Gris Clair Eau de Parfum by Serge Lutens

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Gris Clair
Eau de Parfum
by Serge Lutens

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Gris Clair, Lutens’s ode to lavender, evokes in our minds the image of a cool flame…a strange, otherworldly flame that illuminates but doesn’t warm and doesn’t burn if you touch it. The wonderfully refined, complex and beautifully ethereal creation beings with a chilly, shimmery, definitely “gray” lavender note. The contrast of the cold lavender and the sweeter, warmer blend of amber and tonka bean in the middle stage is incredibly appealing. Our favorite part of Gris Clair are the elegantly charred, smoky base notes of dry wood and “burned incense”. The darker accord gives Gris Clair an infinite depth and the exotic, opulent feel that we came to associate with the best Lutens’s creations. The chilly lavender, the honeyed amber, the gently smoldering ashes of precious woods and incense create a unique, harmonious and striking, fusion of darkness and luminosity. Absolutely exquisite.

Gris Clair Notes
lavender, amber, tonka bean, iris, dry wood, incense

Perfumer
Christopher Sheldrake
Other fragrances by: Christopher Sheldrake

		$120		50ml

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I get men's shaving cream from this one (the cheap, white, foamy kind). Not worth my dolla

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Christophorous - from Anywhere but here...

Those who love lavender would love this one. I'll pass! Somewhat medicinal to me. 5/17/11

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Anonymous SD 2 NYC -therapist from NYC

just ordered sis this because she is now hooked on lavendar... she loved it. this line is simply like a great friend you have to be patient enough to know over a period of time. so worth it!!!

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louise -agent from st pete

There's definitely a grape Kool-Aid note to this one, but I think that's part of what I love about it. It adds some warmth to an otherwise austere composition, but has enough ambiguity to invite further contemplation. Better, I think, for fall and winter months, when the wearer can derive comfort from the smokier notes, and can catch a whiff (however fleeting) of the summery lavender. Definitely worth sampling if you're a lavender fan.

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Dave -Musician from

I got a sample of this a few years ago but shelved it when my boyfriend described it as "bug spray." I've since learned that perfumes only fall into three categories with him: bug spray, smothering aunt, and cookies. Well, I'm not the type of woman who would ever wear one of the other two, so I gave the bug spray another chance. Now I've exhausted my sample (though I keep trying to get just one more spritz) and will have to invest. It's a very dry, woodsy lavender that lasts throughout the day. Like most Serge Lutens fragrances, it's satisfyingly complex. It has mineral undertones (probably the incense note) and smells warm like static in the air or sweaters from the dryer.

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LA - from Boston

Sorry, but... Seriously? I get grape soda and really not too much else. An hour or 2 into the drydown it smells better, but still. At these prices you want to be blown away right away without having to wait for a drydown. To me this is expensive grape soda for your skin. I'd have to be smacking bubble gum to wear this...

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Bananaman - from Jersey

i tried a sample and bought a bottle..i love this scent..it starts off with a strong lavendar and drys down to ambery incense woody smell. lasts forever and IMO wears well on a woman,as well as a man. i love the amber and lavendar combination.

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Anonymous -college professor from lincoln

Bert just summed this elixir up perfectly. It is an impressionist portrait of a stalk of grey lavender high in thin air amidst stone. I have much respect for the spell this scent evokes in me. It is elegant, mysterious, enigmatic, contemplative, and a little melancholic. It is intellectual and philosophical, transcending gender. It is a scent of the soul. I will await cooler grayer days when once again wrapped in my thoughts and my cashmere peacoat, I will sally forth wearing this scent

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A Lady - from

Endless mystery in ultimative elegance and class. The BEST work of Mr. Lutens, is no doubt. Highest quality of ingredients, presence and touch of melancholic feel. This is on masculine side of course. Longevity is the best ever. Simply FANTASTIC

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bert - from

A fresh, lighthearted, masculine lavender blend. It's not as simple as a run-of-the-mill shaving-cream manfume, however; the high-quality lavender note is complimented by a sophisticated harmony of supporting tones. The resulting effect cuts down on lavender's distinctive sharp herbal character and softens and warms the fragrance. Magically attractive, although I'd hesitate to wear this as a female as my scent. I'd be more likely to use it as sleep aromatherapy or to snipe the husband with it. : -)

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Erica -Biotech from Providence, RI

Really intriguing scent. Definitely unisex...

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Anonymous - from Seattle

I'm all for wearing a men's fragrance now and then, but I do like to know what I'm getting into. Oh, I wish luckyscent would label things by gender! I would probably have liked this better if I had known it was going to be more masculine. But I was expecting and wanting something more smokey/powdery/feminine. This really is just straight-up lavender, although thankfully not cheap, run of the mill hippie-oil lavender. I'm sure I will be in the mood for this once or twice. Then I'm passing it off on my partner.

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Angela -social worker from Portland. Oregon

I first smelled this stuff in western Canada and the moment my olifactory sense picked up this scent i knew I had to be an owner of this fragerance!

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Duane Reece -Massage Therapist from Las Vegas

I think this is a GREAT fragrance. It's warm, fresh, and very long lasting. It's unique and a beautiful scent.

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Josh - from

I wanted to love this one, but for some reason, it smells very sharp, spiked on me, almost like bad BO. I love it on other people, does not work with my chemistry, my favorites from this line are Rousse, Douce Amere and there are 2 i would love to try...Chypre Rouge and the new Louve.

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*parfumnut* - from

Lavenderliciously wonderful! Compliments whenever I wear this one!

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Bklyn Scent Lover -Shoe Buyer from Brooklyn, NY

Ooops. Meant to give this 3 stars, though I'd go as high as 3.5. Nice, as I said, but not outstanding.

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Contessa - from Dayton OH

I was impressed with the staying power of this one; of the four Lutens samples I've worn, this one lasted the longest - all day and even into the night. I could smell it on my wrists as I went to bed. The fragrance itself was very much "European soap" - the lavender was there, the soap fragrance, and it was very "clean." A pleasant, but not outstanding, unisex fragrance choice.

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Contessa - from Dayton, OH

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Gris ClairEau de Parfumby Serge Lutens

Gris Clair
Eau de Parfum
by Serge Lutens