Ysatis (1984)
by Givenchy

I haven't been very fond of the Givenchy women's fragrances, but this one is one of the better ones. It does seem a bit dated though. It is fairly elegant and produces an aura of confidence. My wife liked it and didn't give her a headache like some of the other Givenchy women's fragrances did.
Good stuff.

This scent reminds me of the kind of woman I want to be. Intelligent, sexy, confident, warm. I LOVE it! My signiture scent.

This fragrance is a testament to the power of a good signature scent. A friend of mine used to wear this and I can never smell it without thinking of her. I was shocked to see it came out in the '80s; it's a classic that smells like it could have come from fifty years earlier.

I think this is the one fragrance I've had the most compliments on. I used to wear it when I was in my early twenties, and I have to say that the men (boys!) loved it! It's very seductive but can easily handle casual wear too. The jasmine is gorgeous and stands out in my opinion. As far as I can remember it has an excellent staying power. It might just be high time for me to revisit this old favourite.

Boy do i lurve this; luscious, elegant, dries down softly animale. what's not to like?

A fragrance a long time friend used several years ago, and I smelled when we travelled in bus every Friday. I haven't seen this fragrance at stores, it's very hard to found in Chile, as several stores benefit spaces for newer and more popular fragrances. Fortunately, I found a store yesterday who had only one bottle and they still had a tester.

The start was sweet and fruity, with mandarin and something like coconut, but the sensation was very short. The middle note was complex as I felt a lot of flowers, some of them I couldn't identify. At least a couple of notes were similar with Balenciaga's Rumba: the tuberose and the jasmine. If the tuberose is the common note I smelled, it's the main dominating note. The rest of the middle notes were a bit soapy. The base note had some patchouli and sandalwood. There was some note like "old"... maybe the civet I read it had.

It's a complex and strong fragrance, more times I smelled the paper they sprayed it, more flower notes I felt... surely it also has notes of Ylang-Ylang and roses. I believe, due to its strong aroma, it's more suitable for winter, office and evening use. Although my friend was in their late 20's when using if, and it smelled really good on her, it should fell better on an older woman, maybe over 35 or 40 years old.