Jazz Prestige Yves Saint Laurent 1993

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8.3 / 10 37 Ratings

A popular perfume by Yves Saint Laurent for men, released in 1993. The scent is spicy-citrusy. The production was apparently discontinued.

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Main accords

Spicy

Citrus

Fresh

Woody

Green

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Fruity notes

Aniseed

Bergamot

Green notes

Lavender

Coriander

Pepper

Mace

Heart Notes

Geranium

Caraway

Carnation

Cinnamon

Cypress

Ginger

Jasmine

Rose

Base Notes

Benzoin

Oakmoss

Amber

Cedar

Coconut

Leather

Patchouli

Sandalwood

Ratings

Scent

8.337 Ratings

Longevity

7.827 Ratings

Sillage

7.428 Ratings

Bottle

6.934 Ratings

Submitted by Kankuro, last update on 15.09.2021.

Reviews

2 in-depth fragrance descriptions

01/18/2021

6
Pricing 6
Bottle 6
Sillage 7
Longevity 8
Scent

Leimbacher
421 Reviews

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Leimbacher

Top Review 14

Pineapple with razor burn

Was "Jazz" a success for YSL back then? At least not a flop, I would say, because with "Prestige" and "Live" still came two very high-quality offshoots. And back then, as we all know, you weren't penetrated with three flankers a year.... While I always found "Jazz" good, never outstanding, the "Live Jazz" that finally came to me the other day was even excellent. And what can the sandwiching "Prestige", which even fewer people know, have or want? Is it perhaps even the lost showpiece of the series?

"Jazz Prestige" is best described as a rough-and-green pineapple barbershopper. A fruitier and more festive version of its father scent. Masculine florals, mentholated anise, supercool patchouli. I like it a lot. Totally 90s, totally jazz, totally upscale designer. The exoticism of the West. The wink of the boss. The soft heart of the macho. A jazz freestyle of the most confident and fluid kind. When fruit didn't have to drip with sugar and synthetics. When real men still smelled floral vibes. Even close to the legendary "Insense".

Flacon: stylish and typical Jazz
Sillage: upscale cut
Shelf life: 8 hours - at that time you had to cut back on hardly any new designer releases!

Conclusion: the Jazz series of YSL I can actually throughout very recommend. Too bad about their dive. "Jazz Prestige" is a chesty, fruity blend of its two brothers and quite playful, juicy yet ripe and classy enough. Great blend. Not a blender

03/18/2015

ColinM
516 Reviews

ColinM

Very helpful Review 9

Jazzy masterpiece

Jazz Prestige is a really bizarre scent, and one of the few whose name perfectly reflects the juice. I am a big fan of jazz, and this scent is indeed “jazzy” as regards of its composition and evolution; it’s daring, creative, playful, unpredictable and most of all, with the same “clashing” structure of a free jazz improvisation. It has a really bold and perfectly crafted interplay of shades and lights, bright notes and darker nuances. What strikes me the most to this extent is the opening phase, which also perfectly integrates the “prestige” feature: an incredibly radiant, fresh, crisp and sharp green-citrus accord with breezy flowers (geranium above all) that, however, smells just deeply different from, well, any other “citrus floral accord” you may think of: not sure what it is due to, but the term that comes to my mind to describe this would be: abstract. Not in a theoretical meaning, rather I think of abstract art: it’s all just colorful, dynamic and almost chaotic, like a Pollock painting. Take a conventional citrus-herbal-floral accord, throw it in a blender, replace it there, here’s Jazz Prestige. And underneath that, a really formal, cozy and classic fougère structure as in the classic Jazz version, a “barbershop” symphony made of sandalwood, lavender, herbs, carnation spices, smoky notes, maybe a hint of leather too. The coexistence of these two “veins” – basically, “classic” and “creative” – is mindblowing. This flanker is a really precious, special and deeply creative rewriting of the original Jazz, which adds both artsy madness and a luxurious feel of golden refinement – due to the peculiar treatment of citrus-greenish flowers notes, again: crisp and clean like a freshly ironed shirt. You know what I thought of too? The “brat pack” group of novelists – McInerney, Bret Easton Ellis, that group of American authors which portrayed the conflicts of the young, wealthy and spoiled generations of the ‘80s and early ‘90s, their pop luxury, their “camp” culture. Not sure why, but I feel Jazz Prestige shares the same “vibe” of many of those characters – it smells “rich”, ironical, bizarre, vibrant, almost naughty. Playing with classic notes like a postmodern composition. And I am not saying it smells like something those guys would wear; I mean more like an olfactive depiction of them. Not sure if that makes sense and surely isn’t helping much to understand this fragrance, so... just this: it smells fantastic and really – really! – ahead of its time. A true gem worth looking for.

9/10