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Inspired by Y, Yves Saint Laurent

50 ml glass bottle (Eau de Parfum)

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Inspired by: Y, Yves Saint Laurent
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PRODUCT DETAILS

Eau de parfum, 50 ml, made with around 20% fragrance oil. It costs an affordable €25, the same as every fragrance dupe we make, whatever the original behind it. Free shipping on orders from €50, with delivery in 2 to 5 working days.

The original comes as an eau de toilette too, but our Question follows the eau de parfum, which holds this fragrance's dry, woody base longer without reaching for the weight of an extrait de parfum.

Longevity runs 5 to 8 hours. Like all our fragrances, it's handmade in France, vegan and cruelty free, never tested on animals. Fifteen days to swap Question for something else if it does not suit you.

NOTES

Top notes

Apple, ginger, bergamot

Heart notes

Sage, juniper berries, geranium

Base notes

Amberwood, tonka bean, cedar, vetiver, olibanum

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

Question is our perfume dupe of Y Eau de Parfum by Yves Saint Laurent (YSL), built for anyone who wants that crisp, aromatic character with a woody finish. It opens on apple, ginger and bergamot, moves into sage, juniper berries and geranium, and settles into amberwood, tonka bean, cedar, vetiver and olibanum.

That apple and ginger opening is sharp and green rather than sweet, and the sage keeps it dry through the heart. Worn blind, it smells like the original's fresh, herbal accord, then follows a similar woody, ambered drydown as the hours pass. It reads masculine and intense, built for men who want something clean rather than heavy. Compared with our other fragrances, this is one of the freshest we make.

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Perfume concentration

EDT, EDP or EXDP - what you are actually buying

The difference between these labels is not quality but how much perfume oil sits in the bottle. That decides how long the scent stays on your skin and how far it travels.

EDT Eau de Toilette 5 to 15% perfume oil

The lightest of the three. It opens fresh and fast, but fades after three to five hours. Pleasant in heat and at the office, as long as you top it up during the day.

Our choiceEDP Eau de Parfum ~20% perfume oil

The middle ground that became the standard. It lasts six to eight hours, one spray in the morning is enough, and the scent stays recognisable into the evening without filling the room.

EXDP Extrait de Parfum 20 to 40% perfume oil

The densest form, worn in drops, and it can last over ten hours. In return it loses that easy opening, and the price per bottle climbs the most.

Why we chose EDP

Every Chez Pierre perfume is made in Eau de Parfum concentration, with 20% perfume oil. That is not by accident.

An eau de toilette would mean carrying the bottle with you and refreshing the scent after lunch. An extrait would push the price up, and only someone counting hours would notice the gain. EDP sits exactly in between: one spray in the morning carries the whole working day, and the scent opens and develops instead of settling on the skin at once.

So we don't make lighter and pricier versions of the same scent. We make one, in the concentration where that scent works best.

How a perfume is measured

Longevity, projection and sillage

Three things describe every perfume, whatever the price or the name on the bottle. Once you separate them, it is easier to say what you actually want from a scent.

01

Longevity

How many hours the scent stays on skin

Measured from the moment you spray to the moment you can no longer smell it up close. It depends on the concentration, but also on your skin: on dry skin every perfume lasts less, so a dab of unscented cream before spraying helps.

02

Projection

How far it travels around you

Strongest in the first hour, it tells you how much space the scent takes up. Big projection is great for evenings and colder days, while at the office or in a meeting it usually gets in the way more than it helps.

03

Sillage

The trail you leave behind

Pronounced „see-yazh“, it means the trail a scent leaves behind you. It is the reason someone turns around as you pass. A perfume can last a long time and still leave a small trail, and the other way round.

Strong is not the same as good. A perfume with huge projection quickly tires both you and the people around you, while one without any trail stays your own private thing.

That is why every one of our perfume descriptions says how it wears, not only how it smells.

CHOOSE YOUR LIFESYLE

Question

Inspired by: Y, Yves Saint Laurent

Question, our YSL Y and Yves Saint Laurent dupe, works through every season, but the crisp citrus-spice opening feels most natural in spring and summer, while the warm, woody base carries it into winter too. It suits the office as easily as evenings out, since it stays clean rather than heavy.

It's built as a masculine YSL-inspired fragrance, though the fresh, aromatic profile means some women wear it too, closer to unisex than most woody scents. It works as a scent for him or for her if you like green, herbal notes, and it never turns feminine or sweet. Reviews of the original often say the same thing about the opening.

Choose our Inspiration

Yves Saint Laurent Y Eau de Parfum, often shortened to the YSL Y dupes chase, arrived as a fresher, more casual counterpart to the brand's older classics, aimed at men who wanted something sharper and greener than a typical woody amber. It sits firmly in designer, luxury territory rather than niche perfumery, and the YSL house built it around a citrus-spice opening rather than the sweeter openings more common in the category.

People usually just call it Y, or sometimes YSL Y. Reviews often compare the aromatic heart favourably, and most perfume dupes, clones and alternatives on the market are chasing that same crisp, herbal signature.

Why choose us?

Question is our alternative to Y Eau de Parfum by YSL, our take on the YSL original, made to smell similar to the original's fresh, herbal opening using French fragrance oils and filled by hand in small batches. We call it a dupe, not an imitation, built independently around the same crisp, woody character.

We only make it as an eau de parfum, since that holds the fragrance longer on skin than a lighter edition would. If it doesn't match what you remember, you have 15 days to send it back.