Libre (Eau de Parfum) by Yves Saint Laurent
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Libre 2019 Eau de Parfum

Ranked 22 in Women's Perfume
7.5 / 10 1876 Ratings
A popular perfume by Yves Saint Laurent for women, released in 2019. The scent is floral-sweet. It is being marketed by L'Oréal.
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Main accords

Floral
Sweet
Fresh
Creamy
Citrus

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
NeroliNeroli Mandarin orangeMandarin orange
Heart Notes Heart Notes
French lavenderFrench lavender Moroccan orange blossom absoluteMoroccan orange blossom absolute Jasmine sambac absoluteJasmine sambac absolute
Base Notes Base Notes
Bourbon vanillaBourbon vanilla MuskMusk AmbergrisAmbergris CedarCedar

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Scent
7.51876 Ratings
Longevity
7.81665 Ratings
Sillage
7.61650 Ratings
Bottle
8.41630 Ratings
Value for money
7.51227 Ratings
Submitted by KatharinaG, last update on 11/19/2025.
Interesting Facts
The fragrance was awarded the "Fragrance of the Year – Women’s Luxury" prize by the Fragrance Foundation in 2020. The face of the advertising campaign is British-albanian-kosovar singer-songwriter Dua Lipa, captured by Basque-filipino director Diana Kunst.

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Reviews

109 in-depth fragrance descriptions
Vulnicured

5 Reviews
Vulnicured
Vulnicured
Helpful Review 3  
Wished it performed and projected better
Libre EDP it's a quite soapy, clean, fresh, florally scent. I like the dry down way more than the opening as it can be too citrusy and sharp at times. The lavender can be a bit overwhelming as well and it sort of gives the fragrance a certain "masculine" edge that might be exacerbated in certain skin chemistries and might not be everyone's taste because of it, however I personally love that androgynous edge and find it quite exquisite and unique.

The dry down is delicate and pleasant, the vanilla blends beautifully with the white florals and the amber in such a classy and timeless way! I wear it year round as I find this one a very versatile atemporal scent.

Longevity and projection are not great though...I'm not too sure if it's because I bought a 2019 batch or what, but it doesn't last at all on me and people don't seem to really smell it after around 2-3 hours, I can't even smell it that much after that time on my own skin either which I find odd since all the samples I had before performed better than my actual bottle, but like I said, it could be because it's an "older" batch.

Overall I really like it when I want something quick and versatile to wear that works with pretty much any weather and any occasion and makes me feel quite well put together!
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Ursaw

166 Reviews
Ursaw
Ursaw
1  
A party I wish I wasn't invited to
Very strong sillage – it consistently choked out the whole room for the first few hours. The flavor profile was all over the place. Vaguely citrusy, super sweet, aggressively jasminey, warm and kind of powdery underneath... And somehow none of those notes mixed together in a cohesive way.

I sprayed it once and felt like I was sitting in a poorly ventilated room with three people with very different perfume tastes (and the same overspraying problem). The smells were constantly clashing and trying to overpower each other, giving me a headache. At first I thought that maybe it would mellow out into something interesting if given a little time? Nope. The composition never came together. Crowded. Loud. Overwhelming.

Neroli and orange disappeared first – in about an hour. Jasmine left the room another ~1,5 hours later. I was left alone with the base notes, which at that point settled closer to my skin – still very sweet, with an unpleasant prickly undertone that I couldn't quite put my finger on. In ~2 hours the base became nice and mellow, and in another ~3 it was gone. I was finally home alone.

It somehow managed to drain my social battery without ever making me speak to anyone, lol. And I don't even have the energy to be annoyed about it tbh – I'm just glad the party's over now.
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Luckymommy

56 Reviews
Luckymommy
Luckymommy
4  
Really love it.
OG Libre and Libre Intense are STRONG, you don’t need much, but they are lovely.
Very similar to each other, the OG is fresher and fruiter and i get more of the lavender than in the intense.
I get lavender, vanilla, florals and musk and the mandarin orange is mostly just in the opening.
Really love them.
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RoseMay

13 Reviews
RoseMay
RoseMay
4  
Not a safe blind buy
Really hated it on me, it smelled dated and funky.
I enjoyed the lavender start and was waiting to be taken onto an interesting ride but on my skin it went completely sour.
Love the bottle and on the right person I can imagine this smelling nice but to me it was not worth the price and there are way better alternatives out there.
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Raluko111

420 Reviews
Raluko111
Raluko111
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Synthetic sweetener plus some white flowers.
Tried this every which way, in different seasons, and this is a definite NO! Yup, with an exclamation mark. I get a beautiful bouquet of white flowers buried deep, like 6 feet under a thick layer of radioactive aspartame sweetener. Mortuary flowers hiding a rotting corpse, and no amount of vanilla or musk could keep your imagination from wondering what the whitish, decaying flesh that`s dripping into a puddle at the bottom of the coffin would smell like. Apologies to anyone who loves this, but this is what Libre evokes for me.
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3 years ago
5
This perfume STAYS FOR DAYS like please even when I wash my clothes I can still smell it and God knows how much laundry detergent I put
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5
Extremely feminine but not "shouted" bouquet : The neroli note is soft, round, warm, not too vibrant. A well balanced classy daily scent
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3
Baby’s armpit. Ariana Grande after removing her eyebrows. Just failed la révolution. The CEO of pampers. Blonde Dua Lipa. Repented Karen.
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2 years ago
3
Technically for woman, but I like to wear it despite I'm a man.
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3
I love this scent. It's so sophisticated and addicting.
Wish it lasted longer on me.
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2
According to the notes, I should love this perfume. Sadly, I don't. It's too much of everything, in the worst way.
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2
Classy lavender, orange & vanilla. Great performance and guaranteed to boost my confidence and mood!
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2
It’s just a perfume to smell good and go on with your life now that you are over 50. (No wonder the Zara dupe is called Golden Decade)
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2
Classic fruity floral with pink musk. Reminds me of Cacharel "Yes I am". Goes soapy jasmine powder in dry down. Tickles nose, tastes of soap
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2
Myslf’s older sister. Opens with a big dose of orange blossom, but dries off in a different direction.
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