Yves Saint Laurent
Kouros Body
Woody Spicy · 2000 · Annick Menardo
Longevity
Good
Sillage
Moderate
Occasion
Romantic/Evening
Seasonality
Winter
Cool eucalyptus and clary sage open sharp and herbal before incense, cedar and benzoin settle into a dry, smoky warmth. Bracing at first, resinous underneath. Austere and masculine.
Taste Profile
The Anchor
The Dry Warmth
Warm enough to be felt. Dry enough to mean it.
There is warmth here but nothing soft about it. It arrives without apology and stays without asking. Substance over comfort, every time.
See your own Taste Map →How Kouros Body smells, measured
On Zenyra's five taste axes, Kouros Body reads warm and close to the skin, in amber and resin territory, and keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere.
Kouros Body reads warm and close to the skin, in amber and resin territory. That is 87th percentile for warmth across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Kouros Body sits mid-range on projection, which for a fragrance with thin wear data reflects an absence of reports rather than a measured middle. That is 37th percentile for projection across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Kouros Body is broadly easy to wear, familiar in its structure. That is 29th percentile for risk across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Kouros Body sits mid-range on texture, which for a fragrance with thin wear data reflects an absence of reports rather than a measured middle. That is 25th percentile for texture across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Kouros Body keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere. That is 13th percentile for sweetness across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Projection, risk and texture describe how a fragrance behaves in a room and on skin. Where wear reports are thin, those scores rest near the middle by design, so a mid-range reading here is a statement about the evidence as much as about the scent. Warmth and sweetness are derived from composition and do not carry that caveat.
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