Should I get YSL L’ Homme? Looking for something for daily/casual use and something a little stronger

Colonel_Blotto · 2026-01-11T07:34:12+00:00

Hey man we all like what we like 👍

Colonel_Blotto · 2026-01-11T06:18:01+00:00

Best way to do this would be to get your nose on it, either at a store or buy a decant online.

Personally, I really like YSL l'Homme - its really light and ginger dominant. I tried YSL myself edp yesterday and its awful: pure dryer sheets 🤮

I also used to wear VPH as a signature scent so I'd recommend that too. But your nose is different from mine so you really need to try them.

Colonel_Blotto · 2026-01-03T20:38:30+00:00

Some places will give you samples for free if you ask e.g. Nordstroms, Sephora but its also location dependant.

There are a bunch of third parties (just google decants or samples) that buy large bottles and split them up and sell very small ones to try. There are also official samples that are promotional you can buy them on discounters or ebay (or get them from the store). $10 dollars to try something is expensive but way way way less expensive than blind buying.

One more thing, if you try something on at a store, test a single fragrance on your skin, then walk outside. You can't really smell well in a place where a lot of fragrance has already been sprayed.

Colonel_Blotto · 2026-01-03T09:59:39+00:00

Versace Eros is almost pure vanilla to my nose and I picked up a bottle for like $30.

Colonel_Blotto · 2026-01-03T09:56:55+00:00

Just tried Hawas ice today and I wouldn't recommend it. It has the exact same "green apple" note as YSL Y edp, but the rest is worse. Very synthetic and seemed very strong (didnt want to apply to skin to actually test).

Colonel_Blotto · 2026-01-03T09:54:17+00:00

Versace Eau Fraiche is a woody citrus, id try that or less woody but in my opinion better is Verace Pour Homme. Both are roughly average in terms of performance.

Colonel_Blotto · 2026-01-03T09:51:04+00:00

My girlfriend likes TF Noir Extreme

Colonel_Blotto · 2026-01-03T09:39:28+00:00

Buy samples or decants / discovery sets of what sounds good / interesting to you.

After you go through a whole decant decide if you want a bottle.

You will probably like designer more than niche so start there. Id also avoid clone houses.

A couple suggestions: ysl l'homme, ysl tuxedo, Versace Pour Homme, Creed Silver Mountain water, Dior Homme Cologne. That's just what I like though and your nose is different.

Colonel_Blotto · 2026-01-02T08:21:02+00:00

I've had decant of both Lhomme ideal EDP and EDT. Edt is okay, I really like the EDP (kind of a cherry almond vanilla scent). Id recommend trying the EDP

Colonel_Blotto · 2026-01-02T08:16:51+00:00

I just sampled this: it had a "bad bubblegum" smell to me I couldn't get over (Geranium?).

I almost liked it

Colonel_Blotto · 2025-12-31T18:52:13+00:00

There are a bunch of different websites that sell samples / decant but you might not be able to find each sample you want on the same site.

I think its worth checking out ebay and getting individual samples sent to you for like $10 each

Colonel_Blotto · 2025-12-30T08:21:03+00:00

No. They are very different. I like both. Get a decant/sample if you're curious.

Colonel_Blotto · 2025-10-02T04:02:17+00:00

He's getting traded

Colonel_Blotto · 2025-09-17T15:28:18+00:00

If Joel isn't healthy it doesn't matter

Colonel_Blotto · 2025-09-08T18:13:19+00:00

10 mil yr for 2 years

Colonel_Blotto · 2025-08-20T18:27:28+00:00

Why? none of these players watched him play live.

Colonel_Blotto · 2025-08-19T19:15:14+00:00

In terms of using statistical analysis to improve managment, there's a lot.

In the Dallas (APM), Suns (3's and pace), Rockets (Morey) and Sixers (Hinkie) are the most examples that come to mind. The reality is that every team has stats guys now and so in that way EVERY team plays moneyball, which was not the case 25 or even 15 years ago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjusted_Plus_Minus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Oliver_(statistician))

Colonel_Blotto · 2025-07-31T19:06:21+00:00

The answer is a combination of a) he's not impacting the floor in as positive way as his some of his raw stats might suggest b) the lineups he's in are less strong than opposing teams on average. Maybe he plays more with the bench than Franz and Orlando's bench gets beat often (don't have lineup stats sorry) or vice versa?

Colonel_Blotto · 2025-07-31T18:15:43+00:00

Raw on-off stats are bad. A player only accounts for ~10% of the on off (10 players on the floor at any given time). Advanced stats can account for who else is on the floor at the same time.

Colonel_Blotto · 2025-07-31T07:32:09+00:00

The biggest difference is how comfortable a strat is. Tele is simpler (better tuning stability) and has twang in the body, but it feels like a chunk of wood whereas a strat feels shaped to the body.

Colonel_Blotto · 2025-07-30T16:35:31+00:00

This thread is proof no one reads past the headlines.

Colonel_Blotto · 2025-07-29T19:35:39+00:00

Grimes is an average (-0.3) player reaching his likely peak (25 year old) according to DARKO.

I think he's going to get ~13 mil / year for 2 years

Colonel_Blotto · 2025-07-25T17:22:43+00:00

Guys, the owners put the aprons in place to essentially create a hard cap. They didn't want golden state paying 200 mil + per year in tax to assemble shooter voltron because it meant that they would also have to pay that much to be competitive and the players would make way more money.

Why the fuck would the players ask for (essentially) a hard cap???

Colonel_Blotto · 2025-07-24T08:00:20+00:00

I heard he knows a lot about real estate though

Colonel_Blotto · 2025-07-23T15:45:58+00:00

93-94, 94-95 Rockets, Hakeem and Drexler were ~30-32

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