
Yves Saint Laurent
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A luminous citrus opener surrenders to peppery florals before settling into creamy tonka and vetiver warmth
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Best Clone
The best clone of Yves Saint Laurent L'Homme is Night of the Man by Pendora Scents, with a 78% accuracy score. A fraction of the cost of the $95 original.
What people who wear Yves Saint Laurent L'Homme report, based on votes and reviews from a large fragrance community.
Listed as Men
“Warmer version of the original, leaning into cold weather better.Maintains the DNA of the original but makes it warmer and slightly spicier.Has one of the best openings ever, a beautiful blend of orange & cognac followed by a lavender & oak base wrapped up in bergamot.Unfortunately, the opening fades and by the 1-hour mark the dry down becomes an average-smelling woody aromatic, losing the orange and cognac which is the best part of the fragrance. By the dry-down point, the original just has a better overall blend.”
“It's a nice scent but the original is just better in my opinion. The EDT is definitely more wearable. Also the longevity and projection on this fragrance are atrocious. Maybe the tester bottle in the store was from a bad batch, but it took me 4 sprays of it on the test blotter to even notice it was there, and after less than 24h the smell was gone completely from the tester card.Unlike some, I understand how with perfumes, less is more a lot of the time. This is just abysmal performance though, especially for something with this price tag.”
“I saw this at Macy's and I knew I had to get it. Upon first wear, I loved the fragrance, but the main issue I had was the projection and longevity. On my skin, it lasts 4 hours max, and after that the projection is very poor. While the scent is amazing, I rate this 8/10 because I wish it projected and lasted longer.”

Pendora Scents
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Sillage
The original has better projection and longevity, with a more refined amber base; the clone leans sweeter in the drydown with heavier musk and loses performance in the later hours.

Fragrance World
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Price
5-7 hours
Longevity
Moderate
Sillage
L'Uomo exhibits slightly shorter longevity (5-6 hours vs 8+ hours on L'Homme) and a softer sillage projection. The basenotes lean sweeter and warmer, lacking the sophisticated dry-down complexity of the designer version.

Dua
$33
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Longevity
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Sillage
Rendezvous matches the top and middle notes closely but the base feels thinner and less nuanced, with reduced sillage and longevity compared to the original L'Homme.

Dua
$33
Dua
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Longevity
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Sillage
The clone delivers solid performance in the opening but lacks the designer's sophisticated iris development and dry-down complexity. Sillage is slightly less projective, and the base notes lack the same elegance and depth found in the original formulation.

Riiffs
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Longevity
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Sillage
The clone features a more pronounced woody-ambroxan base compared to L'Homme's softer mineral undertones, giving it slightly more projection. The iris note is somewhat more transparent in Riffs, reducing the creamy depth found in the original's heart.
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