241 YSL La Nuit de L'Homme L'Intense

241 NU keeps the vanilla and sage heart that gives La Nuit de L'Homme L'Intense its warm, seductive character, and the tonka-patchouli base echoes the original's cosy amber finish reasonably well. The bigger departure is at the top: the real fragrance opens on a spiced cardamom and bergamot burst that gives it an assertive, confident first impression, while this dupe opens instead on iris and violet, a softer, more powdery start that changes the whole character of the first twenty minutes. The overall vanilla-amber DNA that made the original a modern date-night classic is present and recognisable, but this leans sweeter and more floral-powdery throughout rather than delivering the spicy, magnetic opening the real La Nuit de L'Homme L'Intense is loved for.