La Myrrhe Serge Lutens for women

I was suprised, when I found this is a woman fragrance! I thought it was unisex, but I rather masculine.
Altough this is a nice scent.

Smells very minerally... Like bath salt?? Like it but wouldn't want to smell like it...

i had been looking forward to this for some time and had a certain idea of what it might smell like. bought the jar totally blind and, well, hit the aldehydic jackpot! it does soar but the soil/mineral earthiness of the myrrh really gives it true simultaneous duality. this is quality art in a bottle and what longevity (with ideal sillage)!
with sarrasins, chergui, filles & aiguilles, gris clair & iris silver mist and now this, i believe i now own enough lutens to be content for a while :)

merci serge!

All Serge Lutens scents are marvellous, but they lack staying power, sillage. I wish this could be corrected, but perhaps it is the politics of Shiseido - Japanese women are sensitive and dislike "strong" scents, but since the company took over Serge Lutens, too much water has been added to the expensive bell jars. I regret this infinitely because the perfumes themselves are unbeatable.

It took me some time to figure out what this one reminded me so strongly about. Now I`ve finally get it: The bubble bath`s of my early childhood! To be specific, around 1980-81. We had a pink bathtub (supercool at that time) and I remember that I loved the sight of the bubbles but, got disappointed when I tasted them and/or the stinging in my eyes. I have some of the same feeling with La Myrrhe. It fascinates me in a way and it`s something in there that attractes me only, it is too harsh and soapy on my skin. Bet it is beautiful on somebody else!

This is very beautiful, less spicy than some others in the Lutens' line, but very warm, sweet and sensuous. The musk is very light. I felt quite comfortable as a woman wearing this fragrance, and it did not give me a headache as some "heavy" perfumes can. There is a candied orange note which blends really beautifully with the myrrh. I would probably try to buy this fragrance if it wasn't for the fact that I find El Attarine even more gorgeous. And of course, they are both fantasy purchases until I can travel to Paris, which is the only place to get a full bottle!

I love the myrrh and i tested practically all perfumes based on myrrh on the market. Over time i have identified three myrrh which I believe are absolutely the best on the market: Myrrhe Ardente by Goutal, mostly myrrh and nothing else (beautiful). Fahrenheit Absolute (excellent), non a pure "myrrh scent" but a scent where myrrh has a central role, a "floral myrrh". And finally The Myrrhe by Lutens, a "fruity myrrh" (mystical).
La Myrrhe (Lutens) is therefore one of the three best scent based on myrrh the market. As we have said, is a fruity myrrh. It 's a smell of extreme elegance, so that wearing it could cause a sort of discomfort. It 's a crystalline fragrance, but dark. Evokes the image of a crystal vase on a beach surrounded in the night.
La Myrrhe starts at the top notes with a blast of aldehydes that recreates the smell of a chinese mandarin, after few minutes a clear notes of almond emerges blended with a superb note of pure myrrh. In the middle/heart notes the myrrh is enhanced by delicate hints of musk and spice. In the dry down the scent becomes sweeter and resinous, with myrrh that is blended to an elegant note of honey and oriental spices.
The sillage is discrete, the longevity (lasting power) is very good (up to 8 hours).

La Myrrhe not evolved much, but it is a superb fragrance. Hard to wear, it's clearly unisex (its fruity sweetness makes it feminine, but on the other hand the power of myrrh makes it masculine). La Myrrhe with its extreme elegance and its aura of mystery rises to the rank of masterpiece. Surely the most mystical fragrance created by Lutens (and Sheldrake).

Vincenzo F.