Chergui by Serge Lutens

This week we have been reviewing Serge Lutens’ Chergui.

It is deep, rich, resinous, sticky and beautiful – and the perfect perfume to have been wearing during the last few very rainy days, although somehow today it doesn’t sit right because the sun is shining!.  This is definitely a cold wet day/evening perfume.

Although complex, there are two distinct smells – honey (our aroma of the week) and tobacco.  There are fleeting glimpses of florals, but it is smoky sweetness that flourishes.  It’s an odd combination but it works well.  I feel as if I am in a gentleman’s club – old smoky air, worn but much loved leather armchairs and the scent of Werthers originals just lingering in the background tempering the smokiness.

As the scent settles an edge of dryness comes through and it offers something akin to hay.

Looking at the colour of the juice you’d expect it to be a loft heftier than it is, but it is quite delicate and delicious but with oomph.

A big thumbs up from everyone here at Plush Folly.