Yves Saint Laurent
Y Eau de Parfum
Woody Aromatic · 2018 · Dominique Ropion
Longevity
Good
Sillage
Moderate
Occasion
Romantic/Evening
Seasonality
Winter
Crisp apple and bergamot open cool and clean over herbal sage, with tonka rounding the finish. Fresh and dry, it's built for ease. Sharp, modern and understated.
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 Y Eau de Parfum smells, measured
On Zenyra's five taste axes, Y Eau de Parfum keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere, and is broadly easy to wear, familiar in its structure.
Y Eau de Parfum reads cool and open, nearer to citrus and air than to skin. That is 20th percentile for warmth across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Y Eau de Parfum 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 73rd percentile for projection across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Y Eau de Parfum is broadly easy to wear, familiar in its structure. That is 7th percentile for risk across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Y Eau de Parfum arrives seamless, as a single impression rather than parts. That is 11th percentile for texture across 5,322 scored fragrances.
Y Eau de Parfum 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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