Sur L'Herbe

Looove this one. Of all the L’Artisan Parfumeur citruses, this one is by far the most citrus-forward, fresh and juicy, in my opinion. (I haven’t had the opportunity to try Soliel de Provence yet, so if anyone can make a comparison it would be much appreciated!) In this one, the fresh lemon and bergamot really pop. There is a lot of zest and it has a lime tanginess as well, similar to Baducada but with only 20% of the sugar. This smells like a bowl of sliced citrus and fresh lemongrass, chiso, and basil leaves, with just a sprinkle of crystalline sugar. The musk is sparkling and transparent, and the woodiness is very green and subtle, and just adds a fresh green from-the-branch context, like when you get fresh lemons at the farmers market with some stems and leaves still attached. It is very un-powdery, very bright, and to my nose there is no trace of synthetics to the fruit or blossoms. It is gorgeous! I tried it next to all my citruses and the most similar were Penhaligon’s Castile, Jo Malone Lime Blossom, and Serge Luten’s Fluers de Citronier. This is by far the brightest and most refreshing, from my perspective. Longevity is amazing- it keeps the zest quality for several hours. I saw the comparisons to au Bord de L’Eau, and my experience of it was quite different. That one had an powdery sweet element that I did not like at all (some people compared it to the “fresh” scent in baby wipes) and to my nose, citronella mosquito candles. I got both bottles at the same time and promptly re-sold that one and got a back- up of this instead.

This is probably the best summer cologne! Opens with lemons ang green grassy notes and it’s reaaaaaally refreshing, sparkling, and strong. I love the drydown which is powdery, musky, sexy! And i am so surprised about its performance. It proyects so much, lasts days on clothes. Eau de Cologne is just a name for the style of fragrance but trust me, this sexy beauty has a very very great performance. I prefer this over nishane’s colognise and all those other summer colognes. This one has much more power and it smells so natural, and that sugary powdery musky drydown id damn sexy :-) Tested from a 2020 bottle bought on the l’artisan website, 5 sprays. Love this house.

I purchased a full bottle about 6 years ago and eventually ran out of it. Sadly, I wasn't able to find it for a long time. For an EDC this fragrance packs a PUNCH! Literally, this would last on my skin for 12 hours. The orange blossom is so well done and it's the shining star of this fragrance. It leans a bit feminine, but I think a guy could pull it off. I've been collecting fragrances for about 6 years and this was one of my very first purchases so it's near and dear to my heart. Great daytime fragrance for the warmer weather.

This was a blind buy and I'm so happy about it. It absolutely smells like the painting it was named after; green, lush, slightly naughty but overall very very fresh. I believe this would perform amazingly during a hot summer but I'm totally fine wearing it in September. I was kind of concerned that it was going to be a harsh smelling boring masculine perfume with the neroli and amberwood combo, but everything is just masterfully blended. Smells so smooth and expensive.

As michael said above, i really can’t understand how people rate this with intimate projection... I also get a lot of longevity. Maybe try to spray it from the bottle and 5-6 sprays around the neck so it gets on the clothes too? On my shirt it doesn’t go away in weeks until i wash it.