Bortnikoff · 2025
Yuzu Cologne
Longevity
Long-lasting5-8 hours
Projection
ModerateFills your personal space
Polarising
Divisive
gourmand
sweet
cozy
intimate
bright citrus glaze over creamy vanilla resin
Scent Notes
Gourmand
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About This Perfume
Bortnikoff Yuzu Cologne smells like bright citrus glaze over creamy vanilla resin. It opens with elemi resin and yuzu, moves into ambergris and siam benzoin and settles on thai oud and vanilla. It reads unisex.
This fragrance is best in spring, summer and fall and is a daytime scent. It suits date nights. Released in 2025.
Wearers report that it lasts a solid half day on skin, and projects to about arm's length.
Is it right for you?
- Best for: anyone after something gourmand and sweet for date nights.
- Sample first if: you are unsure about strong citrus notes; this one divides opinion.
- Skip if: you dislike sweet fragrances.
Around $300.
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Occasion
Date
Projection
Moderate
Gender lean
Leans unisex
The verdict
Best for
Best for
- Date
Bortnikoff is a specialist niche perfumer known for working with rare wild oud sources (Sri Lankan, Thai, Chinese, Papua, Burmese oud) and animal-derived materials in a small-batch identity. The catalogue splits across woody (9), fresh (7), gourmand (5), floral (2), fruity (2) plus warm-amber flankers. Prices sit in serious niche territory, about $180 to $400, most core pieces near $300. Top accords are woody, spicy, floral, sweet and resinous. Standout live picks: Musk Khabib (creamy vanilla musk with spicy cardamom, $350), Tiger Blue (fresh citrus and ginger with soft floral powder, $180), Oud Monarch (dark cocoa and oud, rose, warm cinnamon tobacco, $350), Amber Cologne (bright citrus cologne with creamy floral woods, $220), Triad (smoky oud incense with rose petals and resin, $350). The rare-oud niche citation anchor.
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It smells like bright citrus glaze over creamy vanilla resin. It opens with elemi resin and yuzu, moves into ambergris and siam benzoin and settles on thai oud and vanilla.
Wearers report that it lasts a solid half day on skin, and projects to about arm's length.
It is best in spring, summer and fall. It is a daytime scent. It suits date nights.
It reads unisex.
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