Bas de Soie is one of the perfumes from Serge Lutens that flies under the radar. It’s a bit of an anomaly and perhaps lacks the strong personality of others within his oeuvre. It’s not a Moroccan inspired oriental, nor a floral powerhouse of the […]
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Perfume News : New Post Up On Cafleurebon : Douce Amère : Unsung Perfume Hero + Draw
I have a new post on Cafleurebon and this week it features one of the unsung perfume heroes from the Serge Lutens range. It’s a bittersweet perfume called Douce Amère by perfumer Christopher Sheldrake that features absinthe. If you click here to read the review, there is also […]

Orange Is The New Black : Orange Perfume Reviews : Orange Sanguine, Fleurs D’Oranger, Seville à L’Aube
I know it’s seasonally appropriate in the cooler months to bring out the amber, wood, incense and leather perfumes. Maybe a healthy spritz of a decadent boozy vanilla. Yes I do it too. But sometimes I want to swim against the tide, to be swept away by summer […]

The Top 5 Serge Lutens Perfumes for the Festive Season
I noticed that this seasonally appropriate perfume piece from a year ago (one of my first posts) was getting a few views again so I decided to repost it et voilà here it is for more recent readers … I love lists so here’s my first […]

Perfume Review : Tubereuse Criminelle: Unmasking the Beauty
I like tuberose perfumes. I’ve found I’ve warmed to most that I’ve tried apart from Nuit de Tubereuse from L’Artisan Parfumeur. It is ruined for me by the presence of a persistent spiky, sharp woody aromochemical that I can’t abide. There is also something similar in […]