Which is louder?
Y Eau de Parfum 55Y Le Parfum 66Y Le Parfum reaches noticeably further across the terrace; Y Eau de Parfum keeps a polite daytime distance.
Which is more recognizable?
Both get clocked about equally — the apple-sage accord is recognisable either way, only the temperature changes.
Where can you wear it?
Y Eau de Parfum goes from morning to dinner; Y Le Parfum suffocates at a July desk but comes alive in December.
How similar they are
Scent61%
A shared fougère base — sage, geranium, ginger, apple, tonka; on paper close relatives, and it shows.
Vibe0%
The mood is opposite, though: Y Eau de Parfum is a freshly washed morning, Y Le Parfum a warm late evening — different men in the same jacket.
What they share — and where they split
shared · 6sagetonka beangeraniumgingerclary sageapple
Then they split:
Y Eau de Parfumamberwoodbergamotvetiver
Y Le Parfumlavenderpatchouligrapefruitaldehydes
The heart is identical; amberwood, bergamot and vetiver dry Y Eau de Parfum into cool green, while lavender, patchouli and aldehydes pull Y Le Parfum into sweet resinous depth.
2018 against 2021 — the fresh flagship and a later reading, deliberately louder on the wave of dense, sweet evening scents.
Both sit on the same house's designer shelf; the label is identical, the only difference is the hour you wear it out.
Y Eau de Parfum is searched more — versatility beats spectacle, the daytime reading outsells the night one.