Our take
What does In Love Again smell like?
Jean-Claude Ellena composed In Love Again for Yves Saint Laurent in 1998, a few years before he moved to Hermès. His taste for transparency is already all over it. The opening is openly fruity: tart blackcurrant, mandarin and a juicy muscat grape that almost fizzes. Rose and peony follow, painted in watercolour rather than arranged as a bouquet. Blackberry resurfaces in the base over a clean musk that stretches out the fresh-fruit feeling. Nothing is heavy or sugary. The pyramid varies a lot between sources. Some list grapefruit, plum, raspberry or cedar. On skin the result is the same: light summery fruit and laundry drying outdoors. It seems hard to find today, though no discontinuation has been confirmed.
When to wear it
Spring and summer, daytime. You can wear four or five sprays without bothering anyone.
It belongs to the Floral, Fruity family. In Love Again is one of 47 creations by Yves Saint Laurent in our encyclopedia.
