I've noticed that several Lutens fragrances (particularly from the exclusive line for obvious reasons) get almost no play on here at all.
The ones I've noticed that go unnoticed are:
Bois Oriental
Bois et Fruits
Bois de Violette
La Myrrhe
Un Bois de Sepia
Douce Amère
Fleurs de Citronnier
Alot of Bois in there! Anyone notice any other unnoticed Lutens? What do you think about the ones listed here and other unsung ones?
Are the ignored because they aren't very flashy, because no one's tried them, or because they aren't very interesting/special?
I just want to say a few words about the ones I know of the bunch: Bois et Fruits and Bois Oriental are probably my favourites of the whole line (the ones I've tried anyway) - they're actually virtually identical - like a few different ingredients in the topnotes which despite being different end up giving the same effect - kind of like two cakes with the exact same ingredients except one cake has brown sugar as a sweetener, and another has honey.
Unlike most lutens there are very, very subtle - no weird or loud notes or accords, no celeri or cumin, no sweaty genitals or funky beeswax, and the cedar that's in the base isn't the nasty funky cedar of Cèdre, or the really dry tongue dessicating one of Arabie - it's a soft, gentle sweet cedar, and the compositions of both are rather linear. The notes are all wrapped together like a blanket and nothing that projects loudly vs the rest.
They're both like warm hot chocolate in front of a fireplace. Like most Lutens they're best in humidity. In dry weather though, the differences in the topnotes of the two becomes more prominent and powdery - the fruits in bois et Fruits are like dried fruits turned to powerdered spices rather than like the kind of dried fruits you'd imagine in the form of prunes, apricots and figs. The Bois Oriental topnotes are like rhum with a vanilla that's almost choclately.
Anyways, true beauties those two, good for any season.
Curious about what people think of these, and others.
The ones I've noticed that go unnoticed are:
Bois Oriental
Bois et Fruits
Bois de Violette
La Myrrhe
Un Bois de Sepia
Douce Amère
Fleurs de Citronnier
Alot of Bois in there! Anyone notice any other unnoticed Lutens? What do you think about the ones listed here and other unsung ones?
Are the ignored because they aren't very flashy, because no one's tried them, or because they aren't very interesting/special?
I just want to say a few words about the ones I know of the bunch: Bois et Fruits and Bois Oriental are probably my favourites of the whole line (the ones I've tried anyway) - they're actually virtually identical - like a few different ingredients in the topnotes which despite being different end up giving the same effect - kind of like two cakes with the exact same ingredients except one cake has brown sugar as a sweetener, and another has honey.
Unlike most lutens there are very, very subtle - no weird or loud notes or accords, no celeri or cumin, no sweaty genitals or funky beeswax, and the cedar that's in the base isn't the nasty funky cedar of Cèdre, or the really dry tongue dessicating one of Arabie - it's a soft, gentle sweet cedar, and the compositions of both are rather linear. The notes are all wrapped together like a blanket and nothing that projects loudly vs the rest.
They're both like warm hot chocolate in front of a fireplace. Like most Lutens they're best in humidity. In dry weather though, the differences in the topnotes of the two becomes more prominent and powdery - the fruits in bois et Fruits are like dried fruits turned to powerdered spices rather than like the kind of dried fruits you'd imagine in the form of prunes, apricots and figs. The Bois Oriental topnotes are like rhum with a vanilla that's almost choclately.
Anyways, true beauties those two, good for any season.
Curious about what people think of these, and others.
