Fragrance Reviews by Kyra

Some scents are paintings and can be best described by terms such as Impressionist, Fauvist, Baroque and the like. Chene is a photograph, and while one can sometimes identify a painter by his brushstrokes, the photographer has stayed very much out of the picture here. An oak forest, the colours nearly bleached by sunlight. The word perfume comes with so many associations that just don’t apply to this olfactory document. Although it seems that most of its fans here are men, I can not meaningfully say that Chene is either masculine or feminine. It really doesn’t make that sort of concession to humanity. It is, simply and perfectly, what it is. I find this to be a very grounding and comfortable scent to wear. Woodsy, natural and SL’s signature cedar note is well reined in here. It is warm and very nicely dry. I don’t think it would need to be restricted to any particular season.

Not a full review, but I did want to confirm that the edt is indeed remarkably true to the parfum. I am wearing the parfum on one wrist and a goodly amount of the edt everywhere else and while the parfum is a touch smoother and less effusive,Caron did not dumb it down or cheapen it.I am by no means the duchess this was meant for, but I can wear this.Slightly dark, elegant, very French and one the perks of growing at least a bit older. Montaigne just would not smell believable on a teenager.