The dominant tobacco note has a hay-like quality that is sharp and dry, and makes me a little sneezy on initial application. Yes, I can smell the tobacco, the sweetness that I assume is honey (but is so well-blended it doesn't smell like any honey I've ever smelled in a perfume), the smokey note that drifts under the tobacco and sweetness, and the fleeting powdery-ness that drifts past occasionally, almost like someone opened the door and a faint bit of the cold outside made its way to the fireplace. This gets a lot of love but honestly to my nose it’s just not that interesting. I remember the hype train on this in Fragcom beautiful fragrance done right. Chergui is very well balanced, an inspiration for the new perfumistas generation! Good sillage and staying power. Serge Lutens Nuit de Cellophane Eau de Parfum. It is not too strong nor over the top at all and you don't need a special occasion to wear it. For me in the opening I got a huge blast of nothing but cinnamon. Is this really similar to Versace Dreamer and D&G PH Intenso? SERGE LUTENS began his professional career in the world of hairdressing although he tried with makeup becoming the responsible of Carita brand. I wanted it for so long, since I tried it in 2013. it is also less smokey and overwhelming, but still nice and well constructed. A well crafted beautiful soft and powdery scent. Hmmmmm....on the fence with this one...??? Overall it’s pretty unique & I enjoy it . Think Dior Fahrenheit mixed with YSL Kouros mixed with TF tobacco oud ! Not sure what's changed, but on this time around, I get a powdery, honeyed hay and tobacco vibe, but not a dirty diaper in sight! A true masterpiece of modern perfumery. This starts more masculine than the Dior, but after about 20 minutes it softens. Outstanding , simply divine at every level, performance is excellent, at least on me, the smell is a m a z i n g, honey-tobacco-hay-smoothness-sexy-intoxicating, my God this is beautiful , 10/10 without a doubt. This is a outstanding fragrance. Luckily I decided to go against all natural instinct and give it another go because ... oh, my. Fille en Aiguilles 2009. But it's got a butch feminine vibe. Haha. Lasted all day on skin. I get hay, rose and some milky undertone. When I first wore this (and still) I had in the opening the same feeling as I had with Dior Fahrenheit. It is not sickly sweet, perfectly balanced. Highly complex and rich. Maybe it is the setting of a department store which confused my senses. Become a member of this online perfume community and you will be able to add your own reviews. Ralph Lauren Salvatore Ferragamo Serge Lutens Shalimar Eau de Parfum Tom Ford Van Cleef & Arpels Versace Victoria's Secret Viktor&Rolf Yves Rocher Yves Saint Laurent Zara περισσότερα Simply stunning! Serge Lutens Κριτικές Αρωμάτων, Baptême du Feu, De Profundis Limited Edition, Dent de Lait, Fils de Joie, La Couche du Diable, Le Participe Passé, ... FRAGRANTICA Tα Αγαπημένα Αρώματα των Editors για το 2020 (Α' μέρος) από Nyfka. I have used a single spray, bottle arrived today, 3/22/18. It smells delicious and warm and comforting; very sweet but not in a baked goods way. Quoting Serge Lutens about Chergui, he defines it as "a fire spread by the wind" referring to the eastern wind that blows from the Sahara desert, hot and dry like the perfume. Later, I get honey, amber, tobacco, sandalwood. Watch Queue Queue. 10 items. Not sure but for me it wasn’t worth the money spent. The reviews and forum opinions are so polarizing and the notes are a bit intimidating. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Vitriol D'Oeillet by Serge Lutens EDP Spr… If you dig powdery florals this will be right up your alley. On me: cool, bracing, aftershave notes that smell manly. Brought into existence by the legendary photographer, makeup artist and director of Shiseido’s international image, Serge Lutens, this is the world of exquisite dreams and pure emotions, the world where the most precious, most authentic and rarest essences are woven into unique harmonies. Reminds me of the food network meme: “I made a breaded chicken piccata with lemon jasmin rice.” and the judge goes, “um this is a chicken nugget.” Overall, happy to try it and can certainly appreciate it. Okay. They have the Lutens out to play with along with a booklet of notes as determined by the owner who is a certified nose. Intoxicating! De Profundis by Serge Lutens is a Floral fragrance for women and men. Chergui is the first Serge Lutens I've tried that I don't want more of. I have to say it lived up to its fame and sits firmly on my wishlist now. Chergui Serge Lutens — это аромат для мужчин и женщин, он принадлежит к группе восточные пряные. I feel clear, in third place in prominence, the very lively and natural green freshness of the very interesting and different hay. A masterpiece. The perfect fragrance to put on when you are by the fireplace on a cold night. It's very light. The powder that people are describing smells like powerful sandalwood to me. Last year I had ordered a sample to try and didn't like it. It is so famous for a reason. by Serge Lutens … Chergui is the first “brick house” fragrance I owned; a gateway scent with such heft it made all previous purchases seem wimpy by comparison. Doesn't matter if it's summer, fall or winter. Anosmic to the tobacco aroma chemical that they use but to my nose it smells very similar to Bond no.9 New Haarlem. In my honest opinion, of course. I want a disruptive note to offset all the delicate smoothness. Though, this one is more feminine and … My batch is from February 2020. Once it settles down the whiffs are sublime & embracing. The tobacco note here is similar to that in Versace Dreamer - a bright, sweet scent reminiscent of "cherry flavouring". Save your money. Chergui is a very powdery amber fragrance. I thought it would be a bit more challenging, which is the Serge I prefer. Today I decided to wear it again. Easily the best tobacco based fragrance I’ve ever smelled. “Higher-please” Skimming the heights of sophistication, the new "Gratte-ciel" perfume collection brings us Art Deco style and the iconic olfactory signatures of a quite exceptional creator, Serge Lutens, finally … Lovely! The sillage is ok, for five minutes. Now, I'll admit Spice Bomb projects, but Chergui is a much more pleasing scent. As far as longevity goes, forget about it. Legend has it---the petroglyphs tell a story of the falling man. This scent was developed by perfumer Christopher Sheldrake, who has … I only tried three, all on cards, and picked Chergui to skin test because the other one I really wanted to try had a greater risk of bothering those around me. I got my 3 bottles in 2012. I don't get any powdery scent at all. It was through his creation of Féminité du bois and Les Salons du Palais Royal in 1992 with their dreamlike décor, that Serge Lutens led his first true olfactory revolution in the field of perfume. In Arabic, Tarab refers to a trance-like state in which the … Lutens also designed and conceptualized a luxurious perfume house, Les Salons du Palais Royal, for the exclusive marketing of Shiseido … It's smooth and well blended. The first time I wore this I was really unsure. Follow us on twitter @fragrantica and Facebook fan page. Este diseñador Serge Lutens tiene 94 perfumes en nuestra base de datos. He was born in France in 1942, and he started his career as a hairstyling … La Couche du Diable 2019. Velvety. So this is based on a decant that I got, so I don't know the batch. In Filles en Aiguilles, the powerful resinous smell of pine is compounded by the camphor blast of vetiver and a wisp of gunpowder incense. Doubt, anger, fragility, joy (too)... each of these represents a moment of our existence. Anyway, she was impressed about how I knew all of the fragrance names etc. Ordered sample based on love and comments here, glad to know they are reliable as this is a new love to add for me !!!! 15 reviews. Though, I find Chergui much more pleasing than Fahrenheit. Therefore it's linear, I'd say synthetic. I love this scent. It's classy, sophisticated, and unique. Japanese cosmetics company Shiseido hired Lutens to develop their image in 1980. Spiced honey, with some hay and Medina back room vibe. The blue sky, red sand and white snow (in winter) transforms the spot into a desert kingdom. I've had a decant of Cherguifor a while and just finally tried it. I would classify this nice frag as a gourmand tobacco. Every fraghead has a pile of samples, samples of fragrances we bought to try. I love the opening, it smells so enveloping and powdery. I do not get honey or tobacco. Lutens and Shiseido partnered on another legendary fragrance, 1992's Feminite du Bois. Maroussia does in fact have better longevity. It’s powerful and addicting ... wait for it to calm its damn self down and it’s pretty impressive ! Find out all perfumes of the Collection Noire range of Serge Lutens. A heartbeat. The honey and tobacco stood out and I could barely smell other notes. Truly beautiful. It is like a creaking leather chair next to a fire and a romp through a dusty, late-summer-twilit farm both at once. I wouldn't recommend blind buying this one. Eric Buterbaugh Florals fragrances … On paper I get a much louder and powdery result which reminds me a bit of Habit Rouge but with some warm amber underneath (I always imagined this is how Lagerfeld Classic would smell, haven't tried that one yet though). I’ve had a few weeks to spend cozying up to Chergui. (How do you do that unnoticed?). Stunning! ("Well, show me the way, to the next whiskey bar....") I looked at my Doc Martens moto boots in the corner...not the black ones, the brown ones...and wanted to put them on with the dark brown riding jacket from Westley Richards that my beloved Mate surprised me with a few years ago. Bee-young-ka nailed this- The baby powder dry down is a weird turn-on. Everyone goes with curiosity and leaves with respect. "By the Fireplace" is a great example, and you can guess why. the smell is very pleasing, but the performance is disapointing, I always see this pop up as a comparison for some of my favorite spicy fragrance. My dad in the 70s smoking a pipe on the porch, lovely early autumn evening, sticky golden apples on the ground covered in yellow jackets, on my grandfather’s farm. This experience lasts for about 14 hours with only one spray. To my nose it has a bit of an Interlude Man vibe, but nowhere near the smokiness of that and it's a lot softer. Reading descriptions from people make for a perfume I would love. Tennis balls, sweat, and white t-shirts. Not the kind of tobacco I like, unfortunately! The notes-voting of Fragrantica are extremely illusive in this one, as tobacco and honey are only here to assist the star pair and give the fragrance its oriental character (SL dna), also laying a sweet but light and smooth background that in no way tries to "steal the spotlight" of the aforementioned stellar duo. This is the richest, warmest tobacco scent you will ever smell. @ Ansarit It's just the hay, tobacco, and honey notes combining to give you that sweet illusion of cinnamon. It has everything I like in it. Will revisit in autumn. The far dry down resembles the original, but is weak and almost watery. Worth a try if the notes sound interesting to you. I put it on again today and got that same initial blast of menthol and hay that was almost overwhelming, but then after about 30 minutes to an hour it settled into this lovely honey tobacco scent that I'm really loving. The ultimate dark fairytale perfume. There are no signs and you have to ask a local where it is. It's like burning resins and tobacco combined with amber and powdery violet. I like my scents strong, but man oh man, this is something else. I can tell you that the reformulation(s) have not hindered the performance with this in any way whatsoever. Serge Lutens is an extraordinary designer, a true artist. Serge Lutens worked with the most prestigious fashion magazines before being commissioned by Christian Dior to create their makeup line. I put it away as a potential swap or sell. 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