La Fille Tour De Fer

Serge is playing linguistic tricks on us again. The Iron Tower Girl, The Girl of the Iron Tower, The Iron Girl, etc., however you choose to interpret the title, is not really a towering-or-not-towering girl made of iron. Perhaps this is meant to be a bit more rude, as in a girl who enjoys something tall and as hard as iron - cough. It wouldn’t be the first time Serge has taken that inspiration, thinking back to Fils de Joie which was equally lascivious in its connotation and presentation. LFTdF is in that vein: a lot of fun but in a sort of guilty and shameful way. The opening of the perfume is unashamedly an aldehydic rainbow pepper and rose blast. Let’s party! It’s certainly attention grabbing, but it fades fairly quickly to sweet and seductive, but a touch standoff-ish, as the perfume undulates between a fruity and jammy rose, and a green and difficult rose thanks to a geranium-flecked note. Come hither, but work for it. There is a well-judged addition of orris to the mix to keep things dry and starchy just enough so as to not go full-on come-hither, which certainly makes itself more apparent during the dry down with a buttery facet as the rose becomes luscious, creamy, and relaxed. Ok, you’ve earned the come-hither. It’s a very flexible woody type scent, also slightly undulating to a green type note, perhaps the orris shape-shifting a bit or a very nice heavy musk, sandalwood and vetiver sort-of combo. There is also something a touch leathery as well; perhaps another trick. Am I reading too much into this? Am I of a certain mood myself? Perhaps. I think the intent was to add an “abstract” rose to the Lutens line-up in a way that makes you say “rose” without ever fully revealing itself or convincing you as such, taking a different approach from Sa Majeste La Rose for example. In that regard, it doesn’t succeed. I don’t think there is enough “other stuff” going on to accomplish true abstraction. I get rose, without a doubt, every second, but rose of a slightly different speciation/temperament at different intervals. So while I can’t really tell you if the brand has achieved what it’s set out to do, or that I’m particularly convinced of one interpretation over another, I can say it’s very good. I’m hot and bothered. It’s an excellent rose perfume worthy of the Lutens name and a place in the brand’s lineup.

This is a Great Scent , Floral, Airy, Complex, Powdery and Unique. I bought it blind-buy by chance! The Hudson Bay Closed in Canada and There was 70% off for Perfumes , I bought it with reasonable price. At first I checked reviews and Its notes , I don't like floral Rose note dominant in perfume but This perfume is a work of Art inside a bottle! It opens up with floral Rose and soft Spicy in the background then dry down is floral powdery iris and soft Spicy. This perfume is a Modern floral powdery with theme classic in dry down and masterful Well-blended Composition. The Rose note is dominant in the opening and It is very smooth and gentle. Overall, I love it and I'm so happy that I found it. Longevity is very good. It is suitable for Spring and Fall. I really enjoy it when the weather is Rainy. Highly Recommended. Two Thumbs Up. Bravo Serge Lutens! Rating : 8.5 / 10

I only just got around to smelling this new Serge. In short, it's lovely. Less cold than La Fille de Berlin but not so warm and radiantly sun-like as Sa Majeste, La Fille Tour de Fer retains the concision that characterises Lutens' florals. Softly cold but not at all edgy, it opens with an enormous heap of Turkish rose petals, with supporting notes lending only a faint impression of coolness rather than being readily detectable. Perhaps even there's a reference to Cracheuse de Flammes, but my memory is failing me in relation to that now discontinued rose. It dries down to a really top-tier white musk, one evocative of the kinds of huggable scents that marked Sophia Grojsman's heyday. An "Angelic" rose soliflore, an easy reach with perfect execution.

A misty, overgrown rose hedge on a chilly morning. The rose is realistic and fresh, not just petals but also stems, leaves, thorns. The pink pepper brings an earthiness and enhances the lively green character. Meanwhile, the pronounced iris complements the rose, but it makes for more complexity than a typical soliflore, in my opinion. Quite enchanting. Beyond the obvious rose throughline and a shared sombre atmosphere, La Fille Tour de Fer is nothing like La Fille de Berlin to me. La Fille de Berlin is a dying bouquet whose thorns are dripping with blood, but La Fille Tour de Fer is its precursor—still rooted to the soil and very much alive. I love them both, but Tour de Fer takes the cake for me. They're certainly not interchangeable.

I acquired this by happy accident and it took me by surprise. I usyally avoid rose Perfumes as often something in the juice brings forward a terrible horse piss smell.....but not here. I've only been to Paris in winter and so can't conceive the atmosphere referenced. However I grow roses and grew up in rose gardens and to me this fragrance evokes a moments repose in a sheltered rose garden on cool granite slopes. An inherited collection of Old blooms, a fussy tea or two, the best new romantic hybrids. A breeze brings in a hay meadow and sends papery petals to the ground. A languid summer spell. Pure boudoir delight. I will most likely use this on my bed linens for the dreamiest of nights.