Serge Lutens Fumerie Turque ~ fragrance review

Posted by Kevin on 17 September 2014 31 Comments

Serge Lutens Fumerie Turque with wild tobacco images

It’s been a long time since I’ve loved a new Serge Lutens perfume release. Today, I’m reviewing an eleven-year-old Lutens, a personal favorite. I’ve referenced Fumerie Turque¹ in almost every tobacco-perfume review I’ve posted over the years, yet never got around to writing about it. I’m down to my last half-inch of Fumerie Turque, so it’s now or, maybe, never!

Tobacco perfumes are varied, but the actual tobacco note I smell most often in colognes is domineering. Even when surrounded by other strong fragrance notes, eventually, tobacco will triumph.

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Top 10 Fall Fragrances 2014

Posted by Robin on 12 September 2014 105 Comments

Cold Colours

We pick the dates for the seasonal top 10 posts far in advance, and sometimes that works out fine. This year, it feels odd to be writing about fall so early — we’ve had strange weather the past few months, so while it stopped feeling like a proper summer here sometime in late July, it still doesn’t feel anything like fall. Here are ten fragrances I might wear if it did feel like fall, or that you could wear if there’s already a chill in the air where you are. Do add your own fall favorites in the comments!

CB I Hate Perfume Burning Leaves: The perfect way to get into the mood for fall even if the weather won’t cooperate, and extra-nice if you live in a place (as I do) where all the leaves get composted (as they should be) instead of burned (I do miss the smell). The last time I wrote the Top 10 of Fall was back in 2008, and I included Burning Leaves on that post too. Some things never change…

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Serge Lutens L’Incendiaire ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 4 September 2014 52 Comments

Serge Lutens L'Incendiaire

French niche line Serge Lutens has launched L’Incendiaire, a new unisex fragrance. It is reportedly the first of a new luxury series, Section d’Or…

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Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles 2014, part 17

Posted by Robin on 28 August 2014 10 Comments

More limited edition collector fragrance bottles, with the usual disclaimers: in most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is “special” (or not, as the case may be), and some of these may not be available in the US. Today’s post includes special editions from Loewe, Hermès, Serge Lutens and Azzaro.

Loewe Más allá de la Realidad perfume bottles

From Loewe, the Más allá de la Realidad collection, with seven fragrances in bottles inspired by Surrealism and decorated by Spanish artist Carlos Buendía…

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