YSL · 2025 · Anne Flipo and Carlos Benaïm

Libre L'Eau Nue Parfum de Peau

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Tangy green mandarin and bergamot over a warm orange blossom heart, finishing on a fresh streak of lavender.

The drawn Libre L'Eau Nue Parfum de Peau bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Libre L'Eau Nue Parfum de Peau’s scent picture, a draft: mandarin, bergamot, orange blossom, lavender, sweet orange, coumarin (new-mown hay) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Libre L'Eau Nue Parfum de Peau, top notes: Mandarin, Bergamot, Sweet orange

Heartas it settles

Libre L'Eau Nue Parfum de Peau, heart: Orange blossom, Isoeugenol (clove)

Dry-downwhat stays

Libre L'Eau Nue Parfum de Peau, dry-down: Lavender, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

8 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 & lavender3 florals1 sweet1 spices

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

Not for the smell9

WaterBenzyl alcoholPropylene glycol, not in Ingredients yetPolyglyceryl-4 caprate, not in Ingredients yetPentylene glycol, not in Ingredients yetGlycerin, not in Ingredients yetCitric acid, not in Ingredients yetSodium benzoate, not in Ingredients yetTetrasodium glutamate diacetate, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Neroli PortofinoTom Ford · shares mandarin, bergamot, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain) and lavender$460 for 100 ml
LibreYSL · shares mandarin, bergamot, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain) and lavender$185 for 90 ml · about the same as Libre L'Eau Nue Parfum de Peau’s $160
LibreYSL · shares mandarin, bergamot, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain) and lavender$190 for 90 ml · about the same as Libre L'Eau Nue Parfum de Peau’s $160
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