Yves Saint Laurent Kouros Silver
Kouros Silver opens with a crisp synthetic apple that feels almost aquatic in its sharpness, a stark departure from the animalic warmth of the original Kouros.
The scent fingerprint
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- Fruity
The note pyramid
- Apple
- Sage
- Amber
By the editors · 2 min readKouros Silver opens with a crisp synthetic apple that feels almost aquatic in its sharpness, a stark departure from the animalic warmth of the original Kouros. Within minutes, the apple recedes and sage takes over—herbal, slightly medicinal, and surprisingly clean. There's none of the barnyard intensity or civet heft that made its predecessor notorious.
The amber base emerges as a smooth, restrained backdrop rather than a driving force. It's polished and transparent, lending just enough warmth to keep the composition from feeling too ascetic. The overall effect is clinical freshness tempered by faint warmth, like a modern office building with good light.
This is Kouros reimagined for someone who finds the original unwearable. It sacrifices complexity and edge for approachability, aiming at the contemporary fresh-woody category rather than the polarizing classical lineage. A safe option that bears the family name without the baggage.
Scent twins
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