Sarrasins was the latest fragrance to join the exclusive (i.e., not exported) collection at Serge Lutens. It launched last year, and was described as a velvety floral, built around “a stunningly beautiful jasmine, gloved in jet-black ink”. The notes include jasmine, carnation, woods, musk and coumarin.
I read quite a few reviews of Sarrasins* before I smelled it, but as sometimes happens, I had already developed an idea of the scent in my head shortly after seeing the bottle and reading the ad copy (the “gloved in jet-black ink” and also “a sumptuous jasmin which smoothes its fur… A sigh of time”). So despite all evidence to the contrary, I was expecting — and looking forward to — a big huge skanky jasmine, dark and possibly rather scary…
