{"id":25075,"date":"2017-07-11T17:07:53","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T16:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/?p=25075"},"modified":"2017-07-11T17:07:53","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T16:07:53","slug":"ysl-launch-y-millennial-mans-tribute-yves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/ysl-launch-y-millennial-mans-tribute-yves\/","title":{"rendered":"YSL to launch Y – Millennial man’s tribute to Yves"},"content":{"rendered":"

YSL is making a play for the millennial man with its new fragrance, simply entitled Y…<\/p>\n

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Named Y – in part, a tribute to Yves Saint Laurent himself – the men’s fragrance aims to embody the spirit of youth, and will launch globally on August 25.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe vision and the strategy was very clear for us,\u201d Stephan Bezy, international general manager for YSL Beaut\u00e9, tells BoF<\/a>. \u201cIt was to talk to a millennial target and offer them something that would be authentic, that would resonate with their aspiration.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the Gen Y, it\u2019s the symbol of youth, it\u2019s of course the question, \u2018Why?\u2019 It\u2019s the first letter of the first name of Monsieur Saint Laurent. It became evident [the name Y] was a natural choice,\u201d he continues. \u201cWe went back to the DNA of the young Yves Saint Laurent brand that was created in the ’60s, with a brand that resonates very much with the culture of its time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The accompanying campaign reflects this youthful, authenticity-focused philosophy, forgoing high-profile models or celebrities in favour of three young creatives: rapper Loyle Carner, sculptor David Alexander Flinn, and artificial intelligence researcher Alexandre Robicquet (pictured above).<\/p>\n

Bezy says the plan is to recruit a tribe of ambassadors with whom consumers can identify. \u201cWe wanted to have this different approach. We wanted to be at the roots of who those people are and we wanted to be very true to who we are.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Those slightly older followers of fashion will probably remember that there has already been a YSL fragrance titled Y – it was a powerful floral woman’s scent from the 1960s and 70s with a suitably provocative ad campaign for the era.<\/p>\n

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See more at YSL Beaute<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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