Serge Lutens Perfumes: Trying 10 Artworks (and Falling in Love with the Unattainable)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ย. 2024
- In today's Savor Salvage Scent video, I share my experiences trying 10 Serge Lutens scents purchased as part of an exploratory set through (the incredible) "The Pleasure Scenter": www.ebay.com/u....
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The scents I discuss here are:
-Datura Noir
-Un Bois Vanille
-Arabie
-Se Majeste de Rose (why so expensive, heartbreaker?)
-Feminite du Bois
-Nuit de Cellophane
-la Religieuse
-Fleurs d'Oranger
-Tuberose Criminelle
-Vitriol d'Oeillet
Here are my other videos re: Serge Lutens:
Me testing Ambre Sultan, Chergui, Arabie, Datura Noir and sharing a little about Lutens' background:
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Me reacting to Datura Noir: studio.youtube...
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I hear you about gourmands seeming to take over. It's not easy right now to be a musk or green perfume lover
Seriously! I felt shy to say it but my goodness, I wish the market and those who push it hardest gave other parts of the scent wheel more attention. I love musks + green scents!
I am also in Love with Serge Lutens fragrances... some of them are yes challenging, but the more i smell them, the more i love them.. and i am a sucker for the stories behind the scents.. anyway, i have 4 on my wishlist... ambre sultan, but i am scared of how the bayleaf will be... FOAG, La couche du diable? And the newer one.. all of them are fall / winter appropriate 🤣
Yes, even when I (rarely) don’t love a Lutens/Sheldrake fragrance, I am still in awe or challenged or respect it. I truly think they are artworks!
rocking the punk look-very nice! good to know about fleur d'orange. I'm been contemplating blind buying that one for a while now thinking it would be a safe one. good to know that it is not.
Thank you got the compliment!
I wouldn’t qualify many Lutens as super safe blind buys but you could have an entirely different experience w/ that particular scent. I know many who adore it!
Arabie was my first love. I could own all the Lutens' only and I'd be a happy camper. 🌹
Hi, Sam! I really get that! They are such artworks and their portfolio offers such a wonderful range of experiences.
I will try the Bois Vanille.
Can’t wait to hear what you think of it!
Aww. Every time I wear Lutens Fleurs D’Oranger (old bottle) so many people ask me what I’m wearing. This to me smells so old school French.
Hi, Shirley! I need to try this one again. I love orange blossom. Hope you are well!
@@savorsalvagescent2300 try to layer it with Another Serge Lutens. He recommends layering his perfumes ☺️
Hi. I like your hai. It's pretty. Take Care.
Hi. I think you would like to buy the perfume by the name of jai Ose. I like it a lot and it's reasonable in price. I bought a small bottle of the Eau de Parfum about a year ago. Take. Care. I also have a lot of bottles of perfumes and a lot of miniatures.
Hi. I misspelled hair. Sorry.
I’ve been trying a lot of (hopefully) Osmanthus dominant perfumes. I’m testing a sample of the NdC. I think I need a bottle. It funny that you mention hairspray- and the era. I couldn’t think of what it reminded me of- but I think Pantene- before they had multiple fragrances/lines, in the 90’s. I’m not mad, I like it. 😁
Oh my gosh, this post snd the timing are wild. I am with you on the Pantene and I love NdC. But...OK, I have a confession to make upon reflecting on it. I’m not 100% sure I know what osmanthus smells like. I know what it is described as smelling like (and NdC has, as you know, those elements described: apricoty, buttery, almost sueded), but I don’t think I’ve ever smelled it alone. Here’s part of the reason I’m flummoxed-one of my favorite, simple, easy-reach scents is Fleur d’Osmanthus by Roger & Gallet. But since I bought it, I heard an actual nose (was it Victoria from Bois de Jasmin? I think but am unsure) say that osmanthus doesn’t smell just like the perfume. Just curious, as you are exploring this note, do you have a favorite osmanthus-prominent scent? Thanks as always for your interesting post!!
@@savorsalvagescent2300 I don’t know how Osmanthus smells in nature either. Even when I’m in the French Quarter- it’s never when they are blooming. As far as I know the smell, it stands out in Patou’s 1000. That was my first experience with a noticeable osmanthus note. However, I’m in love with Hové Tea Olive. Every other osmanthus based perfume I’ve tried smells too fruity, particularly citrusy to me. I don’t know if the Hové is true (read that it is), but in any case it’s the one for me. It’s waxy, a bit creamy, apricot hint is there, a smidge of hay...I adore it. Simple and so pretty.
@@raraavis7772 I have always wanted to go to Hove, and haven’t been to New Orleans for far too long! Thanks for the info and fun things to think about!
@@raraavis7772 - hi friend! It is August 2021 and I want to email you about potentially doing a video collaboration. I love your collection + videos so much and have a few ideas re: us each making a video on a shared topic. My email is ofcorsetisaimee@sbcglobal.net or please feel free to send me yours. I’m not sure how to send a message here! XO, Amy
You look so amazing! Love your lipstick so much!! And of course, love the video as usual!
Thank you for putting a spring in my step!
Hi! If you're curious, I would translate sa majesté la rose as "Her majesty, the rose," feminité du bois as "Femininity of Wood" (kinda clunky in English.. but basically, the sentiment, to me, is something like, the feminine side of wood? Feminine Woods works too), and la religieuse basically means "the religious woman," not religion itself (it conjures the image of a nun for me). English is my first language, French second, so I could be a bit off here too!
Of the ones you mentioned, I love Feminité du Bois and Un Bois Vanille, I like La Religieuse (a big deal because I don't usually wear jasmine), and I found Arabie and Datura Noir challenging (too funky and too creamy, respectively). I haven't tried the others. I love La Fille de Berlin, have you tried it? Another beautiful rose. Oh, and Fille en Aiguilles, that is one that I'm longing for but that is way way too expensive now. Amazing coniferous fragrance.
Ooooh, the last two you mention I have not tried... but they sound fabulous.
THANK YOU so much for the help w/ French; great info and all makes sense. What dramatic and wonderful names! Please stay in touch!!
@@savorsalvagescent2300 La Fille de Berlin is a bit like Une Rose by Frederic Malle if you've tried that. I get rose, geranium, and honey in both, plus a bit of patchouli in the Lutens. But I would call it a soliflore, it is very very rose-y, and the juice is magenta!
I'll be watching and will in touch here in the comments for sure :)
@@liselater magenta!! Une Rose sounds incredible.
@@savorsalvagescent2300 it's nice but LFDB is better IMO and cheaper (especially if you can find it from a discounter, of course).
Beautiful!! Probably my fav look of yours 💚
AW!!! You made my day.
Your descriptions and overall appreciation for this house made me smile! I discovered SL last year and fell in LOVE with some (and others, not so much). I own and LOVE Chergui (my autumn daytime signature), Un Bois Vanille, and La Fille de Berlin (a rose unlike any other perfume I own). Others I appreciated but found unwearable, were Ambre Sultan (developed nicely on my skin, but it's just too masculine for my taste) and Feminite du Bois (clashed with my skin chemistry - it's beautiful in the opening but dried down to an armpit BO/woody/cinnamony scent on me).
Sa Majeste la Rose is one I tested as well, and I do love it as well! Like a secret garden full of roses and dew and spices! Makes me wish SL and Sheldrake would conjure up a beautiful photorealistic lilac scent as well, because if it's as pure and natural as the rose in Sa Majeste, I would gladly save up and fork over the $$$ for a used bottle (sans the spices, of course).
Oh my gosh, can you imagine what they might do with lilac!!?! There are so few perfumes that do justice to that scent! Loved reading your list of things that worked and didn’t. I find that even if I don’t love a SL scent on my skin I still respect the artwork. Thanks for watching + please stay in touch.
Great look! 😍
I find a lot of their scents challenging or just not for me. I own and love Datura Noir and really like Ambre Sultan. While I love tuberose, their Criminelle with that camphor / mentol… ugh 😬 I wouldn’t be getting it at that crazy price anyways.
My gripe with their fragrances is that they have rather poor longevity. At least with Datura, I had a sample of the new formulation and then got one in the older bottle, hoping it would last longer, but it doesn’t.
Great to hear from you. Thanks for the kind compliments! Some of Lutens’ scents do fade in a few hours, which is a shame. Hope you have a great week!
I recently (finally) got a bottle of MKK. The only other SL I have is Chergui. I haven’t tried a lot of others, just a few. I think I definitely need to try Un Bois Vanille.
Ooooh, how do you like the Musk??? It would be my pleasure to send you a decant of Un Bois Vanille and Arabie! If you still live at the address that starts w/ “56...” I will send this week!
@@savorsalvagescent2300 I love musk, preferably on the dirty side, but not too much so. MKK starts out on the dirty side, but imo not too dirty (keep in mind, I like a little skank more than most ppl seem to), then it mellows quite a bit, to a very slightly dirty, a bit sweet, touch floral musk...I absolutely love it. I am still at that address. I’ll look to see if I still have yours and I’ll send you a sample of MKK. If not, I’ll send it once I get the sample you send me, since there’s no way to pm you anymore. Thank you ☺️
@@mrspress8057 thank you for the intel about the SL musk!! A little package will make it’s way to you this week. 💛
@@savorsalvagescent2300 yay, thank you!
I got the package you sent today! I love Un Bois Vanille, but I don’t feel the need to buy it bc I have one that smells practically identical to it, Zafeer Oud Vanille by Alexandre J. I’ll send you a sample of it, along with MKK, and you can let me know if you agree.
Yay, glad you did this video! I bookmarked that eBay seller too, looks amazing. I liked tubereuse criminelle but also thought it was odd, haha. It’s been awhile....now I want to re-test. Speaking of tuberose, I thought Cedre was really good. I wonder if you’d like it?
Arabie and feminite du bois have been on my test list for awhile. Bummed to hear about the Arabie becoming more expensive!
And I agree about too many gourmands/clean scents. The perfume world seems a bit over saturated with those to say the least. I’m sure it’s more complicated that that but just wanted to say I have similar feelings.
Hi, friend! Her discovery sets are so good! For instance, she has a set of Caron scents snd most of them are so hard to get these days. That might be one of my next!
I haven’t tried the Cedre but am intrigued.
@@savorsalvagescent2300 oh yes, caron would be good. they are one house i have not tried enough of!
So informative thanks a Bunch! 🙂👍✅ Your Ramone’s t-shirt & earrings matches your kitty picture in the back. 💗Adam Levine (sooo good who woulda thunk?) 💗 Volupte (omg!) 💗💗 Le Bain! (very essential oily like you said spa treatment). Just ordered Florabotanica (have a mini was on my “to buy” list) Rogue, Halston Amber Woman & Eau Dynamisante ☺️. Damn you Amy!! LOL!! 😂
I am nothing less than an enabler! Funny thing is that I am actually really watching my spending at the moment. So tickled to read that you are enjoying these!! Thank you got the kind words, too (she does look like a kitty... but she is a mermaid with a harp... I need to better position her). Hope you have a great week! Do you mind Sheri g your first name do that when you take my name in vain I can sling another twisted compliment? :)
@@savorsalvagescent2300 Hee! Hee! It’s Bohemia! You can call me Bo! 😄😎💛
@@signorinabohemia3140 thanks, Bo! What a pleasure.