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Pour Homme
1971
Pour Homme
Raymond Chaillan
Citrus/chypre/aromatic
Yves Saint Laurent's first fragrance for men, revealing a tension between freshness and depth in an advertisement that made a complete break with tradition and caused much ink to flow: Yves Saint Laurent nude, photographed by Jeanloup Sieff.
Whether or not people realised it at the time, Pour Homme was a manifesto, a political act.
It displayed an offbeat sincerity, a form of desire for the real, a deep-seated quest for beauty, an unveiling full of modesty. Yves Saint Laurent revealed himself in all his simplicity and truth, exposing his soul more than his body.
Men, as seen by Saint Laurent, embody desire, and want to be desirable.
LEMON
PETITGRAIN
MINT
PATCHOULI
OAK MOSS
A fresh, delicate fragrance with a chypre, aromatic sillage.
The head note contains citrus fruits, lemon and petitgrain, permeated with a touch of mint.
The elegant freshness of a sober, refined man who already emanates the extreme sensitivity of Yves Saint Laurent.
A fragrance that develops with infinite subtlety; a contained emotion. Immense tenderness, aestheticism and elegance become evident in the heart note. A perfume that praises beauty, a hymn to the being within us. Here, all its freshness is shored up by a vibrant oak moss base which, combined with Patchouli, gives masculinity and force, sophistication and elegance.
