Description
Caron’s new refreshing fragrance for men is inspired by the Japanese citrus fruit known for its intensive flavor, the hybrid of mandarin and lemon called yuzu. Yuzu Man, described in one word as “balance” (l’equilibre), exudes an aura of oriental wisdom, vitality, calmness and healing strength. The fragrance of ying and yang union invites you to indulge yourself in exploring different and intertwined worlds. It is designed for nature lovers and ideal for the upcoming hot days.
The in-house perfumer Richard Fraysse creates this balanced citrus – aromatic composition of fresh notes of yuzu, verbena, Indonesian basil, mastic, fig, cedar and sandalwood.
Caron Yuzu Man is available as Eau de Toilette in bottles of 75 and 125 ml.
Yuzu Man was launched in 2011.
ArtiKWeb – :
This ain’t no fuddy duddy. Listen daddy-o I dig it. It floats my boat. The cat’s pajamas. First time I thought what is this jive? I’ll take a powder. After revisiting I thought it was the ginchiest! Being doll dizzy this works for me every time with the khaki wakkies
la-lotus – :
What went wrong here? I am a big yuzu-fan, like every cologne with yuzu in it, but this one is a big pass. Something very off-putting in it, no idea what is is, but used the big bottle only as air freshener (and even that was not a big hit). Always had a soft spot for Caron, but this one put everything in perspective. Try before buying, absolutely not a blind buy!
mentos74 – :
Realistic Yuzu, fantastic understated citrus scent. Unfortunately, this has the shortest longevity out of anything I’ve ever used. It starts as a gentle fragrance and is completely gone in a few hours. Nice for a quick spritz of citrus refreshment, but if you desire longevity-even in a citrus based scent- I can’t recommend it. Too bad, as it is a very nice fragrance.
Update: I’ve been using 5-6 sprays and spraying on clothes (which I usually don’t do) and get better longevity, but it still is a subdued scent, no matter how many sprays-
5483bender – :
Sharp and sour, fresh and bitter citrus with a sour, juicy, fruity drydown. It smells fantastic actually, and though it sits very close to the skin it lasts over 9 hours on me.
Risqni – :
This had a beautiful fresh citrusy opening, the weirdness of yuzu distinguishing the fragrance from the generic “fresh citrus”. But something went terribly wrong 20 minutes into wearing it and it became intolerably sharp, sour, and stomach-turning. I’ll blame my chemistry — I’m sure this stuff works well on somebody somewhere.
loran – :
در ابتدا بوی چوب و ترشی یوزوو احساس میشه و بوی خاص یا خوبی نیست اما به سرعت تغییر میکنه و شیرینی انجیر و گل ها از ترشی کم میکنن و واقعا میکس محشری میشه
فقط ای کاش پخش بوی خوبی داشت
Scent : 10/10
Projection : 4/10
Longevity : 6/10
Value : 10/10
OVERALL : 7.5
Djcnjxysq – :
Peak summer heat is the perfect time for light, dry scents and this is easily the lightest citrus scent in my collection. Yuzu is a wonderful, light-touch citrus note that works very well with other heavier notes to soften them around the edges, but it can carry its own quite well as the primary note in a light and breezey warm weather scent as it does here.
The basil and spice are most notable in the opening, then you start to get more of the fig and cedar in the drydown, while the verbena complements the yuzu very well all the way through. This definintely has a much sweeter drydown than opening, but it’s very light projection-wise to the point that I doubt you can overapply it. It remains relentlessly pleasant and light.
Like most warm-weather scents, it’s incredibly versatile, working well formally or casually, day or night. I haven’t tested it too much yet to see how much your body warmth enhances projection, but I imagine it would function in that manner similarly to all typical warm-weather citrus scents. I tend to use this more casually since I have some great warm-weather scents with a splash of musk for the evening (Eau Sauvage, 1881), but I would have no problem putting this on for a summer evening out.
Caron is quickly becoming one of my favorite makers, and I’m glad their ownership situation seems to be more stable that it had been for so long (which explains all the packaging variations in recent times). I find myself reaching for their bottles more and more – and I just got their original men’s scent, and I don’t think it’s too long before I get my hands on Yatagan.
v.shapovalov – :
better, cheaper version of CK One [green tea, yuzu, bamboo, ozone, aquatic] but smells too much like a room freshener. and i LOVE Caron–Le 3e Homme and Yatagan are among my favourites, and there’s no house doing what they do for the money. Yuzu is simply not the best they make by far…
ipz602InsuffBooni – :
Fresh and creamy but simple.
Very nice summer fragrance, opening with a very realistic citrusy verbena, fig and yuzu note, which dries down to a woody musky base of sandalwood and cedar.
Quality-wise, it smells classier and somehow more vintage (I thought this was released back in the 19-hundred and something until I saw the release year on Fragrantica) than the competing scents I’ve tried containing yuzu, for instance Issey Miyakes summer flankers. At the same time, it is quite subtle and discrete, but with such a great smell I would like to have a more powerful projection.
Bottom line: excellent summer scent, shame about the lack of projection and longevity.
bdl500 – :
I blind bought and owned Yuzu Man for a couple of years. Thankfully, I purchased the 125ml because I adore this juice. It shines about this time of the year.
The opening is dominated by the yuzu citrus that is toned down by the greenness of the basil. The yuzu is more refined than L’Eau D’Issey and other similar fragrances. The most outstanding quality of the fragrance is the transition from one stage to another.
The transition is subtle and evolves gradually to the middle. The heart is juicy fruit concoction but again subdued and well mannered. However, the opening notes do linger and fade gradually as the scent moves towards the base notes. The base is woody but a whiff of yuzu pops up every now and then.
The sillage and longevity are pretty impressive for a citrus based scent. The scent is clean and fresh, of course, and is well suited for the warm spring and summer days. It can be worn casually but also for upscale summer parties.
Yuzu Man can be worn by any age group although it being a Caron, makes it more suited for the mature crowd.
BTW, my wife and daughter like it a lot and use it surreptitiously. They believe that I wouldn’t notice but I do, hence I bought myself a backup bottle. Hush, hush!
7/10
alandaalleria – :
Reminds me of channel allure sport but with softer start and sweeter citrus notes.
alexviper – :
Oh man, this thing is so similar to creed neroli .. creed has salty sea undertone and this has a more fruity undertone, but they’re almost indistinguishable … until they dry
creed is more serious this is more fun
fis601InsuffBooni – :
This is yuzu done correctly. This isn’t the yuzu of l’eau d’issey or LPKenzo. This is subtle, sophisticated and calming… No headaches here. I detect a certain greenness here, in a galbanum sort of way, perhaps less bitter or ashy but herbal. The fig note is well blended and those looking for a preeminent fig note will be disappointed. This is something new, not done or dated. I have to disagree with those that claim this is yet another boring, generic citrus. This is not by any measure, eau sauvage or Dior homme cologne. This is an original.
Grisha2 – :
I ditto spectrum83. It is amazing how affordable Caron is for the great fragrances they produce. This is a sophisticated summer night. There’s the element of bitterness from the yuzu mixed with some sweetish, powderish drydown which is kind of Caron’s signature… it reminds me of Lacoste Booster in a more sophisticated way or a relative of Troisomme Caron (if that’s the way you write it)
Anyways, lovely comfort fragrance. I smelled it for the first time after a rather stressful meeting. I walked out pissed out of my mind and walked the streets of Downtown. I knew I needed a cool it experience. Walked into a fragrance store that has been there for years, smelled yuzu for the first time and my mood became balanced. That, in my book, is the beauty of fragrance. No matter how shitty your day is, there is a blend out there that will take you to your inner place, and peace. Smell great my friends!!!
Update- DUH!!! I just realized the lovely sophisticated sweetish smell is the fig… If you dig Bvlgari rouge… this is up your alley too!!!
rubcbk – :
A nice citrus. Projection is weak. The opening is beautiful. After an hour or so the spices rise up and give an itch in the throath. Had to give up my bottle.
vladi1993 – :
This fragrance is the king of mediocrity.
A decent citrus smell with a hint of sandalwood. Add a bit of woods and fruity sweetness and that’s basically it.
I get why many were disappointed by this. Caron is a legendary fragrance house, but taking that out of the equation, I still understand why this has underwhelmed so many.
It just lacks something is all I get from this. It’s nice, but something is missing to give it some spark or depth.
This is a decent fresh fragrance and can be had for a song online, so it’s worth checking out. Just don’t expect something that will shake the earth.
Longevity is borderline poor. I get 4 hours or so with ok projection, after that it’s a skinscent.
Rating: 5.5/10
chegevara_76 – :
The king of all skin scents! I can’t think of a single fragrance with less sillage or longevity. Perfect for a 15-20 minute pick me up.
BlackMore – :
Hinty light / fresh one with a kind of spicy sparckle, still can’t decide if i like it, but wouldn’t say it’s bad either; it is actually an invisible weird one; sillage and longevity are really poor for my skin, it’s like after about 5 minutes i don’t feel i’m wearing any cologne (even if i sprayed half of the bottle).. Certainly a quite different Caron for men. Quite quirky yet light, not bad, not great, yet pretty unique.
yugenn – :
Yuzu Man L´Equilibre:
I am not familiar with how yuzu fruit smells and tastes, this is all about sweet basil leaves for my nose, used in the thai kitchen as herbs for their exquisites soups. Just pick some fresh sweet basil leaves and rub it in the fingers and you get the beautiful odor on you fingers. The fume is rounded with some sourness, which I actually don’t like, but the ground idea with the sweet basil leaves I personally find great.
terrorghost – :
Got this from a friend. She said it will smell nice on me and Yeah it did. wonderful scent. fresh and soapy. like a cold shower in the evening.after a hard days work
a 8/10 for me….
Kaban261964 – :
والا چند روز پیش قسمت شد خدمتش برسیم ولی از بوی اولش راضی نشدم یاتاق گرفتم کاشکی میگرفتمش
بوش خنکه
borovok – :
Very Manly Very light Very sexy !! I love it very much. its really sexy on handsome men.
Евгений79 – :
I am A Caron fan, but this one is not to my liking. It smells very fresh at first but it is to be short lived as the longevity is poor. The fresh smell is more like a room or car deodorizer, not A mans Cologne. I would Never walk around smelling like this.
Issey Miyake Yuza is Much Better, 10X Better in my opinion. No silage to mention, it does dry down to a Very faint hint of Caron Le 3 Homme but so faint you have to really breath in to smell it. I Love Le 3, its my favorite of the Caron mens offerings.
My advise is this, Do Not buy this blind sample first! In fact skip this one and buy Caron Le3.
Jerichon – :
I bought this online as I tried Miyake in the shop but then read better reviews here about Caron Yuzu and decided to buy it due to the cedar combination. I now have my beautiful 125ml smoked frosted glass bottle and love the smell for a morning zing!
Slarapype – :
دقیقاً بو صابون گلنار میده
واقعاً که
از فرانسویا بعیده
چه تبلیغه خوشگلی!!!؟
فقط تبلیغه
veraanna – :
The scent is a gentle composition dominated by citrus, black fig, and herbal accords. I really like the scent; its very pleasant and mellow. However, its terribly weak…it stays on my skin but can’t be detected unless I take my nose to my skin…
ramasyan – :
Well I never…I’m not a fan of this house at all but this is a bit of a stunner from Caron. Okay okay ‘stunner’ might be a bit strong and you might think I’m a little too easily impressed but I really like Yuzu man. I still have plenty of sample juice left for several more wears and this has to be one of the best Yuzu notes I’ve encountered it’s sharp and refreshing and the lemon verbena reminds me of a fizzy lemonade lolly vibe I get from a L’Occitane fragrance the name of which escapes me.
Anyway Caron Yuzu man had a definite fresh fig quality too and it creates more of a watery vibe than most aquatics do without even trying. The base is a subtle cedar which compliments the whole composition and adds to the transparent nature of this juice.
Yuzu man is thirst quenching almost like you could down the whole bottle and it would be ice cool & hydrate you 400% more than water.(or some other extreme fraction of hyperbole)
The only downside to this super simple, almost perfect summer juice is that it performed very poorly longevity wise. I want a citrus that lasts and this doesn’t at least on my first two wears. I’m going to persevere with it though and see how I get on but I suspect if it doesn’t last when I’m not as active in the cooler months it won’t last during activity in the height of summer.
Still a great fragrance though…maybe some musk in the base wouldve given it a little more staying power? Who knows?
Update: The drydown spices up a touch after that wonderfully juicy opener, I can detect fig and a slightly more herbal quality coming through.
The cedar is a nice base but still doesn’t last on my skin, it does however last on clothing which isn’t really saying much because most fragrance does. Shame because this smells great and is more than meets the eye…or nose.
Grimius – :
A great casual scent and versatile enough for work also since it’s a soft citrusy scent that remains fresh and I’ll admit it’s not very long lived. Perhaps 3-4 hours tops but that’s the sort of fragrance I look for when it comes to work. I do not want to wreak of cologne or not be able to wash it off due to it’s strength incase I have to sit in a meeting in a hot board room. Caron truly make some amazing scents and this might not be one of their best but seriously a good fragrance. It’s also a scent that can be unisex because of it’s opening but it has a quite a manly drydown. Also if you look around Caron scents can be found in Harrods, the high end of the market, for ridiculous prices but also in cheaper online fragrance retailers for no more than £15 or so for 100ml. The quality of Caron scents are top notch. No syntheticness here.
turbodz – :
Jungle after the rain amazing fruity yuzu with lots of greenery to it
Great scent
abb11 – :
I tried it today it very light and poor sillage but smells nice ans uniquie as well as not offesive. It weird that some have better projection and longotivity with Yuzu
scandie_ud – :
I am so tired of all this underwhelming stuff that claims it has something – except you can’t really smell what that something is.
Good value is when two sprays are enough to take your nose on a journey – not when 200 give you nothing except skin poisoning.
Yes sure, Yuzu is a refined piece of minimalist discretion. But I want a Rubens or a Rembrandt on my skin. Not some modernist installation made from three tooth picks.
diablero787878 – :
Citrus, sharp, fruity, slightly woody and spicy.
It’s a nice, daytime fragrance. Fresh.
Quite heavy sillage for a citrus fragrance, and that’s impressive.
The opening is almost unisex, the dry down is more masculine, clean but not as heavy as I thought it would be. I guess the basil and lemon verbena keep this composition with a light earthy herbal soul.
A good fragrance to wear daily, at work, gym, during the day. Nice, simple, good.
meaklysak – :
I have a bottle of this fragrance. I like the scent. The first time when I smelt it I found it different. The starting note is a little heavy and remind you of classic and old fragrances. It starts with citrus but the citrus is not the main note. The black fig is more prominent. After half an hour the citrus note will go away and the scent become more herbal and woody. At the end the scent will become so weak but very smooth and pleasing. Personally I like the opening and dry down note.
Unfortunately the sillage is not good and projection of the scent is below average. On my skin it remains and projects for around 3 hours max and after that it will become so weak and you cannot feel it unless you put your nose on your arm and sniff.
بوش رو دوست دارم. اولین بار که فروشنده بهم پیشنهادش داشت در کنار کلی عطر خنک دیگه تستش کردم و بوی انجیر سیاه و مرکباتش یه دفعه جذبم کرد. روی پوستم هم تستش کردم و خوشم اومد و در آخر خریدمش.
اول که اسپری می کنید احساس می کنید بوی عطرهای قدیمی رو میده که پیره مردها استفاده می کنن ولی اجازه بدید چند دقیقه بگذره. بوش اندکی ملایم تر میشه. تا نیم ساعت اول بوی تند مرکبات و انجیر سیاه میده ولی بعد از اون ملایم تر میشه و بوی گل و ترکیبات گیاهی و چوبی بهش اضافه میشه که جالبه. در نهایت که بو خیلی ضعیف میشه یه بوی ملایم و فوق العاده خوبی داره ولی بدیش اینه که دقیقا این بخش بو که به نظرم از هم جذاب تره زمانی خودش رو نشون میده که عطر دیگه هیچ پخش بویی نداره و فقط زمانی که دستتون رو نزدیک بینی کنید می تونید استشمامش کنید.
برای استفاده در محیط کار عطر بدی نیست و در کل عطری نیست که برای بقیه مزاحمت ایجاد کنه. پخش بوش هم کمه و بیشتر خودتون می تونید ازش لذت ببرید
در کل یه عطر متوسط محسوب میشه و نمیشه گفت نکته برجسته و خاصی داره. اگر بوی مرکبات و انجیر سیاه رو دوست دارید تستش کنید. ارزش یه بار تست کردن رو داره
zilyaz – :
وای ی ی ی ی ی ی ی ی ی ی ی ی ی ی ی ی ی
عجب ادکلنی
امروز یه دونشو خریدم بوش مهشر
حرف نداره
اصلا بو صابون گلنارم نمیده!!!!!!!!!
شک نکنینو دیدینش بخرین
AArtem – :
So cool, so discrete, so new…. 5/5
BuyNexium – :
This is a good fresh fruity scent. However, the main note in this isn’t Yuzu, but black fig.
Is a blast of fruity notes in opening, with huge citric and spices in. When its dry, together with the fruity notes, reveals soft clean musks and woody notes too.
Longevity is about 7h and projects close. Good office scent for summer.
Edit: this perfume don’t stay too close to skin, as I previously mentioned. Has moderate sillage.
jendGeany – :
The best citric fragrance I have experienced. However, longevity is too short.
osq274Unlogrere – :
recently i`ve spent the whole week in Caron boutique in Dubai as the brand trainee and i found Yuzu Man totally different comparing to its amber-musky ancestors!Really fresh and zestfull yuzu fruit with fig combination…not boring at all!Spraying on the body after taking shower gives you morning chic and enthusiastic feeling!I do like it))))
viktorp – :
Yuzu Man is fine, but that’s it. A nice, inoffensive aromatic citrus opening laying on a generic woody base with a tad of clean musks (I think I’ve seen this before). Honestly crafted and anything but dull but nowhere close to Yatagan, Caron Pour Un Homme, Le Troisieme Homme or even to L’Anarchiste. And that’s the problem. From Caron, I honestly expected more…
That being said, if you’re looking for a summer fragrance, give it a chance.
Rating: 6.5/10
sergei-73 – :
Not impressed, I’m afraid. It has a generic ‘fresh’ quality consisting mainly of citrus notes… and smells too much like a sad medley of familiar household products; fabric conditioners and cleaners, to warrant any serious attention.
I’m not fooled by the ‘mystery’ Yuzu ingredient either and judging from this juice, it wasn’t worth putting in anyway.
maxnod – :
I tried this today in Harrods. The sales assistant kindly showed me the tester because it is not released yet and let me have a spray. I have been really looking forward to this and i have to say it is a let-down. I was expecting a juicey/fruity opening that had a real sparkle to it but the reality is that it smelt like a had clinique happy on my skin for a few hours after the top-notes had faded. it is extremely subtle. I cant even blame fragrance smelling fatigue because it was my first spray of the day.
steergecaks – :
This should be an interesting addition to the house of Caron, considering their scents have basically either been aromatic or oriental.
Caron seems to take their time with new creations, L’Anarchiste seems to be the last new creation, and Impact pour un Homme is just a remake of the original pour un Homme in stronger form. That said, I imagine there was a lot of thought in this new offering from Caron before finally having it released to the public.
I do not live in Paris nor New York, so in order to experience Yuzu, I will have to snag a bottle online.