Rive Gauche pour Homme

Rive Gauche pour Homme is an aromatic fougere for men, composed by Jacques Cavallier Belletrud for Yves Saint Laurent in 2003. Star anise and rosemary open it cool and licorice-tinged over bergamot, and the heart is a textbook fougere built on lavender and geranium, spiced with cloves and made sweet and hay-like by coumarin. The base is dark and dry, guaiac wood and patchouli over oakmoss and vetiver. Classical in shape but heavier than most. It lasts a long time and projects strongly, and it suits spring, autumn and winter, day or night.