Yvresse (1993) / Champagne (Parfum) by Yves Saint Laurent

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Yvresse
Champagne
Yves Saint Laurent 1993 Parfum

Version from 1993

9.1 / 10 35 Ratings

A popular perfume by Yves Saint Laurent for women, released in 1993. The scent is fruity-floral. Projection and longevity are above-average. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Fruity

Floral

Chypre

Sweet

Oriental

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Peach

Nectarine

Apricot

Aniseed

Caraway

Mint

Heart Notes

Cinnamon

Carnation

Iris

Jasmine

Rose

Violet

Lily of the valley Lychee

Lychee

Base Notes

Amber

Benzoin

Coconut

Musk

Oakmoss

Vetiver

Cedar

Patchouli

Styrax

Vanilla

Perfumer

Sophia Grojsman

Ratings

Scent

9.135 Ratings

Longevity

9.132 Ratings

Sillage

8.632 Ratings

Bottle

9.146 Ratings

Value for money

6.918 Ratings

Submitted by Sniffer · last update on 11/19/2025.

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This is a variant of the perfume Yvresse (1993) / Champagne (Eau de Toilette) by Yves Saint Laurent, which differs in concentration.

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Reviews

5 in-depth fragrance descriptions

02/27/2022

Cumulnimbus
119 Reviews

Cumulnimbus

4

Sweet peaches and sparkling champagne

My mother still has some of this perfume extract in exquisite flatten down bottle. She used to wear this one on special winter nights many years ago, when my nose was starting to notice there were immense unknown territories of excitement out there for me to explore them.

This was quite unusual when it was launched so I find myself intrigued by it. I still find it playful, joyful, rampant, boon and sweet. One of the few 90's fruity classic scents I admire.

05/14/2017

9Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

Serenissima
1230 Reviews

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Serenissima

Very helpful Review 9

the forbidden name

I can now remember why "Yvresse" felt so foreign to me, even though I owned both the perfume and the Eau de Toilette back then.
There was that legal dispute over the name, which Yves Saint Laurent promptly lost. The name "Champagne" is protected and could therefore no longer be used for the fragrances.

As a champagne lover and after not-so-great experiences with YSL fragrances, I was intrigued by the bottle. It was designed to resemble a cork wrapped in gold foil.
A truly special "eyecatcher"!

Despite the name, nothing sparkled or whispered; no, something warm, heavy, and spicy presented itself.
For the scent was a completely new experience: so many spices, some of which were ordinary kitchen spices, had never before been combined in a fragrance. Someone had clearly raided Grandmère's kitchen.
Together with mostly Central European fruits and flowers, it managed to create a truly opulent, almost oriental fragrance composition. Foreign and yet somehow familiar!
It was fruity-floral despite everything, until after a while the somewhat more exotic base note made its presence known.
I particularly remember Styrax; that was a completely new experience for me: the scent became "black and warm." And thus incredibly exciting!

After "Opium," which almost every woman wore at its peak, "Champagne," as I still call it, was an unusually rich, exotic fragrance.
Not golden and warm, like, for example, the artworks of Jean Patou from that time; no, this was a provocation of a very special kind.
Not for women who want to go through life inconspicuously or for gentle, soft beings.
This fragrance creation from YSL was exotic: very feminine, sophisticated, and incredibly sexy!
One could definitely get a little tipsy from it!

I almost fear that the time for such fragrances has somewhat passed. When was the last time there was a woman to whom the term "vamp" would have applied?
Perhaps this very special fragrance was discontinued for that reason?
Surely not just because the name had to be changed, thus missing that "certain something."

However, I recently realized, while wandering down the "street of scent memories," that these bottles must have been in the large beautiful tin box that somehow disappeared from my closet. That is annoying; there were other treasures in there too.

In any case, I now notice while writing that I loved this "noble water" very much. Even though I had long forgotten it.
But did I really forget it?

Updated on 06/15/2021

02/16/2018

8Scent

Serafina
479 Reviews

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Serafina

12

More like peach punch than champagne...

Again the usual: in my younger years, I owned the EDT, later I managed to get the Extrait. My first EDT has since dried up, but I was able to buy two intact small sprayers. As you can see in my pictures, they all (except for a Splash Mini) still bear the original name "Champagne".

With the EDT, I clearly perceive the yellow stone fruits (peach, apricot, and nectarine), which remind me more of fruit liqueur than champagne, as this perfume has too much sweetness for that. The Extrait is very similar in itself, but in my impression, it's a tad more robust than the EDT. Nevertheless, both versions have something sparkling (perhaps due to the lychee or even the mint), although this note comes through a bit stronger in the Extrait (which could also be due to the possibly differing ages of the vintages). But peach punch does indeed contain sparkling wine, so the (original) name "Champagne" is quite fitting.
However, "Champagne/Yvresse" cannot be compared to the fruit punch-like perfumes from the Escada summer limited editions, which (since 2001) are significantly sweeter and sometimes come across as a bit synthetic (and I say this even though I still like them and buy the new limited edition every year).

In my younger years, I wasn't an enthusiastic fan of Carnival (as we call it in Bavaria), but now and then I did go to a costume ball. Since my mother's death in 2013, that is forever over - I will never dance again; the dark half of my life has begun. But for such occasions, I always found "Champagne" quite fitting back then. A sparkling-fruity-floral, moderately sweet scent against the winter blues. And for the evening, the Extrait version - as so often - is a little more elegant and refined.

11/07/2017

8.5Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

JulieFä91
17 Reviews

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JulieFä91

Helpful Review 6

Champagne for the Princess

Somehow, I’m on a little vintage retro trip, and I don’t know what made me buy this drop. Well, it was probably the bottle that invited me to write about it.

The old classic bottle with a stopper that tends to fall off is a real eye-catcher and elegant... Vintage style.
In the first few seconds, I’m rather surprised as it’s not as alcohol-heavy as I thought... that’s probably due to the mint... the caraway is quite noticeable and makes it heavy and spicy from the start.

It develops a bit more fleetingly and almost smells like tea, lingering well on the skin. Now I’ve let some time pass and I still perceive it well in the base as a good companion for the night. It becomes sweeter and more flavorful. I don’t really smell the coconut. Amber, benzoin, and cedar are noticeable to me and I don’t find them disturbing.

Not a scent as expected. Champagne is well captured, but I find carbonated tea more fitting.
But how does that sound?
Carbonic Acid Tea??? No way... Champagne!!!

Dance, men, the princess is in the mood!!

Updated on 11/07/2017

12/08/2022

9Scent 9Longevity 8Sillage

AbuNadeem
33 Reviews

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AbuNadeem

5

Memories of the Good Old Days

A bomb of anise and peach with flowers that last all day
Fruity with mint and anise at the start, followed by a light cinnamon scent with a very strong floral aroma about an hour after spraying the fragrance.

The base is what the perfume revolves around, a strange scent like the name of the perfume. Anise returns to the facade and we notice patchouli with wood and vanilla and a very warm and deep floral scent that differs from the flowers we are used to.

The opening of the fragrance is similar to 17 Rosso by Roberto Ugolini, however the latter has no anise scent and the mint is, in contrast to champagne, cold.

A winter-autumn fragrance that is never suitable for non-cold weather and is very creative on snowy and rainy days.

Statements

3 short views on the fragrance

Vanillabomb

8 months ago

9Scent

EDT Vintage: fruity sparkling wine, refreshing. The perfume, on the other hand: opulent, sweet-spicy, fruitily luscious, a feast for the senses, decadent.

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