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The Parfum Hub Liberty 55 is an Eau de Parfum. Liberty 55 opens with Mandarin, Petitgrain, Lavender, and Blackcurrant, settles into a heart of Orange Blossom and Jasmine, and dries down to a base of Cedar, Vanilla, Clean Musk, and Ambergris. The Parfum Hub's Liberty 55 carries a Favourite verdict, a floral-led wear.

Liberty 55 takes on YSL Libre's lavender-vanilla fougere and gets the aromatic-sweet contrast right early on, but the base thins into a generic musk faster than the original's slow-burning vanilla.
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Liberty 55 Eau de Parfum bottle
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Libre by Yves Saint Laurent
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Scent Profile

Composition

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Top, heart and base are the pyramid as published, not a timing claim. Each note's timing follows its listed tier, where it usually sits across many published pyramids (from ScentPrism) and its vapour pressure. A note comes through as the notes usually listed before it fade, judged from how other pyramids order the same pair. The thickness of a ribbon shows the note's share of what is left on the skin, which tracks how strongly it smells, because odour thresholds rise with vapour pressure. The shares come from how prominent wearers vote each note. It is a simple model, not a measurement.

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MoodCalming
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When To Wear

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Occasions

  • Casual Best
  • Date Also works
  • Formal Also works
  • Office Also works
  • Sport Not ideal

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About

Liberty 55 is built around the same aromatic-lavender-meets-vanilla contrast that made YSL's Libre a modern classic. The opening is convincing: a burst of lavender against orange blossom and jasmine gives the same bright, slightly masculine-leaning floral effect that Libre is known for. Where it starts to pull away from the original is in the drydown. Libre's cedarwood and musk base has real weight and keeps developing for hours, while Liberty 55 settles more quickly into a flatter white musk with less of that woody backbone. The vanilla is present but softer, so the composition reads sweeter and less structured than the designer version by the mid-point of wear. It still carries the liberated, confident mood that makes Libre popular, just without the same lasting sillage - expect solid performance for the first few hours before it becomes a close skin scent. Best topped up if you need it to last through a full day.

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