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Yves Saint Laurent · Est. 2003

Nu Eau de Toilette

Nu eau de toilette opens with a soft, slightly spiced citrus—bergamot and neroli tempered by cardamom that never quite sharpens into heat.

ConcentrationFragrance
Forunisex
Released2003
Statusenriched
2003 · Fragrance
ber·inc·jas·iri
Rating
4.1
0.7k 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
    25
  • Incense
    25
  • Jasmine
    20
  • Iris
    20
  • Vanilla
    20

By the editors · 2 min readNu eau de toilette opens with a soft, slightly spiced citrus—bergamot and neroli tempered by cardamom that never quite sharpens into heat. The effect is clean but not austere, a gauzy brightness that suggests skin rather than fruit. As it settles, iris and jasmine arrive in equal measure, the former lending a faint powderiness, the latter a rounded warmth. Neither blooms extravagantly; they simply anchor the composition in something recognizably floral without fanfare.

The base is where Nu finds its character. Incense threads through vanilla and musk, creating a gently smoky sweetness that feels intimate rather than opulent. It stays close, never projecting dramatically, and reads more like a second skin than a statement. This is a fragrance for those who prefer whispers to declarations—elegant without striving, understated without disappearing entirely.

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

Scent twins

Computed via accord overlap