Jeux de Peau Serge Lutens for women and men

I was hoping the tea and butter would warm up on my skin, but it was overpoweringly smokey on me. Bummer :(

For reference, my skin tends to love amber, vanilla, iris and sandalwood, and it hates leather, smoke, and rose (which always become overpowering).

This one isn't for me tank you. On me this scent smells like sour dough mixed with liquorice.
Don't do a blind buy on this is my advise.

I got a spray on my right wrist from a perfume collector , this is just divine!! It got that medicinal smell to it, but that's okay, because the milky notes will dominate. One of Serge Lutens' gem, as a niche, very acceptable.

This is a delicious gourmand frag. The sweet milky bread-out-of-the-oven hits me right away and never leaves. As the scent dries down, the amber warms up and sandalwood starts to show its head. This is sweet, warm, and makes you hungry. While I don't know if it is an every day scent for a guy, it is definitely one for the collection.

Wonderful, Gorgeous, Elegant, Enchanting. Lutens seems to be getting all of my perfume buying business these days. I'm afraid that most other houses just will no longer do. And while I am interested in others, I just cant help myself to always choose lutens at check out time. The quality is uncomparible.

As a perfume that boasts pretty much all of my favorite fragrance notes, I was hoping it would be more unusual, warm, and bready-spicy. On my skin it kind of smelled like a spicy, potent Christmas holiday liquor mixed with some synthetic woods. Rum balls anyone? The woods and spices and booze never really melded together, and it just kind of smelled like too many things going on at once. Overall, this perfume was like a really lackluster movie with all fantastic actors.

Sweet, toasted buttered milky delicious bread on a gentle soft sandalwood base. Comforting and warming. Very different from other gourmand's which I find too heavy. Sometimes I pair this up with Serge's Santal Majuscule on my other arm as they compliment each other. Unfortunately doesn't last long on me.

This is nostril tempting - it wafts up at least 6 hours after a first spritz and tantalises your nose with milky nutty basmati rice cooked with Hunza apricots (love all of these in cooking terms) High quality, very lasting, but somehow too standard gourmand for me.

Whenever I'm out at parties or social events, I always notice the gourmand perfumes on people, and they're pleasant, yet there's something unsophisticated about them. And, shocking as it may sound because Lutens is synonymous with high quality niche perfumes, this somehow reminds me of Burberry Touch for men which isn't a gourmand but has that too smooth feel too it.

My fave gourmand so far is Bvlgari's Omnia, which has a redeeming touch of other subtle ingredients that raise it above cooking smells. Maybe I don't like my arts too confused - there's cooking, there's perfume, and the two combined don't gel together somehow for me.
But, if you love gourmands, this is excellent

This is woody ,spicy and very different from the notes listed .The wheat mixed with woods make a strange scent that tends to be very dry after spraying.
I do not smell coconut, milk or other creamy ingredients ,no matter what the pyramid of perfume suggests...smokiness and woodiness rules the perfume which i thought it would be like Douce Amere or Datura Noir...this is more like Daim Blonde or even a dark Santal Blanc...the conclusion :woods,woods,woods!!!

Let me start by saying that I really like this fragrance. BUT...Unisex. Too much wood in the opening. And, for my taste, too much amber throughout. But I love that it smells like butter, and baked bread, and syrup. It's sort of puts me in the mind of pancakes, with apricot jam. And I also get the licorice, very clearly. It's not the candy, though, it's the dried root people chew on. It pairs nicely with the light floral notes.

All in all...Breakfast. Pancakes and jam, cup of licorice root tea, vase with a few fresh cut flowers. Really wonderful to sit and sniff off the wrist, but I worry it might be a little too rich for frequent wear. I'd still like to own a small decant of this.

Every baker should spray this onto the cakes and pastries as the finishing touch, and they'll sell like hotcakes...

I tried and tried more than 12 Lutens perfumes today and when I smelt the top notes of Jeux de Peau, I knew right away, this was it.

This is, like every Lutens perfume, very thick and concentrated. It is delicious but do not over spray it as it may be cloying. 2-3 sprays are enough to feed your gourmand hunger the entire day. I agree with LuluSaintly, you'll want to reapply it over and over, as the top notes are just like MSG (monosodium glutamate).

Side effect of overdoing it: Diabetes
Indication of proper usage: Happiness, smile, your ultimate sugar guilty leasure
Get this if you cant get it: Maccaron

Scent: 4.4/5.0
Silage: 4.2/5.0
Logevity: 4.6/5/0
Unisexity: as unisex as a cupcake
Sexuality: 0.2/5/0
Fun: 5.0/5.0

-Mr. Almond-

Jeux de peau was the first Serge Lutens fragrance I ever tried, and I wonder sometimes why I don't go back to it more. I suppose one has limited time, and what with trying new frags constantly, and then reaching for failsafes like Shalimar and Ambre Sultan, Jeux de peau comes far enough down the list that I don't open the box as often as I should.
My first impression of this perfume was an almost overwhelming blast of burnt sandalwood, which after a second or two was overpowered (and I mean overpowered) by a spicy waft of black pepper that almost made me cough. To me, this perfume is warm, woody - Christmassy even, with a complex, intellectual drydown.
I interviewed Lutens himself about this fragrance (I'm a journalist) and he said he used to cross a courtyard when he was a young photographer, where the vents of several bakeries came out, and this is his memory of where they all met in the middle - a mixture of the smells of toast, bread, milk, vanilla, etc. It's very definitely a gourmand. He also admitted to an almond accord in it (I'd guessed walnut).
The milky drydown on this is lovely, but for me the top notes are the main event, so I prefer to wear just one spray and keep reapplying it. Now that it's December, I might go back to it again.

I wanted to love this, but on me it smells like a buttery pop corn pumped Arabie (and Arabie always smells so flat on me, sadly). The only thing Jeux de Peau did for me is made me hungry *duh* :(

Wow! I'm just starting to explore niche/luxury gourmands, and I have to say they are from a whole different world! This perfume is absolutely decadent. It's well composed, for sure. Slightly sweet, yet not cloying at all. At first it smells like freshly baked cinnamon raisin bread with warm milk. Then there is a slight smoky, more mature note there that makes the scent more complex, unique, and likeable. I don't know that I would go through a whole bottle but I would definitely save this for those days when I want to feel just scrumptious yet smoldering and mysterious. I do get spice and a little apricot from this, but not much licorice or coconut. Mostly smoky but sweet baked bread and milk. Very nice.

This is delicious. When I first smelled it I began to drool. Buttery, toasted sweet bread. I can really smell the toast, it's smoky almost, and intoxicating. There's definitely some coconut here, too. That fades into honey and milk and a nuttiness, wow, this perfume is utterly delicious, I would eat this if it were possible. It seems to get sweeter and smokier on me over time, with a constant woodsy background throughout. This is definitely very wearable, for men and for women, and I DEFINITELY need to buy an entire bottle of this.

Homemade caffe latte, warm bread with butter and finest apricot marmalade.
This would be a police description of it.

Beautiful, sunny winter sunday morning, cozy breakfast in a warm bed, feeling happy and content as a kid - no worries, just thrilled about the brand new day ahead.

Also, first gourmand I dared to buy and wear.

I do not smell the wheat. This is a hot Russian rye bread. He is very fragrant and tasty. A golden butter on it melts. This is the most native fragrance it is my second skin. He does not cheat and do not fly away. He comforts and warm all day. He says, happiness is within you own. All is well!

This was an experience!
Instantly made me think of a bakery, of salty white soda bread and buttery croissants - I couldn't believe the tag-line was true. As it wears, the milk and sandalwood give it a smooth undertone, but this scent remains rich and foody, the salty wheat note never really fades.
Very addictive, but I'm not quite sure I want to wear it on myself!

Tried yesterday, and the first thing the came to my mind when I smell this was sweet popcorn, and was quite irritating, I don't know much how to describe the notes of perfumes, but the combination of this really is anoying and most people said it's a gourmand and I love gourmand perfumes but not this one.

This reminds me of a cheap perfume booth at my college bazaar. One of the scents was called 'Bread' - a sickeningly sweet pungent, burning plastic-like, acrid odor. makes you think of bread baking in the oven, except that you'd accidentally put the plastic bread that was for pure display purposes in the oven instead of its real counterpart. Bleargh! One of the worst things I've ever smelled. It made me feel nauseous.

The best way to describe this is; Warm, sensual, arresting and delicious in all senses of the word, without ever succumbing to tooth-aching sticky-sweetness. This, for me, re-defines "Gourmand" and transcends it at the same time, so even if you don't like edible fragrances, you should still give it a try.

The syrupy imortelle opens with an almost savory kick; like a warm buttery croissant coated with a thin, sugary shell of caramel. There's enough of a "sense of sweetness", but it's like an expensive infused tea, ripe with flavors of caramel, vanilla and cream but not the weight or sweetness.

After about 30 minutes, the woody dry-down starts to come in much stronger, tempered with a subtle milky undertone (the coconut milk) so it's never harsh or dry. Imagine holding a stick of expensive aromatic wood, swirled previously in a mug of rich chai latte.

This fragrance doesn't do a typical dry-down like other scents. It's linear in the best way possible, with the woody-aromatic and smoky spiced-cream accords taking turns surfacing over the next few hours. I love how its delicious to smell but not overtly foody.

At the end of the day, after a hot shower, my husband can still catch a whiff on my neck, so this lasts really well. But who can resist touching up in the middle of the day just to get one more hit of the treacly top notes?

Worth every single cent I paid.

I had a sample of this, and not had much possible to use it my-Self. My soon to be 9 year old Son used it in few days totally end. I guess I need to purchase a bottle together for me and him. This is very addictive scent. What have You done Mr Serge Lutens? Good work for sure.

Smells like freshly baked bread and milk with some sugar in it. As it fades away it becomes the smell of a bread crust little over done :). I like but I am not sure I will wear it.

A very strange perfume - I am glad I got a sample. I was very put off by the unpleasant opening notes but then it softened to a strange, unfamiliar but not unpleasant scent. Excellent sillage and longevity but I will not be buying a big bottle.

For some reason, on me, my nose equates this to a very pleasant but pretty linear ginger / cinnamon biscuitty scent. Not sure how all those notes equal that resolution but hey! Discreet sillage, but lasting power seems to be very good.

I really like this! I see it more for winter but it reminds me of this scent called Trussardi skin. It smells like oatmeal or wheat oatmeal slightly sweetened with cedar.

freddiefingers,
thank you for taking the time to write such a thoughtful review. I, for one, do very much appreciate your words of warning, and will definitely heed them by sampling first.
:-)

I will kindly appeal to all who have not tried this not to be swayed by the rave reviews to do a blind buy.this is not safe if you dont have a 'refined' nose.what many are testifying to may not come across so easily on your skin.I am yet to wear this for some time before I can really make up mind fully about it.

I can testify it's long lasting,sillage and projection are well above average.one spray is more than enough.best time to wear this has to be fall/winter and cold evenings.cool spring will be ok too.On a hot summer day this will suffocate.

Our local Serge Lutens rep clearly linked it to food but said it is weird.she also needed more wearings to appreciate it.sadly they didnt stock it and only my sample was all she had.

Please try a sample before committing and making a big mistake.One reviewer described this as better than Chergui.I beg to differ....

This is a very into face santal parfume - today morning after the spraying, I didn't smelled any bread or milk, only santal with a hint of petrol (!)
I definitely prefer Santal du Mysore or Santal Blanc from uncle Serge's range since those show a nice development in the fragrance. Next time when I'll put it on my skin it will be minus 20 °C in the winter - let see how it works then. Would be great to smell on a men skin.
Longevity is vey good, it lasts more than 12 hours.

Animalic? Coconut? Sweet?
I have a different Serge Lutens on my skin then.

Jeux de Peau for me is a part of a group of fragrances that are sort of gourmand, but rather savoury gourmand than sweet. Jeux de Peau starts off with a milky-salty note coming from liquorice. But it is not a sort of liquorice I know from other scents- here it is dry, almost woody, and salty. Makes me think of fresh bread with salty butter spread on top. On the other hand it is delicious, but somehow, the scent turns out not to be an 'edible' fragrance' despite the food connections.
I did not really get the base notes really, even after a while, when the scent disappears, fruity notes did not really make an appearance.

I really like it, the longevity is good, but in the same category of gourmand-salty Praline de Santal is far superior.

jeux de peau is my true love！my one and only! creamy, smooth, oily, like a buttered toast ! and it also smells like sweet childhood memories. indeed, it make me feel cozy and happy!

Yes, I must express how much I LOVE The Highness of Jeux de peau. And that is Serge Lutens once more getting all my money. Will buy it till the day I lose my senses.

Opulence shrouded in the familiarity of victuals - a legacy my recently departed grandmother left. This scent is unapologetically intimidating while being softly imbued with unique shards of decadence and sensibility.

I have already reviewed this scent , saying how hideous i found it . BUT as I'm crazy , i often try again scents that i dislike . I've tried this one on my skin this time ( not on the test paper) and i have to say it's not THAT bad , i still don't get the croissant or the buttered bread ( and i'm French) to me , it's more a woodsy scent , with no real sillage , you have to be very close to smell it ( i guess that's why such a name).
I still fing those SL excessively expensive.

Aaaaah! I want to lick my arm. This is such a wonderful and yummy smell. It's gourmand, but a nice one. It reminds me of European ginger spice bread, the one with the chunks of sugar on top of it. I want a bottle NOW! ;-)

It is so smart and so charming - my true love at first sight! Perfect for winter and autumn - very comfortable, warm and appealing. Beautifully sits on male skin. For delicate, handsome young man with perfect sense of dressing and humor.

Love at first sight! Smell like buttery toast or even a milk-rich croissant, which reminds me of a bakery. Longevity is great, though.

I so wanted to like this, but don't. On me JdP smells of burned milk with a hint of leathery liquorice. Not a delicious comforting gourmand scent. I wish I got the toast/boulangerie notes people are mentioning!

Very surprised not to find Vanilla listed as an ingredient. This scent makes me think of french vanilla coffee and oozy buttery toast!
And toasted marshmallows!!

Reminds me of warm oatmeal cereal,the kind you eat in
winter.The milk and apricot notes waft in the air,the
coconut and licorice which smell much like maple syrup,
warm and comforting, on a cold blistery morning!I would
wear this if I were feeling nostalgic,echos childhood
and innocence.Very sweet and gourmand.

Put it like this:

I have never smelt anything that makes me dance at just the sheer smell lool - that kind of dance you do when you eat good food

To me it smells like an uncleaned hamster cage. Very unpleasant.

gourmand
tanta liquirizia lo rende maschile soprattutto all'inizio poi con cocco e albicocca vira al femminile.decisamente femminile.
buono ma non credo proprio sia possibile da indossare tutti i giorni.strange.
buona durata.

I'm really not familiar with Serge Lutens, but this one is strange. It really isn't the milky, bread and cookies scent I expected, but I know I've never smelled anything like it, it's very deep and rich.

Right when you spray it, it has an off-putting popcornish butter-sweet smell, but that fades off right away. The main thing I smell is black licorice, not in a sweet or candy way, but smooth, rich and dark, a little salty with a hint of sweetness and a tingle of spice, almost herbal but not quite.

It's actually not that far off from a leather smell, it's rich and deep but reserved, soft, dark, almost cozy but a little mysterious.... It's an intimate feel, like reading by candelight in an old-fashioned study, you can almost smell the leather and polished wood.

As it dries down, it seems a little more innocent and closer to the gourmand people have been describing, with less leather and darkness and a bit of milky coconut combined with a softer, sweeter aspect of the licorice.

I actually really like the smooth dark licorice-leather smell, but it feels like an odd thing for me to wear. I could see this being nice on either a man or a woman though.

Jeux de Peau sounds and it really is sensual. At first, it does remind me like a high-cal version Marc Jacobs for Men. I do get a lot of coconut-leather-sandalwood note with some spicy and fruity edges, that aare simply lovely. After using one sample, I did perceive the "boulangerie" effect, but bread it ain't- it is a metaphor for the idea that comfort food is what you need when you are lonely, but that food ain't real- it could be your fragrance that acts like a balm to your soul and maybe it is noticed by the ones who understand it. I do need to get it into my collection.

On another thread, you would get also an oriental facet- this fragrance does evoke India and it's legends.

Jeux de Peau does play with your skin and, as s
bread is a staple food, fragrance is a staple for your freshly-washed skin: it follows you throughout the day.

P.S: Needless to say that Jeux de Peau is here to stay with a nice scent trail and for a long visit.

Jeux de Peau takes the idea of gourmand fragrance into an entirely new realm. It is one of the warmest, most alkaline and milky scents I’ve encountered. It has notes that don’t appear in the profile, most strongly filbert (or hazelnut, noisette,) coffee, and something slightly metallic and salty. The other notes are all there, but they evolve slowly (peach/osmanthus.) I can also detect something like butter in Jeux de Peau. Like a comfort food, this is very warming and very creamy. No sour or acidic notes. It’s strong and bold, and fades off softly. Such a fascinating fragrance experience, I really encourage people to test this out; it pushes the boundaries of gourmand scents into something experiential and almost narrative.

SERIOUS longevity.

I piled it on this morning cuz my Serge L's usually disappear inside 3 hours. But with this, I had about a 3 foot radius of scent around me for a good 4 hours.

After 8 hours it was at about 6-12" and I could definitely still catch whiffs... The longest of any Lutens I've ever worn. And I have 5 others... It's 12 hours now, and I can still smell it, but its much closer to the skin now... I have to dig my nose into the front of my shirt... but I still catch whiffs as I walk around my house.

Not getting any of the flesh, or clean sweat, or "I know what cannibals feel like now" weirdness that is described... thank god. 

I agree with id... yummy, edible and strange. I can not describe this scent. Not really buttered cookies or the milk and toast that people describe...nor the coconut, licorice or cedar or sandalwood...I have NO idea what I am smelling nor how on earth it has lasted so long!

But it is gourmand and I like it. It is most definitely unique.

A warm apricot jam, tangy instead of sweet, rich and complex is prominant. Also a very light buttery pastry croissant scent. This is definitely a warm fruity gourmand scent for grown ups. Warm and complex without being to sweet or perfumey.

So rich, even though it is not to heavy or cloying, that it may become tiresome as an everyday scent. Not right for a date. Perfect for fall or winter weekends or evenings.

yummy edible, strange. It annoys and attracts me the same time, so sometimes I still reach for it (usually for taking long walks in the morning, inside the weather is too dry for it)and feel good wearing this fragrance. Confusing, comfortable and memorable.

To be frank, I bought this fragrance with little thought because I was being rushed at the time. After taking it home, it smells a little too strong for me. For future references, I'll keep in mind that what smells good inside a perfume-filled department store is probably not quite the same under broad day light. I do like the fact that this fragrance doesn't drift into the expected vanilla sugar scent, but instead is a rather unique gourmand. Many people compared the scent to buttery toast, but I'm not sure I get the toast. It's more like a thick eggnog mixed with coconut cream. Buttery and rich, but also sophisticated at the same time.
On me, the sillage is impressive. A single dab on the wrist can last me quite a while. Under the California weather, it could easily become a very sickeningly cloying overdose of butter and cream. Because of so, I can never find the right occasion for which to wear it. Definitely not a golf weather fragrance, I'll say this much.

As I tried this, I had the chilling impression of understanding how cannibals feel. There is something disturbingly carnal about it, something you really would not want to know about. I'm the biggest fan of Serge Lutens perfumes ever, I want them all...But this one seems to open doors I'd prefer to keep closed, makes me think of something gone wrong at a genetic level. Feels like bad plastic surgery, or may be, like that Almodovar film - "The skin I live in"...But the idea of burnt skin really comes across, and I must admit, at least that is brilliant.

I think the perfume some strange thing I feel the smell of starch, but the wire and the beauty. Mr. letens Broaúha the strange take me to a different world, sometimes to the Gothic churches, and sometimes fancy gardens, and sometimes Arabic mosques and shops in the streets of old spices as bizarre really delightful

Milk that's been overheated and slightly burnt. That's Jeux de Peau's opening note that lasts about an hour. After that it's mostly sandalwood mixed with a bit of condensed milk and a touch of licorice to create that sweet, burnt smell. While the opening is quite loud, after 30' it settles very close to the skin, the sweetness dissipates, and it reminds me of a sexy masculine soap. The dry down also has something of Douce Amere IMO, but this is fainter than DA on me. Lasting power is good, over 8 hours but projection after the first 3-4 hours is beyond minimal.

It's a comforting scent for sure that, barring the first half hour, can be worn in any season. I find it quite inoffensive and very suitable for office use. However, already owning a large bottle of Bois Farine that creates the exact same feelings in me, I don't feel at all compeled to buy a FB.

I certainly can not decide whether this scent reminds me of warm, freshly baked, white bread with a crisp crust, just the sort that is so foamy in texture that, when pressed with hands, it remains in that crushed form, or an Easter 'pinca', sweet bread with eggs and raisins ... or perhaps both. whichever option I choose, it is a scent of a lot of yeast that is generously floured because the mix of milk and liquorice gives me the feeling of powdery flour-yeast note, and the coconut reminds of foamy lightness.
at the end the scent is sweetened with a very thin layer of apricot jam, for a sweet fruity, very interesting, finish touch.

the story designed to follow Jeux de Peau is nowhere near with the motives I get smelling it (and I wondered how this would be called if it was designed by Demeter), because this scent reminds me of, what we here call 'dječja radost/kids joy', and that is breakfast in the morning with jam/marmalade on bread; not quite 'games of skin/skin games', but it is certainly an interesting scent game of homemade bread and jam, which manages to be just on the verge of gourmand, never crossing that line - it still smells quite woody throughout the whole composition.

My worst blind buy ever !!!!!!! In the opening a heavy liquorice smell + sickly burnt notes . Sweet cloying in the worst way . Don't ask me about longevity I had to wash it off !!!

O M G get this off of me! On top of this smelling cloyingly full of cedar wood ( my arch nemesis), it smells like burnt & charred buttered toast pieces stirred into a bowl of burnt unsweetened oatmeal. This is not how I want to smell. Very strong opening <-- not a compliment when it comes to this perfume. This is not sweet, this is not a gourmand. I dont honestly know what this is. But I do know what it's NOT: good. I wanted to try a Lutens, and luckyscent only offered this one in sample form...so this is why I'm currently suffering thru this one right now. I notice there is no cedar listed in the notes. what?? impossible. I also notice there is coconut listed?! huh?? No way is there coconut! Who made this pyramid?? someone without a nose? Anyway, thumbs so down...down into the depths of hell

Do not know why other ppl describe all kinds of foody and sweet things I would love to smell. What I get from Jeux de Peau is tearoses and dirt. It is much similar to some Etat Libre scents in that smokey, gravel-like base it has. It makes me think of toilet spray.

This smell is like cookie. And you smell like you just went out from a bakery shop. I have bought this parfume in winter and i really like it, because it's not too sweet and is very warm (it makes me feel cute). The smell at the beginning is stronger, but very soon it becomes very light (i even would like it stronger). My boyfriend cant stop sniffing me and is very in love with me then i'm wearing this parfume, that's why it's my signature smell at the moment.

Salty French bread, butter toffee, and clean sweat; milk, coconut powder, and licorice; cedarwood, amber, and insect repellent. Jeux de Peau - literally "skin games" - is a challenging scent that leaves me with the chilling impression of wearing someone else's skin. Jeux de Peau feels nostalgic and familiar, yet this feeling of true horror sets in once you realize that you're feeling all-too-intimate and familiar with a complete stranger's life. Extra horror points once you realize this is the smell of a child: l'eau de young French bakery boy running errands in the summer.

While Jeax de Peau is a pleasure to try on every so often just to experience the ride of emotions that is sure to follow, there's something frightening about the idea of having a bottle of this sitting on my dresser.

This is one of the most edible scents to be created on this earth. Fans of burnt sugar and milk will love it instantly as it really reminds the air in the kitchen where some warm dessert has been prepared. It can be tiring as its sweetness permeates through the skin swallowing it greedy.

I really don't like this at all. I know it is suppposed to smell like fresh bread but, to me, it smells like burnt coffee with a hint of burnt rubber I think. I also agree with the people who said it smells of sweat. Very disappointing.

This is a perfect gourmand for me! It has actually driven me to change my breakfast routine. Out with the porridge! I now eat toasted bread with butter and organic (French!:) peach spread every morning, completed with top quality, new brewed, white coffee. Delicious it is!

I went to Bergdorf Goodman to try this scent and the top note is a milky/almond scent. Delicious and unusual..you want to eat it up. It dried down to a woodsy scent. I do not smell the milky/almond notes anymore. It is a fall/woodsy scent based on the dry down.

Alfarom give bakery an exemple,i would totally agree.
Buttery,milky,sickly sweet,something to eat.
First seconds licorice is very clear,minute later milk dominate,then coconut and still from this stage linear till end.
Unisex,but a to me a little to feminine side,just a little.
I took a shower after 6 hours of applying but it was really still strong so i will say 8+ hours for longevity and projection is LOUD!!!
To me isn't bad smell but just not a "Perfume"!
P.S:10 hours after bath i can smelt it easily,it last and last.

I love this scent. It smells like warm milk with licorice and spices and like another review said toast! Very warm and inviting. I do not smell the coconut at all and thank god for that. I am SO over coconut smelling anything. But I digress, I was excited to try this perfume after I read the description and it really was love at first sniff. There seems to be a lot of mixed opinions on this one, but I think it is truly divine. It isn't too sweet at all. I don't smell the fresh baked bread, but I think that is a good thing. I'm not sure I want to walk around smelling like yeast.

Funny, I don't get the baked bread scent so much. What I notice is sandalwood and milk arguing and never blending together to form a united whole. This one is a jarring perfume-y gourmand on my skin, very serrarating to the nerves. I hated it before I could get it off and yes, Serge Lutens last forever! I do love some of his madly, but this is not one of them. It just doesn't blend at all on me and puts me on edge.

Very spicy gourmand .The drydown totally reminds me of Laura Mercier Nuits Enchantees without the coffee note.

Wow! I don't now how often I would wear this one outside the house, but for my own personal enjoyment, it is rather amazing. I get so many things from Jeux de Peau. There is an aroma of the sweaty, salty skin of a child running in the heat of a summer evening. There's a touch of insect repellent, too. There's an overwhelming (but not unpleasant) note of freshly-popped popcorn drenched in caramel or toffee glaze, with coarse-grained salt visible and detectable in the aroma and taste. I find Jeux de Peau to be complex, inviting, slightly gourmand, long-lasting, and rather abstract in concept. Definitely worth a sniff for fans of the unconventional!

Just too, too sweet and oddly burnt and oily. I have a high tolerance for Lutensian sugar-rushes, but this a nutella monster ( I get a strong hazelnut note ) over a rather harsh, woody base. There are better gourmands and woody fragrances in this line.

On the up side, this lasts to forever and projects very well, so if you like this it'll be with you all day!

At first I got incense like at Mass (and not in a good way - quite putrid in fact), but then the dry down became something a little more approachable. I think it's a very much like Revlon Absolutley Fabulous and a bit like Mugler's Amen. Projection is not great and nor is longevity. Unfortunately I find this with most Lutens fragrances that I've tried. Not worth the hefty price tag.

I guess I didn't get the same reaction as many of you below. Well, some of you said "sweat", that would be the cumin I smelled. I also got urine and smelly feet. Sorry to say that but that's what I smelled. Seeing the notes above makes me wonder what happened?!

The correct spelling is "Jeux" de Peau, not "Jeaux" de Peau as this website has it.

The Serge Lutens website describes Jeux de Peau as "warm, freshly-baked bread: a remedy for solitude."

A very deliciously heavy gourmand fragrance. I'm wearing it right now for the first time (at work). Is it work appropriate? Is it too strong or offensive? I don't know. I can only wonder what my co-workers think.

I was told by a few sales people at Barney's that Hazelnut is included in the notes. True?

Anyway, I like it a lot. I wish it was more versatile to wear at any time and occasion, but I guess I like it too much to even care.

Bonjour boulangerie!!!!

Jeux de peau was at first a very heavy gourmand scent but not in a wearable way... it felt a bit obnoxious and rather a question mark in my head. Would I wear this? Under what alcoholic conditions? I enjoyed smelling it every five minutes until I decided it wasn't something I'd buy although it had caught my attention. But then I tried it a second time and I became addicted to it. I don't care for my auntie saying "what are you wearing son and why?". I don't.

I'd use it every once in a while because I love the feeling and the drydown is pretty similar to other Lutens albeit this is much pronounced and I like that. Coconut is not my favorite note but here it mixes well with the milk and liquorice so it's ok.

This surely makes a statement and most people will feel intimidated creating such a strong impression. I don't think this is an easy one to go anywhere with, and still... it's a scent you can't take out of your mind. I guess I'd get tired of it on a daily use but I also do when I increase unmoderately my consumption of pastries and cakes, so my only advice: don't eat too much of these freshly baked croissants and your appetite will be alive for next hungers to come!

I really like this scent but my husband says it smells like sweat.

un parfum qui me fait rappelait un attar chez arabian oud!!!!!!
ce n'est pas de la copie ca?????!!!! mensieur lutens???

Love the initial burst of sweet buttery baked bread fragrance. The sillage and longevity is decent, lasted 6-8 hours, mostly close to my skin..indeed a "skin games" as in the name "Jeux de Peau". This is one of those few not so common and interesting toasted butter-bread type of sweet gourmand fragrance. The drydown is built around some rather soft sandalwood, cedarwood and amber notes. Found JdP share some similar initial blast of nutty-toasty-buttery with L'Artisan's Bois Farine. Also if you enjoyed the dark opulence of Chypre Rouge, I find JdP to be in the same league. Interesting and unique sweet gourmand which I enjoyed much.

I'm in love with this fragrance, I need to have It and sometimes I need to smell It...To me It's like a firework, all smells break out in a very unusual way and It lasts for long long time...Definitely the next one I'm gonna buy!

An heavv gourmand that clearly shows the Lutens hallmark. Intense, sweet, rich...way too much. Pleasant at first with its apricot (mainly osmanthus to me) mixed with a buttery / milky accord, but definitely cloying after a while. The overall effect is like to be in a french boulangerie at 8 o'clock am. Steaming butter-croissants and bread, sweet aromas, icing. Pleasant smell if you go, get your breakfast and get out. But if you wear it for the whole day it gets cloying in two hours. Incredibly tenacious lasting power. Pass.

Rating: 5/10

A lovely Gourmand scent with Serge Lutens quality signature.

Very nice indeed...!!!

This smells delicious. On a cold, wet wintery day, initially it reminded of rice pudding with all the spices I love but can't wear. And unfortunately I can't wear this one either. I think the mid notes' (coconut and licorice) combination is what reacted and made me feel rather nauseaous. However the sillage is great (bad for me though), even after I tried washing it off my arm, it's still going strong.

Extraordinarily gourmand on me, this is sweet doughy bread through and through. I've never tried a scent that made me feel that hungry before! A warming fragrance, I thought this was more suited to coller months. Phenomenal sillage and very long lasting, a little goes a long way.

Beware, this could be fattening: a very high calorie gourmand fragrance: buttered rolls, jam, pastry and lots of sugary lactonic notes. It is, quite literally, like wearing food.

Of course, like most Lutens it's beautifully composed and beautifully balanced... and I guess quite unique... but I'm not sure I could wear it as it wets the appetite far too much. I'd end up snacking on buttered scones and doughnuts all day long.

"Jeux de Peau" , is the French for " Skin Games " .
Indeed it does smell skin-like , but ( no offend at all to it's fans )to me it smells like someone who hasn't showered , it's acrid . It doesn't smell sweat , i don't know, it's weird .
Really not for me anyway.

This fragrance was very close to being something I could enjoy, but I found the licorice note out of place in the composition, for my chemistry at least.

On me, Jeux de Peau smells like toasted spiced bread with butter and cinnamon sugar...it's very foody, which I often enjoy in a fragrance. In this case, not all the spices in the bread are something I want to taste (or smell). The licorice note is smothering the toast and cinnamon-sugar notes. The butter note hangs on though! So, it's like buttered licorice toast in the end. :(

I do detect some sandalwood, but no apricot.

The best Lutens scent of recent times. An incredible softness sandalwood. A French croissant, covered with butter and a compote of apricots.

Jeux de Peau
The scent of Baked Bread like Croissants ....even a Baguette is intended and unmistakable

On the skin, my nose picks up something of the nuances of bread which seem to
fade into a buttery heaven,
with an tiny bit of Fruity Confiture
As the perfume mellows down it takes on a subtle nuances ...
Skin and Croissant/ Baguette get confused.

Jeux de Peau is a skin scent...
meant to stay close to the body,
disappearing into nothing more than a whisper.
The Bread butter smell is very faint and you need to be very close to encounter it.

The drydown is particularly beautiful
Settling into a wood palette of milky sandalwood.
.
This fragrance is made to play with our memory of
things we are familiar with
and unconsciously like ....

Today I've found this one, so I could try it... I can smell liquorice + coconut + woody notes. I've found some similarities with... With love, by Hillary Duff! So Jeux de peau isn't original as I expected, but if you want a nice and wereable Lutens, you can try it!

My sample from LuckyScent doesn't resemble the note pyramid at all! Jeux de Peau opened awfully with burnt wood and ashes. It smelled acrid and made me sneeze. An hour later, the char was still dominant, but less harsh. Slightly sweet powder and then coconut notes developed. After two hours the charcoal note has finally faded into a pleasant mix of powdery wood and dessert notes, all liberally flavored with woodsmoke. At the three hour mark, I liked it a lot and would love to smell it's smoky, woody sweetness on a man. After a full 8 hours the smoke is finally in the background. In the foreground are sweets, wood, and musk. The sweets and musk remind me of Flower by Kenzo.

Ok I'm not part of the crowd because my sample I got 100% Sweet almond biscotti with a little pistachio nougat and a healthy shot of Sambuca. There is no way anyone should wear this if they want to tone down a little. This is lovely or should I say yummy;)

Love this!!!
On me the licorice stands out the most at start. I missed the milk compleatly but get some burnt wood in the dry down. Creamy and dry… like new baked bred with a krunchy crust witha a fluffy lovley inside. It gets a litlebit sweeter wiht time though but still with a wood-smoky tone.
I think this one are good for a woman but even better for a man so this one I'll pas on to my brother.

I received a sample from Les Salons and tried it intantly.It is quite a strong, warm smell to launch in sringtime. I would prefer it more for winter or fall. Reminds me of Chergui and Feminité du bois, nothing new for me. Or maybe I just don' smell the milk and cookies.

One of my favorite so far.

It IS in Palais Royal in Paris:)) Smelt it there!
Smells exactly like toasts, milk and licorice! Like it very much!

I bought it in Poland (private seller). It will be avaiable from March 1st on sergelutens.com, so I guess You'll have to wait.

Excuse me, but where did you buy it? Can I already purchase it in "Les Salons du Palais Royal" in Paris?!

I just have bought it and I think the scent is sooo great. It smells like buttered cookies with a hint of Wonderwood by Comme Des Garcons. Very wearable scent. Sillage and staying power is also very good. Jeux de peau is good for men and women, because first sniff is sweet and buttery - more feminine, than fragrance gets more woody and masculine. Now it's one of my favourite from Serge Lutens!