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Key notes
Mandarin orangePetitgrainBlackcurrantLavenderOrange blossom
Lavender and vanilla shouldn't work this well together, but they do — sharp and herbal up top, warm and sweet underneath. Feels both modern and a little rebellious.
Key notes
Mandarin orangeNeroliOrange blossomLavenderJasmine
The community-consensus Libre dupe — same lavender-vanilla-orange blossom backbone, opening with a near-identical citrus burst. Community pick
The bottom line
Buy the dupe
The note lists mostly line up, and the price gap does the rest.
Note match
63%
carries 5 of the original's 10 notes
Price difference
84% less
72% less by the ounce — $60 against $17
How it wears
Season
Year-round
Strength
Long-lasting
Best for
Work, date night, special occasions
Neither heat nor cold throws it off — florals and vanilla keep it even through the year. It reaches from a desk to an event, which is a wide range — but it's too deliberate to be a daily default.
Where they differ
Listed in Yves Saint Laurent Libre, not in Dossier Floral Lavender
TopPetitgrain and Blackcurrant
BaseCedarwood, Musk and Ambergris
Listed in Dossier Floral Lavender, not in Yves Saint Laurent Libre
Neroli
The drydown is where they separate most: Yves Saint Laurent Libre finishes on Cedarwood, Musk and Ambergris, none of which Dossier Floral Lavender lists.
The analysis
Buy the dupe. Dossier Floral Lavender matches 5 of Yves Saint Laurent Libre's 10 notes — mandarin orange, lavender and orange blossom — but misses cedarwood, musk and ambergris. That is 3 base notes gone: Dossier Floral Lavender ends nothing like Yves Saint Laurent Libre. $29 against $180: 16% of Yves Saint Laurent Libre's price.
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Common questions
Dossier Floral Lavender is the closest affordable match we've found for Yves Saint Laurent Libre. It runs about $29 instead of roughly $180 — about 84% less.
Both share Mandarin orange, Lavender, Orange blossom and Jasmine — 5 notes in total, one of the deeper overlaps on this site.
Yves Saint Laurent Libre is known for strong, long-lasting performance, and Dossier Floral Lavender holds up well for a budget pick — expect most of a day's wear, with a light re-spray if you want it to carry into the evening.
Dossier Floral Lavender costs around $29 versus roughly $180 for Yves Saint Laurent Libre — about 84% less.
No. Dossier Floral Lavender gets the overall idea, but Yves Saint Laurent Libre carries Cedarwood, Musk and Ambergris in its base that Dossier Floral Lavender doesn't list, and Dossier Floral Lavender brings in Neroli of its own.
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