Cedre

Cedre is a rich amber fragrance opening with cinnamon and labdanum. It contains that signature Lutens rich amber "hum", though the intensely resinous cedar like the living tree, or freshly chopped firewood in the composition gives it clarity, preventing it from turning into a syrupy mess. It's more like a wood-burning stove baking up fresh cinamon buns. Cedre has an effervescent quality like an artisan-crafted all-natural birch beer, and the labdanum makes the sweetness smooth, warm, and wearable. It is a basket of sweet and spicy offerings from the forest floor to the canopy. It is the sweetness found naturally in forest air, distilled. The longer I wear it, the more I notice new and beautiful details. The tuberose is more of a stage hand than a lead role, virtually invisible, just there to keep everything together and running smoothly. Cedre projects moderately, and its longevity is average. This fragrance takes some time to warm up to, but it sparkles on the skin. This may be my favorite Lutens to date. This is an interesting alternative to those cooler cedars which are greener and lean on the drier woody side of the material. Serge Lutens Cedre is cedar that has been warmed and honeyed by the Summer Sun soaking into it all day, with a bee hive suspended from its branches, and the aroma of other spicy plants and earthy elements floating in the forest air. It is nature magically transformed into an all-natural confection, sweet and spicy as candy, but without a trace of kawaii.

For years now I've been meaning to make some notes in relation to this pearl. And yet, somehow every time I think I comprehend him - and after all this time I have concluded Cèdre is indeed, underneath, male - I find myself still groping in shadows for the right expressions. Judging this elegant book by its "cover" all those many moons ago, I initially expected something on the dry, woody, indeed "masculine", side. Loving the natural scent of cedar as I do, I felt I couldn't go wrong, blind buying without much thought. Much to my bemusement I was greeted with that sapid, flavoursome Aztec flower of the night upon initial explorations. Not to mention a delicious, honeyed, journey of Romance. No dry, evergreen chest of drawers to be seen. But clean, swarthy, anointed skin - warm & erotic to be sure - regardless of sex. And further within ... a woodiness, yes, but of viscous stems not camphoraceous branches. A greenness too, though, conjoining the innate verdure & sap of tuberose & tree. Is it white, sweet-spiced butter melting ligneous blocks? or unburnt cream flowering amber joss sticks in a timber box? I find the trick enchanting and lush. Cèdre is a beguiling resin on my skin. And much more warm weather amenable than I would have initially thought him. He's a dandy who quite fancies balmy dusks I find. A charmer of intermittent action - to just right for certain occasions & moods wardrobe staple. Here's hoping I can always get my hands on him. ★★★★☆

Cèdre is not your typical green cedar. It is a cleared area in a deep forgotten cedar forest, rich with tuberose still misty from a light rain the previous evening... but now the sun is out again. The spicy undergrowth, the honeyed wood are heating up. The air is still and slightly cool, but the sun's hot rays warm the forest floor. At first it's all cloves, cinnamon and cedar. Then a soft, cold tuberose appears. I feel the cloves heating up on my skin. Strange. Somebody else said spiced apple cider, which sounds right. In the distance, far away but nearing is a thick, syrupy concoction. Could it be the amber? Labdanum? The cloves and cinnamon still burn hot on my skin while the boozy tuberose sits quietly in the shadows; a strong supporting player, but not remotely front stage. Then later, the syrup and cloves fade and we are left with a sweet spicy musk, complex; beautifully blended. The tuberose and cedar melange are delicate, cool, floating higher than the spicy, honeyed amber, which sits close to my skin. Do I like it? Yes, very much, despite the cloves, which I'm not usually too fond of. Would I wear it? I don't know. It's so unlike my usual go-tos, but it's a pleasure to have it on. I want to smell it because I'm curious. I want to track its development. It fascinates me. EDIT: Depending on the weather, the opening can be a bit too sweet but by God.. this consistently has one of the most gorgeous dry downs I've ever experienced.

Cedre is one of the overlooked Serge Lutens as its name surely eludes those who expect a straightforward cedar, but surely we would not expect anything straightforward from maestro Sheldrake? Perhaps one does not want the quandary of whether it is a cedar-scented tuberose or a tuberose-scented cedar, or that neither are truly front and center but rather just behind the perfumer's warm spices and syrup. It's that Sheldrake syrup that I love that is halfway between sweet and medicinal, and its interplay with somewhat Bazooka gum tuberose top notes, renders it delicious to a strange loop such as myself who enjoyed having liquid pink aspirin as a child. The cedar is in a similar vein to the legendary Feminite du Bois, just out of reach but constantly echoing, as if you were the kid in the classroom fortunate enough to sit closest to the wall-mounted pencil sharpener, while stealthily chewing your bubblegum, of course. The mentholated tuberose accord in the heart brings tender flashbacks of my mother's Ludens cough drops mingled with her perfume, and a warm clove reminds me of that spice rack where I was obsessed as a kid studying all of them and was particularly transfixed by the McCormick whole cloves; scent and memory, people! That's the thrill of it... How does this make me feel, you ask? Somehow rejuvenated, a bit less time-worn and cynical, and perhaps even a little hopeful.

عطری است که به نظر من در گروه فلورال یا گلی قرار داره و نه در گروه شرقی چوبی. شروع کار با یک حس انیمالیک (حیوانی) نسبتا شدید شروع میشه که این شروع آدم رو کمی غافل گیر میکنه. ۵ دقیقه بعد؛ بوی گل مریم به بوی حیوانی اضافه میشه. این ترکیب رایحه ای؛ حدود ۱۵ دقیق از کل عمر عطر رو در بر میگیره. . بوی عطر در این زمان مثل این میمونه که گل مریم داره خودش رو از داخل منجلاب باتلاق حیوانی خارج میکنه. دستش رو به یک طناب که تقریبا نزدیکش هست میگیره و خودش رو خوشبختانه سریع نجات میده (دست و پا نمیزنه که وقت زیادی طول بکشه تا از این باتلاق نجات پیدا کنه) . از اینجا به بعد هست که دیگه عطر رو به شکفته شدن حرکت میکنه. البته در این بین سدر هم یک چهره جدید از خودش نشون میده و بویی که در این عطر از سدر حس میشه با بقیه کارهایی که من از سدر استشمام کردم فرق داره. یه بوی ملایمی از سدر که بویی ملس مانند همراهش هست در بستری از گل مریم بعد از اون بحران اولیه وجود داره. این عطر در رایحه میانی؛ بویی خیلی شبیه به عطر Carnal Flower, Frederic Malle داره. میتونم بگم بالای ۸۵ درصد در این زمان به هم شبیه هستند عطر سدر از برند سرج لوتنز عطری است که ظاهرا یونی معرفی شده؛ ولی به نظر من خیلی بیشتر به سمت زنانه تمایل داره. البته برای آقایانی که میخواهند یه عطر سبک گلی رو در روزهای بهاری تجربه کنند میتونه انتخاب خاصی باشه. بررسی خود را بنویسید! کامنت:آ.دانش (سایت لوکس بایر (با امکان تست سمپل