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Chene Serge Lutens for women and men

Chene Serge Lutens for women and men
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Chene by Serge Lutens is a Woody fragrance for women and men. Chene was launched in 2004. The nose behind this fragrance is Christopher Sheldrake. Top notes are caraway and cedar; middle notes are oak, rum and birch;

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Caraway Cedar

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Oak Rum Birch

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Chene Fragrance Reviews

timeazsofia
timeazsofia

A very strange, unique, and as the others wrote: warm, and sharp. Rather man fragrance, or very brave woman!

Feb
04
2012
MisterCrazyLegs
MisterCrazyLegs

little too expensive for me to buy right now...but its on my wish list, and there is a chick who sells frags where I work, and she wears this. You can smell her at 50 paces, and I know personally that this frag has lasted her entire shift (8-10 hrs), without losing any sillage. Just an incredible fragrance, and like Dunhill (original), and Antaeus (Chanel), this is in its own catagory, in my opinion.

Jan
24
2012
girasolina
girasolina

A magnificent building worthy of the style of Lutens, complex, rich, deep. Do not be described but must prove, only skin and nose hard and often. I do not die for her but I recognize the greatness!

Jan
11
2012
fpih
fpih

A honeyed wood fragrance which is more dry than sweet to me, smelling of freshly cut wood. Honey always tends to smell clean and fresh rather than sticky sweet on me, and this one's no exception. I detect no rum at all, but then my reference to a rum parfum is Idole by Lubin which I own, and that one's a rum powerhouse. Chene starts a little sharp when first applied and it takes a while for it to mellow/sweeten, so be patient and don't judge it quickly.

It's a fresh, outdoor kind of fragrance but also great for dealing with a stressful day at work. More masculine than feminine but still unisex, it's a perfume to meditate and calm down rather than a date/dinner fragrance. I really like it, but the fact is that for me it has very particular uses and that means it will take me a lot of time to get through it. Lasting power is good, leaning on very good (~8 hours).

Dec
08
2011
Oslo-fjord
Oslo-fjord

Imo the best and most versatile fragrance from Serge Lutens. Warm, elegant, and comfortable with wonderful notes of rum and oak. A gentlemans fragrance. Highly recommended!

Nov
07
2011
alfarom
alfarom

Chene is Luten's hidden gem. While it haven't reached the poularity of other masterpieces of the house such us Muscs Koublai Kahn, Ambre Sultan or Iris Silver Mist, it would surely deserve an higher status as one of the most wearable and balanced fragrances among the Sheldrake's compositions for the Palais Royal.

Chene opens moderately sweet (considering is from Lutens), slightly honeyed (beeswax) and oakwood driven. A boozy vibe is immediately detectable but it's perfectly blended to never be overwhelming. Cedarwood and oakmoss take over in the middle phase and in the drydown adding a sharp edge that's quite unusual among the Lutens yet the fragrance mantains an incredible balance and wearability. With its dark, deep, green and mossy allure, Chene perfectly conjures the image of a forest during the fall and became one of my favourite composition from this house. Highly recommended.

Rating: 8.5/10

Jul
17
2011
Heverton
Heverton

The fragrance has an woody opening chord mixed with notes of rum, giving a semi sweet tone to the fragrance, which in my opinion, is fantastic!

After a few hours, rum aroma gives way to a more resinous scent followed by oak which persists to the end. It lasted 12 hours on my skin.

Jun
30
2011
ocean.lake
ocean.lake

I went to the Int'l Seafood Expo this month and saw a new product of smoked salmon in the display. There was also a drum of oak flake which is used for making the product. To my curiosity, I smelled it (never smelled oak bark/wood before) and somehow really reminds me of holy grail SL Chene that I recently owned.

I got initial blast of a boozy rum from Chene. Then it settled down to a delicious oak/woody scent I ever dreamt of. It is somehow sweet, delicate and a bit dark. Although it is marketed as a unisex frag, but I find Chene leans to be more masculine.

Chene is definitely a hidden gem in Serge Lutens collection. It has class of its own.

May
30
2011
HappyShopper123
HappyShopper123

I think this is a subtle sweet fragrance. I'm not sure, though, because it lasts for about 5 seconds on my skin then disappears completely!

Apr
21
2011
Doc Elly
Doc Elly

At first I was terribly disappointed. I expected a perfume named Chene to smell like oak, but it doesn’t at all. It’s not even woody. It’s sweet, even to the point of being candy-like, and a little spicy. The immortelle and honey have hijacked the wood and hold it hostage. Or maybe the wood is only imaginary, just an excuse for all those sweet things to get a free ride onto my skin.

There is a slight boozy note, but it’s plum pudding soaked in a sweet liqueur, not the oak of a wine barrel or cured oak planks. Eventually some of the sweetness wears off, revealing mossy notes, occasional medicinal wafts of thyme and maybe, just maybe, a tiny bit of cedar wood. After an hour of syrupy dessert, I finally start to really get woods, sap, mushrooms or lichens, and especially thyme. Another hour in, I finally start to smell the wood. It seems more like cedar than oak, but it’s definitely there, and it’s still full of sap. I think the wood is more in the sillage than up close, but it’s all very subtle at this point.

The whole development takes about half a day, and the faint woody notes linger longer. I know some people love Chene and think it smells exactly like oak, but it doesn’t do it for me. It’s a nice perfume in its own way, but it’s not oak.

Mar
02
2011
martin_nemo
martin_nemo

Very sharp woody classy fragrance, more suitable for man than for woman. Very linear notes of oak, birch and rum that do not develop into something else. Wearable day and nigh hot or cold.

Nov
09
2010
Jlew
Jlew

Truthfully, I am not good at picking notes from a scent. All I can say is that this one is delicious. People will WANT to get close to you with this on. Great juice in this bottle!!! Once again, SL has offered a masterpiece!

Aug
13
2010
Cassiano
Cassiano

Wow! What a powerful scent!
It opens quite “vanilla” and a little bit harsh at the same time.

I didn’t know anything about this scent. So, I was search and I faced those wonderful notes of oak and rum. By the way, I think it’s the best rum I have felt in a cologne.

And the most interesting is that according to its evolution, the scent became more and more strong and woody. It can not be overapplied, otherwise it can bothers.

It is unissex in the same stile of Gaultier², which means that it tends more to the female than the male aroma. Applied in a correct manner it becomes a rich and imponent scent. In a wrong way, you may become an “error” with legs.

The lasting is soberb: more than 12hours!

Mar
09
2010
PricklyAndHot
PricklyAndHot

This fragrance smells like a dry tree. I find this fragrance boring. The only thing I like - it smells really like a tree but not spices or something like that instead of it. I wouldn't call it absolutely masculine, but I think that this fragrance would suit more to men.

Jan
07
2010
dacha
dacha

For me this is all about the oak mixed with honey. If you have any experience of working wood and you want to make a statement of being a man or woman of their hands, or if you just want to pretend that you are this stuff is greeat.

Nov
21
2009
chocolateguy
chocolateguy

Chene is the best Rum that I've ever tasted. When I first tried it, I got surprised. Like a bitter-sweet symphony. This scent is so complex, deep and completely masculin. The balance of woody notes ( especially oak ) combining with rum makes this scent so strong but romantique, classic but not-so-out-of-date, rich but very enjoyable... Both longervity and sillage are so brilliant. To tell the truth, just sniff this scent, you will get drunk easily.

Sep
14
2009
tessture
tessture

Oak, Cedar and Birch with some sap notes and maybe that’s thyme lurking there. Primarily wood, but a warm wood and nice. Still, very much a remembrance of Autumn woods and less a perfume

Dec
14
2008
monochromatism
monochromatism

Unlike any of my others, it's my go-to fragrance when I don't want to smell like soap, or flowers, or food. Sharp, but warm. A romantic carpenter. :)

Nov
22
2008

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