Sable Fauve

A Lion Has a Beautiful Fawny Coat Wait till you sniff the new Sable Fauve. It will knock your socks off. That's what happened to me while checking out the six new releases from Yves Rocher La Collection Parfums, Cuir de Nuit and Sable Fauve blew my mind! Allegedly designed to recall tawny sand, the warmth of the sun on the skin, Sable Fauve is just too smoky, sweet, gourmand, and vanillic. The tonka you get here is an almond and smoke subtlety of this kind of roasted beans, from the synthetic coumarin, became more renowned thanks to its use in Shalimar By Jacques Guerlain in 1921. A sweet and fresh note will rise from bottom to heart of the fragrance, lingering on the skin for hours whilst enriching the overall fragrance. As used in Sable Fauve it has a sweet odor readily recognized as the scent of newly mown hay. Alongside its herbaceousness, it displays a slight spicy inclination – as well as a vanillic aspect, which is why often people confound it with the vanilla. This warmth also extends to encompass notes of caramel. I admire its creaminess and powdery notes, bringing depth and character to the fragrance once combined with benzoin and labdanum, here used to give a gourmand and oriental touch. An alternative to vanilla, tonka features heavily in iconic fragrances with a fruity-candy aroma, such as Thierry Mugler’s Angel and Le Mâle by Jean-Paul Gaultier, just to mentions a few. But tonka is not the main note, it is a background supporter, rather the star is benzoin, with its velvety finish and pronounced fruity note, reminiscent of stewed Morello cherries, this is the sweetheart of many a perfume, including Sable Fauve. This is a real bomb of benzoin. What everyone calls vanilla in their reviews is the note of benzoin dominating this fragrance. Ditto, tonka bean is there, too, but most of all it's all about the leading benzoin. Hold on, is this perfume all too cloying, sugary, sickly? Of course not! Sable Fauve features labdanum, which is used to create a resinous, woody-amber accord, reminiscent of ambergris and incense, and tone down the sweetness. The brown-eyed rockrose, Cistus ladanifer, is a species of a flowering shrub, the broad evergreen leaves are covered by glandular hairs that exude the odoriferous oleo-resin we call labdanum, better known to some gardeners as Rock Rose, which is a pillar of chypre perfumes and many Orientals. This warm and complex resin is sometimes perceived as leathery, sometimes honey-like, with hints of plum. It's a pleasant fragrance, a very great one. Well made and long-lasting. I've had it on for about all day now, and it's still quite prominent. But at the end of the day, it's just benzoin. I have smelled this type of accord in other fragrances before, yet this one is excellent. This perfume is a nice surprise, now I've seen everything. The benzoin here is incredibly well done, so elegant, resinous, even smoky! Also, accompanied by the right amount of tonka and just a taste of labdanum, it stays cozy till the end. A perfect feast for the wintertime, and long-lasting too. In my conclusion, it is a naive bet, a perfume with character and timelessness, and I see it harmless for wearing at the office. On the outfit side, nothing to complain about. I fancy the fact that it is not heady from the start but that it remains stable throughout the day with a tendency towards the gourmand-sweet side at the end of the day. This perfume is a fine pick, in the same collection I also really fancied Cuir de Nuit, which I've reviewed already.

All these reviews are astounding. I had to double check that I had the same fragrance. My bottle was purchased in April of 2025. 1. There is no Benzoin in here. There is barely a sensation of amber. 2. The notes listed are completely off as are the main accords. This is extremely sweet. Almost cloyingly so. Childish and linear. This doesn't smell like Black Opium, nor does it smell like a typical vanilla scent. Its not resinous in the least. Its best described as SWEET & FRUITY. What does it smell like? If you smelled any fruity Sospiro, like Erba pura or Dolce Melodia. It smells similar in DNA to those, except much sweeter. A sweet fruit basket type smell. Only the fruit s are not on level 10. More like level 2-3. I was hoping for a deep resinous Amber. I really dont like hyper sweet or fruit basket scents-- Its ok 7.7/10. Edit: I found it to be a pleasant dumb reach. Ive gone through 2 bottles. So I will have to raise my score to 8.2/10

I purchased this more out of fear that it was being discontinued, otherwise I would have waited as it’s not on my priority list of fragrances to get my hands on. Overall it’s a great fragrance, it’s does remind me quite a bit of Black Opium, maybe a bit different at the beginning but becomes more similar in the dry down. I’d say it’s 85% close if you are a discerning reviewer, probably closer for a fragrance muggle. I do find it lasts a bit longer on me than Black Opium which is nice, and as I don’t love BO enough to pay full price (I prefer BO Extreme) this is a good economical option to have something similar in your collection. Thus I am grading it a love because if I run out and it’s still available I would re-purchase.

Love this and everything else from this line! I actually have grown to love this even more over time. It lasts a good while, sometimes i use it at work and spray in my hand and run through my hair. I find it very unisex, i find it very uplifting but yet not in the typical sparkling way a citrus is. It is more like a confidence boost. As a professional woman surrounded by men, i dont like to wear something too dainty or too flowery OR too sexy to a meeting. This is perfect in my opinion, bc it isnt flowers, it is candy, it isnt old lady. The labdanum gives it a kick ass leathery touch, but just a pinch! To me, It just smells good and very “unafraid”.

I can't understand why this beauty is getting discontinued. In all YR shops they still have testers but no more perfumes for sale... it's such an amazing scent! It does remind me a lot of So Elixir Bois Sensuelle but it's much softer and warmer. I believe that tonka does the job here, also the cedar notes that are missing here (unlike in Bois Sensuelle) make the difference (less bitter sharpness). It's a rather long-lasting scent that becomes warmer and warmer in time. I fell for in in the summer but looked forward to fall in order to start enjoying it to the fullest. It's really amazing and should be brought back ASAP!

I took a chance on this one and ordered a full bottle. I'm glad I did. It's lovely, warm, and a little mysterious. I will have to be careful where I wear this because it's strong on the benzoin, but it's beautiful. It's heavy straight out of the bottle, but it does seem to fade quickly, which is actually my only complaint. I've been putting this on at bedtime because I find it so relaxing and warm. This is a winner for Yves Rocher, though quite different from their classics.

At first, I had a hard time accepting this perfume... a wild scent indeed; its name suits it like a glove! But I found myself enjoying it a little more day by day until I fell in love with it! It's not a perfume for everyday, it's very dominant. Personally, I find that benzoin replaces vanilla perfectly when you are looking for a more naughty vanilla, and with the tonka bean and its smoky accents, the result is a bewitching oriental amber fragrance! 8/10

This is a warm, cozy smell that works surprisingly well in the summer despite how sweet it is on my skin. It starts of as very much a tonka scent, as the notes say, but stays as a soft benzoin for ages after the dry down. And, for what it's worth, it's gotten me a few compliments from a wide range of people (20s-60s, romantic partner to family).

Ordered a 30 ml bottle after You tube reviewer The Scented talked so nicely about it. This is warm and cosy, a perfect winter time fragrance, also very suitable for the holiday season. Very affordable EdP that lasts long time on my skin. I was happy to find a gem like this from Yves Rocher, where my journey to the perfume land started!

This is my first Yves Rocher purchase, and a blind one at that. All I can say is wow benzoin! It's reminiscent of Black Opium, Scandal type perfumes but much more subtle. The performance is just as good if not better. Nothing unique but I'm just amazed at the value.

Oddly enough, I think the sample was less Amber forward and more unisex, but I believe this is a really good fragrance to mix with - especially any musky (not necessarily anything too warm, this is warm enough) or something fruity like cherry or apple even.

Just test side by side with Burberry Her Intense both of them are benzoin bombs. This is equally as nice and long lasting. The very nice light bottle reminds me of the early years The Body Shop perfume packages. A+++++

I'll say this first: This is a real bomb of benzoin. What everyone calls vanilla is actually the note of benzoin dominating this fragrance. Tonka bean is there, too, but most of all it's all about the benzoin.

This is a feminine scent. Great quality. It is sweet and amber. Something to wear at night. Longwearing. This is a classy and mature.

Sable Fauve can be interpreted as a dupe for MFK Grand Soir that is watered down (minus the herbal opening & smokyness).

not a fan of tonka as main note, but this is very light and well blended, got lots of compliments when I wear it 😍

One word to describe this fragrance: underrated

I agree with Viktozin. When you smell this, your mind instantly goes to patchouli. It smells nice, but you have to love earthy & resinous fragrances. This is a sweetened amber frag, not truly sweet or gourmand. Though I do see many people smell the tonka bean a lot and say this is gourmand. I think it really must depend on batch because mine is from around 2022 and I don't really smell the tonka bean; it's very much hidden underneath the benzoin & cistus. The main note I smell is the benzoin. This fragrance is inspired by warm sunsets & lands in Africa I believe. I think that's what it said on the box that I no longer have. Sable Fauve translates to tawn sand. Once you understand the inspiration, you understand the fragrance. It's nice, versatile & 100% unisex. You can wear it year round. It's not offensive. It lasted for me about 4 hrs, with first 2 hours strong projection then dissipates quick. This fragrance did garner me some compliments so I think smells nice in the air too. Thanks for reading 😚

Very pretty benzoin fragrance with some light gourmand undertones, I think it has a little bit of ethyl-maltol and patchouli as well. It doesn't remind me of my beloved Nature Millénaire as it doesn't contain any cedar, however I do smell a similarity with Voile d'Ambre and also the So Elixir line. But sadly, this is much weaker than Voile d'Ambre, and seems to have been designed as a watered down version of it mixed with Prada Candy, so I'd recommend Voile d'Ambre rather than Sable Fauve.

Just got a full 3.4 oz spray of this without a box for under $25 on Mercari---just looked at the notes and now wondering if I am hallucinating--I could swear I smell both vanilla and coffee in this scent. I have a load of B&B Works Midnight Amber Glow bath products that will work perfectly with this. Strictly fall/winter for me but this kind of fragrance pleases me more now that I am older. Like YR's Ispahan and Autour De Minuet--this is gonna have big sillage on me!!