LIBRE - YSL

Libre – Yves Saint Laurent (2019)
Perfumers: Anne Flipo & Carlos Benaïm
Concentration: Eau de Parfum
Family: Oriental
Subfamily: Oriental Fougère
Collection: GCMS Club
Format: Editable Excel

Lavender, undone.
Libre reimagines the fougère through a luminous feminine lens. It opens with a burst of bergamot and mandarin over a soft heart of lavender, rose, and jasmine sambac—cool, bright, and elegantly modern.

Hedione HC and Iso E Super give lift and radiant diffusion, while ambrettolide, helvetolide, and habanolide build a long-lasting, musky trail. Powdery heliotropin, soft vanillin, and ethyl vanillin bring balance to the florals without tipping into sweetness.

This reconstruction captures the unique tension of Libre: sharp and smooth, floral and abstract, polished yet free.