Libre 2019 Eau de Parfum

Libre (Eau de Parfum) by Yves Saint Laurent
Bottle Design:
Suzanne Dalton
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Ranked 23 in Women's Perfume
7.5 / 10 1664 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
Moroccan orange blossom absoluteMoroccan orange blossom absolute French lavenderFrench lavender Jasmine sambac absoluteJasmine sambac absolute
Base Notes Base Notes
Bourbon vanillaBourbon vanilla MuskMusk AmbergrisAmbergris CedarCedar

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7.51664 Ratings
Longevity
7.91484 Ratings
Sillage
7.61471 Ratings
Bottle
8.51459 Ratings
Value for money
7.61069 Ratings
Submitted by KatharinaG, last update on 04/26/2025.
Interesting Facts
The face of the advertising campaign is singer Dua Lipa.

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5
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8.5
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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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Luckymommy

55 Reviews
Luckymommy
Luckymommy
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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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5.5
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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

316 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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Interdit

58 Reviews
Interdit
Interdit
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Sometimes they return....
Nothing new, just a rendition of a perfume very popular during the 90s - and that's the vibe more mature people can get from it.

This could actually be a dupe of Dolce & Gabbana - BY (try to believe!). Same soapish, bitter and cold notes - like in a lavender soap bar. Very boring and unpleasant, and surely distinctive because of that.

Three decades gone by since, but I remember how D&G was received, and wore everywhere. In Italy you could smell it at every corner, this how mass pleasing it was. Not that being mass pleasing it's a bad thing - think of Hypnotic Poison, for example, or Light Blue (again, one D&G creation) which took European women imaginary, and every corner around them, by storm. But here, for me, it is indeed bad. I remember dislking this type of scent very much, and running for cover as for dear life each time the whiff came my way - which was very often! I spent years running to avoid gagging in pubblic.

The first time I caught a whiff of Libre was at the office, on a colleague. Immediately, my mind was zapped back to the 90s, images of wintery Florence dressed up for Xmas, and D&G lingering literally everywhere. My stomach churned, and I had to leave the space right away.

It is surely a novelty for younger generation, used to the fruitchulies and woodyrose gourmand which filled the market since. But to someone my age, this is a reminder of how in time things can come back in fashion. Even when they are so bad that they should have never been in fashion to begin with.
Onto the notes, too much is going on here, and definitely not in a pleasant way. The bitter, screetchy soapy note is a rather unnatural scent in this world. Lavender, petit grain and vanilla being at war with each other for dominance. They duel, one hit at a time, none of them ever winning. It's the equivalent of a nasty cat fight, rather unimpressive if not for the wrong reasons. Too loud and intrusive to be polite enough for the office, or a dinner, so for love of good manners keep it for your dates ladies... (!)

My dislike for this kind of scents has not decreased with ageing. If anything, Libre brought back to memory how strong it could be.

It's a 3 out of 10 from me, for this unimpressive dupe.
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AminaabndAminaabnd 2 years ago
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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Jazzy76Jazzy76 6 years ago
8
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7
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8
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9.5
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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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EnomisCVDEnomisCVD 1 year ago
Technically for woman, but I like to wear it despite I'm a man.
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Carinaxx2506Carinaxx2506 2 years ago
10
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I love this scent. It's so sophisticated and addicting.
Wish it lasted longer on me.
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Mariyam1975Mariyam1975 4 months ago
5
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7
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8
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3.5
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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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PurpleKatPurpleKat 2 years ago
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Classy lavender, orange & vanilla. Great performance and guaranteed to boost my confidence and mood!
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XFengShuiXFengShui 2 months ago
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MYSLF's older sister. Opens with a big dose of orange blossom, but dries off in a different direction. I prefer MYSLF, but this is good too.
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IrinaSpalkoIrinaSpalko 3 months ago
Sophisticated daydream.
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RemilyrooRemilyroo 1 year ago
This is my first favourite perfume. I don’t have my original bottle anymore but I might have to get a 100 mL soon. Classic perfume
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GrandNezGrandNez 7 months ago
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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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