The Paris fragrance by YSL. Paris, city of love. Paris, city of light. Paris, place of culture. Paris, the place so dear to Yves Saint-Laurent. He spent his life there and it was his attachment to this city that gave birth to several of his creations.
Released in 1983, the Paris Eau de Toilette symbolizes Yves Saint Laurent’s love for this city. The designer particularly loved the capital and could not imagine living anywhere else. Many of his fragrances are a nod to the capital, such as Rive Gauche, La Parisienne, or Mon Paris. Paris is therefore the fragrance of a chic and elegant woman, perhaps slightly impertinent. Bold and unconventional, Yves Saint Laurent cultivated difference. Subtle and sparkling, the Paris Eau de Toilette is a modern fragrance paying tribute to all Parisian women.
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Sophia Grosjman, in the streets of Paris YSL
It is the perfumer Sophia Grosjman whom the house YSL chose to create this tribute to Parisian women. Born in the Soviet Union, Sophia Grosjman began her career in New York within the prestigious company IFF (International Flavors & Fragrances). Sophia Grosjman is the first perfumer to test notes in overdose and to discover their role in the base composition of a fragrance. She dared to combine raw materials used in overdose with very classic fragrance accords. To create this fragrance, Yves Saint Laurent told her what he wanted, namely to offer a fragrance to Paris. Prestigious Paris, dazzling. Your blazes and your bursts of fireworks make the world sparkle. For this new fragrance, it is your name I have chosen, because there is none more beautiful. Because I love you. My Paris… We owe to Sophia Grosjman magnificent fragrances such as Trésor by Lancôme or Parisienne by YSL.
Paris, sparkling and glamorous notes
Paris opens with a citrus-floral pairing combining bergamot, geranium, hyacinth, and hawthorn, displaying from the very start a highly feminine character. The story of hyacinth originates in Greek mythology. It is said that Apollo (god of song and poetry) and Zephyr (god of wind) both loved the young Hyacinthus. One day, while the gods were playing at discus throwing, Zephyr, mad with jealousy, deflected the trajectory of the discus, which struck Hyacinthus fatally on the temple. Apollo, deeply affected by his death, transformed the young man into a magnificent flower, the hyacinth. A perennial plant with deciduous foliage, hyacinths adorn our flower beds and window boxes from March to May. In the language of flowers, hyacinth symbolizes joie de vivre and loyalty. In perfumery, the hyacinth note is obtained synthetically, in the laboratory. It gives off floral, green, and vegetal tonalities. Then, the heart of Paris is a true concentrate of floral essences, harmoniously blending rose, lily of the valley, violet, iris, and orange blossom. Finally, the base of Paris is deliciously sensual, combining amber, cedarwood, sandalwood, heliotrope, oakmoss, and white musks, leaving an unforgettable sillage.