This one's a discontinued charmer, loved for its sexy sweetness but widely criticised for its frustratingly poor performance as a "Parfum Intense." If you can get past the vanishing act, it's considered liquid gold by its devoted fans, who mourn its loss and hoard their bottles for special occasions.

L'Homme Intense (2010) is the original spiced-vanilla concentrated flanker to YSL's L'Homme, built around a warm cardamom, vanilla, and tonka base distinct from the later 2016 L'Homme Parfum Intense reformulation.