Libre
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- Authentic original perfume
- Try before the full bottle
- Travel-ready 3ml, 10ml, 30ml
- Long-lasting scent
Libre by Yves Saint Laurent puts lavender and orange blossom side by side, cool and warm at once. Mandarin orange, black currant and petitgrain give the top a bright, zesty sparkle, and lavender adds an aromatic, crisp edge. Orange blossom and jasmine then bloom in the heart, creamy and white. Madagascar vanilla leads the base, with musk, cedar and ambergris making it smooth, powdery and faintly animalic. Released in 2019, it is mostly worn by women who like a floral with some backbone. Voters choose it for autumn and spring, and they wear it from day into evening and night, including at work. Wearers' votes lean long-lasting, and the sillage vote tilts towards moderate. Keep a 10ml decant in your bag for a month and notice whether you miss it when it runs out.
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The community verdict
Bright yet warm, Libre pairs citrus and orange blossom with jasmine and Madagascar vanilla. Views on staying power divide between long-lasting and moderate, while moderate projection draws the largest group. Its confident style fits autumn evenings, with spring and daytime also working.
Summarised with AI from perfume-community reviews
- Topfirst impression
- Black Currant
- Lavender
- Mandarin Orange
- Petitgrain
- Heartafter a few minutes
- Brand
- Yves Saint Laurent
- Scent profile
- For women
- Launched
- 2019
- Decant sizes
- 3ml, 10ml, 30ml
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Yves Saint Laurent Libre, hour by hour
How it opens, settles and lingers on skin.
Orange blossom tucked into a lavender-washed silk blouse.
What you smell
First spray0–15 min
- Black Currant
- Lavender
- Mandarin Orange
- Petitgrain
Heart15 min – 2 h
Dry-down2 h – 7–12 h
- Lasts
- 7–12 h
- Long lasting
- Sillage
- Moderate, 2 of 4
What wearers say
Votes from fragrance communities, most-voted answers first.
Longevity9,557 votes
Most voted: 42%Long lasting
42%Moderate
Sillage10,040 votes
Most voted: 49%Moderate
33%Strong
Season9,557 votes
Most voted: 45%Autumn
30%Spring
Time of day9,557 votes
Most voted: 35%Evening
30%Daytime
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Longevity9,557 votes
- Very weak2%145 votes
- Weak3%265 votes
- Moderate42%4,049 votes
- Long lasting (Most voted)42%4,058 votes
- Eternal11%1,040 votes
Sillage10,040 votes
- Intimate8%753 votes
- Moderate (Most voted)49%4,914 votes
- Strong33%3,348 votes
- Enormous10%1,025 votes
Season9,557 votes
- Spring30%2,867 votes
- Summer5%479 votes
- Autumn (Most voted)45%4,301 votes
- Winter20%1,910 votes
Time of day9,557 votes
- Daytime30%2,867 votes
- Office10%956 votes
- Evening (Most voted)35%3,345 votes
- Night out25%2,389 votes
Which size is right for you?
Every size is decanted from the same original bottle.
At 3 sprays a day.
Loved by 50,000+
Why scent lovers try it with us before they buy the bottle.
Hand-decanted from the original bottle
Decanted by hand from authentic bottles, never diluted.
Wear it for days before you commit
Live with it at work, at night and at the weekend before you buy a full bottle.
Just like the full bottle
A fine-mist atomiser sprays like the original, so it opens, projects and lasts on your skin the way the full bottle does.
10ML vs a blind buy
What a decant gives you that a bottle bought unsmelled can’t.
Why 10ML?
Blind buy
Authentic original perfume
Yes
Yes
Smell it on your skin before you buy
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No
Try several scents for one bottle’s price
Yes
No
Travel-ready atomiser
Yes
No
No full bottle wasted if it’s not for you
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No
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The house
More from Yves Saint Laurent
Yves Saint Laurent opened as a French couture house in 1961 and added perfume to its work in 1964. The scents have a taste for contrast. Sweet coffee and vanilla sit on one side of the range, cool lavender, bergamot and geranium on the other, with cedar and vetiver keeping both grounded. Black Opium is where most people begin: a dark, sugary coffee accord smoothed with vanilla. Libre sets white flowers against lavender and citrus, crisp and a little severe. Y Eau de Parfum is the fresh, aromatic pick over woods, and Opium Pour Homme is warmer, softly spiced and powdery with a dry, herbal twist.
Frequently asked questions
What does Yves Saint Laurent Libre smell like?
Yves Saint Laurent Libre opens with Black Currant, Lavender, Mandarin Orange and Petitgrain. The heart brings Jasmine and Orange Blossom. It dries down to Ambergris, Cedar, Madagascar Vanilla and Musk.
Is Yves Saint Laurent Libre long lasting?
Shoppers on fragrance communities most often rate its longevity as long lasting (42% of votes), and 53% rate it long lasting or eternal. They most often rate its sillage as moderate (49% of votes). How long it lasts on you also depends on your skin and how much you apply.
Is Yves Saint Laurent Libre good for summer?
Shoppers on fragrance communities rate it mainly for autumn; summer takes only 5% of season votes.
Is Yves Saint Laurent Libre good for winter?
Shoppers on fragrance communities favour other seasons, but winter still takes 20% of season votes.
Is Yves Saint Laurent Libre for day or night?
Shoppers on fragrance communities mostly wear it after dark: 60% of time-of-day votes are for evenings and nights out, 40% for daytime or the office.
Can I wear Yves Saint Laurent Libre to the office?
Shoppers on fragrance communities rarely pick it for the office: only 10% of time-of-day votes go to the office.
Who makes Yves Saint Laurent Libre?
Libre is made by Yves Saint Laurent. It was launched in 2019.
How many wears is a 10ml decant of Yves Saint Laurent Libre?
A 10ml decant of Yves Saint Laurent Libre holds about 200 sprays, roughly 67 days of wear at 3 sprays a day. The 3ml decant holds about 60 sprays, around 20 days. The 30ml decant holds about 600 sprays, around 200 days.
Which other Yves Saint Laurent perfumes can I try?
Besides Yves Saint Laurent Libre, 10ML has Black Opium, Y Eau de Parfum and Mon Paris from Yves Saint Laurent, each decanted from the original bottle.
Is this Yves Saint Laurent Libre decant the original perfume?
Yes. Every Yves Saint Laurent Libre decant is filled by hand from an original Yves Saint Laurent bottle, with nothing added or diluted, so it opens, dries down and lasts on your skin the way the bottle does. We sell only authentic originals.
What is a decant?
A small amount of a perfume, taken from its original bottle and put into a travel atomiser. You get the real fragrance in a size that lets you live with it for days before you decide on the full bottle.
How does the money-back guarantee work?
If a scent isn’t right for you, get in touch within 30 days of it arriving and we’ll arrange a refund. Terms apply. See our refund policy.