De Profundis Limited Edition

A dear friend from paris had the kindness to sent me a bottle of this magnificent creation!!!!! A version that has two little 30ml bottles and a vaporisateur!!! Classy black bottle!!!! I had the chance to smell and instantly fall in love with this unique fume two years ago when I received the well known black envelope full of solid samples from the company of serge lutens!!! I waited and waited imagining how it would smell!!! And now it's hear!!!! I LOVE IT!!!! I could cry!!!!!!!! The scent is amazing the best thing that I own it's so precious and fragile like a fresh bouquet of wild flowers collected under the moonlight!!! I get the smell of night the smell of kindness nothing sad!!!! It is an absolute floral but the secret blend of some unknown to me base notes and the quality of ingredients makes it so unique unlike everything i know!!!!! Trust me iff you're lucky enough to find one you will be amazed of this greatness!!!!!! It's my first lutens and from now on I only hope to find a way to get some more!!!!! Thanks G.

A lovely green and bitter floral, gimlet-eyed and unforgiving. The chrysanthemum accord is like no other scent in my wardrobe (mums are funeral flowers in France, where I live, and so are absent from perfumery). Very melancholy. I handed this round friends for a perfume evening and one woman said it smelled 'like fear'. There is apparently a trace of cadaverine, the smell of dead bodies, in this fragrance, hence perhaps the strong reaction. I have the original De Profundis but a friend has the vap. tout noir version and says it goes off rapidly - he has to keep it in the fridge. Mine, in contrast, is about seven years old and still going strong.

I have to say I am deeply disappointed. I had a sample of an old Bell jar-version with actually made me cry, it was so beautiful. This is just pleasant. I blind bought this thinking it was a much better way to store and use the scent. How ever I find i really lacks something of the old version. To me it lacks something... wet and damp. There was a note in my sample that made it less poudery and more.. like a cloud. I guess it must have been the soil. Because that is missing to. This is nice and a very good everyday frag but not to special. Not like the scent i have ben missing and craving like mad for so long.

Wow, this is fabulous. Clean, soft, elegant. The opening is floral, crisp and clean; the violet-green notes dominate the first hour or so on my skin, and then the tone gradually shifts to a warm, toasty and complex smoky musk. This is accompanied by a subtle but comforting chrysanthemum, which really makes this stage damn good. The drydown is quite nice; the ash and incense notes really emerge on my skin, and overall it's a lovely, subtle unisex scent; I think anyone can wear this well, although it does have a very formal air. Really, one of my favorites!

I Absolutely Love This! I don't know where all the gloom and doom comes from as I don't get that. What I get is the sweet smell of purple and violet flowers in a cool forest in the evening or night after the rain, dramatically and hauntingly beautiful, mature and sultry, not gloomy- magical. -Angelica 000 says it best, it's bewitching!

I find this bewitching. Not sad or melancholy to me, it changes almost as you breathe it in...so multi faceted it could be a bouquet.An 'unearthly' green, undercut by the softness of Violet & enhanced by well blended spices. Almost a metallic edge, the Chrysanthemum, comes & goes...as I said, bewitching.

this is like the most amazing thing in the world. it soaks well into my skin and it smells so good that i have to sniff myself constantly. its very expensive but so worth it because it's so beautiful

it’s very crisp and fresh and green almost like pine. it’s very good

On me, De Profundis opened with an incense-y accord that I typically associate with Serge Lutens perfumes (e.g. L'Orpheline, La Religieuse, Chergui). About 30min or so as the smoke clears, the green-ness of the florals become more apparent. For the next few hours, a bright, cold chrysanthemum stands at its forefront, slightly reminiscent of vintage Private Collection by Estee Lauder, except PC is a bit more exuberant while I did find De Profundis more contemplative and broody. Unfortunately, I didn't really get the earthy/soil accord and was looking forward to it. There are people saying that this perfume doesn't last for very long but on me, the longevity is indeed eternal. It's been 16h since I'd sprayed it onto my wrist and it's very much still there. I did however go noseblind to it after a while but walking out of my room and smelling something else that wasn't the perfume very much highlighted how present it still was. In fact, after returning to my room, it smelt only of De Profundis - that's how much it projects from a singular spritz on my wrist.

De Profundis brings me more joy than grief. Chrysanthemums are a permanent fixture in my parents' home as part of the Lunar New Year decorations for the two week long celebration with loads to eat and drink. Chrysanthemum tea is also my favourite of teas and a must have with my lengthy and boisterous dim sum Sunday lunches with family or friends. De Profundis has that familiar green yet floral scent that is characteristic of chrysanthemums. This smell is forward and centre throughout the moderate longevity of the perfume on my skin. Other than the sweet mums, I smell a quiet and clean almost cold incense and a faint powdery note over it all. This calming scent stays quite close to the skin throughout and brings about peace and tranquility of the mind and mood. Melancholic probably not but introspective yes.

Ophelia John Everett Millais 1852 ++++++++++++++++++++++ Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D minor ////////

Went to sample this at Holt Renfrew. Upon spraying, all I got was a smokey note, which I tried to read as incense but it smelled more like a cheap tobacco smoke note (too spicy for incense, too tropical). I got no green, no floral or violet. Sad and confused! Wish I could compare to the purple-bottle one.

A lighter, more powdery green version of the original De Profundis and sadly missing the incense note that brought it up from the cool shadows.

Fragrance Review For De Profundis Serge Lutens Top Notes Green Notes Floral Notes Middle Notes Violet Spices Chrysanthemum Base Notes Incense Woods Ash 2015 (last year) Reformulation Of DE PROFUNDIS De Profundis ("From The Depths I Cried") is based upon the existential philosophical book written by Oscar Wilde when he was in prison. The first release of De Profundis contains much of the same notes as this fragrance but there was a tincture of soil and lacked the spicy note of this scent, not to mention the additional note of ash. For me this is not a radical departure from the 1st fragrance, but it has a much lighter texture, while not powdery, is more of a mist. This is like London fog at night, and even fog and mist to me has always had a smell. Cool, a bit sweet, and lightly steamy, this is more of an Eau de Toilette version of the first De Profundis. This one opens with a passing green note accord, herbal, tea leaves, and they are followed by nondescript floral notes. To my nasal detection, they appear to be white jasmines or white lilies, perhaps even a gladiola. They are funeral parlor flowers, you know, those white funeral floral arrangements you see in funeral services with the open lid casket/coffin. The main floral note is chrysanthemum. This is the exact same chrysanthemum in the 1st De Profundis fragrance, with it's old Victorian charm. Smells like chrysanthemums, actual chrysanthemums, so the recreation is near perfect in it's verisimilitude to the flower. A violet is joining her and she is also very true-to-violets. This is a sweet and soapy floral mélange but it never feels like a bath product. Instead it maintains a funeral parlor home air. The dry down is incense and ash, which is light, and misty, a bit warm and it also has a sort of wooden base, light woods, not heavy, nothing like sandalwood or oak or cedar, probably a light blonde wood scent. This wood scent is not as big as the incense and ash. The ash smells like soot. Smelling this ash note was like when you make time to actually smell a fireplace without the fire. It's like the smell of ashes after a fire has been put out. For the macabre in us, one might dare say that it smells like ashes in an urn, that is the ashes of an individual who has been cremated. Not nearly as melancholic or mysterious or brooding/Gothic as the first De Profundis, but very pleasant, and still within the realm of Victorian Gothic, suitable to Halloween or a séance night. It's not too dark, it's not sinister, it's more floral than the first De Profundis. I would say that while the first De Profundis was unisex/masculine this one is decidedly feminine and more womanly. It is a mature scent and would be appreciated by a veteran perfumista. However if you wear fragrances like Agent Provocateur L'Anget with that famous incense note, or lighter powdery floral incense like Galliano, then this would make a welcome addition to your collection. Beautiful.

This is neither a "limited edition" or a different fragrance than bell jar De Profundis. This page has a picture of a vapo spray or "Le Vaporisateur Tout Noir" as they were alternatively referred to. They sold these as a compromise to the fact that some of their fragrances were only available in bell jars at the Paris boutique or through the website at a hugely increased price, De Profundis being one of those. It's a completely jet black holster for a 30ml travel spray with no branding on it anywhere - they would make available 30ml refills with the various bell jar fragrances at various times, and at one point De Profundis was one of the scents you could purchase 30ml travel refills that fit into this holster/vaporisateur of. You could purchase these at various shops around the world and not just in Paris or on the website. Again, this was just a different method of delivering the bell jar fragrance, it's exactly the same scent. I've confirmed this both via my own research and via comparing my decant straight from a bell jar side by side with one of these De Profundis travel sprays. The only two distinct versions of De Profundis are the bell jar formulation and the gratte ciel bottle formulation. Hope this saves someone else the headache I had in trying to figure out what the heck the bottle on this page is.

I own the limited Vapo version of this scent and can't say that I find it melancholy in any sense. Quite on the contrary, I like to wear it in late February and March, when the snow is beginning to thaw as the sun is warming. The cool fresh green top notes go with our longing for new greens and give us hope of a renewal of nature. They are like the first millimetre of a yellowish green leave tip when the first buds open in late March, early April. I get cool flowers, violets mostly, and chrysenthemums on a very slight hint of light wood and just a tiny bit of incense. The perfume has a polite sillage, but it lasts and lasts. I sprayed it, using one spritz, 20 hours ago and I can still smell it clearly and in full complexity. Aren't flowers meant as a consolation in funerals? A beautiful reminder of how nothing is ever lost, just changes form, a body turning into soil and from soil into plants and new life? Anyway, this cool, calming fragrance that stays with me for a whole day and more is perfect for a work environment in early spring. Lovely!

This is my absolute favourite of all my perfumes. It is not an every day fragrance though - that would be like eating something as intricate and rich as Mexican Mole all the time. This is absolute perfection in perfumery. It starts out with a exuberant burst of flowers that are fresh and blooming, like walking into a cool florist on a hot day. These gradually give way to warmer and more grounded notes of woods and violets that are so perfectly balanced and intermingled that neither dominates. However, every so often, the fresh petals waft through the hazy, dusky violets. Towards the drydown, there is a sense of warm, milky and almost human musk which I often find in Serge perfumes, and is one of the reasons I am a big fan. This perfume is worlds apart from any other violet musk perfume you have ever smelled - there is no powdery sweetness or sour wood. Everything is soft, comforting, sultry smoothness. You have GOT to try this if you love violet. Unisex, mature, longevity 10+, sillage moderate.

This I find to be a lovely fragrance. The flowers smell fresh to me, most likely due to the green notes which are very prominent on me in the first hour of wear. There is a cold incense vibe that many have mentioned here which I don't find overbearing at all, I think it adds a nice contrast to the green notes and the two stop the fragrance from becoming too green or too spicy, it's just perfect. The dry down is slightly powdery and soft. Looking at the notes I can sense some of the ash notes as well if I really look for them, but overall it's just a slightly smoky fragrance. The green keeps popping up every now and again keeping the fragrance on the cool side and definitely unisex. I genuinely don't think I've smelled anything like this, it truly is a beautiful fragrance.

De Profundis Limited Edition by Serge Lutens is a calm, elegant fragrance with a slightly mysterious edge. It smells cool and floral, almost like fresh chrysanthemums after the rain. There’s something thoughtful and a bit nostalgic about it, but it’s not heavy...more peaceful than dark. It feels refined, unique, and quietly confident...the kind of scent that leaves a quiet impression rather than making a loud statement.

This one reminds me of Ishtar by Rogue Perfumery with sharp mineral like metallic incense. It also has a green clean fresh floral shop smell. After a while it gets a tiny bit soapy but overall nicely done. Value wise I think there are some quality alternative scents out there but this is still a good contender.

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