Manifesto Le Parfum Yves Saint Laurent 2015

......my new dream fragrance!
When I was out shopping in the city with my daughter yesterday, I absolutely wanted to test this new scent from YSL! An inner voice told me it could be a perfect match. I already own L'Elixir, which I also like very much, but it is a little too sweet for me, especially at the beginning.
It wasn't easy to get my hands on Le Parfum; some perfume shops didn't have it yet, and others probably wouldn't get it at all. Finally, I managed to get two sprays on my right arm and one on the left for comparison, then the L'Elixir. By now, I test more carefully and I'm not so easily satisfied anymore.
While L'Elixir was immediately present and said, boom, here I am, vanilla, very sweet, floral, woody, and slightly tuberose-heavy, Le Parfum behaves almost shyly at first, powdery-floral, not so sweet, just slightly fresh at the beginning. There is no vanilla in it; only the tonka bean develops a slight sweetness. But don't worry, Le Parfum doesn't become too sweet, but rather woody. A beautiful soft oriental, I would say! You can't get your nose away from this scent, and my daughter even said the fragrance suits me like the famous glove to the hand. Oh God, I feared for my wallet........
The scent becomes warmer and softer, wonderful, not too loud, but with fantastic longevity. Finally, a well-made fragrance from Yves! While in the regular Manifesto Eau de Parfum, jasmine plays the main role, in L'Elixir it’s tuberose and vanilla, in L'Eclat it’s orange blossom. And in the latest release, it's pure iris concrete, about which I would like to say a few short words later.

Manifesto Le Parfum has a proud price, which it is worth, by the way. It smells noble and precious. But why is it so expensive? This scent comes in bottles of 30 ml and 50 ml. The smaller one costs about 70 euros and the larger one about 95 euros. However, you only need to spray a little, as the longevity is enormous.

This fragrance is expensive because of the "iris concrete," as I mentioned above; it is considered "white" gold among perfumers, as its production is very labor-intensive. I got this information from a beauty blog and wanted to pass it on to you, as I found it really interesting. The flowers of the iris are harvested at the earliest three years after planting. After that, the root network is dried on wooden racks for another three years. The root networks, called rhizomes, are ground into fine powder, from which the essential oil is then extracted.
Just to give you an idea of the rarity of iris concrete:
500 kg of rhizome are needed to produce one kilogram of concrete.

I love this scent anyway and just ordered it, as a member of Parfumo, you have your sources and know where you can save a little, or you simply let someone gift you Le Parfum!