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Yves Saint Laurent · Est. 2010

La Nuit de l'Homme le Parfum

The opening arrives dark and slick—anise and bergamot meet like liqueur over ice, a bright chill that quickly warms into something more deliberate.

ConcentrationParfum
Formasculine
Released2010
Perfumerunknown
Statusenriched
La Nuit de l'Homme le Parfum — Yves Saint Laurent
2010 · Parfum
pat·lav·vet·ber
Rating
4.3
2.8k reviews
Fig. 01

The scent fingerprint

Visualization — constellation
basehearttopcitrusfloralfruitygourmandpowderyamberywoodysmokychyprearomaticgreenaquaticspicy

Weighted by intensity across 11 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.

  • Patchouli
    85
  • Lavender
    80
  • Vetiver
    75
  • Bergamot
    65
  • Labdanum
    65

By the editors · 2 min readThe opening arrives dark and slick—anise and bergamot meet like liqueur over ice, a bright chill that quickly warms into something more deliberate. Lavender emerges not as soapy freshness but dusted with spice, aromatic in the manner of a well-worn leather jacket or aged wood rather than the bathroom shelf.

Underneath, patchouli settles into a dense, almost resinous depth that anchors the composition. The lavender never fully lifts; it stays low, shadowed by that earthy base. The overall effect is nocturnal and close to the skin, built for evening wear but restrained enough to avoid excess.

This is a fragrance for someone comfortable with formality but unwilling to telegraph it loudly. It suggests late dinners, low lighting, and deliberate choices—controlled rather than exuberant.

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

Scent twins

Computed via accord overlap