Gris Clair Serge Lutens for women and men

my new fav.; very long lasting; great to fall and winter; it is like wearing a greatest quality cashmere.

I bought a partial bottle on Ebay of this, unsniffed. I am not disappointed, but probably won't buy another bottle when the partial is gone. it is a light lavender, just a tiny bit smoky.

First impression- yes lavender- but not the common lavender not the cheap lavender. There is a mixture of lust, pleasure and lavender. It settles warm and woody, such a interesting fragrance.

On me this did not smell so great, on my partner it was just amazing. It does develop differently on a male than on a female, and on him the smoked lavendrr was absolutely amazing.

I enjoy the cleanliness of this scent on him whereas on me it tends to fall very flat.

Has quite a long life though it is closer to the skin.

This would be something that on him I could see getting a full bottle for.

This is mainly lavender on me. Very subtle, hardly know it is there. A wispy scent.

Lavender and smoke, like freshly ironed, almost burnt cotton sheets. Divine. Clean and warm at the same time. Unique.

The scent opened pleasantly with clear lavender and a light citrussy cologne-like edge. The immediate dry-down was a warm woody lavender. Unfortunately after an hour or so, it developed a very medicinal smell close the skin (like dettol disinfectant) which I found quite off-putting. Further from the skin the medicinal odour translated as a more resinous undertone with notes of sweet spicy amber.

Edited to add: 12 or so hours later, and I'm beginning to fall in love with GC...Cereza, we must have a similar skin chemistry. I'm getting heavenly warm wafts of dry smoky wood and sun-baked coasts. Such a surprising development!

A mature scent which stays close to the skin and has an odd smell

0-4 hours - Very close to skin, little projection, smells mostly like rice wine - a bland base with an overtone of bark & something medicinal, foul smelling which repulsed my nose. Projection is non existent

Not for me by a long way

Puaaafff!
¡Que perfume terrible!
Es para abuelas mortificadoras.

Terrible smell, I was hoping for really amazing lavender perfume (I love lavender notes), but Gris Clair has nothing of lavender in it :( I'm really dissapointed. For me it's one of the worst Lutens perfumes.

Gris clair is so sexy !
To me it smells the way Annie Lennox looks like in the video clip to "Love is a stranger". After she takes the wig off.
I think it is more female than male. But 25+ !

A warm dry lavender, very mineral, with musks : this fragrance remind me of a steam iron.
Very pleasant and comfortable. A perfect fragrance for a hot summer in Provence, the french south.

just tried this on my skin today so my review maybe a little inaccurate, but here's my first impression on it after having this on my wrist for 5 hours i got a sweet top that reminds me of marzipan that slowly becomes very mellow slowly and in the middle i get clean washed and dried clothes smell with a very clean smoke smell which stays till the end it's a very calming smoke smell not tobacco smoke or anything. its like you have someone burning wood say about 25 meters away and you are very close to freshly washed clothes that are dry, very strange scent. nice and unique to me.

This is a burst of lavender in the top. A bit sharp but fresh. When it drys down the woody notes come in.The orris and tonka gives it a powdey vibe wich I like. It can be find a slight masculine to some. But I find it very wearable for both genders. I would love to have a bottle

I fell in love with this fragrance the first time I smelled it! Like most Lutens, it is very well made. The notes are blended so well and the longevity and sillage are amazing. I smelled it for hours. I get all lavendar and woods. I could defintiely wear this during the day and just as easily at night. I think it is a masterpiece. I hate labeling fragrances masculine or feminine (because I think we should all be able to wear what we love!), but I think this one suits a man much more than a woman. However, it's still pretty unisex. I sampled this in late fall and it was like a big cozy scarf. Definitely on my "to buy" list. Worth the Serge Lutens price tag in my opinion.

This was the very first Lutens perfume I bought and I fell in love with it at first spray. It is a cool, "grey" orris and lavender which I find very calming. Some woody notes appear in the drydown but the lavender, orris and tonka never leave and it is at no time particularly sweet. Can't specifically smell any amber. I don't think anyone smelling this on a person could be offended as there are no jarring or "off" notes. This is a perfume for introspection, for cold or rainy days when you're mooching around the house and doing a lot of thinking. It's THERE in the background, part of your skin. I keep marvelling what a class act Serge Lutens is. It is my favourite of his creations that I have tried. Please do yourself a favour and at least give it a go.

Gris Clair reminds me of Miss Marple (very British) having a holiday in Grasse, Southern France (the provenance of fine lavender).
More masculine but still unisex and definitely no "old men cologne". GC is conservative, dry as dust and subtle and I have read several devastating reviews accusing GC of being too linear, too foreseeable and thus plain boring.
To me GC is a delightfully quirky scent but it so happens I love linear, foreseeable, dust-dry and boring very much in Gris Clair. It shows the essence of Serge Lutens perfumes : interpret well-known ingredients into something unusual. Mission accomplished.

I guess Gris Clair is unisex. One half smelled very masculine; woody (like hamster cage wood-chips) and Lavender. And then it switched to the female half; sweet and powdery with a good dose of static electricity.

I've tried a few Serge Lutens fragrances, the ones I have tried all seem to dry down into what seems like a characteristic trait; powder. This one is no different. The other thing I've noticed is that many days or even several weeks later my fabric testing strips have "matured" and smell pretty good and the scent is not particularly weakened . But honestly, to wait 2 weeks before you get the full bouquet is asking a lot. But I do appreciate the adventure.

I might as well share with you the fact that I ordered Gris Clair sample by accident. It was supposed to be Daim Blond, and I mixed up the names, duh. Nae impressed with myself.

Anyways, I was also not very much impressed with the scent when I first opened the vial. I though that this was it, something exclusively for male lavender lovers. Gris Clair is like a burst of lavender straight in your nostrils, and then once you manage to get up on your feet, you get knocked down with woody notes again, and there does nto seem to be much more. So I put my sample away for a few weeks.

A few days back I decided to retest it more globally (I had it anyways, why not give it another chance), and to be honest, I actually really enjoyed it! I am not sure if my fellow bus passangers liked it as much as I did, but in cold, rainy weather I found out something charming in Gris Clair. It is still quite harsh and, lets face it, masculine, but there is some hard-to-grasp beauty in it. The problem is, it might take a while to get used to it. I think once I run out of my 1,5 ml, I will be a little sad, although I dont think I would buy a full bottle of it.

This is the third Lutens I've tested so far and none of them work for me :( Such a pity, but I'll keep trying.

Gris Clair opens on me fresh and citrusy (I know that there are no citruses listed, but I feel them). For me it's air-freshnerer type of citrus and freshness. It goes one for couple of hours. I decided not to scrubb off and wait for the drydown, which today 14 hours after I applied Gris Clair on my wrists is still here. Perfect, smoky and addictive. Smells lika India to me. Mysterious, warm and inviting yet wild.

Too bad that you have to wait three hours for the scent to turn lovely.

UPD: I just wanted to update my review by saying that - it has been two shours and more than 36 hours, but on my wrist there is still the smokyness of Gris Clair. Really? Serge? How do you do that? Maybe it is worth to suffer trough the first 3 hours...

More masculine, smells like gray days and lavender. Mellow and comforting. Could get used to it but will not be investing in a large bottle.

Not so much woody, to my nose, as herby - the lavender note is the sharp, fierce note of the foliage rather than the flower: more rosemary or juniper than what I would usually associate with lavender. I also noticed the sage very quickly,and initially it was over sharp, but soon sweetened up by the amber notes.
Perhaps too sweet for many men, although overall I felt it was more of masculine fragrance than a feminine one.
As it is expensive, I doubt if I will buy it, although I would wear it if I had it - but probably as a daytime fragrance

Just doesn't seem to have much personality...I never thought I'd say this about a Lutens fragrance, but I find it boring. Sorry

So quiet, reflective and windswept; upon opening, a purified, smoky resin swirls around your nose, with ashen dried lavender and sage giving a leathery impression. There's a strange freshness to it, like that vaccum-y place around a flame, or a pagan bonfire burning at high altitudes in a brisk place, the flame being whipped about by a cool wind. Then, a rain falls on the fire, slowly putting it out and infusing moistened linen cloths with a smoky, benzoin-like sweetness. While "Gris Clair" is such a meditative, solitary scent it's not bleak or depressing in the least; it reminds me of gray, late November days occupied by reading or painting alone, thoughtful walks, lingering in nearly vacant museums or just sipping tea while observing birds preparing for the coming winter. It's predominantly masculine until the top notes fade but that doesn't mean women can't wear it; leathery, smokey-fumed but almost sterilized in the way of cleanliness, sweetly herbal and smooth, while sexy in its own way, it almost operates on plane beyond the body. "Gris Clair" breathtakingly gorgeous and unforgettable.

Beautiful and miracle! Like a flame in a desert at night which is so cool and also passionate. Simply one of the best from Serge Lutens house. Unique and diffirent lavender. Suitable for both men and women, but I find this one is more attractive on women. Great longervity and sillage. Creamy, a little prozen, somewhat fresh, excitingly sweet, also warm... Such a lovely scent...

Nice herbal lavender with a steamed iron note. Not worth the import $$$ but a decant would be ok.

I have tried it yesterday,and till now under some weird impression!
It opened very soft and warm lavender,but after 5-10 minutes started to turn into some nasty overwhelming overly sweet amber.
After 30 minutes or so it became so unbearable that I had to wipe it off with wet Dettol tissue!
Please do not get me wrong-I love amber,otherwise I would not even try the perfume with such name!

This is mostly sage and lavender on me. Clear and pleasant, it has very little character.

wearable on ey... ahm - deserted island.
not because it is offensive, but simply 'cause it's so strange and so twisted.
it is in fact an antiperfume. I tried many strange things, but nothing that smells like: rocks (!) + overdose of lavender + smoke + wood.
new Gucci for Men is remotely, but just remotely similar.
don't understand why someone would buy a full bottle. a sample vial lasts for ages, given the fact that I put few drops every once in a while in the privacy of my bedroom.
again: it is neither dirty, nor ugly.

Yes this is most definietly a unisex scent. The dry down smells like a man's cologne. It opens very perfumey though, like many, many perfumes mixed together. The middle, I recognize the dry lavender aspect and it's very comforting. Very deep and sweet, thanks to the iris. Silage is very good, but not exactly something I could easily wear.