Daim Blond Serge Lutens for women and men

Suede jacket, wood chips and apricot jam. Great stuff!

It smells sour but good and last long on me.

I had a sample of Serge Lutens Daim Blond. It is a little bitter, a little balmy and oily, smell like expensive leather jacket, white leather jacket.

imagine rubbing suede with apricot....and then rubbing suede on your skin..et voila- daim blond! :)..lovely and close to skin, but just a little too overpriced;)

Suede and apricot. Very subtle and soft. Different. But after the opening it becomes very linear - suede becomes sharp with a little accord of iris. I expected something else and more including better longevity and sillage, but it didn't happen at least on my skin. I love the opening but the base notes become unbearable.

One of the most beautiful perfume in terms of smell, but the staying power is almost ten minutes at MAX!!

A glorious lady she gets compliments galore,
A beautiful suede,she'll make you want more.
An apricot edge that sweetens and teases,
A powdery iris that pleases and pleases.
A little bit musky,she enhances the air,
Your friends will definately want you to share.
So versatile, she'll bring you lots of attention,
I've never worn another that so many have mentioned.

Seriously, this is very special juice for me. It's one of those that could have been custom made for my skin.It's virtually seasonless and even though it's not strong, it's sure. This'll last a good 12 hours plus on me and I've never, ever gotten as many compliments on another perfume. Perfect strangers will stop me and ask what I'm wearing. The best part is that I love it too. Daim Blond can be worn with jeans or a business suit and everything in between A personal classic......

A mature scent with a feminine twist which stays very close to the skin

0-5 hours - Mature scent with little projection, has occasional fruity moments, turns more feminine which is the blond twist perhaps? as time elapses. Has a base of rice wine and is very forgetable

Sorry not for me

This one opens with a slightly fruity and very velvety aroma guaranteed by damask and suede, this note of animal origin, which is very evident trough the whole life of this fragrance! Also from the opening, I can also smell the scent of iris, but not a very dominant one as in Dior Homme, with that makeup smell. Here, the iris only contributes to give more texture to the obvious aroma of suede.

Over time, the scent does not change much. It just decreases the suede, leaving the scent with it's character more focused on the feminine side.

For a serge lutens, this is rather safe and tame. On my skin the suede almost fades into the background immediately. The sweetness of apricot is powerful but not overwhelming. The flower beds that entwines with its fruitiness is distinctive enought to rescue this fragrance from smelling like a punch cordial.

back to the suede, it adds a tint of sphistication that allows women in their twenties to flaunt this perfume without the fear of smelling like any coming-of-age adolescents *cough B.Spears frag wearers*

If I were to personifiy it, I see this fragrance as Roxie Hart wearing with her négligé: a sweetheart in essence, but mature enough for seduction. The balance of sweet floral and warm suede gives this murderess a wrath of a everywoman, temperamental yet kind in nature.

The transistion between sweetly bound infusion and subtle darkness makes this perfume rather pleasantly wearable (for a SL)

preciso, unico e così ben equilibrato da far amare le note cuoiate anche ai più resistenti.Pensdo anche io che non sia affatto dolce, ma solo il necessario a non farlo troppo duro e secco nel suo cuore. Ottimo sillage.

This opens so nice...soft suede and a slight fruitiness, a little spicy. There's something so warm and familiar about it, like a favorite leather jacket you haven't worn for a long time. The way it wraps around you and holds traces of the perfumes you wore before.

But on my skin, it very quickly turns to soap. Is it the iris? It smells exactly like I have just showered and not rinsed completely. It's not that it smells bad, but I feel like I need to rinse...and the sillage is fantastic, so I can't escape the feeling.

I would love this so much if it held onto that lovely opening....I guess Serge can't win 'em all.

One of the few compositions in the Lutens range that doesn't make me fall to the ground for the excessive sweetness. Don't get me wrong, Daim Blond is definitely a SWEET fragrance but it's incredibly balanced to never become cloying or too rich. A very wearable fruity (apricot) and canvas (read soft leather) composition with woody hints on a musky base. Not too far from Armani's Cuir Amethiste but way much better executed. In the same vein I still prefer Cuir Ottoman but if you're a fan of Lutens you won't be disappointed.

Rating: 6.5/10

This is by far one of the most complex, interesting fragrances I have ever tried. It is a walk down a city street in 1978-83 after a summer rain: cigarettes, the trees in a nearby park, the perfume of a leather coat, cement, dirt. Silage 3/5. Excellent longevity and not easy to wash off. It is oddly pleasant but not me.

I was completely sucked in by the description of this perfume but sadly it didn't live up to my high expectations. I initially got a heavy waft of leather mixed with what I thought was licorice. Not a great combo.

This scent begins with the chamois-leather, suede . Very quickly it transfers us on the silk whereon lie iris. But we feel so as we would come by the peace ,room wherein is the bed coated a silk and on him spread flowers - yet some with the earth from the garden ....
Wonderful experiences. Quickly it disappears and appears with the delicate sweetness .This is very ,very personal scent <3
How said Serge Lutens : "the CHARAKTER "..

Right from the start this is a beautiful, soft, slightly sweet leather and powdery violet/iris scent, along with a fuzzy musk. There’s a slight fruitiness to it, but it’s not too sweet or overpowering, although it does increase in volume and become more apricot and almond-like as the scent dries down. I get no trace of spices.

After an hour or so it’s a strong skin scent that stays close without much sillage. The leathery iris with a touch of musk persists during the entire drydown, which is about 4 hours on skin, longer on clothing. To me, Daim Blond falls into the “comfort scent” category, since it’s a mild-mannered perfume that produces that feeling of being wrapped in something warm and soft, perhaps a much-worn favorite thin suede jacket that’s absorbed remnants of good perfumes, many based on iris, violet, clean musk, or light fruit.

Daim Blond is the sort of scent that I could wear anywhere, any time, and truly enjoy the experience at close range without offending anyone. If you like leather-iris scents, this is definitely worth sampling.

I would advise anyone spraying this for the first time to spray it but don't put your nose near it for a minute or so, as it is a huge blast of ammonia and quite a shock to the nose! Again this is one of Serge Lutens' masterpieces. When it starts to dry, it smells exactly like a very expensive new suede jacket, in a delicate way, not as strong as an actual leather. I can eventually smell a hint of apricot, but in typical Lutens manner there is also a note of that "medicine" he seems to use in most of his mixes, which for me makes this a rather awkward perfume to wear. While I love it, together with Bas de Soie and Feminite du Bois, it is precisely this note in each of them that makes me hesitate to spring for a full bottle. I happy to use up my samples but would prefer another bottle of Gris Clair to any of these. It lasted about 5 hours on my skin. I'd give it a 7/10.

I really wanted to like this. I ordered a sample and waited with bated breath for it's arrival. I was sadly disappointed. This smelled like lipstick to me. All lipstick with a little suede. Was it the apricot? The iris (which I usually love)? Maybe this is just my chemistry because lots of people love it. I gave it time to develop and eventually tried to wash it off. Despite my efforts, it remained on my skin for hours. Top notch sillage and longevity. It just wasn't for me.

ah i had such high expectations from this one,
but the opening smells like fluor, the one I got from the dentist when i was a kid. The dentist had even fluor with fruit flavours (= still disgusting hehe) for the little kids. And this is exactly what it reminds me of...

Luckily the drydown is better, that smells more like the notes mentioned above: abricot, suede.. It smells also a bit like tea.

All in all: not my cup of tea

On me the opening is horrible - sharp and medicinal - like a disinfectant solution. it takes a while - half an hour at least - for this smell to go away. Finally, the soft suede emerges, with a a bit of tobacco and apricot. the apricot is what makes it lovely - however, a tinge of that medicinal disinfectant carries throughout, making this perfume a big miss for me.

It is some really strange smoky leather/suede scent that's coming up from my wrist where I applied Daim Blond. I was not expecting much as I am not a huge fan of Iris, must be from it's dryness and powderyness. And no leather except Cuir de Russie has ever worked on me.
What do I get out of Daim Blond? I get suede, powdery suede. Like someone have spilled baby powder on suede shoes and now I have to sniff them. Oh, no offense please, I don't mean it's bad, it's just not my cup of tea. The sweetness of Iris and Heliotrope actually plays really well together with suede. It's sweet, smoky and reminds me yet again of some kind of turkish delights. You know, those almondy sweets dipped in powder. Dunno where does that come from in Daim Blond, but it's happening.

Not a fan. And feeling sad about yet another Luten's not working on me. Maybe he's my arch enemy :) But I'm still waiting to try something I'd love. Never give up on a perfume house, I say. I will not rest till I found Luten what I'll be able to wear. But I'll pass on Daim Blond.

Such soft Suede/Leather notes...!
Warm and Creamy on my skin .. but
it lacks kick .. punch ...zing!
a "Heaviness" that I associate with LEATHER scents...
it's a good scent .. but ...
too "Uptight" ..
too "Lady's that Lunch Crowd"
too dare I say.... "CORPORATE" ..
it doesn't "Stir the Pot" ..
it doesn't "cause conflict" ..
it doesn't promote "Overt Sexuality" ..
it's at best "Naughty Underwear under your Best Suit"!
I like it ...
but I really wanted this to be sooo much more ..
I might still purchase it ... but
use it as a base for a layering effect ..

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

A beautiful and unusual composition, very elegant and refined. A must for all soft leather scents lovers.

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.

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.

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?