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10/12/13 12:26 π.μ.Paris by Yves Saint Laurent Celebrates its 30th Anniversary ~ Columns Page 1 of 7http://www.fragrantica.com/news/Paris-by-Yves-Saint-Laurent-Celebrates-its-30th-Anniversary-4931.html 12/09/13 10:04:31 Columns Paris by Yves Saint Laurent... More

10/12/13 12:26 π.μ.Paris by Yves Saint Laurent Celebrates its 30th Anniversary ~ Columns Page 1 of 7http://www.fragrantica.com/news/Paris-by-Yves-Saint-Laurent-Celebrates-its-30th-Anniversary-4931.html 12/09/13 10:04:31 Columns Paris by Yves Saint Laurent Celebrates its 30th Anniversary By: Elena Vosnaki It's disconcerting to gaze upon an older perfume which made it to this day, cast one's mind back to when it first came out and realizing that tempus fugit and we're all left older for it. At least let's console ourselves we have gained some maturity in the process, like the best of the fragrance crop has through the years, proving that when something touches on a nerve it has the ability to withstand the vagaries of the Eternal Destroyer. Paris by Yves Saint Laurent, the formidable late designer's homage to his adoptive city, the City of Lights, is a case in point. Thirty years old and nary a wrinkle has marred its beautiful complexion. If a perfume's commercial success is counted in c Less