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Description and details
Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche Pour Homme – Vintage Eau de Toilette 125 ml Spray – Rare Men
A great modern classic, increasingly rare due to its discontinuation: Rive Gauche Pour Homme is YSL's interpretation of the elegant, clean, and magnetic "barbershop" fragrance. Fresh and aromatic at first, it then becomes increasingly deeper and more masculine, with an unmistakable signature that lingers with style.
👃 Perfumer: Jacques Cavallier Belletrud
🧾 Concentration: Eau de Toilette (EDT) – 125 ml spray
📦 Condition: Unboxed . The distinctive metal packaging/bottle has some minor cosmetic dents (normal for this size), but they don't affect its usability.
🕰️ A collector's curiosity
"Rive Gauche" is a name that takes you straight to Paris: the Rive Gauche is the "left bank" of the Seine, historically linked to culture, style, and a free spirit. This men's version takes that idea and translates it into a clean, refined fragrance for a man who knows exactly what he's doing.
✨ Why is it special?
- Modern barbershop : clean, aromatic, sophisticated.
- Fresh-spicy signature with star anise and lavender: recognizable with your eyes closed.
- Darker and more “serious” background with woods and mosses: it doesn’t remain flat, it evolves well.
- Out of production : today it is a sought-after piece by enthusiasts and collectors.
🌿 Olfactory pyramid
- Top notes: star anise, rosemary, bergamot
- Heart notes: lavender, geranium, cloves, coumarin
- Base notes: patchouli, oakmoss, vetiver, guaiac wood
Sensation on the skin: it starts “fresh and sharp”, then becomes more creamy-aromatic (lavender & geranium) and closes with a very masculine and chic woody-earthy base.
💡 ScentX Tips
- Perfect for the office , meetings and evenings where you want to be impeccable without overdoing it.
- It performs best in autumn/winter and in the mid-seasons.
- If you love clean (but characterful) men's classics, you're right at home here.
⭐ ScentX Ratings
Persistence: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
Wake: ⭐⭐⭐☆
Originality: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Versatility: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
Elegance: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Rarity: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
