YSL · 2025 · Marie Salamagne

Muse

Premium$$$, 3 of 5
YSL asks $330 for 125 ml
35 ml$195
125 ml$330

VersionEau de Parfum

Smoky incense, lavender and herbal clary sage over buttery iris, musky ambrette and vanilla, drying to warm, inky amber woods.

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Muse’s scent picture, a draft: frankincense, lavender, clary sage, iris, ambrette, vanilla drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Muse, top notes: Frankincense, Lavender, Clary sage

Heartas it settles

Muse, heart: Iris, Ambrette, Vanilla

Dry-downwhat stays

Muse, dry-down: Ink accord, Ambery woods, Coumarin (tonka)

What’s inside it

What the label names

7 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.

1 citrus1 herbs & lavender2 florals1 sweet1 spices1 powder

9 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

Reflection 45 ManAmouage · shares frankincense, lavender, clary sage, orris and 1 more$550 for 100 ml · about twice Muse’s $330
Fucking FabulousTom Ford · shares lavender, clary sage, orris and vanilla$630 for 100 ml · about twice Muse’s $330
His ConfessionLattafa · shares frankincense, lavender, orris and vanilla$49.99 for 100 ml · about a fifth of Muse’s $330
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.