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jfn252Unlogrere – :
Ysatis de Givenchy – even the name of this lovely fragrance is beautiful. Ysatis is a masterpiece of classic French perfume making. I love everything about it: the powerful opening notes of yellow flowers, the lasting power and sillage, the elegant flacon and stylish box. Givenchy did real good with this one.
Ysatis is what great perfume used to be in the 80’s and 90’s. Bold and intense, opulent and luxurious, Y never goes unnoticed. It’s the darker counterpoint of Eau de Givenchy, the epitome of early spring flowers. But where EdG is piercing and even a little sharp, Ysatis is honey smooth and velvety. Unapologetically powerful but never vulgar, this fragrance is one of a kind and has no equal.
A little Ysatis is good, a lot is even better. Yes, it’s an intense fragrance, esp. for those who prefer modern fruitchoulis and candy sweet scents. It may be a little too strong and not sufficiently fresh enough for younger consumers. There’s no hint of unisex about it, this scent is absolutely and definitely feminine. Ysatis is of a different age and time, and yet it isn’t dated.
Some reviewers have stated that the reformulation is a poor shadow of the original. There’s also a flanker available. Well, I will stick with the vintage original. Frankly, it seems impossible to improve on the beauty of Ysatis.
andreykill – :
This is a very well done floral that might appeal to those who are not even floral lovers ( like me ) . It is soft , yet very long lasting and QUITE original. I can think of no other fragrance similar to this . I find this scent uniquely versatile . My mom in law wore it in the 80s , a classy traditional lady . My daughters loved it on their grandma, and now I am wearing it . I can see this scent on a traditional sophisticated woman, or even on a bohemian hippie chick . This is definitely rich, long lasting and for any season or event .
Personally , I do not see this as an 80s powerhouse style of fragrance . It is more subtle and balanced and has an exotic old world vibe with a bohemian musk that tames he floral notes perfectly . This is a floral that would have a wide appeal for women who like feminine and romantic fragrances that are not overpowering , but long lasting.
I like the femininity , uniqueness, and the fact that it is not like the overdone sweet fragrances . . This is the best floral I have ever worn and I really think it will never be dated . This is a floral balanced by spices , which makes it easy to wear . It has an exotic elegance that it very refined, yet sensual . It smells expensive because Givenchy has not skimped on the ingredients that make it smell so rich , and the price is extremely reasonable for the quality .
makdak – :
A classic, I have owned 4 bottle of this so far and I am only 20. It reminds me of my all time favourite Coco by Chanel, a very sophisticated and timeless scent. It makes me feel very sexy when I wear it, and I always receive compliments from both men & women. It is perfect during the day or at night, it is a very oriental feminine scent. The lotion version is also beautiful.
hutik87 – :
Trying this for the first time made me feel like Cleopatra of Suburbia! Ysatis is a gorgeous, musky, spiced floral with a wisp of luscious coconut – the perfect perfume escape for whoever is lucky enough to be wearing it, or to be in its presence.
jerfoplop – :
If I would paint Ysatis it would be of a forest clearing during sunset with its golden rays filtering through canopied skies. This is one of Ropion’s best works highlighting what he loves the most—yellow florals. Here, he elevated ylang-ylang using gourmand flavors all underlined by a dark chypre base and the result? A golden calorific chypre, astute and warm.
How Ropion managed to insinuate the concept of sweetness all throughout the performance of Ysatis is prodigious. Offering women who tire of bitter chypres and overly green and sour compositions a sort of enjoyment; some sort of relief. How Ysatis opens is like tasting a mandarin orange, somewhat sweet and sour enrobed by the veneer of aldehydes. Then comes the ylang-ylang, fleshy, sweet, heady and somewhat fruity accompanied by cloves, coconut, bayleaf, honey, rum, galbanum, civet and the chypre base.
What is fascinating about Ysatis is that it was a beautiful lecture about Ylang-ylang. By using components which intensified the different aspects of the flower: sweet (mandarin orange, honey), animalic (civet), fruity (coconut), spicy (cloves and bayleaf). One of Givenchy’s best.
Bar_Klay – :
I loved this scent the moment I sniffed it on paper when it was first introduced. The tuberose-like note that roped me in; creamy and a little earthy. I am a sucker for tuberose!
I love the mix of white flowers and spices in this one, and the musky dry-down is a pleasant surprise. A little loud, yes, but if you apply a light touch when you spray it or just use the lotion, it calms down quite a bit.
Ysatis is especially effective in the winter, because of its boldness. When you walk into a fire-lit room wearing Ysatis and a winter gown, you’ll certainly stand out in white flowers when everybody else is wearing deep, spicy chypre scents.
I splurged and bought Ysatis when it first came out, even though I was on a very limited income at the time. But at times when I was especially short on disposable income, I would buy Quintessence Dare as a cheapo substitute or for Ysatis. My now-husband couldn’t tell the difference between the two and liked them both. Sometimes I layered one on top of the other. On my skin, Dare has almost the same top and middle notes as Ysatis. The only thing missing in Dare is the deeper, musky dry-down of Ysatis. I’m surprised that nobody else has mentioned the similarity between the two fragrances, unless I’ve missed a post that notes it.
богдан 1 – :
Ylang jasmines, and honey aldehydes.
Overdose of ylang with honey, civet, and jasmines. The aldehydes adds that vintage effect upon the whole blend. The orange blossoms, the narcissus, rosewood, roses, and the oakmoss appears right after few minutes in.
It settles on a very sharp ylang, narcissus, animalic roses blend which is the major powerhouse 80’s stamp blend. Very interesting.
ssmm – :
About a year ago I used up the last droplet of the vintage version of Ysatis. Yesterday I was buying some toiletries in Boots, and Ysatis was displayed on the fragrance counter and offered for only 28 quid. I wasn’t familiar with the reformulated scent, so I decided to test it and perhaps even invest in it. Alas, it wasn’t meant to be. To my nose, this 21st century version of Ysatis is all about very sharp aldehydes and the synthetic civet note, which dominate for at least an hour, before other notes kick in. Somehow this version is even louder than the original, but it lacks its complexity and layeredness – it’s like all elements in the mix are now ‘lite’, or ‘skimmed’.
07lavelas – :
In the top it is a headache punch of ylang and tuberose; then the aldehydes emerge in a big way with the civet (mainly in the vintage parfum) and musk in the vintage EDT. The iris gives it some powdery in the base. Lovely and perfect floral aldehyde.
riscelika – :
Ysatis doesn’t shout but talks in a commanding yet soothing voice. The ylang-honey-aldehydes-civet blend for the first hour or so of wear is insanely beautiful. Bold but still understated. For a woman that is supremely confident and at ease when she is noticed, but doesn’t crave attention. The dry down is softer and creamier – tuberose, coconut, soothing amber.
I have the old version of this with the gold lid. It is absolutely worth searching out (not too hard on eBay). Class in a bottle. I never want to be without Ysatis!
WerrYrixJilla – :
My latest blindbought and I definitely don´t regret buying this. It is beautiful really classy and elegant. I can smell flowers and even a bit of coconut and spices. I don´t think this is too loud, not on me. I have no problem to wear it to office. I am really happy to have it in my collection, next to Dioressence.
Romachandro – :
I want to love it as my deceased friend & neighbour wore this, but I struggle with the opening. She was grouchy, mean, set in her ways and stubborn as hell. But I loved her. She was in her late 80’s and did things her way no matter what. She was a force to be reckoned with and outlived three husbands and her only child. What else would a woman like her wear? Ysatis of course! I only have a mini splash bottle and I’ll pull it out when I want to remember Denise.
savas1965 – :
I had this on my “want” list seemingly forever, but never took the plunge, thinking this was a powerhouse, possibly a headache-inducing fragrance. Oh, how wrong I was!!
This is lovely!! I love white florals, and I tend to also love/favor yellow florals, as well, so..I guess it would be a given that I would like/love this. I see “animalic” listed in the accords, and animalic typically translates to sexy in my book, but to me, this is not really sexy, but rather comforting. I see this voted as mainly a colder weather/nighttime scent, and it certainly is lovely for those situations. But I think this would be lovely any time of year; day or night. Not the powerhouse I expected, much softer. As for the notes, they are so well blended, nothing stands out as dominating or overpowering. But having said that, there are so many notes here, that I might be careful where I would where this, as noses pick up different notes and different accords. I would not wear this to the office nor anywhere I would be in really close quarters with people for a length of time.
I noticed in the reviews, that someone mentioned this as the “little sister” to 24 Faubourg. That is so funny, this is pretty much what I hoped/thought/expected 24 Faubourg to smell like. Yes, I agree 24 Faubourg is cold (to me), and this is a warmth.
I do not currently have a signature scent; too many that I love, and it would be like asking a mother to choose a favorite child. But if I had a list of top contenders, this would certainly be one. Not an across the board people-pleasing fragrance, but certainly is not a cookie-cutter fragrance at all; and is memorable. A grown woman, content in life and with life. Moderate sillage and lasts all day on my skin.
cinemmancinem – :
My mother’s perfume in the 80s. She would come home late at night, after a concert, and kiss me goodnight. My room would still exhude her fragrance the next morning.
Still smells like Mom! Pure fetish!
Classy, feminine and sophisticated, mature, for the special occasion, for the evening.
vikbabkin1 – :
Ysatis is pure class. I love ylang ylang and this is a wonderful example of it. It also has other notes I really like including honey, carnation, and sandalwood. Sweet and woody perfection!
gaiver134 – :
This is an aberration for me. I don’t usually gravitate toward yellow floral or chypre adelhydes scents. While this has similarities to White Diamonds and Tresor (both of which I wouldn’t wear) this is more elegant, less synthetic and dries down on my skin to a lovey, warm rose ylang ylang scent with just enough powder and a hint of sweetness. The initial spray is a bit ” hairspray” like Alyssa Ashley but it only lasts a half hour. Its not a perfume that ” feels like my signature” but its classy and and I like to wear it sometimes. Its appropriate for church, a meeting with your kids teachers, a book signing etc. Enjoy this!
graf793 – :
This is the perfume I wore when I was 16, in the late 80s, almost exclusively, until Eternity came out that same year, and then I would alternate. When I wore it, it was classified as a semi-oriental chypre floral fragrance. It contained floral and citrus tops notes plus aldehydes, rosewood, coconut (which my nose did not detect, and the perfume was not gourmand); jasmine, rose, carnation, tuberose, iris, rum and narcissus; musk, honey, frankincense, amber, vanilla, vetiver, clove, patchouli, laurel, oakmoss, sandalwood, and civet.
It smelled rich and classy, I loved it. I remember wearing sleeveless turtlenecks with mini-skirts and flats, my hair would be 80s-big and streaked with Sun-In, and I’d have on large hoop earrings and red lipstick. Sometimes I’d wear nice pants and a blazer with shoulder pads. Of course I was also tan, from going to the beach and using Coppertone spf 2, or Bain De Soleil Orange Gelee spf 4 if I wanted a “high’ spf (thank god I stopped all of that pretty much when the 80s were over!). A cloud of Ysatis would follow me wherever I went. This perfume, the way it was then, makes me think of those days.
Today’s version is another story. It’s now classified as a floral chypre. The oak moss/ civet/ musk were removed around 2006/2007, and I believe it’s been through several other tweaks and reformulations since then. The version that’s in stores now is not recognizable as “Ysatis” to me, it smells to my nose like a haze of aldehydes and old Avon perfumes that have “gone off” and smell like chemicals. One of these days I’m going to get a vintage off of Ebay, though!
demidov565656 – :
This is a beautifully crafted fragrance in the genre of L’Interdit and 3.
It is distinctive, elegant and pretty – on someone else. Never really hit a home run on me; perhaps it’s the white flowers.
But if you like a chypre/floriental with a charming note, this is the one to try.
77660131101 – :
Nice not overly sweet. I swear my family doctor in the 70’s wore something similar. I can still see his arms and emanating the beginning of this scent.
It does change though.
I haven’t looked at the notes yet, but I smell cloves.
So, now I think of the dentists’ office.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s not medicine-y. Indeed, it’s a professional smell….to me anyway. It’s a doctor’s frag….lol
I will update when I wear it. This was only on paper.
glebomama0506 – :
My first spray was in the early eighties in the shop when it was just released and I found it horrible! And now it has been my signature for many years. I always buy the old formula on EBay . Because the new formula is nice but lacking something, perhaps civet? In fact,this perfume smells different on me from day to day. For example, sometime I clearly get the creamy coconut which is completely absent on other days. The same goes for the hint of cat pee. And all the other ingrediënts. I still don’t appreciatie the opening that much, but I adore the dry down. It is comforting and never bored me after so many years.
boom285 – :
OMG, my mom’s fragance, so many good smell memories. This is a strong and good taste perfume…those were the days!
ramasyan – :
I remember a scene from Baywatch where David Hasselhoff sprayed a single spray of Ysatis into the air in his lifeguard-office, reminiscing a lost love. Since then I have always taken a spray every time I had a chance at airport shops. Just to conclude that I simply don’t get what’s so special about this one.
Years have passed, and I have no idea what has happened to my olfactory sense, but over the past year or so I have changed my opinion about several perfumes that I have previously disliked. Amongst them Ysatis. Have I grown into liking them, or is it a matter of reformulation? I am addicted to perfume, and maybe I have developed my sense of smelling to pick up notes that I didn’t before. That also makes me wonder; do the people around me smell what I smell, or have I become this “old lady smelling” person?
Well, do I actually care? When it comes to Ysatis, I really don’t. This perfume is divine!! So extremely feminine, sexy and elegant. An instant and big LOVE after testing this newly purchased gem. And the bottle design! This is 80’s/90’s at its’ most elegant.
Again, less is more with this beautifully blended floral stunner. So glad it’s mine now!
kku394speagoessenda – :
This was the very first fragrance that was ever gifted to me, strangely by my boss way back when as a birthday present (No, he had no intentions of any kind, as an editor-in-chief he got a lot of samples, and so us girls got either gifted fragrances or books he received for reviews. But I received the big bottle and used it up eventually). It is not really me, but I liked it then and still like it today. I only wear it occasionally like a reminiscence of years long gone by, but it is almost too flowery for me to really LOVE it.
sanek69 – :
Little to smoky for me… but drydown is much better
zyubiily – :
Horrific I’m sorry
Something in it I cannot endure
Chanel number 5 has this too.
Is it aldehydes??
Panache has it. Couldn’t deal with if even in a tester card let alone on my skin.
Amottemedpype – :
Ysatis (1984) Dominique Ropion For Givenchy
“You remind me of a poem I can’t remember and a song that may never have existed and a place I’m not sure I’ve ever been to” – Grandpa Simpson The Simpsons
I never dreamed that I’d have this yellow diamond in my hands after all these years! Thank you eBay the world’s rummage sale. I wore Ysatis in the years 1985, ’86, ’87 and ’88. By 1990 I was already sick of it and never saw her again. I could never figure out what that exotic word Ysatis meant but it was all it took for me to get into the fragrance. I recall the samples on paper and the ladies in perfume department stores spraying it on me as a test. For the Eighties this was nothing particularly innovative, impressive or outstanding. It’s a floral Oriental with nods to such fragrances as Byzance by Rochas, Rumba by Balenciaga, Poison by Dior and both Passion and White Diamonds by Elizabeth Taylor. What I remember most was the summery freshness in the opening, the white floral heart of tuberose and golden ylang ylang, my floral fix at the time. Smells like an exotic far away island you’ve never even heard of, never been to, or only read about, far out in the Indian Ocean, a remote planet in itself with a small population and some islands being so small there’s nothing there but low growing vegetation. Think the Seychelles. Think Bali Hai the song from South Pacific. The enchanted island is heady and redolent with the permeating aroma of ylang ylang and white tropical flowers of jasmine gardenia and tuberose. In this sense it is most like Rumba Balenciaga to me but this is far voluptuous and seems to pick up where Rumba left off. It’s far more seductive, mysterious, female-earthy, and musky, a dry down of downright animalistic secretion of civet cat, which actually smells good and heightened by supremely sweet intoxicating scents of flowers, honey rum patchouli sandalwood, and green moss. A jungle that one loses one self in for one glorious summer.
Your ‘special island’ is less fruity than Rumba with only a few simple detectable notes of sunny orange blossom and citrus (mandarin and bergamot) with the tiniest bit of coconut. The aldehydes and ylang ylang greets you at the first spritz a fresh juicy banana flower. The rosewood is also present in a small dose with galbanum, a greenish note with an herbal and nocturnal air. It has that ‘enchanted evening’ magic feel to it. Smells of a late afternoon around sunset or twilight time in the cool of the early evening. The fruit fades quickly and it becomes a distinctive floral with pronounced gardenia and tuberose. Now the gardenia note in perfume is rather challenging to recreate so most noses in this case Monsieur Ropion used the tuberose to give it a realistic white gardenia smell. It’s definitely tuberose and it’s a showy regal flower evocative of many white flowers growing over moss and carpets of grasses and shrubs and leaves and trees all around the entire island. The flowery scent is beyond amazing. If you don’t care for flowers, honey, forget about it! This is a fantastic floral fragrance. The ylang ylang is still there to my nose throughout the performance of this magic potion. The carnation is there, the jasmine, a white rose (not pink or red) narcissus and a slowly emerging powdery or smoky iris. The iris floral note was common in most 80’s perfumes and in fact the iris here would make a return in the ‘sequel’ fragrance to Ysatis called Ysatis Iris. Beautiful flowers and ones I love. I adore tuberose and ylang ylang.
Ysatis when dry is a very engaging fragrance. It’s warmer smokier and darker more mysterious and yes unisex as many frags at the time were unisex by today’s standards i.e. Passion Elizabeth Taylor Coco Eau de Parfum Opium Yves Saint Laurent. The green accords of vetiver grasses and earthy cloves laurels and bay leaves, and that oak moss. The galbanum and oak moss in this formula are no longer used in perfumery as they were banned by the IFRA. So when you smell the original formula to Ysatis you are experiencing long lost notes that made a perfume smell so amazing. It gave the fragrance magnificent longevity all day all week, and sillage that filled a room. This is one epic fragrance. When it is at it’s most dry stages and finally fading, I detect a quiet and elegant cloak of musk some civet and a warm vanilla amber. The amber is balsamic and Oriental a la Shalimar in that it blends well with the leathery musk and turns into a your skin but better type of scent.
I would peg this perfume as more a unisex by today’s standards and it has a real EDP concentration with a rich lustrous and extravagant air, glamorous and exotic, a bird of paradise. In 2017 it’s rather hard to pull off by most of us but it can be achieved. For instance many people wear Diva by Ungaro and that’s equally as ostentatious a perfume. Ysatis can be worn as a formal evening fragrance to wear with an expensive haute couture gown or dress if you’re a fashionista or actress seeking rare perfumes to match up with your wardrobe. If you’re just a regular little old lady like me it works just as well as White Diamonds by Elizabeth Taylor and in smaller applications smells powdery and sweet-spicy, suited to day time affairs but formal with a dress. Great for wearing to the theater, a wedding, a party, that kind of thing. Forget all about the associations with the 80’s and big hair and colorful make up and lipstick. Instead enjoy the exotic adventure that is Ysatis. It will whisk you away into that magic place that only perfume can take you.
bogatkingv – :
Hello from Deco Dawn this is my review of Givenchy Ysatis. At the time of launch in the 1980s big powerful fragrances were in fashion.
Top – Aldehydes, Ylang-ylang, honey,
Mid – Jasmine, Tuberose,
Base – Sandalwood, Oakmoss, Patchouli, Musk
This is a true Oriental it brings visions of Egypt, and walking amongst the Valley of the Kings it’s the fragrance that Cleopatra would have worn herself. Incredible silage and longevity. For a more affordable dupe try Elizabeth Taylor Passion. The notes are almost identical, It is fabulous and a huge bottle available on ebay for £17.00. Try it you will love it. DD x
LinuraGamtova – :
OMG. This is not a discreet/office-safe scent at all in the beginning, and I love it then. After half an hour/am hour or so it becomes much more tame. Still beautiful but it becomes a like instead of a love.
As it is applied, this is animalic, very animalic, sexy, complex, boozy and almost tropical. It is intoxicating, rich, strong, very very complex and very sensual, while at the same time beautiful and not cheap-smelling at all.
Just after applying, the civet and coconut and tuberose are really loud. The orange and rum come out as well but are more discreet.
As it dries the civet gets tame and almost disappears. It becomes more floral, soapier and less animalic, but still very tropical and sensual. I would rather have the civet stay strong and almost overwhelming as it is in the beginning, but this phase is beautiful in its own way. Sunny, warm, summery and refined but very human.
From other reviews, I believe the sample I tested (a decant I got in a swap here) must be the vintage version.
If the animalic phase lasted longer, I would certainly want to buy it. As it is, it’s only a maybe.
UPDATE: some hours have passed and while this has indeed never gone back to the animalic beginning and has lost the initial strength, it has morphed into a very beautiful warm complex tropical floral which is very comforting and actually can be office-safe if you don’t wear too much.
I think I would want it after all.
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I own a sample.
andrik82 – :
I tried this on a paper strip, it is a very intensive and potent scent. It is overpowering. It smells strongly of powdery tuberose on me, and strongly reminds me of Rasasi Blue Lady, which I dislike. I wonder if anyone else gets this resemblance, or is it only me.
osa.bumer – :
I have the bottle with clear lid. It smells like an older german lady i used to know whom this smelled devine on her. I could never wear it after i purchased it because it kept reminding me of her and i felt strange wearing it. She was a relative on my partners side of the family. My partner and i have been separated for several years now. I was going through my perfumes and thought i will give this 1 last spray. Immediately it reminded me of a little georgio mixed with white diamonds and a very faint whiff of red door. It settles down and smoothes out after about 20 minutes and no longer reminds me of those perfumes and now i love it i think i just needed to give it a chance to settle. Whatever that lady smelled like with this on is her chemistry i am not going to let it stop me from wearing it as on me i think it smells less stern and matronly which used to turn me off it, it actually smells quite sweet but sophisticated which ar my age and stage of life right now suits me perfectly. Very good staying power. I still cannot see much younger women liking it as it is just too different from what they are used to testing at the moment.
erikson66 – :
Icy, cold weather. Fur coat. Velvety red lips. Understated eyes. Ysatis!
alfirka87 – :
Apparently, I have the vintage formulation – my bottle has the gold cap. This surprises me, because I picked up my bottle a few years ago for a song at a drug store, thinking at the time it must be a reformulation. This was right around the time of the reformulation, and maybe this was their way of clearing out the old stock to make way for the new. These bottles still can be found for a bargain on ebay. With all of these classic strong scents, I apply them like they are extrait – spraying on a cotton ball first and then dabbing gently on my skin. This way, they are so much easier to wear. I can enjoy these exquisite, classic beauties in a modern, tasteful, much quieter way, with much lower sillage, and not overwhelming my own nose either. This one is no exception. It’s so velvety and decadent – fit for a queen, but I still wear it with jeans and feel totally comfortable. The opening smells rather spicy to me, strange, because it doesn’t appear to have any spices. The dry down (after about 3 hours) is something to behold – I really can’t believe how cheap this stuff is – it certainly doesn’t smell like it. If you’re a fan of exquisite and decadent scents, it’s definitely worth giving this a try, but to enjoy it’s true beauty, it must be applied with care – or it will likely be overwhelming. I can’t speak for the current formulation – I haven’t smelled it, but the older bottles actually seem to be going on ebay for cheaper than the new – go figure. As for the similarity to White Diamonds – I can see why people are making that comparison, but maybe those comparisons are for the new formulation, which is supposed to be lighter. I like WD as well, but this one smells much more complex and expensive than WD.
Vincent_87 – :
Just never a fan of White Diamonds, this smells way better than WD but Ysatis just doesn’t lay right on my skin I will stick with my beautiful! I ended up giving this to my sister she loved WD and she of course loves this also money well spent!
vladimir03 – :
The vintage fragrance is so beautiful!
Similar to White Diamonds by Elizabeth Taylor but with a fruitier opening. I detected aldehydes, citruses, neroli, orange blossom and ylang. So as it begins it has that soapy and sweet also tangy type of orange smell. It’s like a bath product with a citrus floral scent. But it’s sophisticated as a day wear fragrance and luxurious. Some have called attention to it’s 1980’s ostentatiousness but I think when you spritz just once you get a very decent perfume that can pass for something in today’s market that’s powder based. I love Ysatis and have received many compliments on it. It matches up with a nice suit skirt suit or pant suit or a white dress, yellow dress, semi formal and although soothing enough to be casual it has such an opulence because of the many notes it plays that it can’t be worn with a T shirt that reads Vegas Baby LOL
The bottle is very showy and attention grabbing and because it is so big it lasts a long time. I’ve had mine for 2 years and the perfume is still fresh. Ysatis is an aldehyde citrus floral with a solid base of woods and ambers, musk, vanilla sandalwood and other chypre ingredients. One particular note that makes it especially memorable is honey. This is a honeyed amber fragrance with a sweetness that never gets too sweet or too cloying. There’s vetivers bay leaves cloves and patchouli, giving it an aromatic air, some spiciness and a maturity that makes a woman feel so much more glamorous and mundane. I’m but a humble school teacher so for me this is pure escapism. I put this perfume on and I’m as close to smelling like I’m the first female President of the US or a European Prime Minister or the wife of a Prime Minister, or even an old time Hollywood diva like Elizabeth Taylor or Marilyn Monroe. This fragrance is modeled after classic white floral fragrances redolent with white flowers such as narcissus, tuberose and jasmine. For me this trio – narcissus, tuberose, jasmine, dominate the fragrance. The spiced up floral smell lasts for more than enough hours for you to enjoy it if you like strong perfumes that last hours and hours. It has a powdered root of iris flower which gives it a powdery feminine make up scent as well but I think that the citruses plus the base which is full of woods and greens make it less powdery than others. It’s not quite unisex because of the white florals but it might be appreciated and enjoyed by guys who also like aldehyde chypre fragrances from the 80’s. I can only compare it to White Diamonds by Elizabeth Taylor which it closely resembles. I wonder if this was mere coincidence because this fragrance came before White Diamond was released.
gdpeter – :
There are a lot of reviews that call Ysatis a power woman type of fragrance. Or that say it smells like the 80s. I have to both agree and disagree.
I grew up in the 80s and yes, I do remember this being a popular scent. But I feel like Ysatis transcends any one era. To me, it’s a timeless chypre floral and it doesn’t require shoulder pads to pull off properly.
I don’t see this as being a boss type scent. It’s quite floral and romantic without being soft. I would be more likely to wear this with a flowing ruffled skirt than with menswear. The ylang ylang is the most stand out note to me, and I like it in any season’s weather. Ysatis is a classic for all the right reasons.
Viva-01 – :
Ysatis for women is a classic. I am wearing the EDT today. I have to say, it lands all floral, like a tossed bouquet. And then…
The vetiver and sandalwood transform it into a scent that I find unisex, a little earthy/herbal. Definitely could be worn by a man. Lovely, when you’re in the mood to be daring and make your presence known. Powerful, a little mysterious.
I have a fresh bottle, so I can’t compare to the vintage version. I do agree with the other reviewers who comment on how some vintage fragrances can turn bad or change in ways that are not good. It doesn’t happen all the time, but it does happen. And new bottle is a safe bet.
If you try this for the first time, prepare yourself for a fragrance whose image might be all about a powerful woman, while it’s really something the man in your life might steal from you.
A must to try at least once for any perfume lover.
GORDEJ – :
I hope I grow into this perfume some day. So graceful and full of vitality.
This is like 24 Faubourg’s kinder older sibling. When Faubourg hurts your feelings and storms off leaving you reeli