Yves Saint Laurent L’Homme debuted in 2006 and has been a best-seller ever since; it is one of many fragrances that prove I do NOT have my finger on the pulse of the perfume-buying public. (L’Homme bores me.) I even nodded off as I read L’Homme’s notes list: bergamot, calone, ginger, basil, cedar, violet leaf, vetiver and tonka bean. I predicted, accurately, that L’Homme’s basil and ginger would be negligible and its bergamot, violet leaf and tonka would dominate.
L’Homme was created by the triumvirate of Anne Flipo, Pierre Wargnye and Dominique Ropion. L’Homme starts with warm (lightly gingered) bergamot and ozone, and it moves rapidly into (light) green territory (a touch of violet leaf). L’Homme ends comfortably on a plump cushion of amber-cedar-vanilla/tonka. L’Homme smells like standard-issue men’s perfume…
