The Lipstick Page Forums Beauty Blog: Serge Lutens! Serge Lutens! Posted by Dain, Tuesday, July 19, 2005 6:38 PM (Eastern) Yay! My set of Serge Lutens samples came today, and I'm eager to start sniffing. Such anticipation. But it'll have to wait... till I can smell (stuffed up like heck). [sighs] It seems like an eternity. All 32!! Including the non-export ones that cannot be found in the US!! Well, except for Cédre and Bornéo 1834, which are new for this fall. I'll post some quick 'n' dirty reviews of some the better known L'Artisans as well. Serge Lutens, if you're not acquainted, is considered, along with Frédéric Malle (and possibly L'Artisan), one of the very few lines that are still truly artisanal, in the grand old way of Guerlain, back in the day (before Jean Paul sold to LMVH, which many perfume lovers see as a disaster, not only to the creativity of the line, but to Guerlain's pronouncement that it will avoid such ingredients such as oakmoss and courmarin and birch tar (much to the ruination of classics such as Jicky, Shalimar, Mitsouko, etc.). These are—how else can I express it?—perfumes with a vision, with no regard for such tawdry affairs such as commerce (though they seem to do very well, particularly Serge Lutens, nevertheless.) Anyway, as if that weren't enough, I even got some free samples, including: Keiko Mecheri Myrrhe & Merveilles, ETRO Shaal Nur, Detaille Sheliane, Hermèssence Rose Ikebana, Hermèssence Ambre Narguile, Les Nereides Fleur Poundrée de Musc, Comptoir Sud Pacifique Cool Tropic Palm. Some of which I've been very curious about, too! 0 Comment(s)    Email this post Rants, raves, and musings on all things cosmetic. Profile | Current Blog Site Feed (Atom) Previous Articles ·· A couple of cheap thrills... ·· Illness... ·· Balenciaga Cristobal ·· Shaving... ·· The Blog Trend ·· Bobbi Brown ·· I was in a rather pissy mood... ·· The Emperor of Scent, by Chandler Burr ·· Vernis à ongles... ·· Figures and role models, and the nature of cosmetics as an art form... Archives TheBroadroom.Net's Beauty Blog (archive) April 2005 May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 Links Colleen's Adult Acne Blog Fashiontribes Daily