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Yves Saint Laurent · Est. 2017

La Nuit de L'Homme Eau Électrique

The opening is a brisk citrus charge—bergamot and apple meeting in a bright, slightly metallic flash that feels more electric than sweet.

ConcentrationEau de Parfum
Formasculine
Released2017
Perfumerunknown
Statusenriched
La Nuit de L'Homme Eau Électrique — Yves Saint Laurent
2017 · Eau de Parfum
ber·lav·ton·van
Rating
3.9
1.0k reviews
Fig. 01

The scent fingerprint

Visualization — constellation
basehearttopcitrusfloralfruitygourmandpowderyamberywoodysmokychyprearomaticgreenaquaticspicy

Weighted by intensity across 13 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
    50
  • Lavender
    50
  • Tonka
    45
  • Vanilla
    40
  • Vetiver
    40

By the editors · 2 min readThe opening is a brisk citrus charge—bergamot and apple meeting in a bright, slightly metallic flash that feels more electric than sweet. Within minutes, lavender and sage step in with a cool herbal clarity, grounding the fizz without turning barbershop. There's an aromatic lift here that keeps the composition from sinking into heaviness too quickly.

As it settles, the drydown blurs into a soft, woody sweetness. Tonka and vanilla provide warmth without veering gourmand, while vetiver and cedar add enough structure to keep things from going hazy. The result is an accessible, nighttime-leaning fragrance that feels smoothed over and modern, less smoky or mysterious than the original La Nuit de L'Homme, more suited to someone who wants something easy-wearing with a faint edge of depth.

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

Scent twins

Computed via accord overlap