Best YSL Perfumes in the UAE

Original	Year	UAE price, official	MOJ version	From (AED)
Libre EDP	2019	AED 725 / 90ml	Libre	39
Tuxedo	2015	AED 1,465 / 125ml	Tuxedo	43
Y Eau de Parfum	2018	AED 625 / 100ml	Y Men	59
MYSLF EDP	2023	AED 625 / 100ml	Myself	48
Y L'Elixir	2024	AED 695 / 60ml	Y Elixir	39
L'Homme EDT	2006	About AED 395	L-Homme	39
Gold Supreme Bouquet	2013	AED 1,465 / 125ml	Supreme Bouquet	48

Who actually makes YSL perfume

Two companies, and the split matters if you want to understand the pricing. The Yves Saint Laurent name and the fashion house belong to Kering, the group that was called PPR until 2013. The fragrances, makeup and skincare are made and sold by L'Oréal, which bought YSL Beauté from PPR in 2008, announced in January at an enterprise value of 1.15 billion euros, signed in May and cleared by the European Commission in June. L'Oréal holds what the two parties called an exclusive, very long-term licence, and the length has never been made public. So when a guide says YSL perfume is "owned by Kering", that is the name. When it says "owned by L'Oréal", that is the juice. Neither on its own is right.

The man himself is a separate story again. Yves Saint Laurent opened the house in December 1961 with Pierre Bergé, announced his retirement on 7 January 2002, showed a final collection at the Centre Pompidou that month, and died in Paris on 1 June 2008, three weeks after the L'Oréal deal was signed. Of the seven fragrances below, every one except one post-dates his death. He had nothing to do with Libre, Tuxedo, Y or MYSLF, and the brand does not claim otherwise.

The seven, with the MOJ versions

1. Libre

The one most people searching for YSL in the UAE actually want. Libre launched in August 2019, composed by Anne Flipo and Carlos Benaïm, and the brand's own claim for it is that it was the first floral lavender. The structure backs that up: lavandine and mandarin on top with petitgrain and blackcurrant, then lavender again in the heart with two jasmines and orange flower, over Madagascar vanilla, cedar, ambergris and musk. The lavender appears twice on YSL's own pyramid, in two different materials, which is why it reads as both fresh and warm at once. Dua Lipa has fronted it since launch. AED 725 for 90ml on the brand's UAE store, AED 535 for 50ml and AED 365 for 30ml, all available. The Intense version from 2020, by the same two perfumers, is AED 760 for 90ml; our own interpretation of it is not available at the moment.

• Top: Lavender, Mandarin Orange, Black Currant, Petitgrain
• Heart: Lavender, Orange Blossom, Jasmine
• Base: Madagascar Vanilla, Musk, Cedar, Ambergris

2. Tuxedo

The anchor of Le Vestiaire des Parfums, the house's private collection, which launched in November 2015 with five fragrances named after Saint Laurent's signature garments: Tuxedo, Caban, Saharienne, Trench and Caftan. Tuxedo was composed by Juliette Karagueuzoglou, and YSL files it as a chypre amber: violet leaf, bergamot and coriander, then rose, lily of the valley and black pepper, over patchouli, Bourbon vanilla and an ambergris accord. The collection was relaunched in 2025 in a new bottle by Suzanne Dalton, with descriptor names added, so the shelf now reads Tuxedo Sharp Patchouli, and a 35ml size was introduced at AED 585 where the line originally launched at 125ml only. The 125ml is AED 1,465 and the 75ml AED 1,060 on the brand's UAE store. We have written about this one in more depth already in our Tuxedo comparison.

• Top: Violet Leaf, Coriander, Bergamot
• Heart: Rose, Black Pepper, Lily-of-the-Valley
• Base: Patchouli, Bourbon Vanilla, Ambergris

3. Y Men

Y is not one fragrance but a family, and it pays to know which one you are buying. The line began with Y Eau de Toilette in August 2017, followed by Y Eau de Parfum in 2018, Y Le Parfum in 2021, Y Eau de Parfum Intense in 2023, Y L'Elixir in 2024 and Y Iced Cologne in January 2026, every one of them composed by Dominique Ropion. Our product page names the 2018 Eau de Parfum as its reference, and YSL's official notes for that one are bergamot, ginger and apple over sage, juniper and geranium, on amber wood, olibanum and tonka. Our version takes a brighter reading of the same idea, with aldehydes, mint and lemon in the opening and a pineapple note in the heart, so expect something fresher than the original's drydown suggests. One thing worth knowing: the 2021 Y Le Parfum was replaced in 2025 by a new pitch-blue bottle that YSL's own page describes as more concentrated than the old one, so a bottle bought in 2022 and one bought today are not the same formula. Y Eau de Parfum is AED 625 for 100ml and AED 450 for 60ml on the brand's UAE store. Ours is available at 50ml and 100ml; the 30ml is not right now.

• Top: Aldehydes, Bergamot, Ginger, Lemon, Mint
• Heart: Apple, Violet Leaf, Pineapple, Sage, Geranium
• Base: Ambergris, Musk, Cedar, Vetiver, Balsam Fir, Incense

4. Myself

MYSLF, the vowels removed, pronounced myself, launched in August 2023 as the house's first new men's pillar in years, with Austin Butler as its face and a refillable bottle by Suzanne Dalton that YSL says saves 43 per cent of the glass. The perfumers are Daniela Andrier, Christophe Raynaud and Antoine Maisondieu, all at Givaudan, though YSL's own UAE product page credits Raynaud alone. It is built on three things: a Calabrian bergamot accord, a Tunisian orange blossom absolute at the centre, and Indonesian patchouli with Ambrofix underneath. White flowers on a men's fragrance was a deliberate move and it is why MYSLF smells like nothing else in the men's aisle. AED 625 for 100ml and AED 450 for 60ml on the brand's UAE store, where it currently shows a notify-me button rather than add-to-bag, so check stock before you travel for it. Retailers in the UAE list the 100ml at AED 665, about 6 per cent above the brand.

• Top: Calabrian Bergamot
• Heart: Tunisian Orange Blossom
• Base: Ambrofix, Patchouli

5. Y Elixir

The darkest thing in the Y line and the one with the fewest notes. Y L'Elixir, as it is named in the UAE and Europe, or Y Elixir in the United States, launched in February 2024, again by Ropion, and the brand lists just four materials: Diva lavender and Ourika geranium, then incense and a natural oud with a leathery edge. YSL's UAE site files it as an eau de parfum and calls it the highest concentration of Y; one fragrance database calls it a parfum concentré, so the label depends on who you ask. It is sold in a single 60ml size at AED 695, available on the brand's store. Our version keeps the same four-note shape, which is why its pyramid below is so short: lavender, geranium, then frankincense and oud. Think of it as Y for the evening rather than the office.

• Top: Lavender
• Heart: Geranium
• Base: Frankincense, Oud

6. L-Homme

The oldest fragrance here and the only one that pre-dates the designer's death. L'Homme launched in 2006 as an eau de toilette, and the credit is shared between Anne Flipo and Dominique Ropion, with some databases also naming Pierre Wargnye and Juliette Karagueuzoglou. The official notes are bergamot and white pepper, then ginger, violet leaf and basil flower, over vetiver, tonka and cedar: a clean, ginger-led woody that has stayed in the line for twenty years without needing a rescue. It has grown a family of its own, and not all of it survived. L'Homme Ultime from 2016 is discontinued and absent from YSL's stores; L'Homme Le Parfum from 2020 is current at AED 715; L'Homme Eau de Parfum from 2022, built on an upcycled cognac-barrel oak infusion, is listed at AED 620 but unavailable on the UAE store. The original EDT sits around AED 395 on the brand's UAE listing, a figure read from a category grid rather than a product page, so treat it as approximate. Our version is currently available at 30ml only.

• Top: Ginger, Bergamot, Lemon
• Heart: White Pepper, Basil, Violet Leaf, Spices
• Base: Tonka Bean, Cedar, Tahitian Vetiver

7. Supreme Bouquet

This one has had three names, and if you have been confused by the bottle on the shelf, that is why. It launched in 2013 as part of a three-piece Oriental Collection sold through Harrods and airport boutiques, in 80ml. In 2017 it was folded into Le Vestiaire des Parfums, and in the 2025 relaunch it was renamed Gold Supreme Bouquet in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, and simply Gold elsewhere. The perfumer has been Dominique Ropion the whole way through. The current official pyramid is bergamot, pink pepper and pear over sambac jasmine, tuberose and ylang-ylang, on patchouli, an ambery woody accord and musks, and YSL's line for it is that tuberose is today's black. AED 1,465 for 125ml on the brand's UAE store, available, with a 35ml at AED 585. One UAE retailer lists the 125ml at AED 1,550, so buy from the brand. Its tuberose heart puts it alongside the picks in our tuberose guide.

• Top: Pink Pepper, Bergamot
• Heart: Tuberose, Ylang-Ylang
• Base: Amber, Woody Notes, Patchouli

The YSL perfumes you will not find here, and why

Three omissions are deliberate. Black Opium, launched in September 2014 and composed by Nathalie Lorson, Marie Salamagne, Olivier Cresp and Honorine Blanc as a floral coffee, is the house's most searched women's fragrance after Libre, and we do not interpret it. Nor do we carry La Nuit de L'Homme from 2009 or Mon Paris, both of which have real UAE demand. If any of those is what you came for, YSL's own UAE store is the place; the retailer markups on this brand run to about 6 per cent above the brand's own prices on the men's pillars and more on the private collection, so there is rarely a reason to buy elsewhere.

Opium itself, from 1977, deserves a sentence, because it is the fragrance that made the house's perfume reputation. Composed by Jean Amic and Jean-Louis Sieuzac, launched in New York in 1978 at a party aboard a tall ship, it drew protests over its name from Chinese-American groups and, two decades later, a wave of complaints over a Sophie Dahl advertisement. It is still sold. It is not, though, a fragrance we interpret.

Cinéma, from 2004, is a different case. We do carry an interpretation, but every size is unavailable at the moment, so it has no card here. For the record, Cinéma is not discontinued, whatever the resale listings imply: it is available on YSL's UAE store at AED 520 for 50ml, composed by Jacques Cavallier, on cyclamen, almond blossom and clementine over amaryllis and sambac jasmine, with amber, white musk and vanilla beneath.

How to choose between them

If you are buying for a woman and want the safe answer, Libre. If you want the one nobody else in the room will be wearing, Tuxedo or Supreme Bouquet, which is where the private collection earns its price. For a man who wants fresh and modern, Myself; for one who wants the crowd-pleaser, Y Men; for evenings, Y Elixir; and if he prefers something that has been around long enough to trust, L-Homme.

On size, our 30ml is the sensible first purchase on anything from the private collection, since Tuxedo and Supreme Bouquet are polarising by design. On Libre and the men's pillars, if you already know the original, the 100ml is where the price per millilitre falls sharply, and Tuxedo is the one product in the set that also comes in 200ml, at AED 209. New to the category altogether? Our explainer on what inspired perfumes are covers how they are made and what they are not. The full set lives in our YSL inspired collection.