Y Le Parfum by Yves Saint Laurent

Yves Saint Laurent

Y Le Parfum

Woody Aromatic · 2021 · Dominique Ropion

LavenderSageTonkaPatchouli

Longevity

Good

Sillage

Moderate

Occasion

Romantic/Evening

Seasonality

Winter

Lavender and sage lead into dry patchouli and soft tonka, warmer and deeper than the EDP but still restrained. It reads clean and masculine with a quiet sweetness. Composed and versatile.

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How Y Le Parfum smells, measured

On Zenyra's five taste axes, Y Le Parfum is broadly easy to wear, familiar in its structure, and arrives seamless, as a single impression rather than parts.

Warmthcool, open0.28

Y Le Parfum reads cool and open, nearer to citrus and air than to skin. That is 15th percentile for warmth across 5,322 scored fragrances.

Projectionmid-range0.62

Y Le 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 79th percentile for projection across 5,322 scored fragrances.

Riskfamiliar0.17

Y Le Parfum is broadly easy to wear, familiar in its structure. That is 7th percentile for risk across 5,322 scored fragrances.

Textureseamless0.25

Y Le Parfum arrives seamless, as a single impression rather than parts. That is among the lowest in the catalogue for texture across 5,322 scored fragrances.

Sweetnessdry0.26

Y Le Parfum keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere. That is 28th 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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