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Beauty Notes: Serge Lutens Fleurs de Citronnier Review
Beauty Notes: Serge Lutens Fleurs de Citronnier Review
Posted by Dain, Friday, January 04, 2008 1:59 AM (Eastern)
Fleurs de Citronnier must be reviewed in tandem, not, as one might expect, with Fleurs d'Oranger, but Clair de Musc. They spin off in different directions from the same point of departure, a transparent white musk. Clair de Musc cuts facets into its crystalline heart, but Fleurs de Citronnier softens it with a layer of innocence: soap bubbles and lemon blossoms. They are related, recognizably so, but they have entirely different characters. Fleurs de Citronnier is the prettier and rather more boring cousin, but far friendlier. One is charmed, but it doesn't quite command respect*. It is a perfume you might wear to—other people's—weddings.
Gainsborough painted, it sometimes feels like, all the English quality during the 18th century. But he took time out from his more lucrative role as portraitist to capture his two daughters, chasing a butterfly. Not intellectual art, perhaps, but a labor of love.
* I do not mean to slight Fleurs de Citronnier; I used up my entire sample, to my own surprise. Nor do I mean to slight the artist in question. I like Gainsborough, too, but this is intended to be a comparison with Picasso, who shook art to its foundations.
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