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Serge Lutens expands Section d’Or ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 16 June 2015 11 Comments

Serge Lutens Cracheuse de Flammes, Renard Constrictor, Cannibale, Sidi Bel-Abbès and L'Haleine des Dieux

French niche brand Serge Lutens has launched five new fragrances in the luxury Section d'Or series that began with L'Incendiaire: Cracheuse de Flammes, Renard Constrictor, Cannibale, Sidi Bel-Abbès and L'Haleine des Dieux.

Cracheuse de Flammes ~ "Seduction is a weapon, the flames a language. I breathe the fire which ignites her passion! And in this war of fire, all that remains of the woman, the rose in this instance, is a burning passion."

Renard Constrictor ~ "The memory is but fleeting, it refuses to remain in my conscience. Like a timid furry creature, it retracts at a caress. It is a fear that stifles the hero."

Cannibale ~ "The cannibal is famished. How can we mention him without a reference to love? It leaves a vibrant acidity on the nose and on the skin, reminiscent of the floral vinegars of 18th century France."

Sidi Bel-Abbès ~ "From a forgotten time, an erased past, all that remains in our memory is the footprint in the sand of an anonymous love."

L'Haleine des Dieux ~ "The minuscule white flower which is sometimes added to a bouquet of roses is called gypsophila. In the UK it also goes by the name of baby’s breath. The volume it creates is the volume I had in mind, a misty breath of my gods, but in actual fact, I am God, the Devil and a woman!"

Serge Lutens Cracheuse de Flammes, Renard Constrictor, Cannibale, Sidi Bel-Abbès and L'Haleine des Dieux are available now at Le Palais Royal - Serge Lutens in Paris, in 50 ml Extrait de Parfum.

(via Serge Lutens at Facebook)

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  1. platinum14 says:
    16 June 2015 at 10:21 am

    …… Well…OK!?
    Reading Lutens descriptions sober is always tricky. I’ll reread this tonight after a few extra dry martini, maybe it will all make sense then.

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    • Jenkr says:
      16 June 2015 at 10:28 am

      You may need something harder than drinks to make sense of his yammering.

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    • Robin says:
      16 June 2015 at 10:56 am

      I will read something else over my evening drink…

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  2. Jenkr says:
    16 June 2015 at 10:27 am

    I …. can’t with him! I get that he has some good scents under his belt, but all this… flowery drivel drives me up a wall! It’s so pretentious it makes me embarrassed for him. Like he would know what a floral vinegar from 18th century France smells like! God, devil and a woman? *head*desk*

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    • Robin says:
      16 June 2015 at 10:58 am

      The pretentiousness was ok with me when the fragrances were “beyond compare”, to use a pretentious phrase :-)

      Now, yeah, it’s sort of uncomfortable to read. So I mostly don’t.

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      • pyramus says:
        16 June 2015 at 2:15 pm

        I am 100 per cent with you on that. His copy was always ridiculous, but the scents on the whole were so good that he could have said nearly anything and I still would have loved them. Now he’s taken such a headlong slide into mediocrity that I’m a little heartbroken: nothing earth-shaking since Jeux de Peau in 2011, and the price for the new Section d’Or scents is an insult and a joke, even if they were great, which I have no reason to believe they would be.

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  3. nathanthomas50 says:
    16 June 2015 at 1:44 pm

    I found lincendiaire really linear and quite boring especially given the hype and the price – if these all follow the same pricing and linearity then I’ll pass. When I was last in Liberty the sampler bottle of l’incendiaire was completely empty – I’m guessing given the the price people have been drowning themselves in it for free – I couldn’t even work up that much enthusiasm.

    The copy is atrocious – what on earth does a cannibal have to do with love and 18th century floral vinegars?!

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    • Robin says:
      16 June 2015 at 2:14 pm

      I would assume the pricing will be similar.

      I refuse to worry about the meaning of the copy!

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  4. Omega says:
    16 June 2015 at 3:49 pm

    Not very interested

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  5. plume says:
    16 June 2015 at 6:22 pm

    A rose scent, a baby’s breath scent, and a ‘floral vinegar’? So I guess more of the same old tired florals from Serge, only this time with a $600 price tag? I’m out.

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  6. Snorky says:
    17 June 2015 at 10:32 pm

    The copy is crazy, but I would be interested in trying them if it wasn’t for the ridiculous, insulting price. As it stands I am completely uninterested.

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