the lovely perfume shop on Elizabeth Street in London and picked up a few samples, including Yatagan.
It does indeed smell heavenly as you suggest. Interestingly, I did quite a few ‘show and smell’ sessions with friends and family with the stash I got. . Each and every person picked this one out as their top one. It works well for men and women if you want something fairly robust.
A tip I learnt from the above establishment: if you are smelling lots of things in one go, keep a jar of coffee beans handy and sniff them in between sniffing perfume. It really works to clear the nose.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:03:39 +0000

Fred: Aramis just did some repackaging/re-releasing of some classics but Chromatics was not included. I never smelled it so I’m sorry I can’t be of any help!

By: Fred

Fred — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:06:07 +0000

Yatagan is great. I see now that Caron is making it again – it was gone for a long time. I still have 1/2 bottle from the 70′s! Great review Kevin.

So now a question if I may – I really liked also Chromatics by Aramis. Still discontinued? I think. (But I still have 1/2 bottle in the original silver opaque) – do you know of anything remotely like it?

Thanks….

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 21:52:25 +0000

Datura5750: Oh, good!

By: datura5750

datura5750 — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 02:20:02 +0000

Kevin,
I have been reading your old reviews, and Thank You for this one! Just got a bottle and Love It!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:18:00 +0000

I for one love Yatagan.
I think it is a very manly and elegant scent.
However, words of warning.
This is not a fragrance to jam your nose to your skin, it completely fractures the scent and ruins the area where it smells great, where it projects off the skin.
Directly on the skin it can smell harsh, but off the skin it projects an aura of elegant warmth. This is no shrinking violet of a fragrance and get the best effect, should be lightly applied otherwise it is a sillage monster.
This is a formal fragrance and is worn best with jackets and shirts. T-shirt and jeans on a summer day? Never. It would be like wearing Doc Martens boots around the pool while sunbathing.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:59:00 +0000

To date, the only negative reaction to perfume my kitties has been Luctor et Emergo. No idea why that would've warranted the violent hiss and leap backward…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:57:00 +0000

PhillippM – I have since bought a very large bottle of Royal Bain de Caron and I like the musky – vanilla smell of it. It's very comforting and nice to wear, but I still like my stronger fragrances for special nights out. This is a great day fragrance for me, but after reading about your love of Guerlain's Habit Rouge for 30 years, I can see similarities. Wow that's quite a signature fragrance for you!

I don't have signature fragrances any more – times have changed and in the 70's when there were only a few male scents around, it was possible, but now, I have about 30 bottles in my collection – excessive, I know, but I enjoy collecting and wearing perfume – it's almost a fetish.

As mentioned before, by basic criteria is for fragrances that last and with my skin, anything light is wasted. I usually like to hear comments about my fragrance from my colleagues – if they say they can smell me, then I'm happy to know I've worn enough or too much – but then it's never too much if you're a parfumisto like me!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:03:00 +0000

Columbina or LilyBP – combining Yatagan and Messe de Minuit sounds amazing – they are two of my very favourite scents. How do you do it? Which do you spray first and how many spritzes of each?

Thanks!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:22:00 +0000

desmondorama: I have worn Royal Bain for years – in fact it was my first Caron discovery and is still a major signature for me. Yatagan is now up there with it, so I am fast becoming a totally caron man (altho hard to get away from Guerlain's Habit Rouge, which I have worn for 30 years now). Royal Bain is very musky – big depth of opponax and amber in it to me – and very long lasting. Interesting your comment about skin colour: I am olive skinned Caucasian and its all the woody/musky/Oriental scents that work with me