Libre Le Parfum Yves Saint Laurent 2022

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Ranked 54 in Women's Perfume

8.4 / 10 588 Ratings

A popular perfume by Yves Saint Laurent for women, released in 2022. The scent is sweet-floral. Projection and longevity are above-average. It is being marketed by L'Oréal.
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Main accords

Sweet

Floral

Spicy

Oriental

Creamy

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Mandarin orange

Moroccan saffron

Calabrian bergamot Ginger

Ginger

Heart Notes

Provençal lavender

Moroccan orange blossom absolute

French lavender

Base Notes

Honey

Bourbon vanilla

Tonka bean absolute Vetiver

Vetiver

Perfumers

Anne Flipo, Carlos Benaïm

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Ratings

Scent

8.4588 Ratings

Longevity

8.4536 Ratings

Sillage

8.2533 Ratings

Bottle

8.8529 Ratings

Value for money

7.8453 Ratings

Submitted by Essy07, last update on 07/28/2025.

Interesting Facts

The face of the advertising campaign is singer Dua Lipa.

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Reviews

20 in-depth fragrance descriptions

02/27/2024

7
Pricing 8
Bottle 10
Sillage 9
Longevity 9
Scent

Nanaafromgha
145 Reviews

Nanaafromgha

3

It’s really the intense version of the intense version!

This version is Libre is closest to the Intense version, but with a noticeable kick of spice and citrus, and with the thick drizzle of honey on top. It’s SO delicious and it’s easy to see why this gets all of the amazing reviews that it has. From first smell, this and the intense smell almost exactly the same, and I actually almost dismissed this one because of that. But, I gave this one a proper wear and then learned that the Le Parfum and the Intense are not that similar at all in the dry down.

Libre Le Parfum is a heavy hitter fragrance that is most suitably worn in the fall and winter, and can be worn on spring evenings when it’s still a bit chill at night. This one does not require over spraying (really, none of the Libre line does, but this one especially), and can easily fill a room. This is a head turner and show stopper, and definitely gives man eating vibes. It’s super sexy, so be aware of when you are wearing this out. The sillage / projection is loud and the longevity is great and long lasting.

As Libre Intense is my favorite out of the Libre line (and of my favorites in general), this Le Parfum is probably my favorite after the intense. Warm spicy accords are up there with my favorite accords in perfumes, and I’m quickly learning that I love saffron and ginger in my fragrances. YSL did a great job with this flanker. I did however declutter my bottle because I found it was a bit too sweet for my liking. Still an amazing scent though!

11/25/2023

7
Sillage 8
Longevity 9.5
Scent

Hartsy3
99 Reviews

Hartsy3

3

Beautiful lavender crowd pleaser

From the first blast this is an elegant and very pleasing lavender vanilla aroma. It's very strong at first, but mellows out nicely. The impression it gives is luxurious and upper-class. I can definitely see why people say this is the fragrance for a woman in the board room. It will likely not offend anyone at the office and will make you smell like you deserve that six-figure salary! Sillage and Longevity are also great, so you get your money's worth.

That said, there is something generic in the "DNA" of this fragrance. It smells like a lot of the mass produced crowd-pleaser fragrances that you'd find at the Macy's counter. It doesn't stand out as anything creative or groundbreaking, but most people just want to smell amazing, not necessarily original. This is a safe blind buy.

11/02/2024

9.5
Scent

DogiCoco
621 Reviews

DogiCoco

3

The Queen of the Libre collection

The cremiest, sweetest and most feminine of the Libre line. I wasn't all that impressed by the original, it was too much of a clean, laundry-fresh scent for me, but Le Parfum and Intense are beautiful perfumes. Not a big surprise for me, as I generally tend to enjoy the night-timey, wintery flankers of designer fragrances more than the pillars (but of course there are exceptions to the rule!).

This is still unmistakably a Libre flanker. The signature accord of orange blossom, bright vanilla and lavender is still there. The lavender is more clearly defined and shows a little bit more of its herbal facet than in the original, but less than in the Intense version. The vanilla is stronger and warmer, and while I don't smell a lot of honey here, I think the honey note plays a crucial role in warming up the base. It makes the scent sweeter, deeper and not as sterile as the original can be.
The saffron and ginger are very subtle, so this is not a spicy scent. I think I can smell a bit of ginger, it adds a hint of bracing freshness to balance the sweeter notes, but I honestly wouldn't have thought of ginger if I never saw the notes list.

I get beautiful wafts from this, they almost smell better than the scent directly on the skin. The longevity is good, too.
For a long time I was craving to have a Libre flanker, but couldn't decide between Intense and Le Parfum. It doesn't help that they're quite similar to each other. After testing them again and again, I finally went for this beauty, I just found it a bit more fitting for myself.
I think I'll wear this on many occasions around the year, except of course in the heights of summer.

10/30/2022

Perfeptions
146 Reviews

Perfeptions

3

Yet another one?

Libre Le Parfum by Yves Saint Laurent is the latest flanker (2022) of the well known Libre line. This perfume is bright in the opening, with a floral heart and a delicate lavender, that is barely there, drawn into sweet vanilla and tonka touches. If you are interested into hearing more details about this perfume, please watch my review on Youtube.

10/05/2023

ScentStudio
156 Reviews

ScentStudio

1

The best from the line, but...

Just like Gucci's Mémoire d’une Odeur, Libre is so eye catching that I have given both perfumes more chances than I should. I would love to have the two in my collection just because of how they look, but I haven't. I think myself more sensible than that.

Last week I was at a YSL-Prada-Armani event and it was announced that Libre has now been decorated with saffron. Immediately I perked up wishing and hoping that this time, I will like it.
Let me preface by saying that both the eau de toilette and eau de parfum are not to my liking, at all, so my hopes weren't too high, but as soon as I tried Libre Le Parfum on a paper strip, I knew that this one stands a chance.

On paper, Libre Le Parfum is an airy amber fragrance. I get the fruity mandarin, but not so much the ginger, which is supposed to be a top note. I do not get the lavender either. On paper, Libre Le Parfum is light, fresh and what I would call a mildly fruity fragrance. After dry down, the scent hasn't changed all that much, so I'm curious how it will perform on skin.
On skin, I get a fresh and juicy bergamot and soon a sweetness of honey appears too. A slight spiciness from the ginger. Libre Le Parfum is quite different on skin than it was on paper.
The fragrance remains mostly the same after dry down, a lightly spicy and warm fragrance.

After complete oxidation, Libre Le Parfum is still very light an airy, it never becomes a deep and rich fragrance. I wouldn't call it soapy, but it has the same light and airy quality as soap fragrances do. Due to the citrusy opening and this lightness that the fragrance has throughout, this is a perfect early spring and autumn fragrance. I wouldn't necessarily find it suitable for winter, it is just too light.

Unfortunately, Libre Le Parfum isn't as deep and spicy as I would have liked it to be, but fortunately I do like it as a transitional fragrance for the seasons. I am so pleased with that, because for a good bargain, I would actually buy and wear this from time to time and FINALLY have this beauty of a bottle in my collection.

Afterwords: I now have it in my collection - lucky me, I was gifted it. I have had it for months and the amount of times I have worn it is exactly.... Zero.

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