Yves Saint Laurent
L’Homme Ultime
Woody Aromatic · 2016 · Anne Flipo
Longevity
Good
Sillage
Moderate
Occasion
Romantic/Evening
Seasonality
Winter
Grapefruit gives a tart, zesty lift over dry cedar and vetiver, with rose softening the middle. Cool and clean, it's the freshest turn of the line. Bright and easygoing.
Taste Profile
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Unmistakable. Always has been.
You arrived with a signature and you've never needed to explain it. Consistency is its own kind of confidence. Some things become part of the room before you do.
See your own Taste Map →How L’Homme Ultime smells, measured
On Zenyra's five taste axes, L’Homme Ultime keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere, and is broadly easy to wear, familiar in its structure.
L’Homme Ultime reads cool and open, nearer to citrus and air than to skin. That is 17th percentile for warmth across 5,322 scored fragrances.
L’Homme Ultime 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 11th percentile for projection across 5,322 scored fragrances.
L’Homme Ultime is broadly easy to wear, familiar in its structure. That is 7th percentile for risk across 5,322 scored fragrances.
L’Homme Ultime arrives seamless, as a single impression rather than parts. That is 11th percentile for texture across 5,322 scored fragrances.
L’Homme Ultime keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere. That is 4th 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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