Yves Saint Laurent

Manifesto

  • For women
  • Eau de Parfum
  • 2012

Manifesto is a dry and elegant woody fragrance signed Yves Saint Laurent. It opens on bergamot and blackcurrant, reveals jasmine, tuberose and lily at its heart and rests on a base of vanilla, tonka bean, cedar and sandalwood.

Main accords

Pyramid & evolution

Unofficial sources Data drawn from unofficial sources, not from the house: this pyramid (like the year and gender shown) may contain discrepancies.

  1. Opening First minutes

    Bergamot · Blackcurrant

  2. Heart ~30 min to 2 h

    Jasmine · Tuberose · Lily

  3. Base Several hours

    Vanilla · Tonka bean · Cedar · Sandalwood

What its composition says

  • 4 materials in the base for 2 on top: the pyramid is built for staying power rather than for the opening.
  • Lily: its rarest material, which only 28 of the 1,980 perfumes analysed in the catalogue contain — about one in 71.
  • Bergamot: conversely, one of the most widely used materials in the catalogue — 43% of the analysed perfumes contain it.
  • Floral, gourmand, woody, citrus and fruity: 5 registers of raw materials share its palette, with floral supplying 3 of 9.

Frequencies measured on the Olfact catalogue only.

Scent profile

Estimates derived from the composition — not measured.

Wear time Good
7 to 9 h estimated on skin
Projection Generous
fills a room

Ideal seasons

  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Autumn
  • Winter

Time of day

  • Day
  • Evening

At ease in mild weather, 15 to 22 °C (59 to 72 °F).

Our picks

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  • Guerlain Chamade Gourmand Woody Citrus Eau de Parfum · 1969

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