Serge lutens chergui stings with hot spices that cover the skin like fine grains of sand, sharp, slightly abrasive and warm. In 2000, lutens launched his own brand parfumsbeaute serge lutens. Also, i like opium, but its waaaaay too much for me, so. Serge lutens is undoubtedly a creative genius who is not widely known out of the fragrance and fashion worlds, but i believe many would recognise his artistic work for shiseido in the 1980s that made this japanese beauty brand stand out from the crowd and take it to a global audience. The fragrance features tobacco leaf, honey, iris, sandalwood, amber, musk, incense, rose and hay. The beauty of the colours, of the makeup, of the objects and clothes. The nose behind this fragrance is christopher sheldrake. Serge lutens is bestknown in the united states for his eponymous fragrance and makeup collections, but he is also a fashion designer, photographer, filmmaker and.
Serge lutens is a multitalented artist whose careers encompass fashion design, perfume design, hair styling, photography and filmmaking. That is how serge lutens describes chergui, a perfume for men and women created with lutens favorite perfumer, christopher sheldrake. It is a deceptively simple and straightforward tobacco and tonka fragrance that would end up getting copied and modified dozens of times over again in. Amber and sandalwood notes continue to add deep, woody aromas but are balanced out by the floral iris note. Serge lutens perfume has long been one of my favorite niche house perfumes. As if bursting from the earth, chergui, a desert wind, creates an effect that involves suction more than blowing. Since they are one of the few that have been around a long time not yet sold to lvmh or estee lauder yeah, i know shiseido owns them, but they seem pretty benevolent and hands off. Chergui, composition parfum serge lutens olfastory. It was released in 2001 as a fragrance exclusive to lutens paris palais. Where this hot dry eastern wind delivers up its final reward sap, resin and elixir to be orchestrated into a redolent, candied fragrance by the alchemist, serge.
The smell of chergui is warm, thick and furry, like michael mcdonald s singing voice or fozzie bear s speaking voice or my favorite lhasa apso rodrigo s entire body. The top 5 serge lutens perfumes for the festive season. Chergui by serge lutens is a oriental spicy fragrance for women and men. Photographer, makeup artist, interior and set designer, creator of perfumes, fashion designer and designer of extraordinary objects, autodidact serge lutens is an image maker of genius. Serge lutens, cuveni francuski kreator parfema i modni dizajner, roden je 14. Tobacco leaf, honey, iris, sandalwood, amber, musk, incense, rose and hay. Romantically named after the bloodboiling moroccan wind that blows in off the desert during the summer, chergui has the spicy intensity.
His first book published in 1992 and now a collectors item was an event in the publishing world. To my nose the fragrance composition enhances hay sugar, honey, tobacco leaves, incense and. Introduced in 2005, this heady aroma offers a perfect balance of sweet honey notes and powerful hints of tobacco leaf. Serge lutens je postao kreativni direktor shiseidoa 1980. However, on your arm, i can tell you have makeup on. Created in 2005 by the design house of serge lutens, this unisex fragrance has a timeless scent that is fitting for an elegant occasion. Chergui by serge lutens initial thoughts 2005 youtube. Serge lutens draws inspiration from many sources, from his beloved marrakesh, where he lives part of the year, to literary and visual descriptions of fragrances that move him.
Brought into existence by the legendary photographer, makeup artist and director of shiseidos international image, serge lutens, this is the world of exquisite dreams and pure emotions, the world where the most precious, most authentic and rarest essences are woven into unique harmonies. Night falls on a stillsmoldering memory, making way for the fragrant, ambery and candied aromas by the alchemist that is chergui. As if bursting from the earth, chergui, a desert wind, creates an effect that. Serge lutens chergui fragrances by serge lutens at. Olfactory metaphors in the online environment social sciences and. As many of you are undoubtedly aware by now, major changes are sweeping over serge lutens.
In serge lutens powder foundation, i am an 140, so the barneys sa told me over the phone i would be a ib40, and so did the serge lutens sa when i posted to their facebook. All the facts about serge lutens perfumes dear scent diary. In 2014, lutens unveiled section dor a radical collection that sets no limits or price to artistry. It was released in 2001 as a fragrance exclusive to lutens paris palais royal salon and was not available for export. As if bursting from the earth, chergui, a desert wind, creates an effect that involves suction more than blowing, carrying plants, insects and twigs along in an inescapable ascent.
Chergui serge lutens perfume a fragrance for women and men 2005. They extend beyond changes to the mere look of bottles or their pricing and entail a whole reshuffling and revamping of the many lines or collections within the brand, thereby signifying a new marketing and business approach by shiseido which took over the full management of the serge. For four consecutive years, 2001 to 2004, lutens was awarded the fifi award for best original concept. Bar none, one of the best serge lutens and tobacco. Shop serge lutens in fragrances and mens luckyscent. Serge lutens chergui mixes the refined scent of the tobacco leaf with the sweet aroma of honey.
You can find the recipe for this one in the young perfumer manual, page 34, paragraph. Chergui serge lutens perfume a fragrance for women and. And you make it sound so good, i might actually venture out and try it. Activate your charm with just a few dabs of this sophisticated chergui mens fragrance from the design house of serge lutens. Chergui is a fragrance from the french house of serge lutens and contains notes of tobacco. Serge lutens is one of the most talentuous imagemakers of these last years. Decouvrez le parfum chergui sur le site officiel serge lutens chergui parfum serge lutens site officiel where this hot dry eastern wind delivers up its final reward sap, resin and elixir to be orchestrated into a redolent, candied fragrance by the alchemist, serge lutens. Serge lutens according to into the gloss, serge lutens. When i was preparing the previous post on the best sample programs and discovery sets, i came across this very helpful page called serge lutens nearly all the facts compiled by bela, author of the blog frag name of the day its a post with, you guessed it, nearly all the facts about the line in one spot, including a chart with every scent theyve ever released and when. Chergui is named for the dry, desert wind that tears through morocco in summer and brings life to a standstill. Like all of lutens magnificent scent creations, chergui is high art captured in a bottle, a magical elixir that can instantly turn the most elegant of wearers into slavish wrist sniffers. Chergui serge lutens perfume samples scent samples uk. Lakoff and johnson in their book metaphors we live by 19802003. Today, with his second book, produced in luxury edition, serge lutens returns to reconfirm his art, which brings together pure aesthetics and a quest for perfection.
You might have already seen a few of his photographs for shiseido ads. Serge lutens, the man behind the brand, is considered an artistic legend with creative endeavours that include photography, filmmaking, perfume artdirection and fashion. Chergui is a fragrance from the french house of serge lutens and. Lutens wanted a perfume based on the atlas cedarwood, to convey the softness of an ingredient that had beguiled him ever since hed visited morocco in the 1960s, but when he. Serge lutens parfemi cene i prodaja beograd srbija. According to into the gloss, serge lutens water lip color in dark earth is the best lip stain for this fall. The composition has a characteristic sweetness marking many oriental compositions, lending a richness that is simultaneously luxurious and.
How serge lutens reinvented the idea of feminine perfume. Photography serge lutens, mars from the book serge lutens published. The most important lesson from 83,000 brain scans daniel amen tedxorangecoast duration. Born in france in 1942, lutens began his apprenticeship as a hairsylist in lille, where he also began to experiment with cosmetics and photography.
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