This week's aroma is clove, a warm spicy note, and with that there was an obvious choice for perfume of the week - Serge Noire - it is one of Sally's favourites!
So, would the rest of us join her in her adoration of this perfume? The short answer is yes, absolutely.
Serge Noire was launched in 2008 by Serge Lutens and Christopher Sheldrake. An oriental/woody fragrance with great longevity, but......... brace yourself - this is not one for the feint hearted.
We have amongst us tried 5 or 6 of Serge's fragrances (but not the florals) and truly loved them.
Serge Noire is powerful, one or two sprays of this is the equivalent of a whole cloud of something light and fresh - you have been warned!!
It opens with the oriental aroma of clove (not the 'smell of the dentist waiting room' type of clove) but something that more envelopes you in a warm embrace and carries you off somewhere warm and exotic at dusk where the night is just coming to life. Cinnamon, incense and woody notes start to emerge quite quickly, so would suggest this is a scent more for a cold day or an evening rather than one to use all day every day.
Sally detects quite a leathery undertone, so if you are looking for something deep and dark this could well be the one for you!
To Nickie it evokes ideas of homely, comforting food baking in the aga, a dark fruit cake full of rich spiced fruit to have by the fire after a walk through the woods with crisp leaves underfoot - yummy!
Would we wear this? Yes, not necessarily on a day to day basis, but it makes us feel good when we do and are all in agreement that it is well worth the money.
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