The Cure

Yves Saint Laurent — Cuir 2016 · Alexandria Fragrances

The Cure

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The Cure

Yves Saint Laurent — Cuir 2016

Alexandria Fragrances

Intoxicating boozy spice deepens into earthy tea and tobacco over smoky, robust leather.

NoticeableNocturnalRefinedRomanticRebelliousModernDate NightNightlifeCasual Weekend
SampleLeather / smoky woody spicy oudVintage Profile

Quick glance

Leather / smoky woody spicy oud

smoky

Character

  • leather
  • woody
  • tobacco
  • rum
Scent profile
Leading accordsleather / woody / tobaccoPrimary stylesmoky
Best season
fall / winter
Best setting
date night / evening

Olfactive map

What it smells like

Scent identity

Family and tags

Leather / smoky woody spicy oud
NoticeableNocturnalRefinedRomanticRebelliousModernDate NightNightlifeCasual Weekend

Supporting characteristics

smokyleatherrebelliousdarkrefinedParis nightlife

Fragrance structure

How it develops

Provider notes · source checked

Top notes

Heart notes

Base notes

Community

How others read it

PraisePraised by Alexandria reviewers as close to the 2016 original and bottle-worthy. Loved for spicy, warm, rich leather uniqueness. Appeals to wearers who want leather without generic designer sweetness.
CriticismMay be too smoky/leathery or unusual for casual wear. Current YSL availability creates ambiguity against the 2016 target. Not a mass-appeal fresh fragrance; best in cool weather.
Comparison notesThe Cure should be evaluated against the 2016 YSL Cuir leather-rum-saffron-tea-tobacco-oud profile. Current YSL page confirms a live Cuir identity but not necessarily exact 2016 target identity.

Discovery

Similar fragrances

Every reference shows listed note and accord overlap when catalog data allows. Notes count 80%, accords 20%, with rarer notes weighted higher; score does not confirm scent similarity.

No qualifying match in your vault.

Other recorded references (4)

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Cuir 2016

Yves Saint Laurent

9 shared notes10 shared accords100% weighted overlap

Notes: source 9/9 · match 9/9accords: source 10/10 · match 10/10

Inspired expression · source-backed

Unreviewed names; comparison only shown for an unambiguous catalog record.

Tuscan Leather

Composition data unavailable · no unambiguous catalog match

Ombre Leather

Composition data unavailable · no unambiguous catalog match

Cuir IntenseCuir Intense (2019) by GuerlainCuir Intense (2024) by GuerlainCuir Intense (2024) by Marcus Spurway

Composition data unavailable · no unambiguous catalog match

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