Nylon | 15.08.2026 19:00
Just like the rise and fall of hemlines and the ever-shifting shapes of handbags, fragrances too transform with the decades. Every era has its fragrance note du jour, the olfactory equivalent of whatever silhouette is suddenly everywhere. The ‘80s had the heady, powdery florals; the ‘90s embraced the clean, aquatic freshness of the minimalistic moment; the naughts obsessed over tooty frooty gourmand sweetness; and the 2010s ushered in a wave of smoky, sensual oud and skin-like scents. But the latest note to enter the fragrance zeitgeist is santal (or sandalwood, for the non-Francophones), and YSL Beauty is getting in on the obsession with its latest limited-edition addition to their best-selling collection, LIBRE Santal Couture.
