Serge Lutens - Chergui

This week our chosen aroma is Tobacco Leaf and to match it we have selected Chergui by Serge Lutens as our perfume of the week.

If you prefer to party like a wall-flower, it isn't necessary to read any further since Chergui will not be your type of perfume.  But if you like to make an entrance, party like tomorrow doesn't matter and be remembered after you've gone home, then spray a little Chergui and let's get going!

It isn't your typical tobacco leaf scent, there is no air of ashtray or cigar or fresh green leaves.  I feel the tobacco leaf has been used more to temper the sweetness of the honey and amber rather than to impart the smell of cinders.

Whilst this perfume borders on sweet, it isn't cloying or syrupy.  It has woods (sandalwood), musk and incense and hay to balance the sweetness and give this perfume a classy warm and comforting scent.

It has a powerful opening, a powerful woods-emerging middle and a creamy incense dry down.

I feel I've walked through snow, icy winter woods and found comfort in a wood-fire burning in the eaves of a church.  My cold hands and feet are thawing nicely, I feel an inner warmth and peace.  I smell delightful.

Chergui has great lasting power - we will all still smell of this when we leave the office tonight.