YSL · 2026

Libre Santal Couture

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5
YSL asks $155 for 50 ml
50 ml$155

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

Lavender and orange blossom over warm New Caledonian sandalwood, with a little mandarin, cardamom, vanilla and musk.

YSL says

You’ll smell Sandalwood Heart, Orange Blossom and lavender.

More from YSL’s description

It also mentions Orange blossom accord, Diva lavender, Warm sandalwood heart, French diva lavender, Moroccan orange blossom accord, Caledonian Sandalwood, New Caledonian sandalwood, Mandarin, Lemon, Cardamom, Vanilla, Cedar and Musk.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Libre Santal Couture’s scent picture, a draft: sandalwood, orange blossom, lavender, mandarin, lemon, cardamom drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Libre Santal Couture, top notes: Lavender, Mandarin, Lemon, Cardamom, Bergamot, Sweet orange

Heartas it settles

Libre Santal Couture, heart: Orange blossom

Dry-downwhat stays

Libre Santal Couture, dry-down: Sandalwood, Vanilla (vanillin), Cedar, Musk, Virginia cedar, Patchouli, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What YSL names

Sandalwood HeartOrange BlossomLavenderCaledonian SandalwoodMandarinLemonCardamomVanillaCedarMusk

What the label names

39 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

7 citrus7 herbs & lavender8 florals8 woods3 sweet3 spices1 musks2 powder

Citrus7

LimoneneBergamot oilBitter orange oilLemon oilTerpinoleneCitralalpha-Terpinene

Herbs & lavender7

PineneLavender oilCamphorCarvoneLinaloolLinalyl acetateTerpineol

Florals8

Neroli oilHydroxycitronellalBenzyl salicylateMethyl anthranilateGeraniol (rose)CitronellolGeranyl acetateRose ketones

Woods8

Cedarwood oilSantalolSandalwood oilCedarwood oilPatchouli oilIso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)VertofixEbanol

Sweet3

Vanillin (vanilla)Coumarin (new-mown hay)Benzaldehyde

Spices3

beta-CaryophylleneIsoeugenyl acetateIsoeugenol

Musks1

Hexadecanolactone

Powder2

Anise alcoholalpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)
8 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell8

AlcoholWaterAvobenzone (a UV filter)Benzyl alcoholYellow 5Ext. violet 2Red 4Yellow 6

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

BuongiornoAcqua di Parma · shares bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), lavender, mandarin, lemon and 2 moreabout $293 for 100 ml · about the same as Libre Santal Couture’s $155
Guilty Pour HommeGucci · shares sandalwood, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), lavender, lemon and 2 more$140 for 90 ml · about half of Libre Santal Couture’s $155
Eros FlameVersace · shares sandalwood, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), mandarin, lemon and 2 more$149 for 100 ml · about half of Libre Santal Couture’s $155
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.