Rive Gauche Pour Homme
Rive Gauche Pour Homme by Yves Saint Laurent is a masculine-leaning eau de toilette from 2003 in the designer price tier. It opens with rosemary, bay leaf and bergamot, moves into lavender, geranium and juniper berry and dries down to vetiver, cedarwood, musk and amber. Expect around 7 hours of wear, and it projects at a moderate level.
Notes, explained
Opening
- Rosemary Sharp, camphorous herb. Bracing and clean, borders on medicinal.
- Bay Leaf Warm, aromatic and slightly sweet. The backbone of classic barbershop scents.
- Bergamot Sharp citrus with a faint bitter edge. The opening of about half of all men's fragrances.
Heart
- Lavender Herbal, clean, slightly medicinal. Barbershop in one note.
- Geranium Rosy and minty at once. Reads masculine more often than not.
- Juniper Berry Gin, basically. Piney, dry and bracing.
Dry-down
- Vetiver Dry, earthy, smoky grass root. Smells like soil and citrus peel.
- Cedarwood Dry, pencil-shaving woodiness. Clean and structural.
- Musk Warm, skin-like and slightly sweet. Makes a fragrance feel like you.
- Amber Warm, golden and resinous. Not a real material — a blend that glows.
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