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With Bas de Soie (aka Silk Stockings) following up on Serge Noire, Filles en Aiguilles and Fourreau Noir in his new vein of sartorially-named fragrances, Serge Lutens has ventured out of black and into the blue by splicing hyacinth and iris. Is this hyaris or iricinth? The two notes are so intimately blended in this shimmering scent that they can’t be teased apart. Those who wondered where the Lutens-Sheldrake tandem would go after their L’Eau Serge Lutens shocker have their answer. And it’s not back to Marrakesh: Bas de soie is as quintessentially Parisian as the gardens of the Palais Royal. And though this green-tinged, stripped-down descendent of Chanel N°19 may smell as clean as the most expensive soap in the boudoir, it’s no anti-perfume either: it radiates classic, powdery coolness, with an oddly compelling salty-metallic tang in the drydown. After the rooty, moody Iris Silver Mist, this is a radically different and relentlessly chic take on iris. Now slip on those silk stockings and slay ’em.
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Galbanum, hyacinth, spicy notes, iris, musk
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