Y
1964
Y
Michel Hy
Green chypre
Y, Yves Saint Laurent's first fragrance, embodies the luxury and perfection of a timeless, elegant, refined sillage. Yves Saint Laurent gives it the initial of his first name, already inviting women to express their masculine side and assert themselves with a strong, liberated identity.
Elegance, sensuality, the subversion of codes and the tension between masculine and feminine seem clearly, gently mastered in this fragrance.
Y is the woman who knows the power of reticence and only communicates her sensuality in the wake she leaves behind her: appearances are preserved in an infinite refinement, but the essence of a woman is suggested with the power of an emotion that comes through the perfume.
She has all the signs of a woman who has inherited a tradition. Living for herself is an inner force that she cannot fight for too long.
BERGAMOT
CORIANDER
IRIS
PATCHOULI
OAK MOSS
The beginning is cool, almost cold, through the presence of a forceful spicy note combined with the freshness of bergamot, which gives a feeling of energy and movement.
This is followed by lavish, silky white flower notes. Iris is at the heart: that essentially elegant flower with woody accents, structuring this fragrance in an identity that emphasises the strong, "masculine" side that every woman has within her, from which emanates tension between infinite sweetness and powerful emotion.
The base takes up this vibration, creating a sillage that breaks with the over-cautious conventions of the time like a subliminal message, while respecting the imprint of great elegance. It opens onto an oak moss note that marks the elegance of chypres. Then follows a patchouli note: deep, vibrant, intense woodiness, accompanying the floral note to create a spirited sillage full of mystery with remarkable presence.
