Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche is a Floral Aldehyde fragrance for women. Rive Gauche was launched in 1971.
Top notes: Aldehydes, Green Notes, Honeysuckle, Bergamot, Peach and Lemon.
Middle notes: Rose, iris, Geranium, Ylang-Ylang, Lily-of-the-Valley, Jasmine, Magnolia and Gardenia.
Base notes: Oakmoss, Tahitian Vetiver, Musk, Sandalwood, Amber and Tonka Bean.
Rive Gauche was created in 1970 by perfumer Michel Hy. Its name - \'Left Bank\'- stands for the left side of the river Seine, an intellectual, hip and slightly more bohemian side of Paris, where YSL boutique is situated. Rive Gauche is a fragrance for free and independent women, a gracious inhabitant of the city who likes the sun and wind more than anything but who is also quintessentially metropolitan.The well-known and much loved composition of floral aldehydes was enriched in 2000s with clear woody and aromatic accords. The aldehyde note is now surrounded by pelargonium and rose absolute, which somewhat softens the sharp metal note of the original composition, ending with a comfortable combination of oak moss, vetiver, musk and balsamic notes.