Yvresse was launched by Yves Saint Laurent in 1993 under the name Champagne, which the house had to give up after action by the champagne producers. Composed by Sophia Grojsman, it is a fruity chypre: the house describes a top of nectarine and lychee, a heart of rose and violet and a base of patchouli.
Angela, of Now Smell This, found Yvresse light and joyful without being simple in 2007, disciplined like a ballerina who makes her art look easy; Victoria, of Bois de Jasmin, smells champagne bubbles bursting on the lips in it and wears it for elegance as much as for comfort.
Olfastory’s review
Angela, Now Smell This
In March 2007, Angela described an opening of winey nectarine, soon joined by mint and a hint of anise. After a few minutes, the rose unites with the peach and the chypre base appears, seeming to imitate skin.
She finds the fragrance light and joyful without being simple: a disciplined, cerebral ballerina who makes her art look easy and natural. To her, Yvresse becomes drier and more interesting as it develops.
She warns that it is not necessarily easy to wear: its fruit and mint seduce at first, but anyone who struggles with the complexity of a chypre, oakmoss or patchouli may turn away from it.
Victoria, Bois de Jasmin
Victoria writes that Yvresse manages to capture the sensation of champagne bubbles bursting on the lips, while the warmth of the wine relaxes the body. From the juice to Desgrippes’s bottle, everything, in her view, contributes to this sparkling vision.
She says she wears it when she wants to feel elegant and glamorous, but also when she seeks tenderness and comfort, and judges that, whatever its name, the fragrance’s vivacious and elegant character remains intact.