YSL · 2025

Libre Vanille Couture

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

Lavender and orange blossom over dark Bourbon vanilla with a boozy rum accord, a little neroli and jasmine.

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Libre Vanille Couture’s scent picture, a draft: lavender, orange blossom, vanilla, rum, mandarin, jasmine drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Libre Vanille Couture, top notes: Lavender, Mandarin

Heartas it settles

Libre Vanille Couture, heart: Orange blossom, Rum, Jasmine, Cinnamal (cinnamon)

Dry-downwhat stays

Libre Vanille Couture, dry-down: Vanilla, Patchouli, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

12 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.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender5 florals1 sweet2 spices1 powder

7 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

LibreYSL · shares lavender, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), vanilla, Rum Absolute and 2 more$190 for 90 ml · about the same as Libre Vanille Couture’s $185
Black OrchidTom Ford · shares bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), vanilla, Rum Absolute, mandarin and 2 more$240 for 100 ml · about the same as Libre Vanille Couture’s $185
1 Million Night ElixirRabanne · shares lavender, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), Rum Absolute, mandarin and 1 more$168 for 100 ml · about the same as Libre Vanille Couture’s $185
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.