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Serge Lutens L’Eau Froide ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 17 November 2011 21 Comments

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Serge Lutens will launch the second fragrance in his L'Eau series (see last year's L'Eau Serge Lutens), L'Eau Froide (cold water), in the spring of 2012.

L'Eau Froide features an incense note, and is reportedly mineral, spicy, peppery and sweet.

Serge Lutens L'Eau Froide will be available in 50 and 100 ml Eau de Parfum.

(via marieclaire.fr, osmoz)

Update: L'Eau Froide reportedly has notes of Somalian incense, mint, vetiver, aquatic accord and musk. (via wwd)

Another update: see a review of Serge Lutens L'Eau Froide.

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  1. Meg says:
    17 November 2011 at 9:04 am

    I am clearly still in a stage of perfumistahood where I can be hopelessly lured by the hype of an ad campaign for a frag despite all evidence suggesting I won’t like it. Will I ever learn?! I can’t help it, this sounds interesting. Here’s hoping…

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    • Robin says:
      17 November 2011 at 9:22 am

      I am getting harder & harder to lure…but this does sound like a potentially better scent than the first L’Eau!

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  2. Bonbori says:
    17 November 2011 at 10:59 am

    The reality of the first L’Eau following the hype has made it so that anything from SL in this shaped bottle will need to prove itself first.

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    • Robin says:
      17 November 2011 at 2:00 pm

      Oh, but so much of it was anti-hype! I sort of think the opposite: I hope people will give it a chance.

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  3. Dilana says:
    17 November 2011 at 11:44 am

    I must be the only person in the world who likes Eau (which is rather odd, since it is reportedly one of the line’s best sellers). Yes, I know it smells like water, but a cool glass of water is my favorite beverage. There are times when simple and pure are the most refreshing.
    That being said, I have no desire for a Flanker or to see how this can be varied.

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    • Robin says:
      17 November 2011 at 2:00 pm

      Does not sound like a flanker, more like a series of Eaux…

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    • Bonbori says:
      17 November 2011 at 4:30 pm

      “I know it smells like water”: not on me, alas.

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  4. sergelutencio says:
    17 November 2011 at 11:51 am

    …And in the cold water dies the bull**** of SL’s retirement.

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    • Robin says:
      17 November 2011 at 2:00 pm

      What?

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      • Occhineri says:
        17 November 2011 at 3:54 pm

        I think it’s a reference to the over the top “announcement” of SL’s retirement on 1000 Fragrances that seemed to be based solely on the blogger’s fantasy.

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        • sergelutencio says:
          17 November 2011 at 4:04 pm

          yep!
          sorry about the bad word…

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          • Robin says:
            17 November 2011 at 4:34 pm

            No worries! But we remove them :-)

        • Bonbori says:
          17 November 2011 at 4:27 pm

          To be fair, Octavian’s post was poetic-metaphoric. The SL retirement rumour took on a life of its own I think with people that had heard about it through a second-hand source.

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        • Robin says:
          17 November 2011 at 4:34 pm

          Oh, gotcha!

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  5. pyramus says:
    17 November 2011 at 12:51 pm

    Wasn’t the original rather froide to begin with, like bedsheets washed in cold-water laundry detergent hanging on the line on a nippy day?

    I despised it, because it smelled exactly like so many other unavoidable things already on the market, but frankly he can do anything he likes as long as he keeps producing wonderful scents like Jeux de Peau every year or so.

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    • Robin says:
      17 November 2011 at 2:01 pm

      I thought so, yes! And agree entirely :-)

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  6. Dave Anthony says:
    18 November 2011 at 12:21 am

    L’Eau gave me a massive headache almost instantly after I sprayed it on… I’ve encountered this with a few fragrances in the past but this was the worst. Maybe it’s the aldehydes?

    I thought it was pleasant enough, but in the end it did kind of just remind me of laundry detergent.

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  7. Merlin says:
    18 November 2011 at 4:33 am

    There was a Lutens I tried, but I cant remember if it was Bas de Soir or Leau Serge Lutens. The thing is that it smelled SO bad on my skin that I’m now scared of trying either! Perhaps it had violet in it? My skin seems to react badly to violet? Either way it just smelled totally *off*.

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    • Bonbori says:
      18 November 2011 at 5:56 pm

      Merlin Bas de Soie has a sweet amber in the base that my skin magnifies and that turns the whole thing icky. Perhaps it was that? It did however smell lovely on paper.

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  8. dolcesarah says:
    19 November 2011 at 9:16 am

    I am just getting my feet wet, been on a L’Artisan and Creed trail for the last few months. I just ordered two bottles of SL and have three at home. Though it doesn’t last long, FLEURS DE COTRONNER & DATURAN NOIR ARE RANKING RIGHT UP THERE WITH AMOUAGE. In my book anyway, I ordered one of the Iris Nobile’s by Acqua di Parma. So I’m in a fall state of mind. I look forward to the Amouage Dia that should be under the tree, honey if you are reading this, I really do want that one, after all you picked it out. I love that! Anyone know if Amouage’s Library Collection comes in big bottles or the skinny beaker set of bottles??? Thanks and I love this blog!!

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    • Robin says:
      20 November 2011 at 11:34 am

      They’re in 100 ml bottles.

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