YSL · 2009 · Anne Flipo, Pierre Wargnye and Dominique Ropion

La Nuit de L'Homme

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5

The houseFor men

VersionEau de Toilette

Spicy bergamot and cardamom over lavender and cedar, drying to earthy vetiver and a sweet, tonka-like warmth.

YSL says

You’ll smell spicy bergamot, cedar, lavender and vetiver.

More from YSL’s description

It also mentions Cardamom and Coumarin.

The house’s page

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The drawn La Nuit de L'Homme bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

La Nuit de L'Homme’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, cedar, lavender, vetiver, cardamom, coumarin (new-mown hay) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

La Nuit de L'Homme, top notes: Bergamot, Cardamom

Heartas it settles

La Nuit de L'Homme, heart: Cedar, Lavender, Citronellol (rose)

Dry-downwhat stays

La Nuit de L'Homme, dry-down: Vetiver, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

7 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender2 florals1 sweet1 powder

6 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

L'HommeYSL · shares bergamot, cedar (Atlas cedar), vetiver, cardamom and 1 more$149 for 100 ml
Explorer ExtremeMontblanc · shares bergamot, lavender, vetiver and cardamom$146 for 100 ml
Forever WantedAzzaro · shares bergamot, lavender, vetiver and cardamom$155 for 100 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.