Nu

Nu, symbol of Yves Saint-Laurent’s renewal

Also, if this change of status marks a decisive turning point in the future of the Yves Saint-Laurent house, it is notably thanks to one man: Tom Ford. Indeed, it was he who was appointed artistic director of couture and perfumes for Yves Saint-Laurent. He contributed to creating this fragrance and put all his creativity at the service of this first creation for the house. Nu is a strong symbol of sensuality. It is an abstract and carnal juice that greatly contributed to modernizing the image of the Yves Saint-Laurent house. It aims to be more enigmatic and mysterious than its predecessors while remaining just as seductive. Indeed, Yves Saint-Laurent has always embodied the quintessence of woman. Nu is therefore, on this point, fully in line with its predecessors. It depicts to us a philosophy of life advocating enjoyment and freedom. Nu is a concentrate of contemporary luxury that unveils itself over the hours and delights in stoking mystery.

The absolute modernity of the fragrance Nu

In order to bring his first fragrance for the Yves Saint-Laurent house to life, Tom Ford called upon the talented perfumer Jacques Cavalier. He then developed an ambiguous fragrance. Its initial freshness thus evolves very quickly toward a particularly sensual base. Everything begins with an invigorating and airy bergamot. This is paired with the intense femininity of a wild orchid. Furthermore, the character of Nu intensifies further thanks to the bursting presence of black pepper. This then initiates the shift of this fragrance toward darker, more electrifying tonalities. Nu thus evolves toward a more magnetic base built on incense. This is the major element of this composition and gives rise to a flood of emotions in its wake. Finally, regarding the bottle, Nu has been sold, since 2011, in the signature case of the house’s classic fragrance collection. It is a clean, simple glass cube. It is finished with an entirely Belgian lacquering. It thus gives the appearance of bare skin and fits wonderfully with the name of this juice.

The Eau de Parfum Nu by Yves Saint Laurent

NU, a parfum de peau, an ode to radiant sensuality. A fragrance that goes beyond appearances in a subversive rawness, a thrilling truth.

The Yves Saint Laurent woman owns who she is, free, assertive. NU dresses her in a troubling sensuality, and evokes all the mystery of a woman who dares.
She displays her masculine side. Delicate tension of desire, mysterious and carnal enchantment of a parfum de peau.

An electric energy emanates from a fresh opening of bergamot, paired with cardamom. The verticality of the incense is enhanced by an orchid accord, a sexual and fascinating flower whose variety of shapes and colors so aptly evoke the many facets of the Yves Saint Laurent woman. Skin becomes divine, and divinity itself. The olibanum base remains unsettling. A dense, essential sensuality; a vivid and mysterious force.

Notes: Bergamot, Cardamom, Incense, Orchid accord, Olibanum.