Comments on Katie Puckrik Smells: Yves Saint Laurent Kouros

G-Dub! What a torrid tale triggered by just a memo...

2011-09-08T23:24:38.250-07:00

G-Dub! What a torrid tale triggered by just a memory of Kouros! What's going to happen at that mid-country rendevous, I wonder....

OMG! Just emailed my first love that I woke up out...

2011-09-07T17:57:45.891-07:00

OMG! Just emailed my first love that I woke up out if a dead sleep thinking of the distinctive raw sex/swag of Kouros that he used to wear in the 80's. We both vowed to buy some in our respective states and rendevous in the middle of the country to reminisce. All from an olfactory memory of Kouros! ;-) Came online to see if they still sold it and found your post!

I'm surprised you didn't detonate your ski...

2011-04-28T22:18:31.620-07:00

I'm surprised you didn't detonate your skin, or your nerve endings! Sensory overload!

but wait there's more... I layered Kouros unde...

2011-04-28T21:43:27.168-07:00

but wait there's more... I layered Kouros under Shalimar (EDT + extrait) this week. Might as well call it Eau de F*** and be done with it ;)

bassavino -- Yeah! I thought Brando had "that...

2011-04-10T11:07:10.521-07:00

bassavino -- Yeah! I thought Brando had "that Kouros feeling" in that photo.

ps - the Brando photo is perfect!

2011-04-09T16:51:45.260-07:00

ps - the Brando photo is perfect!

First love - powerful.

2011-04-09T16:51:26.667-07:00

First love - powerful.

bassavino -- So, are you saying Kouros triggered t...

2011-04-09T13:14:20.636-07:00

bassavino -- So, are you saying Kouros triggered the perfume equivalent of a 'Nam flashback, or a happy/wistful memory? Either way, I marvel at the power of a scent.

Oh, Katie, I wore it to bed and ended up smelling...

2011-04-09T07:24:13.667-07:00

Oh, Katie, I wore it to bed and ended up smelling just like the long weekends I had with a bad, bad boyfriend, years and years ago. I was 18 and heedless, he was older and , well from here it's too easy to fill in the blanks. Let's just say I'm a woman headed toward 60 and bacl in the 90s when my therapist asked me "were your 20s wild?" - it was the 70s after all - I said

bassavino -- Good idea to limber up with Jicky. Yo...

2011-04-08T13:51:47.004-07:00

bassavino -- Good idea to limber up with Jicky. You've got sensory juggernaut awaiting you with Kouros.

"a remarkable tug of war between good hygiene...

2011-04-08T13:48:44.904-07:00

"a remarkable tug of war between good hygiene and bad behavior" - Love it! I just got a decant of Kouros, after trying a decant of Jicky EDT. So much has been written about Kouros that I had to try it - haven't yet. You're review is a great piece of writing that just confirms my fascination.

Junelady, probably fine that you did run away. Don...

2010-08-13T09:22:00.258-07:00

Junelady, probably fine that you did run away. Don't think that Gucci Rush would've offered you much in the way of serenity.

That phrase is such an apt description of the seri...

2010-08-13T02:16:50.655-07:00

That phrase is such an apt description of the series of attempts I made at wearing Rush 4 years ago.

Seen in the self-help context I now realize that I might have given up too soon - I didn't face the stink, I just ran....

Bryan - to paraphrase the self-help book, "Sm...

2010-08-11T15:43:57.558-07:00

Bryan - to paraphrase the self-help book, "Smell the Stink and Wear It Anyway".

I'm American, and I'm wearing Kouros today...

2010-08-11T15:41:04.631-07:00

I'm American, and I'm wearing Kouros today. I STINK. And I'm loving every second of it (can't speak for anyone else though).

Darryl, I'm really glad you checked back in wi...

2010-05-20T09:38:54.077-07:00

Darryl, I'm really glad you checked back in with your fine experience with "the K". Fascinating how this fragrance inspires all the wonderfully evocative writing in everyone's comments here, including yours.

So my bottle of Kouros arrived last month, and aft...

2010-05-20T01:28:26.288-07:00

So my bottle of Kouros arrived last month, and after a small adjustment period (it's so unlike anything I've ever smelled that my initial reaction was simply, "huh?"), I have to force myself to wear anything else lately. What a whopper of a fragrance. Having read about a million reviews of it, I can safely say that yours comes closest to my own feelings about Kouros. At various

RogueMax - that's the magic of fragrance, that...

2010-03-29T16:57:03.748-07:00

RogueMax - that's the magic of fragrance, that it can sum up a world, a time, a person.

Good comparative analysis on the Kouros aftershave lotion - thanks for that.

Thanks Katie. Yes, Habit Rouge is very special. Th...

2010-03-29T14:06:36.950-07:00

Thanks Katie. Yes, Habit Rouge is very special. There's something about Guerlain fragrances, a certain well structured elegance. Everything falls into place perfectly. You could set your watch to Habit Rouge the way it develops like clockwork. Sparkling sweet citrus to smooth creamy vanilla with a soft touch of leather. Magical.
I grew up in Stamford in Lincolnshire, home of the Burghley

Love your insights and advice, RogueMax. "Som...

2010-03-14T16:17:55.696-07:00

Love your insights and advice, RogueMax. "Something with a pulse" is a good way to put it. And Habit Rouge is such a joy, isn't it? Uplifting and comforting at the same time.

@Darryl I feel exactly the same way. I was given L...

2010-03-14T16:10:40.616-07:00

@Darryl I feel exactly the same way. I was given L'Homme as a gift when it first came out in 2006 and it was only then that I actually developed a real interest in fragrance simply due to its phenomenal blandness. I was determined to discover something that I actually truly liked rather than was expected to like by marketing men. I don't think its (and all the associated wannabes like

Yes, Darryl! You are in for a scent adventure for ...

2010-03-13T23:27:27.788-08:00

Yes, Darryl! You are in for a scent adventure for sure. I can't think of any other fragrance in the world that smells like Kouros.

Your review of Kouros made me buy it blind (well, ...

2010-03-13T23:18:03.283-08:00

Your review of Kouros made me buy it blind (well, with a gift card) online. I am so sick of men's fragrances boring me to tears with their aquatic-sporty-sheer blandness or sweet-woody sterility that I've started wearing some of the powerhouse stuff from the '70s and '80s that most guys my age wouldn't touch with a 10-foot pole. Everything I've heard about Kouros - rapture

Thanks, RogueMax. Yes, there's no real context...

2010-03-06T15:03:45.966-08:00

Thanks, RogueMax. Yes, there's no real context for Kouros these days. Long may it tower!

Brilliant, brilliant review of Kouros, one of the ...

2010-03-06T13:50:29.227-08:00

Brilliant, brilliant review of Kouros, one of the most misunderstood fragrances today due to the men's market being saturated with noisy screeching citrus affairs.
Every time I spray this on it just takes my breath away. I know I won't smell like any other guy that day as they'll all be wearing something 'fresh' or 'energetic' or 'sporty'.
Kouros is