Fourreau Noir Serge Lutens for women and men

It is a very fine, elegant man fragrance.

I had to change a bit my opinon again! :)
Maybe some woman can wear it, and maybe I will love, because the more I smell it the more I like it!

This is one hard to pin down perfume. At first spray, I am bowled over by a darkly glamorous, very film noire-type scent. I picture a femme fatale wearing this, with deep red stained lips and a full length black mink coat - seductive and mysterious. The lavender is not too pronounced to me. I get more of a smokey, slightly sweet, gourmand aroma with a hint of radiant citrus that somehow reminds me of the bergamot at top of Shalimar. The scent is really stunning. At this point, this confirmed Lutensophile is convinced she has found a new favorite.

Ok.... that was the incredible beginning. I'm totally with kastehelmi that the middle phase of this perfume is not so appealing and is, yes, quite dirty in an animalistic and musky way. The change in the character of this fragrance is striking.

The drydown does lose that pronounced animalistic smell and mellows into something sweeter, but still musky and also with a certain murkiness. I like this phase of the perfume better than the second, but not as much as the first.

As with many Serge Lutens perfumes, Fourreau Noir takes you on a multifaceted journey to many places. I just would have prefered to spend more time at first stop.

This is the dirtiest scent ever! I mean it in a good way. I have a feeling that not all the notes are listed here, because on me it is extremely animalistic, very musky and has the ultimate feeling of eau de dirty pants. When I just sprayed it on myself, I thought - aha...smokey smoke with a lavender suppressing an arrogant citrus, totally masculine.But after 15 minutes, running around the house I thought:"did I clean the rat`s cage?" the answer - yes, I did, In 5 minutes the abominable question popped in my mind again. I did, I did!!! really! It took me a while to understand that this unmistakeable musky, dirty, ratty scent is coming from my wrists and my sweater.
The lavender was still there, but it was a wallflower. Animals had their mayhem.
I don`t know if Furreau Noir played a bad trick on me, but guys - no vanilla, no tonka beans, period. I still think it`s a charming masculine for very, very brave men.

This one buried me in a thick cloud of smoke and dried lavendel. I dont get any of the other notes. So sad.
The lavendel note is almost exactly the same as the one in encense lavande. nice, but not for me.

I bought a bell bottle of Fourreau Noir as soon as possible. I just love it. Its soft, smokey, sweet, just great! Ik smell tonkabean, almonds, lavender and vanille. One day the almonds are leading, the other day the lavender is on top. The drydown is so nice.

A masterpiece

I'm a lucky owner of a bell jar of Fourreau Noir, and I absolutely adore it. I get a lot of tonka bean and vanilla on a smoky base. It does have some similarities with Chergui, which I like too, but I think I prefer Fourreau Noir.

Yesterday I received a wax sample of Fourreau Noir and, as I suspected beforehand, I love it. I can smell the tonka, the lavender and the almonds, plus something slightly smoky, don't know what it is. In my opinion it is rather bold to put lavender and tonka in one perfume, especially when they are both quite prominent, but surprisingly it works very well. Chapeau!

Edit: my bell bottle is already here :-D. But I have to wait until my birthday *sigh*...