Yves Saint Laurent

Rive Gauche (Women)

Name: Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche (Women)
Brand: Yves Saint Laurent

Floral Aldehydic · 1971 · Jacques Polge

AldehydesRoseGeraniumOakmoss

Longevity

Good

Sillage

Moderate

Occasion

Smart Casual / Social

Seasonality

Winter

3.70community rating

Aldehydes lift a rose-and-geranium heart over oakmoss for a crisp, green chypre feel. Classic and composed, it reads clean and slightly austere. Refined and vintage in spirit.

The Purist

The Signature

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.

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How Rive Gauche (Women) smells, measured

On Zenyra's five taste axes, Rive Gauche (Women) is broadly easy to wear, familiar in its structure, and reads cool and open, nearer to citrus and air than to skin.

Warmthcool, open0.27

Rive Gauche (Women) reads cool and open, nearer to citrus and air than to skin. That is 13th percentile for warmth across 5,322 scored fragrances.

Projectionmid-range0.40

Rive Gauche (Women) 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.

Riskfamiliar0.19

Rive Gauche (Women) is broadly easy to wear, familiar in its structure. That is 19th percentile for risk across 5,322 scored fragrances.

Textureseamless0.31

Rive Gauche (Women) arrives seamless, as a single impression rather than parts. That is 11th percentile for texture across 5,322 scored fragrances.

Sweetnessdry0.28

Rive Gauche (Women) keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere. That is 29th 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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