YSL · 2022 · Anne Flipo and Carlos Benaïm

Libre Le Parfum

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

The houseFor women

VersionParfum

Lavender and orange blossom with saffron, mandarin and ginger, warmed by honeyed vanilla and vetiver.

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The drawn Libre Le Parfum bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Libre Le Parfum’s scent picture, a draft: lavender, orange blossom, saffron, vanilla, mandarin, ginger drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Libre Le Parfum, top notes: Lavender, Mandarin, Ginger, Bergamot

Heartas it settles

Libre Le Parfum, heart: Orange blossom

Dry-downwhat stays

Libre Le Parfum, dry-down: Saffron, Vanilla, Honey, Vetiver, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

12 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 & lavender6 florals1 sweet1 spices1 powder

8 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

LibreYSL · shares lavender, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), vanilla, mandarin and 2 more$190 for 90 ml · about the same as Libre Le Parfum’s $205
Freedom Musk Santal 34Kayali · shares lavender, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), vanilla, mandarin and 2 moreabout $146 for 100 ml
Fakhar BlackLattafa · shares lavender, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), vanilla, ginger and 2 moreabout $29 for 100 ml · about a tenth of Libre Le Parfum’s $205
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.