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Yves Saint Laurent Cinema Festival for women
Yves Saint Laurent

Cinema Festival for women

Citrus
Fresh
Floral
Jasmine
White Floral
Musky
Amber
EDT · 2006 · womens

YSL's Cinema Festival for Women launched in 2006 as part of the house's Cinema fragrance line, capturing the glamour and sophistication associated with the brand's cinematic heritage.

The fragrance opens with bright citrus notes of Italian lemon and mandarin orange, grounded by almond blossom's soft, slightly creamy character. The heart develops into a lush white floral arrangement centered on jasmine and tiare flower, with amaryllis adding structure and subtle sweetness. A warm base of amber, vanilla, and white musk settles the composition into gourmand territory, creating an Oriental floral with clear confectionery leanings. The overall effect is romantic but indulgent, leaning heavily on the sweeter, more sensual side of the floral spectrum.

This is best suited for someone drawn to classic floral orientals with a gourmand twist, particularly those who appreciate white florals paired with vanilla warmth. Cinema Festival works well as an evening fragrance or for cooler seasons when its creamy sweetness feels most appropriate. The EDT concentration keeps it approachable for daytime wear if desired. Fans of The Romantic, The Heirloom, and The Hedonist will find plenty to appreciate here.

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Main Accordsreported by community
Citrus
90%
Fresh
23%
Floral
38%
Jasmine
38%
White Floral
100%
Musky
54%
Amber
70%
Warm Spicy
54%
Vanilla
80%
Sweet
100%
Gourmand
77%
Clean
54%
Fragrance Notesbrand verified
Top · 0–30 min
Almond Blossom
Almond Blossom
The delicate flowers of the almond tree appear in late winter, producing a soft, slightly sweet, and faintly honeyed floral note with a gentle marzipan undertone. Almond blossom is lighter and more subtle than almond extract, with a fresh, spring-morning quality that makes it a beautiful opening or heart note in light florals.
Italian Lemon
Italian Lemon
Sun-drenched and vivid, with the bright freshness of lemons grown along the Amalfi coast. Italian lemon has a depth and aromatic complexity beyond supermarket fruit, slightly floral, with a clean mineral finish. The foundation of many classic masculine colognes and luxury aquatic fragrances.
Mandarin Orange
Mandarin Orange
Heart · 30 min – 3 hrs
Amaryllis
Amaryllis
Jasmine
Jasmine
Intoxicating, heady, and slightly animalic, jasmine is one of the few flowers that smells as rich in a bottle as it does climbing a garden wall at dusk. It has an almost fleshy, indolic quality that stops it reading as purely 'clean.' Jasmine is a workhorse in both feminine and masculine perfumery, adding depth and soul.
Tiare Flower
Tiare Flower
The soul of Polynesia in perfumery, tiare (Tahitian gardenia) is creamy, white-floral, and intensely tropical with a coconut-adjacent creaminess and the sheer sweetness of paradise. It's the key note in monoi oil, the traditional Polynesian beauty oil. A fragrance featuring tiare immediately evokes warm Pacific waters.
Base · 3–12 hrs
Amber
Amber
A warm, resinous accord rather than a single ingredient, amber is typically built from labdanum, benzoin, and vanilla to create a rich, honeyed, almost solar warmth. It's the quintessential base-note family, adding a comforting richness that makes fragrances feel complete. The difference between a fragrance feeling cold and feeling alive.
Vanilla
Vanilla
Warm, sweet, and universally appealing, vanilla is to fragrance what salt is to cooking. Real vanilla is complex and slightly smoky, though most perfumery vanilla is synthetic and reads as clean, sweet, and creamy. It slows the evaporation of other notes and is the reason certain fragrances feel like a second skin.
White Musk
White Musk
Clean, soft, and slightly soapy, white musk is the scent of fresh laundry and warm skin. It's the furthest from the animalic origins of real musk: approachable, inoffensive, and universally flattering. Almost every mass-market fragrance uses white musk as a base, which is why it reads as 'clean' rather than specifically musky.
Who Wears ThisScent DNA matches
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The RomanticBest match91% match
Your fragrance is a love letter you never stop writing.

Warm roses, vanilla, amber, creamy musks. Soft, evolving, intimate.

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The Heirloom86% match
You carry something beautiful that most people have forgotten.

Powdery, soft, classically sweet. Iris, aldehydes, gentle florals, quiet vintage warmth.

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The Hedonist83% match
More is more. You've always known this.

Opulent, rich, long-lasting. Vanilla, amber, dense florals, gourmand warmth.

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Scent Profile
Citrus90%Fresh23%Floral38%Jasmine38%White Floral100%
Fragrance Family
Floral Oriental
EDT

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What does Yves Saint Laurent Cinema Festival for women smell like? +
YSL's Cinema Festival for Women launched in 2006 as part of the house's Cinema fragrance line, capturing the glamour and sophistication associated with the brand's cinematic heritage. The fragrance opens with bright citrus notes of Italian lemon and mandarin orange, grounded by almond blossom's soft, slightly creamy character. The heart develops into a lush white floral arrangement centered on jasmine and tiare flower, with amaryllis adding structure and subtle sweetness. A warm base of amber, vanilla, and white musk settles the composition into gourmand territory, creating an Oriental floral with clear confectionery leanings. The overall effect is romantic but indulgent, leaning heavily on the sweeter, more sensual side of the floral spectrum. This is best suited for someone drawn to classic floral orientals with a gourmand twist, particularly those who appreciate white florals paired with vanilla warmth. Cinema Festival works well as an evening fragrance or for cooler seasons when its creamy sweetness feels most appropriate. The EDT concentration keeps it approachable for daytime wear if desired. Fans of The Romantic, The Heirloom, and The Hedonist will find plenty to appreciate here.
What are the notes in Yves Saint Laurent Cinema Festival for women? +
Top: Almond Blossom, Italian Lemon, Mandarin Orange. Heart: Amaryllis, Jasmine, Tiare Flower. Base: Amber, Vanilla, White Musk.
What fragrance family is Cinema Festival for women? +
Yves Saint Laurent Cinema Festival for women belongs to the Floral Oriental fragrance family. It is an EDT.
What other fragrances smell like Yves Saint Laurent Cinema Festival for women? +
Based on shared notes, Micallef Azure Crystal Woman M. Micallef for women (Amber, Vanilla, Jasmine, Tiare Flower), Gritti Because I'M Free (Amber, Vanilla, Jasmine, Almond Blossom), Ralph Lauren Beyond Romance (Vanilla, White Musk, Jasmine, Mandarin Orange), Juicy Couture Couture Couture By Juicy Couture (Amber, Vanilla, Jasmine, Mandarin Orange), guess Double Dare (Amber, Vanilla, Jasmine, Mandarin Orange) may smell similar to Cinema Festival for women.
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Grey market retailers sell authentic fragrances sourced through unofficial distribution -- typically excess inventory from authorized distributors. The product is real and identical to retail. FragranceNet (est. 1997), Jomashop, and MaxAroma are well-established with millions of verified reviews.

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