Yves Saint Laurent YSL Y

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Y is the real designer fragrance, sold at most major retailers. When one of our partners carries it, a direct buy link shows up here. The "smells-like" alternatives below are for anyone who wants the profile for less.

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Y reads as floral, aromatic, woody, fresh, smoky, the coarse families Ulta Beauty — Yves Saint Laurent Y Eau de Toilette cites. How it wears depends on your skin and the concentration. We only publish notes and accords we can trace to a source.

We rank the "smells-like" alternatives to YSL Y by how closely their cited accords match the original, cheapest first. A dupe is meant to evoke YSL Y, not match its formula, and we say as much. If we can't verify a genuine match yet, we leave it off.

Yves Saint Laurent YSL Y is listed as a men's fragrance by the retailer. That's a marketing label, not a rule: fragrance has no gender, and plenty of "men's" scents are worn by anyone. We show how it's sold and leave the wearing to you.

Viktor & Rolf Spicebomb Night Vision (shares Sage, Woods, Geranium); Yves Saint Laurent Y (shares Sage, Woods, Geranium); Tom Ford Fabulous (shares Sage, Woods, Tonka Bean). These share specific notes with YSL Y, a closer match than a shared accord family. We rank them by how many of YSL Y's cited notes they actually share, weighting rarer notes heavier than ubiquitous ones. Each is its own fragrance with real, sourced notes, not a copy of YSL Y, and has its own page.

YSL Y reads as floral, aromatic, woody, fresh, smoky. If that's the corner you like, you'll find Versace Dylan Blue, Xerjoff Golden Dallah and Mancera Aoud Violet nearby. We rank them by how many of YSL Y's cited accords they actually share, weighting rarer families heavier. They're their own fragrances, not copies of YSL Y, and each has its own page.