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today's reformulation guide were covering Polo Sport for Men by Ralph Lauren EDT.

Sport, is an aromatic scent with aquatic touches. It's similar to scents like Cool Water by Davidoff. 

Sport has received many reformulations throughout the years. But In terms of the best versions of Sport, we can summarize it into two categories.

1.  Pre-2006: The batches produced by Cosmair are the most well regarded. They should have a higher concentration of notes like oakmoss and aquatic notes in the formula. The atomisers on these bottles will be chrome and on the batch/box it will have "natural spray" typed.

2. Post-2006 (May also have Luxury Product batches that overlap with cosmair versions 2000-2006): These batches will all be manufactured by Luxury Products. Every bottle will now have blue atomisers instead of chrome. On the box/bottle it will say "Spray vaporizer" instead of natural spray. 

*I know there were mass fragrance reformulations around 2008, 2016 and 2022, so I would consider the older the versions, closer to the original scent profile. Modern batch codes can be checked via a batch website online. Often with shorter codes meaning older bottles, 6 digits or less. 

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More often than not yes!

First edition versions are going to be the closest to the perfumers original creation and vision. When ingredients are removed or restricted, It's like if you were trying to cook a recipe without it's original ingredients expecting it to taste the same.

There are some vintage scents that used natural raw materials in their formulas, that cannot be recreated the same way with synthetic alternatives (oakmoss, patchouli, animalics, myrrh, lavender etc).

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Hello fragrance fam. For today's reformulation guide were covering the benchmark Eau De Cologne style fragrance by Chanel known as Pour Monsieur EDT! This fragrance is known for its lemon and citric top notes with an oak moss filled, chypre dry down.

This fragrance was first released in 1955, and surprisingly through time Chanel has been able to keep it fairly true to it's original scent profile.

Before I list PM's main three reformulations here's an approximate listing of PM's previous iterations. Each version may have slight batch variations.

Pre-1960: Released as "Eau De Cologne Pour Monsieur".

1961-1969: Name changes to "A Gentlemans cologne".

1969-1975: Name changes to "Chanel for Men"

1975-1979: Name changes to "Eau Pour Monsieur".

1979-89: Name changes to "Pour Monsieur" as an EDC

1989-2016: Name stays the same but changes to an EDT. Slightly different scent profile.

Post-2016: Changes to an EDP. Very altered scent profile.

*It's important to note Chanel markets regionally and this timeline may not match exactly world wide. Some bottle styles may have overlapping timelines with one another. I would consider Pour Monsieur to have three main reformulations.

Pre-2008 - Bottles with yellow or amber colored liquid will generally be closer to the fragrances original scent profile. The older the bottle (The EDC's) the higher a concentration of musks and oakmoss you will receive.

2008-2016 - After a reformulation removed the allergins from the ingredients, Chanel opted to turn Pour Monsieurs liquid to a green color. The longevity greatly diminished, and its natural aroma became more synthetic around this time.

Post 2016: The EDT was turned into an EDP with a new scent profile. The lemon notes were reduced, and a higher note of vanilla was added. This version smells closer to the discontinued 1989 flanker of Pour Monsieur that was titled "Pour Monsieur EDP Concentree".

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Hello fragrance fam, on today's reformulation guide were covering one of the greatest "date night" fragrances ever created: Nuit L'Homme EDT by YSL!

These are approximate timelines, use in conjunction with an online batch code checker to help date your bottles.

*Note, the first two batches I would consider equally superior.

**Also, the color of the liquid has changed over time, not completely from it's age but from reformulations that have removed or restricted some of the the organic compounds that were once used in the formula.

1.Pre-2010: these first edition bottles will usually have brown liquid and a four digit batch code.

2.2010-2018 batches are almost the same color as the first with a slightly lighter shade of brown. They will now carry a six digit batch code, or seven if it's made after 2017.

3.2018-2022 the color of liquid will now be a champagne color.

Post-2022 batches the liquid is now almost translucent with very little tan color.

*The good news is, in 2023/2025. Many brands have reformulated their pre-existing formulas, further adapting to the use of modern synthetic ingredients. A majority of feedback I've read after these reworks have been mostly positive. Cheers to the future!

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This is something the public is not made aware of. It's when a fragrances ingredients are altered. We have a comprehensive Q&A that may answer why and when your colognes scent profile changed.

Topics include the year of removal with older raw materials like oakmoss and animalics, or newer ingredients like lilial or Iso E Super.

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Hello fragrance fam, today's reformulation guide will be on L'Eau D'Issey EDT by Issey Myake for men! Known for being a yuzu forward aquatic freshie, akin to something like Acqua Di Gio. To keep things simple we're going to group this into four approximate main reformulations. 

1. Pre-2000: The first editions had four lines of text on the front of the bottle. Every edition afterwards has had three. In these versions the calone  and musk notes are very intense, "beast like". 

2. 2000-2011: These versions the bottle had a white cap. The calone and musks were dialed down, but the overall scent profile remained similar with notes of nutmeg, vetiver, saffron  and tobacco.

3. 2011-2022: These bottles have three lines of text, but have now went back to silver caps again. The scent becomes more citric relating the smell to lemons and cucumbers.

4. Post 2022: These bottles look identical to the 2011-2022 bottles with a silver cap. But on the batch sticker underneath it will have "Shiseido" typed. These versions have become more floral, with amplified notes of lotus and sage. 

My personal favorites are the two first versions.

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