Any Serge Lutens fans here?

[djh]

I have sampled a few of his fragrances before, but had a great opportunity to spend some time with them in Paris on the weekend. A very knowledgeable young lady helped me out for a half hour or so and I walked away with these two (and a few other samples).

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Does anyone else have experience with either of these? Santal Majuscale is quite new and I tried it for the first time.

 

[Obsessed]

Serge Lutens is a very interesting house. I think in terms of pure artistry they're hard to beat. They have an amazing ability to translate non-perfume scents into a bottle and to convey certain experiences/ideas through fragrance. I just personally haven't found many of them that I've tried to be fragrances I could see myself wearing on a regular basis.

Fille en Auguilles is a very nice scent, especially this time of year. A very realistic, resinous (if that's the word) pine note.

I'd be curious to hear people's opinions of Five O'clock Au Gingembre, which I like quite a bit.

 

[jakespoppy]

I enjoy quite a few of Serge Lutens scents, as those of you who know my tastes in scents will expect. I generally enjoy scents that are strong, rich, spicy, sweet, including a number of gourmand type scents. In that context, Serge Lutens style is right up my alley. Like many fragrance houses, there is a similar vibe among many of the scents from this house. Not that they smell alike, but you can easily imagine the same person creating them.

I think resinous is a perfect word to describe the pine note in Fille en Auguilles, and agree it's a good choice for this time of year, both the holiday season, and the winter season in general.

I've enjoyed the light green, ginger note in Five O'clock Au Gingembre. It sort of reminds me of a lighter, classier version of Gucci Envy, which I had tried and enjoyed earlier.

A few other Serge Lutens frags that I really enjoy are Fumerie Turque, a rich, smoky, sweet scent. Chene is interesting to me, as it truly smells like oak, a hard wood as opposed to pine. If you ever worked with hardwoods in cabinet making, as well as pine, you will understand. Daim Blond is a good, light tobacco scent. Cuir Mauresque is a good choice for a lighter version of a Knize Ten type scent. Muscs Koublai Khan is one of my favorite musk scents, and I think many of the comments about how wild and animalic it is are grossly exaggerated. I've tried a lot of amber scents, but the spicy Ambre Sultan is the one I always come back to. And Borneo 1834 is another favorite, a rich, dark, earthy sweet patchouli scent.

Okay, I don't want to do a run down of all the Serge Lutens scents. I don't think I've actually tried them all. But I have enjoyed many of them. I'm sure others will have some thoughts, too, and realize some will have very different opinions. As always, YMMV.

 

[tehtimmeh]

Lutens is great, but not for those who lack a sweet tooth. I like several of their scents, but have yet to try either of those you came home with. FeA has been on my to-try list for a long, long time. Other favorites:

Gris Clair
Cuir Mauresque
Daim Blond
Fumerie Turque

 

[maxman]

I've only tried a few, but I did like the ones I tried except for Amber Sultan. It smelled like I worked at a Cinnabon.
Not an exotic kind of ambery, cinnamon smell but more of a sweet confection smell.
Serge Noire I like. I also had a small sample of Santal Mysore which was really nice too.

There is one more but I now forget which one it is.

 

[hedonist222]

One of my favorite houses.

The epitome of fragrance as an art and very wearable too.

It just depends on how exposed, you are, to 'stuff' you are.

 

[Schad]

I find most of them very unwearable. They are great works of art but means for the lab not the streets.

Gris Clair is my favorite of the SLs.

 

[blantyre]

I tried Gris Clair and their sandalwoods - well made juice but far too sweet for my taste. Glad I got samples.

 

[Schad]

BTW they are probably my favorite bottles/packaging of all colognes. Just so classy and sleek.

 

[professorchaos]

Lutens does like sweet. I have several which I enjoy. Serge Noire is probably my favorite. It isn't for everyone.

 

[Timmy Dee]

Big fan of SOME of their stuff - MKK, Cuir Mauresque (don't let the feminine opening fool you, this stuff is oily leather to the core) and Chergui are my three favourites, and the others I've tried (about a dozen) run the gamut from 'incredibly disappointing' to 'quite nice but I wouldn't buy it'.

Haven't tried Santal Majuscule but now I really want to.

 

[The Chandos]

Don't care for their sandalwoods but I'm a huge fan all the same. Yes, Lutens is often quite sweet but also well blended in such a way that the sweetness is also well tempered. Serge Noir is one of my favorites because it smells like my dad - even though it smells nothing like him. MKK, FeA, Chergui, Fumerie Turque, and Ambre Sultan are my favorites. Boxeuses, Arabie, Cedre, Vetiver Oriental, Fleur d'Oranger, Tubereuse Criminelle, Cuir Mauresque, and 5:00 G are all fantastic but just not my favorite of their respective styles. That's 13 fragrances that I highly recommend. The rest I can do without but that's still quite a testimony. Without a doubt one of my favorite houses with some of my favorite perfumes.