Yves Saint Laurent Pour Homme Haute Concentration
The first hit is lemon and petitgrain, clean and slightly waxy, with carnation adding a spiced, clove-adjacent note that grounds the citrus rather than sweetening it.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 13 accords.
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- Citrus60
- Herbal50
- Aromatic50
- Sweet
The note pyramid
- Petitgrain
- Lemon
- Carnation
- Tonka Bean
- Rosemary
- Herbs
- Patchouli
By the editors · 2 min readThe first hit is lemon and petitgrain, clean and slightly waxy, with carnation adding a spiced, clove-adjacent note that grounds the citrus rather than sweetening it. The heart resolves as an herbal-aromatic center: rosemary and dried herbs over tonka bean's soft warmth, with patchouli threading in an earthy darkness below. The drydown is brief — nutmeg and wood — and leaves a quiet, masculine finish.
This is a concentration bump on the original YSL Pour Homme, and it reads as a deliberate time-capsule exercise in old-school fougère construction. It is sharp without being cold, structured without being stiff. The context is evening or late afternoon in cool weather; it performs best at close range.
Scent twins
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