Yuzu Fou Parfum d`Empire for women and men

I feel cheated! I got no skank from this. No sweaty armpits, no groin, nothing more adventurous than the cumin which appeared after a couple of minutes. Other than that this smells like a broader, bitterer, cumin-touched version of Eau Dynamisante: a little woody, a little fruity, a little balmy, a little spicy.

Is this a joke? Absolutely hideous. A few of the reviewers have hit the nail on the head. It smells of the sweaty armpits of the lecherous old man you can't bear to be in the same room with, and manky underwear. It smells like the hand you don't ever want to shake... after it's been rooting in the rubbish bin at the end of the day in the fruit market. It's throat catchingly bitter for ages, like the public toilets in Derby Eagle Market which are doused with Orange cleaner to mask the grotesqueness of them. (Public convenience of the year 1899 I suspect. It morphs, painfully slowly, like syrup off a spoon, into something I have had the misfortune to be behind in the post office queue on Pension Day. If someone gave me this as a present, I would cry.

I have a "love - hate" relationship with citrus dominated fragrances, so I was kinda scared to try this out. I dislike every single citrus fragrance which reminds me of some cleaning products or, god forbid, is mixed up with aquatic notes and (which in this case COULD be bamboo).
Luckily for me and "Yuzu Fou" this is not the case and I am not going to be writing a bad review. The citrus here is marvelous, it is strong, skanky and deeply provocative and sexual. The mix with mint is mouthwatering and addictive. This is so far the best citrus scent I have tried and even though at start this doesn't feel too pleasant to smell (as I said - it is skanky) it is with no doubt extremely addictive.
I clearly wish to get a full bottle of this in summer and the we shall see how other people around me find this - skanky and addictive or just skanky?

On my skin felt mostly lemon verbena. Sour and citrus notes plus bamboo is easy to feel all the time, it is sour-woody-aquatic-green note that lasts few hours, radiates, but suddenly disappears ... like it though.

Well I NEVER thought a citrus could be called "skanky", but this one certainly has an odd note, which to me is extremely appealing. I normally find citruses pretty well similar, and this one is a refreshing departure. Not refreshing as in "fresh" because it smells slightly "stale", but refreshing as in "different". I really really like this and would like to get a bigger decant. Can't smell the pungency of bamboo in this, just the almost going bad citrus. Weird & wonderful!

Parfum d'Empire YUZU FOU is a pretty wild and assertive presentation of yuzu, I'd have to say. I smell more rind than juice in this composition and am reminded very much of a number of citrus colognes, especially geared toward men, which feature such notes as agrumes and petit grain. (This one appears to contain kumquat.) The citrus oil really shines through here and makes for a very aromatic composition indeed. To me, YUZU FOU seems quite linear, with no real development, and that makes it quite a bit less wacky than it might have been. Consistency is such that it does not and cannot really surprise.

Because of the oily citrus rind, YUZU FOU seems a bit heavy-handed for a hot weather scent, though the summery aspect of citrus makes it not that appealing for cooler weather either. This might be a rare case of a fragrance which I believe would benefit from dilution, since it a smaller spritz will still yield a concentrated spot of oil on the skin. All in all, I think it's safe to say that I'm not crazy about YUZU FOU. Désolée.

The reviewer that used the word "skank" was bang-on, though not in the same context I would submit. My wife tried this on, and while not entirely unpleasant, I took one smell and immediately got a cannabis vibe from it. Seriously. It's that strong, pungently green aroma from the verbena gone wild and untamed.

It is so provocative, so prompting of a response. I had to breathe this again to confirm my suspicions. Yes. Cannabis. Burning cannabis. Reminiscent of a college roomie smoking up in the dorm room and the scent wafting under the door into the hall. This really made me wonder if there was a contact-high at the end of the experience.

Provocative is a good word for it, but it seriously is a very lush and very different green than anything I've smelled in a fragrance. I'd be cautious wearing this unless you're very adventurous!

Bravo for the previous reviewer!!

I thought that with such notes Yuzu Fou could make a great summer scent for me or my man or both of us ...
Nope! I can't stand it.

It started fantastic, with sweet natural juicy citruses and some green notes. Then it became bitter and I started to be a bit nervous, I don't like bitterness in my perfumes. Then it was only worse, all I could smell was actually fresh SWEAT.

So, to my nose this is a smelly one, and it's not for me.

I recommend all skunk aficionados to try this unusual citrus perfume :)
Great projection and staying power.

This is the most delightfully provocative citrus I've smelled since Gaultier's Ma Dame. There is an immediate burst of menthol up top that recedes into an orange that is tart, fresh, and green, more redolent of rind than fruit, and the rest of it is ferociously animalic without, to my knowledge, containing any actual animalics. It smells, to put it bluntly, of genitals (male AND female) and armpits. Eat an orange, and then put your hand in your undeodorized armpit, and then inhale deeply to get the idea. It's a strong perfume with good lasting power but manages to be transparent and subtle at the same time. I'm looking forward to buying a full bottle and wearing it next summer. Skank fans: get it.

This sample hit me right straighht in the gut. I was so longing for a bright effervescent fragrance given all the notes but something had to rear its ugly head amidst all that citrus notes to turn me off completely. A strange VERY skanky ( and I really mean nether regions skanky) musky smell amidst all that citrus green notes and I never did get that bamboo note in there at all!