
Yves Saint Laurent
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A luminous blend of crisp apple and ginger opening into herbal sage and lavender, finishing with creamy tonka bean and woody cedar
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Best Clone
The best clone of Yves Saint Laurent Y Le is Tersus by In The Box, with a 85% accuracy score. A fraction of the cost of the $155 original.
What people who wear Yves Saint Laurent Y Le report, based on votes and reviews from a large fragrance community. Created by Dominique Ropion and Claire Liégent.
Listed as Men
“The opening was very harsh, extremely synthetic, and practically smelt repulsive. However, the consequent dry down is very pleasant and redeems the experience with the opening. It lasts quite long with it having amazing performance. If it was not for that opening, I would like this fragrance a lot more.”
“Very fresh fragrance. Very nice apple scent in top notes. Excellent in spring and summer days, could be worn also in autumn and winter, but it will not perform as good as in warm days. It s a very versatile fragrance, it could be worn daily, but don t expect to stand out wearing this. Overall a crowd pleasing scent, the "definition" of a blue fragrance, lasting about 7-8 hours, good projection, great sillage. It s one of my favourites right now, precisely because its simple scent. Also safe for blind buy.”
“A frag with standard performance. Not anything extraordinary but consistency a big YES. The apple and ginger notes fade v fast, you end up with a citrusy dry down. Not extraordinary but v consistent. I think Mancera's Cedrat Boise gives a better performance overall in the similar price point. But for sure it's definitely a safe buy and easy to wear perfume, I'll give that.”

Armaf
$38
FragranceNet
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Sillage
Brings blood orange, mandarin and ozonic notes to the mix and skips amberwood, tonka bean and cedar from the original.

Dossier
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Sillage
Brings pineapple and cedarwood to the mix and skips apple, tonka bean and cedar from the original. Voters say it fades sooner on skin.

Lattafa
$20
FragranceShop
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Sillage
Swaps some of the original's apple, ginger and sage for marine notes, orris root and amber.

Fragrance World
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5-7 hours
Longevity
Moderate
Sillage
The clone matches the overall scent structure but exhibits reduced longevity (4-5 hours vs 6-7 hours on skin) and slightly less pronounced sillage. The base notes are adequately replicated but lack the depth and complexity of the original's vetiver-patchouli foundation.

In The Box
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Sillage
Brings amber to the mix and skips amberwood from the original.
La Rive
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Sillage
Brings cedarwood and frankincense to the mix and skips cedar and olibanum from the original.

Zara
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Sillage
Swaps some of the original's apple, ginger and sage for iris, sandalwood and mint. Voters say it fades sooner on skin. It sits closer to the skin than the original.
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