Revisited: Serge Lutens Chêne
By Tom
I think Chêne was about the second Lutens scent I ever smelled, and the first one I jumped through hoops to get a bell jar of (I shipped it to a friends mums house in Switzerland, we carried it back from a Christmas visit). Now it's available at Barneys of course, which means it's less of a hoop and more of a hop..
Originally, I wrote of Chêne as being fairly linear, and it is. It starts out earthy on me with hints of rum and immortelle, then gets drier, smoky and woody. I know some loathe it, but it's really one of my favorites. Robin calls it a "sleeper" scent, forgive me for being punny, I call it a keeper scent.
Chene is available at Barneys, among others, $140 for a 50ML bottle. My samples came from a healthy spritz from one of their bottles and from my bell jar. They smell exactly the same.
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6 Comments:
I love Chene! I sleep in it quite a bit. Smoky and dark, great for wintertime.
It is great for winter!
I like Chene very much. In fact, I cannot think of a Serge Lutens fragrance that I don't like.....funny that, right?
Chene is indeed a "sleeper/keeper" scent because it is soft yet compelling. It is a scent that smells warm, rich, and lends a gauzy cloud of atmosphere around me. There is a sense of tranquility that envelopes me because of my affinity for woody scents. It is nice that my husband enjoys it, too.
I find the perfumes by Serge Lutens/Christopher Sheldrake to be masterpieces. Perhaps it is because in my early days as a perfumista when the world of fragrances was being opened to my eyes, the oeuvre of Chez Lutens was the first niche house I discovered.I was blown away by the beauty and evocative nature of this new-to-me world, and it has been a source of great satisfaction to me ever since.
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Thanks for bringing it up,Tom! I just recently rediscovered it & am in love with it, too. (That and Santal Blanc, which to me evoke the same dark, complex coziness.)
Thanks for your review on the Chene Perfume. I've never tried it before and now I'm compelled to go sample it.
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