Love it! I think this fragrance is a bit underestimated. It smells divine! One of my favorite perfumes. I like that its not widely used so its my signature scent.
Serge Lutens
Love it! I think this fragrance is a bit underestimated. It smells divine! One of my favorite perfumes. I like that its not widely used so its my signature scent.
This seems to be a well-composed, grown-up vanilla, not too sweet, not too masculine, until you read some comments about Wunderbaum and scented candles. After that every time you use it your mind...
This seems to be a well-composed, grown-up vanilla, not too sweet, not too masculine, until you read some comments about Wunderbaum and scented candles. After that every time you use it your mind...
Spicy tangerine and syrup, softening into a gorgeous, slightly dusty, slightly tart amber. This isn't a fragrance to project; I don't want others to smell it on me. No - this is just for me: a...
Spicy tangerine and syrup, softening into a gorgeous, slightly dusty, slightly tart amber. This isn't a fragrance to project; I don't want others to smell it on me. No - this is just for me: a...
I am biased somewhat against La Religieuse because I already own and wear L'Eau Froide. They begin in a very similar manner and seem to be olfactory paintings of a similar genre. With both, a blast...
I am biased somewhat against La Religieuse because I already own and wear L'Eau Froide. They begin in a very similar manner and seem to be olfactory paintings of a similar genre. With both, a blast...
Gris Clair is my favorite lavender and my favorite of the "cold" Serge Lutens perfumes. It starts out as a standard oriental, not too sweet, with a huge wallop of icy French lavender. A bit ho hum...
Gris Clair is my favorite lavender and my favorite of the "cold" Serge Lutens perfumes. It starts out as a standard oriental, not too sweet, with a huge wallop of icy French lavender. A bit ho hum...
Santal Majuscule was the first niche fragrance I tried back in the day. I remember a heady hot spicy woody scent and it was just a sample. Lately I swapped for a decant and it's not at all what I...
Santal Majuscule was the first niche fragrance I tried back in the day. I remember a heady hot spicy woody scent and it was just a sample. Lately I swapped for a decant and it's not at all what I...
I have been sampling a generous decant of this over the past few days, and I must sadly report that I am underwhelmed. Is body chemistry really so different that a lush symphony of scent on one...
I have been sampling a generous decant of this over the past few days, and I must sadly report that I am underwhelmed. Is body chemistry really so different that a lush symphony of scent on one...
Last year I was in search of a true orange blossom scent and ended up with the Jo Malone offering which was lovely albeit very transparent and fleeting. Fleurs d'Oranger is a even more realistc and...
Last year I was in search of a true orange blossom scent and ended up with the Jo Malone offering which was lovely albeit very transparent and fleeting. Fleurs d'Oranger is a even more realistc and...
This is how I imagine an Ice maiden would smell like.
The iris & hyacinth create a feeling of iciness, a sharp metallic feeling, it's soapy, clean & green too. When I smelled it the first thought...
This is how I imagine an Ice maiden would smell like.
The iris & hyacinth create a feeling of iciness, a sharp metallic feeling, it's soapy, clean & green too. When I smelled it the first thought...
While at the Palais Royale I tested De profundis on my left wrist, La Vierge de Fer on my right wrist and Sarrasins on my inner elbow. Why I did not sample a fourth on my other inner elbow escapes...
While at the Palais Royale I tested De profundis on my left wrist, La Vierge de Fer on my right wrist and Sarrasins on my inner elbow. Why I did not sample a fourth on my other inner elbow escapes...
Oh you lucky ones to smell the beauty that escaped me.
I sampled Sarrasins, La Vierge de Fer and De profundis at the Palais Royale Boutique and as everyone else who has been there, was told to...
Oh you lucky ones to smell the beauty that escaped me.
I sampled Sarrasins, La Vierge de Fer and De profundis at the Palais Royale Boutique and as everyone else who has been there, was told to...
I couldn't get past the test strip. It hit my nose like a torpedo. Strong, sharp, chemical and masculine.
I know one shouldn't judge a perfume without testing it on the skin but I just couldn't...
I couldn't get past the test strip. It hit my nose like a torpedo. Strong, sharp, chemical and masculine.
I know one shouldn't judge a perfume without testing it on the skin but I just couldn't...
Note: I find Andy Tauers Vanilla Flash- Tauerville in rollerball format more coherent, less acrid powdery, less cloyingly sweet, easier to wear than either Fumerie Turque (vanilla flash is...
Note: I find Andy Tauers Vanilla Flash- Tauerville in rollerball format more coherent, less acrid powdery, less cloyingly sweet, easier to wear than either Fumerie Turque (vanilla flash is...
Note: I am finding Andy Tauer Vanilla Flash - Tauerville, in rollerball form, easier, less syrupy, less tobacco, and less arid powderiness, than FM or Chergui.
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Fumerie Turque used to...
Note: I am finding Andy Tauer Vanilla Flash - Tauerville, in rollerball form, easier, less syrupy, less tobacco, and less arid powderiness, than FM or Chergui.
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Fumerie Turque used to...
Edit: added a star because I have started using this more as a base note for other perfumes.
Smokey, amber, leathery, resinous, not too sweet, especially in comparison to the Bois et fruit...
Edit: added a star because I have started using this more as a base note for other perfumes.
Smokey, amber, leathery, resinous, not too sweet, especially in comparison to the Bois et fruit...
This is a deep, dark scent for a bold woman. On me this is amber, very resinous, with incense and something kind of silky, perhaps a touch of vanilla, and smoky burning fragrant wood on a fire. It...
This is a deep, dark scent for a bold woman. On me this is amber, very resinous, with incense and something kind of silky, perhaps a touch of vanilla, and smoky burning fragrant wood on a fire. It...
This is sweet plum with a tiny bit of leather. Less juicy fruit sweetness than an SL bois fragrance and more candied and alcoholic with a dry down that is a sweet sharp powdery pine tree note. The...
This is sweet plum with a tiny bit of leather. Less juicy fruit sweetness than an SL bois fragrance and more candied and alcoholic with a dry down that is a sweet sharp powdery pine tree note. The...
My tastes have changed, and this is a bit too sweet for me now. I am thinking that perhaps I could layer it with more wood or cedar for a bite of contrast or perhaps try it with Ambre Sultan....
My tastes have changed, and this is a bit too sweet for me now. I am thinking that perhaps I could layer it with more wood or cedar for a bite of contrast or perhaps try it with Ambre Sultan....
On my skin this smells of excessively sweet apricots and powder. It makes me crinkle my nose. I dislike it for the same reason I dislike Chanel No.5: it smells terribly old fashioned. Must be those...
On my skin this smells of excessively sweet apricots and powder. It makes me crinkle my nose. I dislike it for the same reason I dislike Chanel No.5: it smells terribly old fashioned. Must be those...
Good Heavens, this smells good! I inhale from the bottle and think oooh! I envision mountains in winter at night in Washington state -- or mountains at night on Christmas Eve. Silent, dark,...
Good Heavens, this smells good! I inhale from the bottle and think oooh! I envision mountains in winter at night in Washington state -- or mountains at night on Christmas Eve. Silent, dark,...