Elle

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Elle

Yves Saint Laurent · Eau de Parfum (EDP) · 2007

≈ $120 · approx. retail

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A bright floral-woody musk that opens with juicy litchi and lemon, moves into a peppery rose-jasmine heart, and settles into a clean patchouli-vetiver-cedar base.

The scent

Top notes

The opening · first 15 minutes

Heart notes

The core · the next few hours

Base notes

The dry-down · what lingers

Best for

SpringFallWinterDailyOfficeEvening

Perfumer

Olivier Cresp

French · 102 in collection

A Grasse-raised master perfumer at Firmenich and 2018 Fragrance Foundation Lifetime Achievement honoree, Olivier Cresp is one of the most influential noses of his generation, responsible for the genre-defining Mugler Angel and a string of bestsellers.

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