Lavalliere

Lavalliere by Yves Saint Laurent Actually, Lavalliere is something I don't expect to like. I love rose in general but not fruity. And I find other Rose offering from the line are medicore both Blouse and Rouge Velours due to personal test. Blouse for me is boring musky rose that quite close to skin dry down to sort of Waxy Soap/candle nuance. Rogue Velours is soft Patchouli Rose fragrance that dry down to musky sort of feel, I don't find that sexy really. Maybe because I have better rose that I like for Musky Powdery Rose - I like - Rose des Vents by LV for Patchouli Rose - I have few others that I like - Eau Capitale, I like it more rough. So I expect Lavalliere to be another miss as well. But I am wrong. This reminisce of 2 others fragrance that I absolutely don't like : L'homme A La Rose in Amberwood aspect. And L'ombre dans L'eau in Green/Fruity aspect. But oh, Boy this blends so well. I still sniff rose strongly, with other floral but the fruity is supporting make it fresh and sweet. On the base of something musky. Oh-boy Oh-boy. While this is not truly sexy but It has playful side, almost firstly. Please do go test, for me this is solid 8/10. ===== Update 2 on October 2, 2024 The scent is still in my collection. I declutter my fragrance size down. Eventually, I boiled down to Lavalliere by YSL after comparision to few other green/rose fragrance. (The bid was La Colle Noire and L’ombre dans L’eau) I find Lavalliere blends nice enough with sufficient details in scent. It can be looks either way (fresh, green, fruity and clean fluffy musk) or (rosy fruity rose with steam) The key of Lavalliere is I haven’t find this kind of rose fragrance in modern perfumery (ambery tose) that nice like this. It well balance scent with personality. The message would be fun and playful, young and carefree but not careless. I might grown out of it. Actually. But I will drop her 8/10 as the same.

I received a bottle of this for free, to review; this in no way affects my opinion or willingness to write a negative review. Lavalliere starts with an intoxicating blast of fruity, floral and surprisingly bold green notes. The tartness and subtle green woodiness of blackcurrant offers a complimentary yet contrasting element to the deeper, sweeter fruitiness of fig and green grassiness of vetiver. Instead of dry and dusty, we are presented with a freshly picked rose which both stands out from, and blends seamlessly with the other floral notes. Geranium intermingles with the rose and fruit, as well as adding an almost citrusy sparkle, giving a little extra character to the bergamot. Jasmine provides a light powdery note that combines with cashmeran and musk in the base, giving it a soft complexity that no one of those ingredients could provide alone. Vetiver, along with the blackcurrant add a very garden-like feeling to the florals, making them feel fresher and more alive. As it dries down the rose becomes slightly more prominent. The green notes, while still strong, take on a woodier essence as some of the freshness fades (but never fully disappears). It maintains a powdery, slightly soapy note throughout, but always in the background it never becomes overwhelming. It projects well for the first couple of hours, then begins to sit a bit closer to the body. Even then it lingers as you move around, the sillage staying strong for many more hours. With four sprays, one on each arm, one chest spray under my shirt and one on my shirt, I find I'm still catching occasional whiffs of it at the 6 or 7 hour mark. Overall it's a fantastic perfume. It takes on a very unique position in my collection, especially as a rose-forward fragrance. I could see many having the opinion that it leans feminine, but it is still very unisex, even from a more traditional standpoint.

One of my all-time favorite scents, if not my number one. I first tried this at Sephora and kept coming back to spray it again for weeks but couldn’t afford the price tag. Eventually that Sephora shut down and I was without a fix for almost a year. I kept my eye on discount retailers but the price was still too rich for my blood. I finally broke down and ordered a 5ml from Microperfumes. A few days later someone reached out to me and was selling a lightly used bottle for almost half off retail including shipping, and I jumped on it. This one is very green and bright. I favor the top notes the best. The tartness hangs in there, I feel like I’d prefer that a little more subtle but it’s still beautiful. You get the rose right at the opening and it remains prominent throughout. The geranium pulls it a little more earthy and adds to the green quality of the scent. Think rose stems as well as buds. The fig here adds a touch of sweetness without being overpowering. The blackcurrant is so well blended that you get the tartness without the urine smell that you usually have with other fragrances. I don’t get jasmine. A great wear for daytime in warm weather, but also I would wear this at night on a formal outing. Smells expensive because it is. This is the only scent from YSL’s high end line that I like, but I absolutely adore it. It’s a unique fragrance to my nose, perfectly blended and effortlessly beautiful. Becomes a skin scent sooner than I would like but I can still smell it on my clothes the next day. I would call it unisex because it isn’t too sweet and the rose deep.

A dance of elegance and complexity, like a silk scarf fluttering in the breeze, wrapping itself around you with effortless grace. Fig forward rose, like an ancient garden where fruits and flowers grow side by side, scents mingling in the warm air. This fig is ripe, sweet and fleshy, but not of overripe, syrupy richness, with a subtle green undertone that freshens up the whole composition. It brings an earthiness, possibly stemming too from the geranium, the soft, all-natural juice of the fruit grounding the fragrance with its deep, delectable character. The rose in contrast, is airy and delicate, not the heavy, opulent bulgarian variety but the lighter turkish sort—fresh petals, soft and dewy, caressed by the breeze. There’s a quiet elegance to both components, and when paired together, they stay very much true to their original self, yet also transform ever so gracefully. The fig doesn’t dominate; instead, it weaves through the rose, giving it a certain depth, a luscious quality without the usual sweetness. The combination feels natural, like the two have always belonged together, the fig adding a touch of warmth and ripeness to the floral freshness.Together, they create a fragrance that feels both green and floral, soft and grounded. Captivating in its contrast-filled harmony, warm yet cool, sweet but not sugary, but both with a feminine depth that unfolds slowly, revealing more with each wear.

This is my bedtime fragrance. I found during the day in winter it lasted 2 hours or less but its SUCH a gorgeous fragrance I started wearing it at-home in the evenings and lasted into bedtime so now its my bedtime routine fraf. Its very fresh yet comforting and the sillage is low to moderate so I am not disturbing my SO in bed at all by wearing it and it doesn't wake me up with being "too much". Its fresh without being citrus. Its fruity and floral without being sweet. It's woody without being harsh. Its so beautifully blended I can hardly tell where one note ends and the other begins. This was essentially a blind buy for me because the sample I got arrived after I had ordered a full bottle on sale. It was probably the only blind buy that exceeded my expectations and then kept fulfilling it. It's a scent that just makes me happy and relaxed and I know my mood will improve just by wearing it. I usually like intense and long lasting fragrances but this one just ticks off some boxes I didn't knew I wanted! It reminds me of being somewhere as a kid in the early summer where you are with someone who just lets you exist and take in all of mother nature - like how I imagine being with one grandma I didn't get to meet. Sitting on the porch and her baking a berry pie while the warm breeze comes in. And having nowhere else to be. Just...ahh.