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Serge Lutens Tarab ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 17 December 2020 18 Comments

French niche house Serge Lutens has launched Tarab, a new chypre fragrance.

"Lifting off the ground, it sets off a blissful trance, through which the music takes flight and the body gets lost in dance. In Arabic, this state of delicate rapture and heightened senses is called "Tarab" Expressed in two notes, its essence is musical." Serge Lutens

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The character of the Serge Lutens Tarab eau de parfum is best explained by discovering the meaning behind its name. In Arabic, Tarab refers to a trance-like state in which the body is lost in dance, the senses heightened by music which seems to take flight. This evocative feeling is translated into fragrance form via sensual notes of Turkish rose, Cambodian oud and cypriol.

Serge Lutens Tarab is available in 75 ml Eau de Parfum, $400. It is limited edition in this packaging, and possibly a limited edition in general.

(first quote via sergelutens, second quote via harrods)

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Filed Under: new fragrances
Tagged With: limited edition, serge lutens

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  1. apsara says:
    17 December 2020 at 11:24 am

    cloche is beautiful
    price is crazy
    some license taken with translation of Tarab
    price still crazy

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    • teebear says:
      17 December 2020 at 11:48 am

      Couldn’t agree more! This mini review cracked me up.

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    • Robin says:
      17 December 2020 at 1:33 pm

      Excellent.

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    • Dilana says:
      17 December 2020 at 7:57 pm

      What is the meaning of Tarab

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      • apsara says:
        17 December 2020 at 11:13 pm

        Tarab covers a wider swath of Arabic music and culture than the narrow “trance-like” state used here.
        Umm Kulthum was probably the most well known and loved Tarab voice, she was Egyptian.

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        • yasmina says:
          18 December 2020 at 12:37 am

          Yes! Each of her songs was so long – hours! Nowadays it’s 3 minutes and out

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      • yasmina says:
        18 December 2020 at 12:36 am

        Tarab usually refers to the specific quality of audience affective interaction with musical performance– it’s such a hard to translate word. It’s something akin to “being in the groove”

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    • MissGoldsmith says:
      17 December 2020 at 11:19 pm

      Does this meet the technical criteria to be called a haiku? It feels like one!

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  2. cazaubon says:
    17 December 2020 at 11:52 am

    Rose oud, how original, yawn.

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    • Robin says:
      17 December 2020 at 1:33 pm

      Seriously.

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    • SmokeyToes says:
      17 December 2020 at 3:10 pm

      Oh, I’m so glad I’m not the only one who thought that!

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    • Omega says:
      18 December 2020 at 12:07 am

      Total yawn 🥱 lol

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  3. nozknoz says:
    17 December 2020 at 12:31 pm

    Hmm, might be a good day for SL Daim Blond!

    [5 minutes later] Yes, it is. 😎

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  4. Dawn says:
    17 December 2020 at 1:07 pm

    Pfft…I refuse to spend $400 on a bottle of perfume. Two hundred is my limit.

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  5. pyramus says:
    17 December 2020 at 4:43 pm

    I don’t even need to smell it to know that that thing is a chypre like a Pop-Tart is a wedding cake.

    I’m going to wear a Lutens tomorrow and remember the good times, when the announcement of one of his scents was a cause for celebration and not derision.

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    • nozknoz says:
      17 December 2020 at 9:10 pm

      I know, the old ones are some of my favorite perfumes, but I always cringe when I hear of a new one nowadays.

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    • lillyjo says:
      17 December 2020 at 9:33 pm

      Hey now… my pop tart wedding cake was actually quite tasty! It would have been better, had we had a bigger toaster😂

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      • johanob says:
        18 December 2020 at 2:50 pm

        Hahaha!!I cannot even imagine.

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