Velours Yves Saint Laurent 2016

"... Sometimes you think it can't go on, everything is already set and done, but then suddenly depths and perspectives appear that you thought were unattainable and now present themselves in all their fullness to the accumulated experience. I often feared that I was dried up and broken and would hopelessly stand before the black curtain of boredom - yet this curtain has often been torn, and I have been able to glimpse boundless horizons - which has brought me the greatest feeling of happiness, so I want to express it, moments of true pride." - YSL

This life motto of Yves Saint Laurent, which he proclaimed in 1983 at the opening of his exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, resonates in my ears as I make the acquaintance of "Le Vestiaire - Velours."
Although the fragrance was composed long after the master's death, I feel that a curtain of fragrance boredom has been drawn for me here as well.
For the scents of this brand have not particularly excited me for a long time - in fact, never really.
So I approached the testing a bit casually and was promptly punished for it!

A delicate infusion of black tea, not sparingly perfumed with black and pink pepper, greets me.
Oh dear! What does my sensitive nose with its pepper allergy say? Will it cope or will it be punished with long sneezes?
It's amazing: I tolerate this interesting mélange, despite the allergy, and enjoy this aroma!
The elegant iris takes a few steps back behind the beautiful, but also somewhat dominant, white large-flowered jasmine. What a display of floral abundance presents itself at this moment!
Frankincense, wonderfully harmonizing with the previous scent materials, completes a very appealing olfactory painting.
Creamy vanilla in full warm scent; woods, skillfully ambianced and placed in this wonderfully flowing progression, and a pleasant dose of musk refine this fragrance in a sophisticated way.
Thus, a fine hint of noble suede emerges, which stands in a well-balanced relationship with the bright flowers and does not necessarily seek the foreground.

For someone who is not a big leather fan, like I am, this is a very pleasant fragrance phenomenon!
Which, with a longevity of several hours, is truly a joy.
How often have I almost desperately tried to wash off a suddenly bothersome leather note after a certain time and failed due to the extraordinary durability!
This time, I perceive this elegant fragrance creation as a soft embrace that invites cuddling!

A YSL fragrance, even if from a time long after the tumultuous life of the great magician, that I really like: I am amazed and thrilled!