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YVES SAINT LAURENT — L'Homme · The Dua Brand
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YVES SAINT LAURENT — L'Homme
The Dua BrandClean masculine woody-spicy EDT profile: ginger/citrus lift, soft violet leaf and white pepper, then smooth cedar, vetiver, and tonka bean.
Quick glance
Scent profile
Clean
Character
- fresh spicy
- citrus
- woody
- aromatic
- Scent profile
- Leading accordsfresh spicy / citrus / woodyPrimary styleClean
- Best season
- Spring / Fall
- Best setting
- Office / Daily wear
Olfactive map
What it smells like
Scent identity
Family and tags
Fragrance structure
How it develops
It opens fresh and lightly spicy, ginger and bright citrus giving an immediate clean lift with a faint ozonic airiness. The heart turns soft and slightly green as violet leaf, white pepper and basil add a powdery, aromatic smoothness that keeps the spice gentle rather than sharp. The drydown settles into cedar and Haitian vetiver rounded by tonka bean, a smooth, subtly sweet woody finish that stays refined and close to the skin.
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Supporting characteristics
Community
How others read it
Praise
Praised as a smooth, versatile masculine designer scent with strong mass appeal. Often valued for easy office/date wear and a polished clean-spicy character.Criticism
Often criticized for moderate performance compared with stronger modern flankers. Vintage/current formulation discussion creates uncertainty around exact scent profile and strength.Comparison notes
DUA explicitly targets a 2009 vintage-style L'Homme profile and lists a fuller ginger/violet/white-pepper/cedar/vetiver/tonka structure. Current official YSL copy is less detailed and emphasizes cardamom, cedarwood, and coumarin, so the vintage target claim remains provider-verified but not independently official-verified.Discovery
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