Yves Saint Laurent Perfumes
Yves Saint Laurent fragrance trades on a particular kind of nocturnal glamour, and it does it more convincingly than most.
The key releases
Black Opium built a modern classic out of coffee and vanilla — sweet, dark and genuinely addictive. Libre pairs lavender with orange blossom in a composition that reads as neither obviously masculine nor feminine. Y is the sharp, clean men's signature; MYSLF, the newer release, goes warmer and woodier. La Nuit de L'Homme remains one of the best evening fragrances any designer house has produced — cardamom, cedar and coumarin, quietly excellent.
The Le Parfum and Intense versions are worth the step up if longevity matters to you.
