Chergui (for women and men)

mellybee

Somewhere in South-Morocco.

Moveless, milky-foggy dimness, a ballet performance begins in a man's imagination only: slowly start the little cyclones, as if djinns - only just broken out from the hot bottle - would dance.

The hot, burning, red sand moves, a dance begins, as when a curtain rolls up, the hot east wind of the desert revives, it brings thousand wafts, far resins, flavours, as if this turmoil would be going until the sky and would bring some world forgotten for a long time down from there.

This swirl lasts until a lot, the little djinns hang on at each other, the music gets stronger, the hot wind breaks in, diffuses the honey, the smell of the musk, the leather and the incense, the smell of the pipe tobacco, the amber, the rose, the sandalwood.

The tall, black haired man sits on the terrace of his cottage in Morocco, smokes cigars and dreams.

He dreams, that he should bottle this, the desert storm overflew from its deep movelessness, the dance of the djinns, the diversified fragrance cavalcade.

He bottled it. He also bottled a lot other fragrances, but this had been one of his masterpiece.

SandraS

At first I could not smell it at all. then some strange scent emerged (bug spray) and I was ready to give up.

After some minutes a lovely smell emerged from my skin and I fell for it.
An intimate scent full of sweet nuances that conveyed a sense of cozyness and intimacy. If a man wore this I think I would be glued to his skin and smell.

Petula30

Very challenging..Almost unbereable to wear but after few days it just clicked and I´m in love.

VioletLily

This is one heavenly elixir. An extraordinarily beautiful meld of incense, honey, musk and leather with hints of sandalwood, amber, dry tobacco and a wisp of smoke. And the sillage is gorgeous...it simply illuminates. I discovered I prefer to dab Chergui onto my skin though. When sprayed, it can be a bit too much.. An unfortunate bug spray or repellent mixed with a petrol note (a hint of Bvlgari Black, which isn't a bad thing, as I get a hint of it when dabbed) emanates from my skin and stays there quite a while. It's still lovely, and these notes aren't totally offensive as they help in making this Chergui what it is, but the true art of the fragrance takes a little longer to emerge. When dabbed, the divine honey, musk, incense and leather notes come out instantly.

PS: Another interesting discovery was that if I do decide to spray intead of dab, I apply some Mara Fox Love Potion perfume (which is heavy on the honey) and it softens the bug spray effect straight away and really brings out the sweet honey notes. Perfect for when I'm in the mood for a more syrupy sweetness than the dry sweetness that Chergui becomes.

pimentosugars

Hmm. I like the dry down far more than the top notes, which come across as synthetic, almost metallic, to me...on some level a bit like Comme Des Garcons perfumes, with their ubiquitous tinny edge.

Then the notes roll into a blend of roasted nuts, tobacco and sugar, warm, non challenging, inoffensive, a gourmand that isn't about making one smell like mama's cooking or a boiled sweet. It's a scent that grows on you and it's pleasant enough. I would say of all the SL fragrances I've tried on my skin,this is the nearest to a mainstream bearable-wearable, which is to say that no-one will choke and say 'How disgusting,' but no-one will remark upon it or remember it either. I require more wow factor in my fragrances.

tessture

Really nice, but almost too strong and has a soapy edge that's odd for the listed notes.

Vickalena

Really, sugar scent - if possible to imagine the smell of sugar, this one is repeatedly brighter and stronger, than its "natural aroma". But there is no luscious sweetness of sugar treacle. This sugar is generously strewed over the premium fragrant-oily tobacco. Amazing!!

Zhara

Definitely a sensual unisex fabulous scent. printed words can not give enough enthusiasm to the description of this perfect frag.

It starts with fresh black tea leaves, lime rind, hot sun, leather... crushed and producing the finest droplets of elixir. Additionally, one particular note that I hesitate to even mention, as it's an over-used note in recent years that now carries an unfortunate juvenile stigma: There is a sugar in the drydown - one that is quite stately, grown up and magnificent.

It's a sugar that would make a little kid frown. This is no pixie stix, but a raw, wild sugar crystallized on rough frame screens set out in that same hot Moroccan sun drying the leather. "hay sugar"? Turbinado? Jaggery? call it what you will, this is big kid stuff.

My husband and I had to get one bottle each - and he bickers that even that is not enough. The remarkable part here - he has normally worn only novelty gourmands till now; Demeter's Hot Fudge Brownie and Dulce de Leche, Luna's Wookie's Cookie and the like. What does this have to do with Chergui? Only that it's sugar can not go unmentioned, that sweet grounding note can not be under-emphasized.

This scent, for all the leather, is just so very edible. A sparkling but deep-colored summer quencher that you simply could gulp down by the pitcher, yet you also want to savor each sip. A fragrance fit for hot weather, while never becoming frivolous. A heavy, rough sugar that says "adults only."

An absolute dream of a scent. One of the very best.