Yves Saint Laurent Libre dupes — ranked by Reddit consensus
The most agreed-upon dupe for Yves Saint Laurent Libre is Zara golden decade EDP, named by 36 distinct people across 32 threads.
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Ranked alternatives
| # | Fragrance | Bucket | Evidence | Consensus | Buy |
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| 01 | golden decade EDP Zara “I love it... I have 3 bottles... it's smells exactly like Libre”what reddit says ↓ |
| 36 voices · 32 threadssimilar vibe | 100 | no offers |
| 02 | Leonie Maison Alhambra “Maison Alhambra’s Leonie ($20 on Amazon) is an AMAZING dupe of YSL’s Libre”what reddit says ↓ |
| 21 voices · 27 threadsvery close | 88 | |
| 03 | Tharwah Gold Lattafa “Tharwah Gold by Lattaf = Also YSL Libre but a bit richer than the above. I consider it the winter version :P”what reddit says ↓ |
| 14 voices · 24 threadssimilar vibe | 20 |
What Reddit says
A sample of what people actually wrote, under the summary of it. The voice counts are the whole of the evidence behind a pairing; the quotes are a handful of the loudest, each one a link to the comment it came from.
golden decade EDPZara
36 voices · 32 threads
- Reddit users widely consider Zara Golden Decade to be an exact or near-identical dupe of YSL Libre.
- Several reviewers note that the Zara fragrance is slightly sweeter and more vanilla-forward than the original, with one user finding it even stronger.
Where people agree
“ysl Libre but sweeter, and that is my most complimented fragrance profile ( I used a freebie and zara golden decade)”
reddit post ↗“To me Zara Golden Decade smells exactly like Libre.”
reddit ↗“I have golden decade and the original ysl libre and they smell 99% identical except the zara one is stronger and has more vanilla”
reddit ↗“Golden decade IS dupe of libre”
reddit ↗“I love it... I have 3 bottles... it's smells exactly like Libre”
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Where people disagree
“I personally hate golden decade, smells like cigar ashes on my skin”
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LeonieMaison Alhambra
21 voices · 27 threads
“Maison Alhambra’s Leonie ($20 on Amazon) is an AMAZING dupe of YSL’s Libre”
reddit ↗“Also Picked up Leonie as a gift for my mother’s birthday and it’s a banger straight out of the box. Never tried Libre but this Smells very well blended and even better, Lasts easily +8 hours with great projection.”
reddit post ↗“Own this dupe from Amazon and can confirm (did a side to side ) that’s a spot on (almost) dupe.”
reddit ↗“tested both ysl libre and leonie and they were like +95% similar”
reddit ↗“Leonie lasts much longer than the real YSL and longer than Dossier. It smells just like the real thing.”
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Tharwah GoldLattafa
14 voices · 24 threads
- Reddit users consistently recommend Lattafa Tharwah Gold as an alternative for fans of YSL Libre and Libre Intense.
- Commenters generally describe it as sharing a similar vibe, with some noting it blends elements of Libre, Libre Intense, and Givenchy L'Interdit.
Where people agree
“Tharwah Gold by Lattaf = Also YSL Libre but a bit richer than the above. I consider it the winter version :P”
reddit ↗“Tharwa gold by Lattafa : exact dupe of Libre (not libre intense!) by YSL. The only difference : libre has more lavender and this fragrance has more vanilla.”
reddit ↗“Ysl Libre - Tharwah Gold and Maison Alhambra Libbra”
reddit ↗“I prefer Tharwah Gold over the Libres - there's something about it that works better with my skin!”
reddit ↗“I got a decant of Libre just to see how close it was to the OG and you are right: Tharwah is better!”
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Where people disagree
“My regrets have been the Libre clones one being Lattafa as I found them to be off.”
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Also a dupe of
The originals people say this bottle imitates, counted the same way as everything else here: each line is the number of separate people who made that claim in a real Reddit thread.
| # | Original | Evidence | Also ranked |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | goddess burberry “Yessss they are similar to my nose.” | 20 voices · 5 threadsdifferent | — |
| 02 | Mon Guerlain Guerlain “Some other popular fragrances that have the vanilla-lavender profile are Burberry Goddess and YSL Libre!” | 5 voices · 4 threadssimilar vibe | — |
| 03 | Libre Vanille Couture Yves Saint Laurent “Smells pretty much the same IMHO” | 2 voices · 1 threadidentical | Best value |
| 04 | Alien Mugler “it’s nice and reminds me of a more digestible interpretation of Alien by Mugler” | 2 voices · 2 threadssimilar vibe | — |