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Yves Saint Laurent · Est. 2012

La Nuit de l'Homme Frozen Cologne

The frozen variant strips La Nuit de L'Homme to its structural bones, replacing the original's cardamom warmth with a cooler, sharper bergamot opening that feels almost medicinal in its clarity.

ConcentrationEau de Cologne
Formasculine
Released2012
Perfumerunknown
Statusenriched
La Nuit de l'Homme Frozen Cologne — Yves Saint Laurent
2012 · Eau de Cologne
ber·ced·bla·vet
Rating
4.4
0.9k reviews
Fig. 01

The scent fingerprint

Visualization — constellation
basehearttopcitrusfloralfruitygourmandpowderyamberywoodysmokychyprearomaticgreenaquaticspicy

Weighted by intensity across 9 accords.

Every perfume in Sillage is represented as a distribution across canonical accord slugs — a lingua franca for scent. Two fragrances with overlapping fingerprints are scent-twins, even if they share no literal note.

  • Bergamot
    70
  • Cedar
    60
  • Black Pepper
    60
  • Vetiver
    50
  • Tonka
    40

By the editors · 2 min readThe frozen variant strips La Nuit de L'Homme to its structural bones, replacing the original's cardamom warmth with a cooler, sharper bergamot opening that feels almost medicinal in its clarity. Black pepper emerges quickly, metallic and brisk, pushing the composition into a more angular territory than its predecessor.

What follows is less about evolution than suspension—the tonka and vetiver settle into a soft, almost powdery base that hovers close to skin, while Virginia cedar adds a pencil-shaving dryness. The effect is restrained, almost minimalist, like the original viewed through frosted glass.

This is for someone who found the flagship too sweet or cloying but still wants something in that general orbit. It wears quietly, almost invisibly at times, making it better suited to warmer weather or office environments where discretion matters more than projection.

Filed: Yves Saint LaurentSillage · vol. I
Fig. 02

Scent twins

Computed via accord overlap