Yvresse

The house describes a top of nectarine and lychee with a fruity, sparkling effect, a heart where the rose accord invites violet blossom, and a base of patchouli that, in its words, preserves the sophistication of the Yves Saint Laurent woman.

Older reviews go into more detail. Angela, of Now Smell This, cited in 2007 anise, mint and a grain of cumin at the top, a rose otto and a blue rose in the heart, and oakmoss, vetiver and vanilla in the base.

Victoria, of Bois de Jasmin, lists nectarine, anise, mint, rose otto, blue rose, lychee, oakmoss, patchouli and vetiver. These materials, absent from the house’s current description, remain described in prose.

A fruity chypre

The house classes Yvresse among fruity chypres: nectarine and lychee open onto a patchouli base, where the 2007 reviews also smelled the oakmoss and vetiver that mark the family.

What stays out

Peach, apricot, caraway, cinnamon, carnation, jasmine, styrax, cedar and coconut, often attributed to the fragrance, appear neither in the house’s description nor in Angela’s and Victoria’s reviews.