Daim Blond by Serge Lutens
For: women and men Designer: Serge Lutens Olfactive Group: Chypre Floral
!Serge Lutens likes to use unusual and rare materials in his aromatic bouquets, each of them being a masterpiece. Daim Blond means ‘white suede’. The title announces a fragrancy pleasure, which is very intensive, since it contains 20% of real perfume juice, unlike ordinary perfume waters which contain 15%. This is a delicate interpretation of leather fragrances: spicy, musky, creamy… The top notes contain hawthorn, Ceylon cardamom; the heart includes iris, apricot kernel, while the base encompasses musk, heliotrope and leather. The fragrance is appropriate for men and women. The perfume was created by Christopher Sheldrake in 2004.
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This Gives out a vibe Black and white circa 1958. Bad boy Tommy of the Tomcats wearing his Black Suade shoes trimed with scarlet from the front to the back. it's a hot July 4th so he takes off his black Leather Jacket
hangs on a chair grabs his Tools and
works on his Harley Davidson. And sweat pouring from his forehead making his jet black hair fashioned into a quiff
like the popular rockstars of the day. like a moptop but he doesn't care Tight Blue Jeans Cigarette and a pair of Sunglasses like the ones from the warden in Cool hand Luke.
all he has in his mind is the Girl
he wants to go to the 4th of July Dance Her name Is Lola; Lola is a blonde from a Respectable Family Parents Educated Father Lawyer Mother An R.N Nurse and lived in a well to do home the Polor opposite from Tommy's so at night after
he fixed his motocycle he droved though
Lola's Neibourhood Knowing her Parents didn't approve of her dating tommy so
she sneeked out from her window and wears a Tight Daring red Dress with Red
Steletto's and she got on his motocycle
and they drove to the Dance.
The Music was Blasting with songs Featuring Jerry Lee Lewis Great Balls of fire Little Richard Trutti Frutti
Elvis Presley Of Corse the King
Jailhouse Rock. A Lot of goodies that ther parents didn't Approve of.
and then all the Sudden A Boy cuts in
and danced with Lola And In a Drunkin
Ludeness Said you had a Nice Ass
and And Tommy Wasn't so happy about that so he punched him in the face.
and the opponent got out a Switchblade
and the tone changed and Tommy Grabed a
Pole and the fight Begin The swiftness
of the knife almost sliced him and Tommy
Swinged his Poll And Coulden't Touched the Oppinent and everyboby was chearing
and screaming in horror at the same time
And when Tommy Was Cought Offgard he Stabed him with his knife. and the screams Ring From the garden and one Boy Ran and called the Police and the siren Ringed the police Broke up the Fight And Tommy And The Advasary to put into Police Cars And sent to the Hostiptal and then the police station
the next day the parents from the two
Lovers came for the sentancing Tommy and his Advasary went to Juvanile Hall. A Bad Boy from the wild Side
If you want a Fragrance to Bring out your Inner Rebel This is It.
hangs on a chair grabs his Tools and
works on his Harley Davidson. And sweat pouring from his forehead making his jet black hair fashioned into a quiff
like the popular rockstars of the day. like a moptop but he doesn't care Tight Blue Jeans Cigarette and a pair of Sunglasses like the ones from the warden in Cool hand Luke.
all he has in his mind is the Girl
he wants to go to the 4th of July Dance Her name Is Lola; Lola is a blonde from a Respectable Family Parents Educated Father Lawyer Mother An R.N Nurse and lived in a well to do home the Polor opposite from Tommy's so at night after
he fixed his motocycle he droved though
Lola's Neibourhood Knowing her Parents didn't approve of her dating tommy so
she sneeked out from her window and wears a Tight Daring red Dress with Red
Steletto's and she got on his motocycle
and they drove to the Dance.
The Music was Blasting with songs Featuring Jerry Lee Lewis Great Balls of fire Little Richard Trutti Frutti
Elvis Presley Of Corse the King
Jailhouse Rock. A Lot of goodies that ther parents didn't Approve of.
and then all the Sudden A Boy cuts in
and danced with Lola And In a Drunkin
Ludeness Said you had a Nice Ass
and And Tommy Wasn't so happy about that so he punched him in the face.
and the opponent got out a Switchblade
and the tone changed and Tommy Grabed a
Pole and the fight Begin The swiftness
of the knife almost sliced him and Tommy
Swinged his Poll And Coulden't Touched the Oppinent and everyboby was chearing
and screaming in horror at the same time
And when Tommy Was Cought Offgard he Stabed him with his knife. and the screams Ring From the garden and one Boy Ran and called the Police and the siren Ringed the police Broke up the Fight And Tommy And The Advasary to put into Police Cars And sent to the Hostiptal and then the police station
the next day the parents from the two
Lovers came for the sentancing Tommy and his Advasary went to Juvanile Hall. A Bad Boy from the wild Side
If you want a Fragrance to Bring out your Inner Rebel This is It.
02/28/10 20:15:00
No fruit, no leather, just a nostalgic trip back to 3rd grade, using the hand-cranked, wall-mounted pencil sharpener to grind points on dozens of bright yellow Ticonderoga #2 pencils.
I just spritzed away grandly, expecting great things of the first S.L. I've ever sniffed, and then wandered around for a bit wondering "Is this it? Pencil shavings?" Yup. Pencil shavings.
It's actually nice, in that bright, woody "walking in a pine forest" kind of way, but Polo, Tsar & Giorgio Red for Men do that better.
Not at all what I was expecting and none of the suede or leather I was looking forward to. Darn it.
I just spritzed away grandly, expecting great things of the first S.L. I've ever sniffed, and then wandered around for a bit wondering "Is this it? Pencil shavings?" Yup. Pencil shavings.
It's actually nice, in that bright, woody "walking in a pine forest" kind of way, but Polo, Tsar & Giorgio Red for Men do that better.
Not at all what I was expecting and none of the suede or leather I was looking forward to. Darn it.
02/20/10 09:52:06
I find it fascinating to examine what I'd call the psychology (perhaps the philosophy) of fragrance as it's exhibited in these various posts. We are all smelling the same product (or at least one would hope so), and yet we all smelling different things and have widely varied responses. I wonder how much of this is physiology (i.e., the body's olfactory functions, body chemistry,etc.,) and how much is psychology (i.e., personality, associations, etc.)
For my own part, I never met a Serge Lutens fragrance I didn't like--until I met Daim Blond. I don't doubt the rapturous responses of the other posters in the least, but on me this fragrance comes on sour, metallic, and a wee bit skanky. I get no apricot, no heliotrope--but I do get something vaguely (and I do mean vaguely) leather-like. I think Alona makes a good point about the odd smell, though I'm not sure I'd define it as oud. It does, however, have an unpleasant trait that I also detect in Montale fragrances. In fact, the "odd smell" I discerned was strongly medicinal--something like Neosporin. At any rate, it's far from charming.
Conclusion: The scent is very linear; it didn't really develop much on me, but it had rather low silage and faded rather quickly--thank God. If I want a leather scent, I'll stick to something as lovely as Hermes Kelly Caleche or, even better, Caron Tabac Blond.
For my own part, I never met a Serge Lutens fragrance I didn't like--until I met Daim Blond. I don't doubt the rapturous responses of the other posters in the least, but on me this fragrance comes on sour, metallic, and a wee bit skanky. I get no apricot, no heliotrope--but I do get something vaguely (and I do mean vaguely) leather-like. I think Alona makes a good point about the odd smell, though I'm not sure I'd define it as oud. It does, however, have an unpleasant trait that I also detect in Montale fragrances. In fact, the "odd smell" I discerned was strongly medicinal--something like Neosporin. At any rate, it's far from charming.
Conclusion: The scent is very linear; it didn't really develop much on me, but it had rather low silage and faded rather quickly--thank God. If I want a leather scent, I'll stick to something as lovely as Hermes Kelly Caleche or, even better, Caron Tabac Blond.
01/06/10 02:47:33
Yep leather and apricot jam. I guess it's a unique scent and it's nice enough but I just dont feel pretty when wearing this and cannot think of an appropriate occasion to wear it on. I have not had much luck with SL fragrances, they all seem to have something 'off' about them, despite their status and apparent high qualtiy. This is another one, Im glad I tried but won't be buying.
11/22/09 19:31:19
I never thought of myself as a "leather"-note lover. Nor did I care much that Daim Blond listed "suede" in its description. However, along with Chergui, this was the one that stood out for me at the Serge Lutens' counter this past summer. My first impression was that it was spicy and very, very refined! It smelled luxurious, but not heady or heavy in the least. I ended up getting a sample of this one and several months after that a FB.
I am still not an expert on the "leather" or "suede" notes, but I love Daim Blond. The scent's opening is spicy on my skin (it is the cardamom that I liked when I first smelled it, as I found out later). It was spicy and slightly bitter. The suede could be felt almost immediately, and it stays throughout the phases of the composition, but it mellows down significantly, along with the spices, over the hours.
I don't find apricot jam here. The middle and final notes of the composition remind me of the fruit itself, with its tender velvety skin. It also reminds me of the kernel of the fruit. There is an apricot tree at my parents' house, and I have occasionally opened the stone of the fruit to get to the tiny, aromatic, bitter part inside it. This is what the slight bitterness of the perfume is reminiscent of.
Daim Blond, like a typical Lutens, stays close to the skin. It is sophisticated, but in a "cool" , not "in-your-face" way. It projects the type of luxury that doesn't need to prove itself to anybody. It's interesting that Mellybee has mentioned gloves. In fact, while I was testing Daim Blond, I was re-reading Anna Karenina, and I imagined how her soft and elegant gloves might have smelled as she was watching Vronsky's horse-racing competition. That doesn't mean that Daim Blond is a romantic scent, or that it is not a modern fragrance. It can fit the confident style of the corporate world today perfectly.
I am still not an expert on the "leather" or "suede" notes, but I love Daim Blond. The scent's opening is spicy on my skin (it is the cardamom that I liked when I first smelled it, as I found out later). It was spicy and slightly bitter. The suede could be felt almost immediately, and it stays throughout the phases of the composition, but it mellows down significantly, along with the spices, over the hours.
I don't find apricot jam here. The middle and final notes of the composition remind me of the fruit itself, with its tender velvety skin. It also reminds me of the kernel of the fruit. There is an apricot tree at my parents' house, and I have occasionally opened the stone of the fruit to get to the tiny, aromatic, bitter part inside it. This is what the slight bitterness of the perfume is reminiscent of.
Daim Blond, like a typical Lutens, stays close to the skin. It is sophisticated, but in a "cool" , not "in-your-face" way. It projects the type of luxury that doesn't need to prove itself to anybody. It's interesting that Mellybee has mentioned gloves. In fact, while I was testing Daim Blond, I was re-reading Anna Karenina, and I imagined how her soft and elegant gloves might have smelled as she was watching Vronsky's horse-racing competition. That doesn't mean that Daim Blond is a romantic scent, or that it is not a modern fragrance. It can fit the confident style of the corporate world today perfectly.
10/15/09 21:26:13
As a chypre lover I supposed to like the leather note in perfumes and I can say wearing Daim Blond I tend to like it. (I'm already in love with Visa and L'Arte de Gucci which have leather among the basenotes.)
Daim Blond comes off with an apricot jam smell, the home-made apricot jam my mother used to conserve every year. As the leather arrives it brings along some smokiness. This leather is not that raw dry dirty mainly masculin monster but a truly feminine gentle fairy. Rather suide than leather. A pair of suide gloves. The spotted back of a fawn.
The smoky sweetness remains in the end and turns into a cozy chypre with obvious musk underlining it.
Highly recommended as an entrance into the world of leather fragrances.
Daim Blond comes off with an apricot jam smell, the home-made apricot jam my mother used to conserve every year. As the leather arrives it brings along some smokiness. This leather is not that raw dry dirty mainly masculin monster but a truly feminine gentle fairy. Rather suide than leather. A pair of suide gloves. The spotted back of a fawn.
The smoky sweetness remains in the end and turns into a cozy chypre with obvious musk underlining it.
Highly recommended as an entrance into the world of leather fragrances.
06/19/09 12:53:25
This fragrance is one of the few Lutens perfumes that has a real poor sillage and long lasting power. What bother me on Daim Blond is that the opposite smells that work on it really disappear (or better are not developed on my skin) and just remains a musky scent with any personality as a niche fragrance.
01/18/09 11:01:16
haaa...haaaa, Rebella, this straight guy LOVES Daim Blond...okay, first the story...I am very sad lately(heartbreak) and have poor impulse control...was using the computer at the library to order myself some Sables and Knize Ten from Perfumenetwork.com and I find out that they just ran out...MOTHERFUCKERS!!!! so I go to Luckyscent to order Comme des Garcons Incense Avignon...and my PayPal doesnt work right, I've gotta transfer money...3 to 5 days...go FUCK yourself, PayPal....so I run to the local Barney's New York...where I am trying to get a job or at least an internship at the perfume dept....not to mention I find the manager rather attractive...(Could be my future boss is I am lucky...)...and buy Daim Blond from the nice Serge Lutens guy. Okay, now I am a little behind on my rent, and all of my old friends are calling me on the phone worried that I am going to kill myself...but who cares? This is a GREAT fragrance...I think that the criterion for one is when you get a specific mental image upon smelling the juice...for me, I felt like I was slipping into a suede jacket exactly the color of a sweet potato...time travel to the 1970's...felt like I was sitting in one of those egg shaped chairs and listening to T-Rex...I've never smelled a bad Lutens fragrance...
01/08/09 12:00:24
Everything is just perfect in this fragrance, till it comes to the base notes.Musk and suede give a full impression of a leather shoe insole, may be very expenisive but nevertheless.
The creamy start is beautiful and I almost fell in love though.
The creamy start is beautiful and I almost fell in love though.
12/27/08 09:12:37
Very peculiar scent, but I'm immensly surprised it has leather in composition, from what I smelled it have never been even nowhere near leather/suede..unless if it is about velvetry texture.
I was rather wondering if there was pear or some other fruit in it, because it is so very fruity fragrance to me and on the sweet side as well, but with some strange freshness. I don't know why recently so many fragrances have reminded me punch drink, but this luxury frag reminds it as well, though in the best and most elegant way: you would rather get drunk wearing this to refined coctail party than some pub:))
The staying power can't be called legendary, my Chanels holds longer, and Daim Blond would simply 'bite the dust' from Piquet's Fracas longevity.
I was rather wondering if there was pear or some other fruit in it, because it is so very fruity fragrance to me and on the sweet side as well, but with some strange freshness. I don't know why recently so many fragrances have reminded me punch drink, but this luxury frag reminds it as well, though in the best and most elegant way: you would rather get drunk wearing this to refined coctail party than some pub:))
The staying power can't be called legendary, my Chanels holds longer, and Daim Blond would simply 'bite the dust' from Piquet's Fracas longevity.
12/13/08 13:53:03
A beautiful and unusual composition, very elegant and refined. A must for all soft leather scents lovers.
10/22/08 05:11:09
The Main note from "Daim Blond" is a very spicy leather accord, its relative dark and deep but however with a very soft and somewhat creamy background thats always present. At the end its a spicy and slightly powdery-cremy but strong Leather note.
Its hard to imagine this scent on a women because it is rather masculine. Its a really great Parfume and you can even imagine the blond leather but for me its a bit to pungent.
07 out of 10 Points.
Its hard to imagine this scent on a women because it is rather masculine. Its a really great Parfume and you can even imagine the blond leather but for me its a bit to pungent.
07 out of 10 Points.
09/22/08 08:02:43
An amazingly true and realistic suede-fragrance, smells like a soft, luxurios and new suedejacket.
Kind of naughty and nice at the same time. Set me in a mood of sensuality and my husband think it is really sexy. A lot of leather fragrances are a bit masculine or at least androgyn, not this one, this is a pure feminine leather fragrance.
Like it a lot, but not love it. Mostly because it fade away on me really fast, for a perfume of this price I think it is fair to expect longer staying power than about a couple of hours. After 3 hours i hardly notice it any more.
Kind of naughty and nice at the same time. Set me in a mood of sensuality and my husband think it is really sexy. A lot of leather fragrances are a bit masculine or at least androgyn, not this one, this is a pure feminine leather fragrance.
Like it a lot, but not love it. Mostly because it fade away on me really fast, for a perfume of this price I think it is fair to expect longer staying power than about a couple of hours. After 3 hours i hardly notice it any more.
07/14/08 09:40:00
I was wanting to try this ever since I saw a review about Daim Blond on MakeUpAlley. Leather and apricots seem to be what everyone else smells. But to me? UGH! Sharp spoiled uni sushi! Just like I get from Montale Black Aoud's opening notes. Surely there's oud in here!? Or is that the leather note everyone refers to? And I can barely smell peaches, what with all the oud smell. It took about 4 hours for the oud smell to fade to tolerable, and I was left with what smelled like jasmine and oud. Still oud! Doesn't anyone else smell it? Or did I get a sample of something from Montale, and not Serge Lutens?
07/04/08 09:21:50
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