S de Scherrer

S de Scherrer is a beautiful & elegant floral oriental fragrance. Quite a subtle scent. It's not too sweet, & is very fresh. It also lasts a long time on my skin. I can detect the pepper - it works really well with the other notes in this fragrance. The Vanilla is not "creamy" like in a lot of fragrances, but it pulls all the other scents together well. S de Scherrer is a scent that can easily be worn on a night out with the girls, a romentic night out, or even the office. S de Scherrer is a also a scent which can be worn in Autumn/Winter OR Spring/Summer. It's very versatile. This fragrance is very hard to get now. I will enjoy every last drop! Highly recommended.

This scent is kinda complex/well blended...IMO. I get different notes at different times. For me it started out chypre-ish..peppery......then that passed and I got a floral mixture of tiare/lily of the valley....creamy florals with sweetness remaining subdued....and the sandalwood and musk adding the general balance of the notes. The dry down becomes much more tiare/muget....but creamy....not candy floral sweet. Performance/sillage are pretty good. This scent develops on skin thru phases IMO. A love...thumbs up from me.

Prepare to be WOWED! This is a Chypre Floral scent unlike any other I have tried. It's not woody or mossy. It's the pepper note that zonks you. It almost smells like a cocktail, like a Bloody Mary or a Vodka Martini, but in a good way. Followed with the tiare, patchouli, and musk, you have an earthy, peppery cocktail scent that reminds you of a far-off colony on the Indian Ocean. A very unusual scent.

S de Scherrer is, simply put, a gorgeously nuanced fragrance. As several other reviewers have mentioned, it opens as a sweet floral and dries down into a creamy vanilla and patchouli. Sexy and seductive, yes, but in a subtle and elegant way. A must-own for those who love rich, complex scents, and a must-try for everyone else.

I bought this because it is a supposed dupe for Ghost’s Deepest Night, which I’ve been pining for since I tried it in 2009 (and it was already rare back then!). S de Scherrer is surprisingly close, and I’m very pleased. I’m so thankful for the recommendation. It doesn’t have the depth that Deepest Night did, so I layered it with a light spray of Hypnotic Poison (edt) and I can finally rest from my search, because it’s identical to what I remember. S de Scherrer, on its own, is a very beautiful tiare concoction. Very peppery at first, but you gotta wait for the dry-down to appreciate its subtle magic. It turns into a creamy tiare vanilla patchouli potion. Unfortunately, there is a hint of “sweet tarts” candy that lingers behind, but it’s not too strong. The tart candy note seems to be coming from the bergamot. The lasting power isn't that great, nor is the projection. It requires over-spraying in order to last. If I hadn’t thought to layer it with my Hypnotic Poison, I wouldn’t be all that thrilled by it and would have sold or swapped it. But I’m loving my combo! Update: OKAY HOLD UP NOW. I just realized this is a very fine dupe for Amy Brown's Fire Dance. I own Fire Dance (it was my very first perfume when I was 14), and now S de Scherrer has taken up a whole new meaning to me because it is so similar to Fire Dance. Now, mind you, it's not exactly the same. But close enough (and produced around the same time period). Just wow.