Chergui
Chergui by Serge Lutens is an unisex eau de parfum from 2005 in the luxury price tier. It opens with tobacco and honey, moves into hay, iris and damask rose and dries down to amber, musk and sandalwood. Expect around 9 hours of wear, and it projects strongly.
Notes, explained
Opening
- Tobacco Sweet, dried and honeyed. Nothing like a cigarette.
- Honey Sweet, waxy and slightly animalic. Can smell dirty in large doses.
Heart
- Hay Sun-dried grass and tonka. Warm, rustic and comforting.
- Iris Cool, powdery, slightly carroty and expensive. The luxury note.
- Damask Rose The rich, jammy, honeyed rose. Deep and slightly wine-like.
Dry-down
- Amber Warm, golden and resinous. Not a real material — a blend that glows.
- Musk Warm, skin-like and slightly sweet. Makes a fragrance feel like you.
- Sandalwood Creamy, milky wood. Soft and almost edible.
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