His Love Story by Yohji Yamamoto bottle
Yohji Yamamoto

His Love Story

3.7/5 · 286 votes Masculine 2013
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Character

Longevity3.0/5
Sillage2.7/5
Day95
Night27
Spring100
Fall75
Summer65
Winter33
Our take

You press your nose to the collar of a crisp linen shirt that has spent the morning in a sunlit herb garden. That is the opening of His Love Story: a bright, almost bitter grapefruit peel sliced through with cool mint and lavender, while violet leaf adds a dusty, green quiet. The heart warms into a kitchen spice rack — black pepper, nutmeg, cardamom — but the geranium keeps things politely floral, never tipping into clove-heavy Christmas chaos. On the drydown, vetiver and sandalwood provide a clean, tactile base with just enough patchouli to stop it from smelling like a bar of expensive soap.

This is an aromatic spicy fragrance that behaves like a spring afternoon: bright but soft, present without demanding attention. Its sillage is a gentle arm’s-length whisper, and the longevity hovers around three hours before retreating into a skin-scent. That makes it ideal for daytime wear — brunch, a gallery visit, a first coffee date where you don’t want to overwhelm the pastry. It suits the person who values restraint over volume, who wants to smell sophisticated without shouting about it. If you need a bomb that fills a room, skip this. But if you appreciate a clean, spicy whisper that feels like a well-ironed shirt and a hand-rolled cigarette, His Love Story delivers a quiet romance.

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