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knissokSinse – :
Dry scent, not mass appealing by any meaning!
Check it before you blind buy it. it is really horrible scent in my opinion.
Lypeevalley – :
Chene is quite simply perfect – the finest wood fragrance I’ve ever experienced. It’s fairly linear, but when the notes are this well blended, who cares? The opening is slightly spicy, which is followed quickly by a glorious polished wood with gentle boozy undertones. Imagine the classiest antique furniture in the classiest library and you’ll be close to Chene. I get 12 hours longevity and yet this isn’t a loud fragrance as the drydown is so subtle: dry wood, yet almost creamy. This is just glorious – Serge Lutens’ masterpiece (or is that the equally gorgeous La Fille En Aiguilles?)
Mater-N57 – :
I feel like the oak note is over-voted. This is really more about birch, rum and spices. I own oak absolutes, they smell smooth, rounded and sweet to some extent. I was expecting such notes to dominate the composition of chene, but no, chene is spicy, leathery and sharp. Chene is a well-composed and inspiring spicy woody frag, but beware if you’re looking for a frag that smells like oak wood itself, this is not.
p.s. I just read a comment below saying that this is smoked oak, I can’t agree more
kolianich – :
Chene (Oak) is a beautifully blended woody perfume centered around a lovely central woody base (comprised of oak, birch,and cedar). This woody note is enhanced by addition of a leathery beeswax, powdery tonka, boozy rum and a nice herbal accord comprising of caraway, immortelle, and thyme. The result is a juice unlike anything else experienced in modern perfumery that remains unique and has tremendous warmth of character. Unisex, with moderate sillage / projection and very good lasting power, this is one more feather in the cap of the Serge Lutens line which almost never fails to deliver. The perfume is completely genre bending because it can double up both as a fresh outdoors perfume and a transportative meditative healing experience. A resplendent masterpiece!
trekker – :
I’d been fascinated by this one for quite a while, so I was delighted to receive a sample in a lot I recently purchased.
It is really, really woody (in a good way) and has some fruity nuances also. It’s sweet, but still probably unisex.
The oak―not just generic woodiness―is definitely present. It smells like some oaken chairs and a table my grandma has. I don’t really smell the birch or rum, though I see they’re the second and third highest voted notes―in fact the oak and immortelle are the only notes I really detect.
I’m not fond of immortelle, and it is presented in the same way as it is in Tilda Swinton/Like This by Etat Libre d’Orange, which I sold.
This is a nice perfume, and a small amount is sufficient. But those who don’t like immortelle or Like This should pass on this offering.
I’ll finish my sample eventually, and I’m thrilled I got to test it, but I’m removing it from a place of high priority on my “to get” list.
MkLaren – :
Sharper notes of leather and oak on a soft bed of autumnal booze and immortelle. Very simple concept with a very successful, perfectly balanced composition. One of SL’s very best and one of the only birch/leather fragrances that never veers into harsh shoe polish territory. I do wish the latest batch lasted longer but that is just how it goes I guess. Layers great with things like Bois D’Ascese (an October symphony of scent).
Sosechoom – :
My FB of Chene is at least 2 years old and although I wear it often and know it intimately, it is still hard to describe. Firstly, it is very potent. Any more than one spray is a recipe for a migraine. One spray at 8am will survive the shower and be there the next morning. My brain reads this as an impression of old wood like the inside of an old wooden drawer the corner of an old church pew. Chene is dignified and aloof. I turn to this when I want to be quiet and introspective. If it were a colour it would be a cool version of yellow ochre. It is linear and a seamless fusion of its element. As lovely as it is alone, it layers really well eg with Papillon’s Salome, Stash, or with rose.
tinochka15 – :
This has to be one of the freshest and more radiant woody fragrances produced by Serge Lutens. It has a wonderful herbal-balsamic accompaniment, sweetened and softened a little by some beeswax, tonka bean, and rum. It has birch tar to personify the leather note, but its rather muted because the focus is oak wood. Charming and approachable for both men and women. It’s rather difficult to find these days, outside of the expensive 75ml bell jar. And if that price if off putting, it’s worth trying to track down a 50ml bottle for a more sensible price. Very glad to finally own this beauty, one of Serge Lutens “unspoken” greats.
Fragrance 9.3, Value: 9
kolyakac – :
Drunk oak!
Farrero – :
So I tested the new formulation again.. The opening is still unbearable–too sharp–and the core is hollow, not as dense and rich; while the sillage is still quite decent, the longevity is cut in half (which still lasts awhile). I just don’t know if it’s worth the bell jar anymore :/
Interestingly, I compared it to Imaginary Authors’ Cape Heartache (I find them similar) and actually liked Cape Heartache better in the first 2 hrs! Such a shame, Serge…
exotic-style.ru – :
Please someone sell me an older (Shiseido labeled as shown in pic) bell jar of this!! (used or not.. as long as the box is still in good condition and it’s more than 2/3 full)
groover – :
A gorgeous boozy wood, dusted with pine sugar and bottled in thick forest air.
sittanvaviels – :
As an SL junkie I have several house perfumes–but my FIRST bell jar was not Chergui (though that was the one that led me to SL–& the one I thought I’d originally purchase as a Bell). After careful thought, THIS was the big one, and for me, just perfect; it’s home” to me–the Sierras and the California valley; Lutens captures pines and cedars, imortelle and other “memory scents” beautifully, but this really is OAK–Oak and birch softened by a boozy sweetness, a bit of fall crushed fruit and the leaves, even the tannin smell of leaves fresh and fallen, oak and others, crushed. It evolves at various times from an astringent bracing wood (fresh cut), “bitter-tannin” into a warmth with the beeswax/imortelle and then even later into a more macerated fruit sweetness with less booze. The silage is moderate, but the longevity is quite good; I’m into my 10th hour now, and the scent is sweet but not gourmand at all–sharp tannins, balsamic resins and very honeyed fruit though not cloying. It is a multi-faceted perfume–I do not find it linear though it may be when compared to something like Borneo. Compared to his other woods and fruits, this one has the leather/tannin wood that braces but also soothes. It is somewhat less sultry,less “winey” and “port-like” than other SL woods, and I do wear it to work (and to play and in the evening!). I suppose because of the notes listed, someone might believe this is “better suited” for a man; however, I find that his more recent perfumes appeal to “my idea” of what I like a man to smell like, whereas his former woods, spices are quite unisex and more exotic, sexy, sophisticated and appealing on a woman (especially after a day walking through the college halls where I work where I’m suffocating from berry-fruit-bubble-liciousness drizzled on the young 20 somethings). There are other more dramatic SL creations, and some more “wearable,” but this is just very enjoyable all around to me. Sometimes I just crave it–and right now, it’s a warm complex pulsing wood emanating around me.
werwolf-2 – :
Sharp pine-y opening over a soft, sweet base. Can immediately smell the warm and boozy rum. Very dry, ever so slightly softened by the rum and tonka bean. The spice and honey stay very subtle. Despite there being no pine listed in the notes this smells like it to me, and despite there being no incense listed this is a very incensey fragrance. This is like walking through a dark forest in winter with some smokiness from a fire a ways off. As it dries down it continues to be dryly, smokily woody. This is a really beautiful fragrance – I can see why there are so many glowing comments – but not really for me. I think I’d really love to smell this on my man, though. If you love the beauty of pure woods without the contamination of sweet or spice this is definitely for you. An unusual and elegant fragrance.
mirona – :
They reformulated it! It’s distinctively worse and now I don’t know whether to purchase >_<
I had gotten a sample from the same store awhile back; the juice was thick and quite green, the scent was deep and lasted for TWO days on the skin, but this time around I noticed an uncomfortable sharp opening, and even the dry down wasn’t as rich as I remembered; I was like “Huh!?” until I noticed the juice is now pale and yellow-y, and watery/runny; not surprisingly, it only lasted 1 day instead of 2…
This was my favorite fragrance of all time, now I don’t know what to do 🙁
seregabugulma – :
This doesn’t smell like pencil shavings at all. It smells similar to a cedar laden forest. It reminds me of winter, being so woody and spicy, almost reminiscent of a pine tree.
alex17111982 – :
Dark, complex & sophisticated…
I’m constantly impressed by the house of Serge Lutens. With each fragrance I am challenged and surprised. Chene is no exception. Like other fragrances from this house, there is no top or middle, just base notes.Chene is an extremely woody fragrance. But unlike some other “wood-like” fragrances like Tam Dao by Diptyque, which smell of sawdust and furniture polish (an all too literal interpretation of wood in a fragrance), Chene has dark smoky wood. The word itself means “Oak”, and it is full of the aroma of Oak which has been smoked and left to soak in rum and cognac for months. It’s a beautiful smell. It actually reminds me of Oud (Agarwood), that same old, slightly musty aromatic wood smell. The birchwood and cedar also make an appearance, along with the immortelle and honey. A magnificent combination which coats the wood and gives it a great flavour and aroma. This is why I love fragrances from this house.
I would recommend this as a boozy take on wood. A very refined fragrance which would suit cooler weather best. It suits my tastes perfectly. For me it’s worth it. But I would suggest that people try it out under the right conditions first, and try other fragrances from this line too.
Allex1980 – :
Luca Turin wrote that it is all about pencil shavings and I couldn’t describe it better. Unbearable for women to wear it, unbearable for women to smell it on men. If you want to smell like a carpenter’s room, proceed.
10tims – :
i love this perfume…love love LOVE this perfume.
i got onto a ‘rum kick’ about a year ago, and ordered all manner of rum scent samples online. of the 30+ i got, only about 4 or 5 really hit me (this, opus v, etc), and this one is a pure PURE refined aristocratic scent. i can’t describe it ANY other way. i can imagine the privileged few who have mansions and private libraries with butlers who dust the shelves SMELL like this; it’s pure sophistication.
it starts off with a dry, almost creamy woods smell. almost sandalwood creamy (without smelling like sandalwood, but displaying the creaminess of it) and some high, bitter white woods. almost bleached woods. this ‘high’ smell is joined shortly after the opening by boozy rum which melds seamlessly in to create an amazing accord. a few woods, rum and an irresistible creaminess that makes it amazing.
i wanted to get a full bottle of this, and the options online were unbelievably steep. so i waited a few months until i was in paris and plotted a route to the paris palais royale branch to acquire my exclusive non-export. on the day i was supposed to get it, i had a MASSIVE fight with my wife which meant that i had to cancel my plans, and concentrate on making it up to her! the next day was our last day, and we had a big day ahead of us, so i had to get up early and go to the palais royale, which is an AMAZING peaceful and serene complex. i got there too early, and just took in the beautiful architecture and the perfectly-manicured hedges opposite the boutique. once the shop opened, i got in, smelt EVERY single exclusive (kinda liked the ‘santal de mysore save for the cumin punch), bought my bell jar of ‘chene’, and hightailed it back home (we were staying in marais — a 25 minute brisk walk), where i set about getting ready to go to champs elysees where i mended bridges with my wife, experienced the sephora flagship store (perfume mecca, in paris at least), and enjoyed my last day in paris, content in the fact that i had a FULL BOTTLE of chene in my clutches…
vissound – :
Nothing compares to this Sheldrake masterpiece. This and Borneo 1834 are my 2 absolute favorites from SL. This is the perfect blend of woods,rum and spices. Long lasting with arm lengths sillage. I wished this sold for the same price as Chergui, I would have a couple of bottles without hesitating! High quality scent and the best woody scent that I have encountered!
gimar73 – :
this is MEAN, a splashed of rum on birch and oak wood. sort of animalic and rough. very strong and masculine. spicy woody and rumful with a hint of rancid, maybe the oak, or the mix of rum and birch. i didn’t like it from the first sniff, but when i knew the notes i just got attached to it superbly. quite amazing and captivating.
Romagor – :
Took a chance on this one and got a sample of it. Didnt look to appealing from the notes but hearing some people talk about it being sweet, with some boozynes with the rum made it seem interesting to me. Well I guess skin chemistry was not my friend because all I got was a very woody, dry, pencil sorta smell. Not very sweet, boozy or anything to me. Very blah.
loner1967 – :
it reminds me a bit of ‘vanille absolument’ by l’artisan. there are similar ingredients, and both have this regal smell to them. dense woodiness sweetness and boozy delight. amazing…
DietsCikecize – :
“analogy” is like when you’re just getting on a new car and smelled the leather upholstery blended with the fine oak panel board and oak steering wheel with cup of whiskey held in an oak cup board and this oak appropriated is the finest set up in this new high class luxurious car…wow beautiful…
hbo139bedyWelty – :
I get the smell of oak with a beautiful rum accord and a birch note making the scent lighter and more aromatic at the start.
Then the wood and sweetness merge to give you a sweet smoky woody scent. It’s done just right in that it does not get too sweet. I love woody fragrances and this is really evocative.
ivanovap – :
Cathedral Oak Woodwork…
Chene is delicious. I love it. It’s got the most faithful oak smell in any fragrance I’ve smelt. I reminds me how the oak benches, oak altars, and other oak woodwork used to smell at this old Catholic cathedral I used to go for mass in my childhood. At times, the rum note also makes the oak smell like those oak barrels where rum is left to age. Delicious. The honey and the immortelle add sweetness and elegance to the composition. The amount of caraway used here is just right. It is just enough to give a little spiciness and smokiness to Chene without making the fragrance dry (caraway tends to impart dryness to fragrances, but not here). This is just a mesmerizing fragrance that takes my mind back to places I used to be where I was surrounded by oak work. It’s enchanting and I don’t want to stop smelling it.
9.5/10
VHoqgQ – :
amazing scent. the combo of regal wood scents with the rum strikes a wonderful accord. love it.
tyncItehync – :
Wood, covered in sugar and thrown on a fire. One of my favourite smells is that sweet wood-smoke you get in winter which hangs in the air like blue mist and completely enthrals. This captures just that aroma and I find it utterly enchanting.
kirillik2 – :
It truly smells like fresh cut woods and some of them are being burnt in a campfire nearby, very nearby. Smoky in the best way, only of a natural wood fire in the fresh air of the outdoors. (Actually I drove past such a bonfire today in NC and THIS is an artistic interpretation of what it smells like!)I do get a slightly boozy background vibe (& I’m very turned off by rum etc that’s detectable usually, but this fits well enough that I don’t mind it) and a tad of sweet (immortelle?) in the background too.
Like it, but it smells like a luxurious candle to me. May put it on my bf =)
KennyLetty96 – :
You’re walking in the woods and come upon a downed tree. It’s been down for a while and decay has set in. The bark has broken open and the wood has deteriorated to a fine, amber sawdust – rich and sweet. That’s exactly what this smells like.
manthos8 – :
Wood – as nature intended.
You may like woodsy scents but so many fall short or blend into some pseudo-oriental mix. So what if you really want to smell like wood – totally, purely, naturally, wholly?
Try Chene. It is beautifully uncomplicated: it is raw wood, it is all wood. Stripping birch & stunning cedar – wood turnings falling on the woodshop floor. Oak – from the green herby leaf to the acorn. Hay bales – softly sweet and grassy. The lightest, truest hint of the hive & a sniff of a saddle. Almost smokey, almost sweet. Dry. Bone dry.
I hardly detect a boozy note. If there is rum, it is the one that is aged in old oak whisky barrels (not the pub-pirate kind). I do find a herbs-de-Provence dry grey-greeness running throughout the composition – I am obsessed by thyme in cooking but this is more gentle, muted, like an old, dried herb. Again, I find he caraway note to be old, dusty, like a sepia photograph of the real thing.
Chene is very different from most woodsy scents. It is so centred around the wood from root to tip that it is uncompromising in its delivery. You will either get it or you won’t.
If you love nature – step into Chene.
Ленар1988 – :
For me Chene is woods with definite presence of human civilization.
The smoke and the vapor, the elaborate dinners served, the scanty meals of poor times, the gasps and chokes between the countless relaxed breaths, the baby skin, the sweat of the loved one, the pantry whiffs, the amber liquids in the crystal flacons, the aroma of candles – now obsolete, but the scent kept alive during the holiday season, the cracked leather of armchairs and grandfathers book covers, the celebration, the mourn.
All etched to the aged wooden walls, well cared to remain to these days – and the crackling fire, slowly consuming oak log – relatively fresh, but carefully dried for this particular purpose.
Linear – yes. Simple – no. Yes, I do love it.
DemonX – :
One of those of my favourite scents that have no sugar for me. This scent starts out as oak bark on my skin, wonderfully bitter, then I get a little whiff of wonderfully real smoke, as if coming from a dying fire, and then oak bark and bitch bark, with sunshine in every drop of the scent. So natural… Trees, I love you. All yours, 9-na.
vasyatkapro – :
Caraway… It is just too much. After one hour I do get a nice balanced leather (saddle) and a little rum. Far too much Caraway puts me off. I dont want to smell like my pantry.
shutd0wn – :
Okay, this is simply great.
So now I have stumbled across Chene and I could not be more exhilarated. The most special Lutens by far, so far.
I don’t know how to describe this scent yet. If the notes intrigue you just a bit, try it and you will be as amazed as I am.
A total stunner, I am speechless.
greelmensar – :
what i love about serge lutens perfumes at least for the many ive tried, theyre not sharp nose searing scents, theyre always soft yet potent, to me lutens perfumes are main note themed but soft and ambery, i have my favorites but theyre all awesome and theres something for everyone imo
NityBiort21 – :
Kamicha was kind enough to give me a sample of Chene yesterday and I have literally not taken my nose off my wrist after that. I even had to fight for sniffing space since my husband is just as enamoured with Chene than I am and we suffered from some congestion around my hand…
On my skin Chene opens with a glorious waft of fresh wood shavings. It smells very much like it did in my grandmother’s wood shed, where I used to prepare birch firewood and shave kindling for her stove and sauna as a kid. It has a slight boozy quality with hints of mellow beeswax and sharp thyme as well, but don’t be mistaken, the leading role is reserved for the wood. Still now, in the morning, I’ just as enchanted with Chene as the night before. Like wood burned to ashes in the fireplace, it has developed to a softer, smokier scent like that of a cold fireplace on a rainy morning.
I’m pleased to notice that Chene is complex in it’s simplicity, it is linear and comforting, but never boring. For me this is FBW and then some!
ijb707speagoessenda – :
Quite an interesting fragrance.
Chene is all about wood. It opens with fresh, almost succulent birch wood spritzed with some alcohol – I am not quite sure it’s rum. Then it becomes drier and the wooden edges get nicely smoothed, making the frag comfortable and well-balanced. In the dry-down it gains this hardly detectable, sweet, honey-like undertone, but definitely stays on the masculine side. Even though I do enjoy many unisex frags, I wouldn’t wear this one.
zaits – :
Wow! i cant beleive i almost over looked this. This scent reminds me of so many things. The first it my grandparents old house with its stained oak wooden floor boards and wax polished oak cabinets and piano which i used to hide under when i was little.The second memory is on holiday in greece in a villa surounded by olive groves and greek pine that crunched underfoot and sent a wondeful dusty woody smell into the air. This juxtaposition of the wilderness of dry dusty olive groves and austere English country houses where putting fingerprints on the polished piano was forbidden is so fasinating i cant stop sniffing my wrist! I usualy find Serge lutens woody notes to cedrey and over powering when combined with florals and other notes but here on its own and with less cedre it is fascinating and warm and cosy and comforting. I think im going to have to buy a bottle!
studiohmhstudia – :
A little bit of beeswax surrounded by lots of pine and woods in rum. Long lasting and impressive.
rigas – :
A magnificent building worthy of the style of Lutens, complex, rich, deep. Do not be described but must prove, only skin and nose hard and often. I do not die for her but I recognize the greatness!
alicdgan – :
A honeyed wood fragrance which is more dry than sweet to me, smelling of freshly cut wood. Honey always tends to smell clean and fresh rather than sticky sweet on me, and this one’s no exception. I detect no rum at all, but then my reference to a rum parfum is Idole by Lubin which I own, and that one’s a rum powerhouse. Chene starts a little sharp when first applied and it takes a while for it to mellow/sweeten, so be patient and don’t judge it quickly.
It’s a fresh, outdoor kind of fragrance but also great for dealing with a stressful day at work. More masculine than feminine but still unisex, it’s a perfume to meditate and calm down rather than a date/dinner fragrance. I really like it, but the fact is that for me it has very particular uses and that means it will take me a lot of time to get through it. Lasting power is good, leaning on very good (~8 hours).
antonioni777 – :
Imo the best and most versatile fragrance from Serge Lutens. Warm, elegant, and comfortable with wonderful notes of rum and oak. A gentlemans fragrance. Highly recommended!
gas331977 – :
Chene is Luten’s hidden gem. While it haven’t reached the poularity of other masterpieces of the house such us Muscs Koublai Kahn, Ambre Sultan or Iris Silver Mist, it would surely deserve an higher status as one of the most wearable and balanced fragrances among the Sheldrake’s compositions for the Palais Royal.
Chene opens moderately sweet (considering is from Lutens), slightly honeyed (beeswax) and oakwood driven. A boozy vibe is immediately detectable but it’s perfectly blended to never be overwhelming. Cedarwood and oakmoss take over in the middle phase and in the drydown adding a sharp edge that’s quite unusual among the Lutens yet the fragrance mantains an incredible balance and wearability. With its dark, deep, green and mossy allure, Chene perfectly conjures the image of a forest during the fall and became one of my favourite composition from this house. Highly recommended.
Rating: 8.5/10
vi_kkktor – :
The fragrance has an woody opening chord mixed with notes of rum, giving a semi sweet tone to the fragrance, which in my opinion, is fantastic!
After a few hours, the rum aroma gives way to a more resinous scent followed by oak which persists to the end. It lasted 12 hours on my skin.
kkkkkkaz – :
I went to the Int’l Seafood Expo this month and saw a new product of smoked salmon in the display. There was also a drum of oak flake which is used for making the product. To my curiosity, I smelled it (never smelled oak bark/wood before) and somehow really reminds me of holy grail SL Chene that I recently owned.
I got initial blast of a boozy rum from Chene. Then it settled down to a delicious oak/woody scent I ever dreamt of. It is somehow sweet, delicate and a bit dark. Although it is marketed as a unisex frag, but I find Chene leans to be more masculine.
Chene is definitely a hidden gem in Serge Lutens collection. It has class of its own.
Aerohoplenerinub – :
I think this is a subtle sweet fragrance. I’m not sure, though, because it lasts for about 5 seconds on my skin then disappears completely!
Darius007 – :
At first I was terribly disappointed. I expected a perfume named Chene to smell like oak, but it doesn’t at all. It’s not even woody. It’s sweet, even to the point of being candy-like, and a little spicy. The immortelle and honey have hijacked the wood and hold it hostage. Or maybe the wood is only imaginary, just an excuse for all those sweet things to get a free ride onto my skin.
There is a slight boozy note, but it’s plum pudding soaked in a sweet liqueur, not the oak of a wine barrel or cured oak planks. Eventually some of the sweetness wears off, revealing mossy notes, occasional medicinal wafts of thyme and maybe, just maybe, a tiny bit of cedar wood. After an hour of syrupy dessert, I finally start to really get woods, sap, mushrooms or lichens, and especially thyme. Another hour in, I finally start to smell the wood. It seems more like cedar than oak, but it’s definitely there, and it’s still full of sap. I think the wood is more in the sillage than up close, but it’s all very subtle at this point.
The whole development takes about half a day, and the faint woody notes linger longer. I know some people love Chene and think it smells exactly like oak, but it doesn’t do it for me. It’s a nice perfume in its own way, but it’s not oak.
malkov – :
Very sharp woody classy fragrance, more suitable for man than for woman. Very linear notes of oak, birch and rum that do not develop into something else. Wearable day and nigh hot or cold.
manRo – :
Truthfully, I am not good at picking notes from a scent. All I can say is that this one is delicious. People will WANT to get close to you with this on. Great juice in this bottle!!! Once again, SL has offered a masterpiece!
gzv853elipseskism – :
Chêne means, in English, “oak”. It was released in 2004 as an integral part of the exclusive collection (items that are not exported and arrive in Bel Jars). However, as happens regularly, some editions are sold – as limited editions – in selected distributors and in standard bottles (rectangular), until they sold out. In 2007, it was the turn of Chêne.
Serge Lutens describes the concept for the creation of this fragrance as follows: “the French Revolution not only cut off the King’s head, but also the emblematic oak, tree of many connotations, the King of the trees”.
In its composition we can find notes of cedar crystals, wood sap, black thyme, silver birch, absolute of rum, beeswax, oak, tonka beans and everlasting flowers.
What can I say? Wow, what a powerful perfume. It opens a little vanilla and, at the same time, somewhat rasping. I think it has the best rum I have ever felt in a perfume, until today. And the most intriguing is that, as the scent evolves, it also becomes stronger and woodier. You can’t apply too much, because it can really bother others around.
It’s a unisex perfume in the same style of Gaultier², i.e. is more prominent in the female aspect. If applied correctly, it becomes a classy and stately male fragrance. But in the wrong way, you become a walking mistake.
The lasting is superb: more than 12 hours on my skin.
alexandro_89 – :
This fragrance smells like a dry tree.
This fragrance doesn’t seem interesting to me. The only thing I like is that it smells really like a tree but not spices or something like that instead of it.
I wouldn’t call it absolutely masculine, but I think that this fragrance would suit more to men.
кнут123 – :
For me this is all about the oak mixed with honey. If you have any experience of working wood and you want to make a statement of being a man or woman of their hands, or if you just want to pretend that you are this stuff is greeat.
valafar – :
Chene is the best Rum that I’ve ever tasted. When I first tried it, I got surprised. Like a bitter-sweet symphony. This scent is so complex, deep and completely masculin. The balance of woody notes ( especially oak ) combining with rum makes this scent so strong but romantique, classic but not-so-out-of-date, rich but very enjoyable… Both longervity and sillage are so brilliant. To tell the truth, just sniff this scent, you will get drunk easily.
VaginaMAN – :
Oak, Cedar and Birch with some sap notes and maybe that’s thyme lurking there. Primarily wood, but a warm wood and nice. Still, very much a remembrance of Autumn woods and less a perfume
ivan2659 – :
Unlike any of my others, it’s my go-to fragrance when I don’t want to smell like soap, or flowers, or food. Sharp, but warm. A romantic carpenter. 🙂