Ysatis Givenchy 1984 Parfum

Bottle Design Catherine Krunas, Pierre Dinand

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Ysatis (Parfum) is a popular perfume by Givenchy for women and was released in 1984. The scent is spicy-chypreartig. Projection and longevity are above-average. It is being marketed by LVMH.

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Main accords

Spicy

Chypre

Oriental

Woody

Floral

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Aldehydes

Orange blossom

Brazilian rosewood

Galbanum

Neroli

Bergamot

Citrus notes

Mandarin orange

Coconut

Heart Notes

Jasmine

Narcissus

Tuberose

Ylang-ylang

Egyptian rose

Florentine iris

Honey

Base Notes

Civet

Amber

Castoreum

Clove

Musk

Oakmoss

Patchouli

Precious woods

Sandalwood

Vanilla

Bay rum

Vetiver

Perfumer

Dominique Ropion

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Ratings

Scent

8.321 Ratings

Longevity

8.719 Ratings

Sillage

8.519 Ratings

Bottle

8.226 Ratings

Submitted by Frankie, last update on 01.09.2023.

Variant of the fragrance concentration

This is a variant of the perfume Ysatis (Eau de Toilette) by Givenchy, which differs in concentration.

Reviews

3 in-depth fragrance descriptions

06/21/2023

Ringtale
63 Reviews

Ringtale

3

Lush, perfume-y and beautyful

Ah... Ysatis....
This is about the skyscraper shaped bottle with plastic cap, so not the original, but also not the latest version.
I love Ysatis, it would've been my signature if I wouldn't have L'Air du Temps (which is a totally different scent by the way). Maybe she is in fall and winter...

Ysatis is a beautyful composition of everything I love in a perfume: aldehydes, white and yellow flowers... I don't know the original, but I'm fine with this one (I just hope the latest version in the more plain bottle, is as good...) Tuberose can sometimes be too much for me, but here it is a 'bright sparkle' instead of an overly sweet or cloying note.

Ysatis adjusts to whatever mood I'm in and never bores me. If you ask her to be powdery, she will; if you ask her to be bright, she will; if you ask her to be lush and sexy (but never kinky!), she will....

I love how she can change in the developing proces during the day and in different circumstances. This is what real perfume is about, they don't make them like this anymore (sadly!).
To me, Ysatis feels asif she could have been made much earlier than in the eighties, I don't think 'shoulderpads' or anything like that, when wearing her....
If they would have told me she was made in early 20th century, I would have believed them. However, she is timeless.
Some may find her too bold, but I think she's soft and gentle in making her statement.

06/15/2023

Stacia
134 Reviews

Stacia

2

"uptown kananga water"

I grew up in the '80s and I remember this being a popular scent. But I feel like Ysatis transcends any one era. To me, it's a timeless chypre floral and it doesn't require shoulder pads to pull off properly.

I don't see this as being a boss type scent. It's quite floral and romantic without being soft. I would be more likely to wear this with a flowing ruffled skirt than with menswear. The ylang ylang is the most stand out note to me, and I like it in any season's weather. Ysatis is a classic for all the right reasons.

03/06/2019

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Sillage 10
Longevity 10
Scent

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Top Review 69

It was so good that I followed her..

Oh, Givenchy. Oh, Ropion... and all the milestones in perfume history that he gave us...
Have you ever run after someone on the street to ask them what perfume they wear? I've only done this twice in my life. Once in Nice... as a student... another young woman passed me by and her perfume was incredibly beautiful. It was so good that I followed her... "Vous portez quel parfum...?"
"Moi, je porte Ysatis de Givenchy".
Givenchy! I hadn't known him at all until then. The following day I immediately went to the nearest perfumery and bought Ysatis. It's been with me for years Today you can't get the extrait anymore... and of course the eau de toilette has been reformulated. The LVMH group, which also owns Guerlain, must comply with the European requirements. Oak moss went out, at least the real one, musk today is a different aroma chemical etc.. - nevertheless, the EdT still available today gives an impression of the beauty of this perfume.
It has an exceptionally strong magic, something radiant, sublime, very special, especially due to the clove and tuberose.

Yes, of course, once again a 80's bomb, some may object or shake their heads in amusement, vintage transfiguration, once again. These 50+ guys singing about the scents of their youth, and I'm one of them.
Everything used to be better on the perfume market... i hear that a lot, even from me.
Ysatis, for example, was an ordinary French perfume that had been composed with care and attention to detail. In 1984, not 2000 new fragrances came onto the market, but a very manageable number in the hundreds. Douglas had no flagship store on the Zeil or the Kö and Guerlain no exclusive ranges. Givenchy, Guerlain, Chanel and Caron were luxury enough with their mainstream fragrances. Those who bought Ysatis surrounded themselves with a noble fragrance and didn't look for the next exclusive edition of Roja Dove, who at that time was probably still a trainee at Guerlain (at least he always tells).
Today you are simply underexposed when you are content to buy a "simple" mainstream fragrance for less than 100 Euro at the department store perfumery. Let's just say... like Coco Mademoiselle. Or even No. 5.
Finally, there is the higher-priced segment. The glorious world of niche perfumery. Or the countless exclusive lines... of Chanel, Dior, Lalique... you name it. What once began as a counter-movement to the power of the big cosmetics companies, namely the "niche sector", has creepingly been taken over by the industry that was originally supposed to be fought.
The jungle of new publications is almost impenetrable.
Every day, countless perfumers try to cut a path here and sort, comment, photograph... - overwhelming. Sometimes overtaxing, if you want to keep up every day.
We hunt the holy grail, hunter or the hunted?
I am currently going through my collected notes from many years and writing diligently statements to order the abundance of impressions and free myself, because I notice that the hunt does me no good.
Finally it turns out that I always return to the Vintages. So I say to myself, "Jawash, jawash." Slow down.

No perfume in recent years has touched and inspired me as much as Ysatis, Mitsouko or Parure, to name but a few.
And yet I keep testing.
It's crazy, actually. I'm always looking forward to new perfumes, even though the old ones have already offered everything that's possible. Isn't that absolutely paradoxical?
But I always listen to new music and enjoy it, although I have my favourite bands and composers. But if I had to name just one opera that I would like to see again before the end of my life, a single composer, a single feast or a single novel - I would know what I would answer!
That's how it is with perfume.
There's only a few I'd take with me to the desert island. And if I had to choose one?

No, Ysatis wouldn't be my "one and only - perfume", but it would come under my Top 10.

Guys, I'm done for the day!