MYSLF
Eau de Parfum, Yves Saint Laurent (2023)

This is a very familiar DNA. It’s probably just the Amboxan that is so prevalent here. I saw one of the reviews somebody mentioned per plus shampoo, I haven’t smelled that one in a while, but there’s definitely a bluish type of shower gel vibe here.

The only reason I even sought out this Fragrance, is because an acquaintance (who I often talk about fragrances with) mentioned it and said he would be buying it soon. He said he really liked it and that it was different and unique. To that I think lmao.. this guy should get a load of my collection then.

Ya.. it’s really just very boring, and because I couldn’t find it a sample anywhere unfortunately I had to succumb to buy in a small .33 ounce sample for a pretty hefty price of 23 or $25. Which at this point is a drop in the bucket in this hobby, but once smelling it, and realizing that this is what they’re charging for this fragrance, it just made me regret my purchase that much more. YSL, a brand that made some absolute bangers and changed the Fragrance game stuff like Rive Gauche, M7, Live Jazz, Body Korous, L’homme, and La Nuit, are amongst some of my favorites ever. i’d say after the “La Collection” line failed, YSL was forced to follow along suit with what Bleu de Chanel and Dior Sauvage were doing, in the Y lineup. I can’t wait for this blue crap to come to an end and eventually revert back to unique, and original, and interesting stuff. YSL revolutionized a lot in the Fragrance world. as of late they are just following suit with what Chanel, and Dior do because unfortunately these are the two brands that people most want to follow now along with Creed. it’s unfortunate for people like us here on Basenotes and other websites and Fragrance reviewers on YouTube who genuinely enjoy different things that are not necessarily compliment magnets. Seems like the goal now is to see who can make a strong stronger version of the next blue Fragrance, and it will probably keep going this way for a good while. I didn’t like the rose/oud era, i’m glad that that ended, and I’d say the intense/extreme/edp wave which is still going strong to this day, is very hit or miss, because at least there is some originality there in companies just intensifying or in some cases, completely changing and original formula, but at least it’s usually something different. Ambroxan is very prominent you know it once you know it, and you can detect it once you know it and you know exactly what it is when it’s in a fragrance, and it’s very strong and it’s very noticeable. MYSLF is an Ambroxan bomb. Not just that, but there is not much else going on. As it dries down, it gets a little bit more enjoyable. But it mostly just smells like a lighter version of its opening, there really isn’t much development here. I see notes of bergamot, orange blossom, patchouli and “amberfix”, let’s call a spade a spade, it’s Ambroxan, it might be a little bit toned down from the original stuff, a little less abrasive and sharp, and this might also be from some of the other ingredients blending with it. But I don’t smell any orange blossom, and I don’t smell much bergamot. me, not being much of an orange blossom person, I think it would do great justice here in diversifying this Fragrance.

Edit..
Oddly after a couple more wearings of this, starting to get like a blue Le Male vibe. I hope I don’t get hooked on this crap lol.. will update review as my experiences change

I used my microphone on my phone to dictate this review. I know there are probably gonna be some typos, please disregard that, I will eventually edit this once I have more time.

I love the green pert shampoo accord for nostalgia sake, but to me it smells like a shampoo and there is something in there that is sort of watery that puts me off. Fresh and clean scent, but not a memorable DNA like the Y line. Well, I purchased the EDP of this and no quicker than I got home with it, I regret it. The EDP smells like the feminine Libre with ambroxan added. Not the direction I'd like YSL to take. Loved the L'homme line and the Y line is outstanding but I feel we need more than a freshie. Perhaps I'm partial to Jazz and Rive Gauche.

MYSLF is soft, fuzzy, sweet, clean, and powdery fresh. I find it similar to other modern, sweet, clean, and fresh scents like MB Legend Red, Prada Ocean, and Ralph's Club. They don't smell alike, but if you have smelled those, you can get a rough idea of what MYSLF smells like. The sweet opening gives way to a very nice dryer sheet/fabric softener smell. I also get a soft coconut or beachy flower scent with that dryer sheet drydown.

Projection is just okay and the longevity is acceptable for something that will last most of the workday, especially if you spray on clothes.

I first heard of it because of Mehdi scent on youtube calling this a bad scent. Some time later they had test stands of it in my local mall and yeah... it actually is quite a bad scent! Which surprises me, I mean how can you be such a big name like YSL and put out this?

It's a very generic woody, synthetic orangey/appley/aldehydic concoction but the worst part is: what I think is iso-E or something similar in here, dries down to a pungent smell of skin/nursing home/feet (take your pick). And I'm not against iso-E I quite like it in for example Joop Jump but like I said might some other aromachemical or a mix of a few causing that off smell in MYSLF's drydown.

Rather than subject you to a long and predictable diatribe about the death of a once-great designer perfume house, the tossing out of anything that had any cultural meaning, and it's replacement with the most soulless, overtly-commercial "luxury" product imaginable; I'll instead just tell you the obvious about Myslf by Yves Saint Laurent (2023), then let you figure out where the chips fall, or if it even matters anymore, to be honest. Fronted by actor Austin Butler, fresh off his stint as playing Elvis Presley, Myself touts itself (yes, that is correct grammar) as being this ingenious and unique thing, combining traditional woody tones found throughout most conventional men's market fragrances since the dawn of them, with a more gender-irrelevant floral heart that is meant to signify a free spirit not shackled by masculine notions that are not called toxic in the advert, but it's implied, Not wanting to speak the quiet part out loud, the brand then says that the stuff is more in line with younger generations redefining what it means to be a man, and hence the whole "Myself" thing is supposed to make sense. Well, that's poppycock, honestly. What you get here is actually just a remix of Libre by Yves Saint Laurent (2019), released a few years before as a subversion of the fougère for the women's market. Yeah, okay; that one kind of worked because it just added heaps of peony, orange blossom and amber to an old-fashioned vanillic fougère and everyone liked it. I'd honestly say if you enjoy this stuff, just go wear Libre instead, since it's no more or less masculine or feminine than Myslf and smells a lot better.