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Qewtjpolk – :
Actually, @icecube, “louve” means female wolf in French. Un loup is a (male) wolf and une louve is a she-wolf. Nothing to do with love or the Louvre museum.
cignJeliCleal – :
▼ Icecube,
No, it must not.
nevswatt – :
Say goodbye to the vows you take
And say goodbye to the life you make
And say goodbye to the heart you break
And all the cyanide you drank
hownSoof – :
Soft, pillowy, comforting. On me, it smells like almond oil (more specifically the almond body oil from L’Occitane en Provence) mixed with baby powder and rose soap. A truly beautiful, cozy, sweater scent. The name is perfect too, louve stands for the female wolf, but it also symbolizes the mother who protect her children. This juice brings you that feeling of being protected, nestled in your mother’s arms, wrapped in a wram, fuzzy blanket.
I agree with the previous review: during the first 10-15 minutes, the almond notes is very bitter, a bit harsh. But it goes away fairly quickly.
If you love almond notes and powdery scents, this one a must try.
vladis223 – :
I am a fan of amaretto notes in fragrances but apart from the initial boozy blast seconds after spraying, I don’t get amaretto from this. It opens bittersweet with emphasis on bitter, almost solvent or lacquer-like, and then softens with increased wear time on the skin. It’s sweet and pleasant but not overly so, the bitterness never dissipates completely. I also get a clear cherry note. Cherry liqueur. I wish the opening phase lasted a bit longer, I seem to prefer the bite of it to the soft drydown, but I still love it overall.
kara09 – :
Cherry-like, although there’s no cherry listed in the notes above. This is a deep almond, it defenitely has that Lutens signature. Quite dark, reminding me of Turkish/Moroccon nights. One can close their eyes and imagine they’re having a sisha session on the spot. It smells like purple in a very dark shade… So I thought I would have loved this. But unfortunately this is too sweet for my tastes. If they would have turned that sweetness down a notch, I probably would’ve liked it a lot better. Not a bad perfume though. A couple of years ago I would have adored this without a doubt.
mikola.st – :
Straight up I’ll tell you that I am a huge fan of Rahat Loukoum, which is one of my all time favorites, but not easy to wear. Louve is like a gentle, wearable Rahat Loukoum. It reminds me of a very expensive almond soap–clean and ladylike–acceptable to wear everywhere that Rahat Loukoum is not.
LianiaSophago – :
Is it weird that I find Louve cute? It’s sugared floral, marzipan, and light powder. Sweet but not syrupy. The almond dies down quickly for me. A light “purple” scent just like its juice color would suggest. I wish I could catch the musk, but sadly no. Lovely and uplifting, but I’m not dying to get some, especially now that it only comes in the (expensive) bell jar.
scrsnseabrooknaq2 – :
Louve must be a play on the words Love and The Louvre (the most famouse museum at Paris if someone dont know about it).
Anything in the perfume that suggest this ?
Have not yet gotten my hands on it but hope to at least get a sample as I just started to get curiouse about Serge Lutens compositions – mostly because I wanted a back-up for one of my favoirte perfumes of all time Feminite du Bois.
lexa228 – :
IMHO, the name Louve does not go well with this juice. This is an almond-flower blend,playful and sweet, but not overpowering. Quite a pleasant thing, not more. Would go well with those who like almonds and are searching for “real almondy” scent. Louve should be more interesting, should push further and dare more; while this one is ok, but lower than my average SL expectations
kadet5 – :
I want it so bad but I cannot find it! Does it have something similiar and easy to find?
Юрич – :
This is rather bizzare but I loved it on blotter. Marzipan/amaretto but with some depth. I liked it when lady sprayed it on my wrist too but I had other perfume on that day as well.
I got the wax sample and when trying it I got no almonds whatsoever. Not at all.
What I got is cherry fragrance which very quickly becomes jasmine/rose/musk blend. Pretty but not what I expected.
Jekakoks – :
The sequence of top notes I get is almond and baby powder. The fruitiness appears a bit later. This note vies for position with an accord that I find similar to something in Bendelirious (Etat Libre d’Orange). Only Bendelirious performs a damn sight better. I enjoy wearing Louve and feel I’m able to pull it off with impunity. However, Bendelirious serves an exhibitionist mood far better. I don’t get any molar-drilling sweetness, which is a relief. Recommended perfume, but not at full price.
sofiane1611 – :
I couldnt take rahab loukoum just as i couldnt take mecheri poudree some sort of pee smell, sorry to be explicit .i had to give them away and they were lovely accept for that horrible smell.i think it may be the honey which i avoid.iv not heard anyone else complain about that but i have in other perfumes.my friend who got them loved them bothl.the louvre has non of that for me .i think its a warm weather perfume to be appreciated on open skin but i love it.i havnt used it enough to go through the notes but theres almond cherry something fruity which i usually avoid.a masterpiece for me after the other two.i love it.i would love a flagon of this perfume.i didnt get the florals but the skin changes from hot to cold.wll spritz some tonight.
Shilov – :
For anyone who’s tried Rahat Loukhom, this actually smells very similar. Initially in Louve I smell yummy marzipan, but within minutes it is joined by a light cherry scent and resins. It’s all so delicious! About 2 hours later I realized that the sweet cherry/almond smell was toned down and had become the background to a rose and floral bouquet. It’s a very nice fragrance for warm weather, and although it starts out with more sweetness, it’s not too heavy or cloying. I love the smell of almond marzipan, I could easily fall in love.
9manuu – :
It reminds me of Amaretto, very nice! I’ve never smelled something like this before. Delicious!
BoBa28 – :
For me, Louve is a very comforting winter fragrance. It’s mild, but complex. I smell mainly almonds/marzipan, but also cherry, vanilla, honey, turkish sweets, spices and amber.
I do smell some spicy-sweet cherry candy note in the beginning, with a hint of rose, soon followed by the almond-marzipan-turkish delight scent.The cherry note quickly disappears (or comes up only occasionally?). It’s quite sweet but not too sugary sweet (like Rahat Loukoum), and a rather warm and creamy than cold and sharp scent (but not as warm and creamy as Dries van Noten, for example).
It’s a delicious fragrance reminding me of a pastry shop I visited in Krakow.
It was my very first Serge Lutens fragrance and introduced me to the line.
kotenochek121 – :
This is just exquisite. This perfume is a life companion. Either you have chemistry with it or you don’t. If you do, you develop a complicity and an intimacy with it. It comforts you and feeds your soul. It is one of a kind, totally unique.
Its name is also so perfectly chosen. You have to be a raw, genuine and loving family/community woman to wear it to the standard it deserves.
enigma2227 – :
To me Louve is definitely a gourmand: it’s pure cherry marzipan, quite syrupy and so sweet that it borders on sickly (without quite getting there, luckily). As time goes on it becomes dryer and softer, the syrupy quality calms down a bit, but on my skin the core scent remains the same, and very edible, all the way through. It takes some getting used to, the almost medicinal sweetness may seem a bit too much at first, and I can easily imagine it being nauseating in hot weather, but after some wearings on colder days I like it very much.
It’s the most straightforward Lutens I’ve tried so far, but who needs layers of depths and distinct phases when the original smell is so nice and comforting? “Comforting” is a word that I’ve used to describe every Lutens that I’ve reviewed, but it’s true, and this one is no different: a comfort blanket in a bottle, to wrap around you all day when you need it, without being at all childlike for all that. Another one to add to the “perfect for fall, winter and general emotional support” pile!
Milqep – :
Oh, I can’t believe I never put down my two cents on this fragrance. I own it, I love it. And Germany sums up my thoughts precisely. I love gourmand fragrances. This one sits right up there at the top of them! Do try if you can, you won’t be disappointed.
janitor2008 – :
uhhh hmm, i don’t seem to get what everyone else is getting. i don’t get what i perceive of as almonds at all. i get SWEEEEET fruits and baby powder. that’s pretty much it. too much sweet for me.
Quippousene – :
To like this, you need to like almonds and rose.
For me, the top was a nice sweet almond, but unfortunately the rose in the drydown was too strong for me.
bidornab – :
I love this. Beautiful almond & vanilla.
silver89 – :
Beautiful almond scent. And lots of candied Cherries , I love this smell ,its quite addictive. Like marzipan and amaretto cocktail cherry smell. Oh so good!!! I will always need a bottle of this around. Great for cold winter days.
Coilssows – :
I wanted to like Louve because I do love the smell of almonds, but all I get from Louve is almond extract, almond extract and more almond extract. Finally a more powdery, musky scent emerges but all is still dominated by that almond extract scent. I don’t dislike the smell, I just don’t want to spend over $100 on a perfume when I can rub some McCormick’s extract from the grocers on my arm for the same effect. I’ll give this one a few more tries (it’s had 3 already) and see what happens. I may enjoy it more now that the weather is cooler.
Assoniforse – :
I wanted to like Louve! Maybe I did! I don’t remember! I remember, I bought it, after sampling many other fragrances in a beautiful store in Cologne, Germany.
Sweet almonds and vanilla, sweet almonds and fruits, sweet almonds and resin….yes, maybe jasmine, and again almonds!
I would like to swap for the right fragrance. My bottle is almost full. I am willing to swap even for a half bottle of any fragrance on my wish list or any good amber, rose or vanilla fragrance.
andrey 78 – :
The delicate, milky smell and oddly silky smooth texture of freshly blanched almonds. Huge white musk. Hint of rose. Cherry ice-cream. Like the non-Garcia part of Ben & Jerry’s Cherry Garcia. A whole pint of it.
As it develops, the frozen intense cherry syrup seems to swirl into the milky frozen sweetness of musk – colouring the whole thing in swirls of deep purple-pink, finally disappearing to leave behind a trace of vanilla and musk that has changed from fresh laundry to the smell of the t-shirt you wore last night to bed after a shower.
Intense beyond words. Stomach churning if over applied. On bad days – can be like drowning from the flow of milk from a breast that won’t stop. Death by smothering/overwhelming kindness.
On the right days, on dry skin, in cool weather, when not covered up by too much clothing and allowed to dry out in the open, a kind, honest & charmingly sweet sort of smell.
Not for everyone. Not for everyday. Oddly vicious. Like that sweet puppy you rescued from the pound that is really needy for love- but if you get too close too quickly, she will give you a nasty bite – because somewhere in her head, there is still a dark dark place she goes to when she is scared. Don’t scare her. And she won’t scare you.
Santi91 – :
love it, and I only faintly detect cherry, Like the way an ice cream sunday has a cherry on top, would be a accurate description of how much the cherry plays a role. (sort of like in Lolita lempicka’s lefondu)
I always like to get opinions on perfume from people that know little to nothing about perfume. Simply because their opinions seem to be the most genuine.
The reactions I received were “powder” and were powdered sugar, and the other was “powdery almonds”, no one mentioned fruit or cherry at all.
This is all about almonds and definently jasmine. In fact I feel that the almond and jasmine are equal amounts.
The longevity is excellent on me, I’m a little disappointed that the drydown becomes more a vanilaic jasmine than anything. Not that I don’t love jasmine, it’s just not exactly what I was hoping for in this particular parfum. But it’s a small price to pay for such a gorgeous scent
Ващенко – :
The juice itself smells like cherry-almond. Very good, exactly what I wanted. But on my skin?
A very soft powder! Darn it. I want to say Rahät Loukhoum has a better on-the-skin scent and even lasting power than this perfume, which did not even make it past two hours before completely fading from my skin. Disappointing that I keep finding these almond fragrances that turn to powder on my skin, but I’m not giving up the search!
arribeslild – :
It smells like almonds and cherry cough syrup upon initial spray. It quieted down to a sour cherry smell, but it made me smell like cherry candy. 🙁 I had such high hopes for this scent, but the warm almond, amber notes disappeared completely.
kivz – :
Tried wax sample from SL pack. Initial impression: interesting, smells like marzipan or Amaretto. Then it made me sick. The smell was chemical, toxic, cyanide-like, simply nauseating. I am so thrilled I did not purchase it blind (so far all my SL purchases were blind, based on the reviews). Definite NO for me.
yndol – :
My first Serge Lutens . . . I wanted a DiSaronno Amaretto fragrance and many here highly recommended Louve. . . . NOT!!!
My skin usually keeps the warm cozy notes in perfume but with Louve my skin reacted the same as LuLuSaint describes. It opened with much promise . . . had it continued to warm up I probably would have eaten my arm . . . but instead all I got was fruit . . . rather cough syrupy as others have said . . then it went tart and uriny-like (my skin and roses). . . not really warm or almond or vanilla or boozy at all . . . The rose really ruin this for me. The worst part was when my son hugged me at the end of the day (7+ hours)and said “your perfume smells like a baby diaper” . . . so it really lasts but eau de babe’ pee is not what I was looking for and a disappointing foray into Lutens . . .
D91844194 – :
Louve by Serge Lutens opens with some astringent alcohol, a bright and lovely almond/marzipan note, which almost immediately becomes complicated by an artificial cherry cough medicine note, (reminding me a little of the medicinal cherry in Guerlain’s La Petite Robe Noir), with the powder and the florals close behind. A few sparks of promising color are enveloped by a lavender-grey haze.
As Louve develops on my skin and becomes largely a powdery floral, the almonds calm down, but the cherry medicinal quality persists. Louve then warms up with a humming amber-vanilla, a familiar element which seems to be present in many Lutens compositions.
The dry down loses the medicinal aspect and the color of the florals fade away. Louve ends in a warm but slightly bitter, powdery musk. Longevity and sillage are average.
Louve is an expensive woman with strictly expensive taste, who always wears furs, attends the opera whenever she wants, and always seems unhappy.
When you meet her you think, “Why!? Isn’t every day like Christmas for this person? She must be bored with herself or something. Maybe she thought having wonderful things would make her interesting and was disappointed when they didn’t change her one bit… Or maybe… she’s just lonely.”
AslashA – :
At first I was disappointed in this one. After a fabulous opening note of bitter almonds, just like cake flavouring, it quickly morphed on my skin into a sickly cherry cordial note that lasted for hours and hours. The far drydown was a relief, but those cherry heart notes were way too much for me (and I speak as someone who owns a cherry orchard!). If only they could have kept that top note going, I felt, and really done something with it with sandalwood, pepper, patchouli, vanilla…, it would have been wonderful. However…. fast forward to a couple of years later and a different sample from a different source, and I suddenly ‘got’ it. Almond essence, cherry cordial, baby powder (white musks) and a light rose. It smells almost identical to my Pecan Pie rooibos and makes me feel deliciously edible. I don’t know if the formulation has been changed, but this time I get far more almond and much less cherry, which makes it much more wearable.
postmaster24 – :
very very soft;long lasting,all ninght in skin.Almond,musk,amber fragance.I fall in love whith it!!!
Thnks!!!!!Lutens!!!
IVAN33 – :
Usually Uncle Serge is noted for the extremes that he brings to perfume, but with Louve, he created something delicate, feminine, and soft. Which is why Louve disappoints some of his followers ironically.
I think Louve is beautiful. It’s an incredibly well done almond, cherry, powder delight. Louve is not a true loukhoum perfume, but it holds a definite scent memory of this dessert. It’s almost as if they are close relatives.
Louve starts off with a very pronounced cherry note on my skin. I’m usually not a big fan, but here it charms me. It doesn’t actually last that long which helps, and then it goes into that musky almond powder that I’m a sucker for! I can definately feel the powder from the amber and musk, and the flowers lift the scent without making it their own. The vanilla is quite obvious but it doesn’t overtake the perfume.
I can see the reference to Amaretto in earlier reviews. It has that edge but without the alcoholic snap which is nice. This is incredibly well blended and It’s perfect for fall through spring if you are in an area with mild springs. I can’t see this doing well in the heat of summer…..but 3 out of 4 seasons is respectable for any perfume!
Unlalslak – :
For once, I would have to say this scent is more suitable for evening or night wear, fall or winter (although I am wearing it currently in daytime with full on tropical heat albeit in an airconditioned office). When first sprayed on, it has a very resinous and balmy attitude, the almonds intially are very bitter. Subsequently, it drys down to creamy, more sweet though still burnt almonds but I don’t find this too much of a gourmand, definitely not along the lines of KM’s Loukhoum. It stays in the bittersweet range for it’s lifetime on me. It has a melancholic air and makes me feel pensive but not depressed. That’s why I said I would mark this as a night/winter fragrance-the way it makes me feel. It’s beautiful in any case although I can imagine it’s opening would put off many and my description of it being dark would put off even more who are looking for a candy-gourmand scent. I would purchase this again and again. It makes me think of Ophelia. I would wear this walking alone by the Seine or the river Thames or anywhere in atumnal Europe, with chestnut leaves floating by me in Hyde Park or St Stephen’s Green, where the air is cold and brisk. Where I feel most at peace.
Speabledupe – :
Just got my SL sampler pack and Louve definitely opens up gourmand almond but the dry down reveals more of the florals and base notes and I, for one am glad. There are just so many sweet scents out there now. Besides Fleurs de Citronnier, I think I like these the best so far, although I have not tried his Arabian orientals. That will be my next move. But so far I like his style!
OK, a couple of hours later – the almond is alot drier and the whole juice turned into something else, calling me back to revisit it’s nectar again and again. Definitely liking it more.
ANENERBE – :
Something about Louve reminds me of Galerie Lafayette in Paris, and I can’t figure out why.
It has the same powdery almond thing going for it as a slough of loukhoum-type perfumes, but Louve is different. The “fruity” note smells like cherries to me. I can’t smell any flowers. Out of all the perfumes I own, including various CHANELs, this is the only one that takes me right back to Paris.
When Louve dries down, it smells like honey nougat with nuts and just a bit of dried cherry. It’s very gourmand.
My brother “borrowed” this from me. It smells amazing on him! I might never get it back. Guys should try this one!
vampir34 – :
Opening smells just like sweet sticky marzipan. Then almonds just pour out, like wedding favours, delightful and sweet, but in their restrained way. This is very powdery and dreamy as it dries down, with an edge of resins present keeping it from being particularly gourmand. This is by far the best almond scent I’ve tried so lovers of that note are in for a treat with this one. It has a gauzy, light feeling to it despite its persistence which makes it an excellent daily scent, but better enjoyed on a cool day I think. Quite lovely.
DominikKila – :
My first love when I’m talking Serge Lutens and the first niche scent I’ve tried. The almond, oh, the almond! What is probably the most precious thing about this scent for me? A memory of wormwood. My Granny’s garden wormwood. And there’s sweetness of vanilla that I can not only stand, but enjoy. Which is saying a lot because once I experienced a rather unfortunate amount of vanilin with sugar when I was a student and… let’s just put it this way: I haven’t been a fan of the sweet kind of vanilla ever since, but Louve is my love story.
andrey007 – :
Enchanting, mysterious and intoxicating fragrance!
Most of all I feel the almond note in it mixed with the tender floral notes and the sweet vanilla note on the warm amber base.
This fragrance brings me associations with an almond liquor beautified with the lovely floral petals. It reminds Amaretto a lot smelling almonds and apricot stones.
And I really like how it’s called. Smelling this fragrance, my imagination draws a wolf standing on the mountain top at night and earning on the moon. Impressive!
It smells intensive, deep and natural. And it’s really complex. The lasting power is very good and the sillage is very intriguing, by the way:)
I really like Louve a lot. It’s my favorite by Serge Lutens, despite sometimes it seems to me sickly sweet.
dgtu – :
inizio alcolico come sempre..stavolta amaretto di Saronno..
oltre alla mandorla ci sento soprattutto la rosa.
molto buona la persistenza.
piu’ lupa che lupo.
Янушек – :
A lovely bitter almond, that is fresher and more floral than Rahat Loukhom- now moved into the exclusive line. It does smell a little common in Paris, but it still has substance and it should be worn in not so cold weather. It does refresh your skin, but it never looses the sweet tooth…
Is Louve hungry for a skin to wear it?
This one it works as unisex, also.
drip4 – :
I love an almond note which is why I love Givenchy’s Pi. Would like to smell this one.
Ruis – :
Louve (she-wolf) is a gorgeous name for a perfume; unfortunately too much almond simply doesn’t work for me.
I love almond in other scents: in Le Baiser du Dragon and Jasmin Noir, for example, it functions like a necessary co-worker.
In Louve, to me, almond is the only distinctive note together with vanilla, which makes it too too sweet.
Too bad, I was set on loving “Louve”.
kartonay – :
Serge Lutens LOUVE is a loukhoum perfume in the spirit of the Keiko Mecheri LOUKHOUM triplet and Montale SWEET ORIENTAL DREAM. Apparently le Grand Serge has his own officially labeled LOUKHOUM perfume launched about a decade before this one (in 1998), but I have not had a chance to try that one and do not know whether it is still in production.
LOUVE falls somewhere in the mid-range of sweetness as far as these perfumes go. They all have a significant almond component which can easily evoke memories of marzipan. I also find a cherry facet. But what links loukhoum perfumes above all in my olfactory memory bank is the scrumptious alkaloid facet, described by zoka (below) as “almost medicinal”. Yes, he’s right! It’s an acquired taste. You either like it, or you don’t. I do, I do, I do!!!!
yorkuspb – :
Smells exactly like marzipan. Mouthwatering.
pkachu2010 – :
I was hoping to find a gourmandish almond scent when testing Louve. The opening is very promising indeed : marzipan – bitter almond, not sweet but still something delicious and playful. However it soon transforms into a very resinous amber – almond – vanilla mix and even becomes a bit soapy. Almond remains very prominent but that resin in the background is just enough to keep the scent away from being gourmand. Not bad but way too much resin therefore I will pass this one.
Longevity is good, sillage is medium.
To me Louve is one of the most easygoing scents out of the whole Serge Lutens line but Un Bois Vanille remains my favourite, I find the others to be a bit too serious and complex.
arman – :
I JUST LOUVE IT! <3
Demon54 – :
I just received my “Beginner’s Guide to Oriental Vanilla Fragrances Sampler Pack” from The Perfumed Court and the first sample I’m wearing is Louve. I remember that someone compared it to an Amaretto Sour – I couldn’t agree more! That was my signature drink in my mid 20s and it definitely transports me back to my clubbing days lol.
I’ve been wearing it for a few hours now and at first I really liked the powdery-cherry-almond-with-hint-of-rose smell, but now it seems to have dried down to a sweet-citrusy smell that reminds me of bug repellant or bathroom air freshner. My co-worker sitting next to me described it as cheap soap. Wish it retained more of the strong marzipan quality on me. **sigh**
Julia1703 – :
It is one of the mysteries of perfumery not understand why the kernel suddenly smells like a cherry candy.
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z1609 – :
In my view this is a very strong scent. When I sprayed it, it initially smelled strongly like marzipan. I liked that. But then it had a horrible “sweet and sticky” drydown on me and it could not remind me of marzipan anymore. Unfortunately I did not like any SL scent so far.
flint75 – :
This is not a negative review, or mocking one but here’s what i feel :
It just smells like the “Cléopâtre” glue ! (anyone who was at school in the 80’s/90’s in France will know what i’m talking about)
So for the non French , i’m explaining : This glue is almond flavored , so that’s the reason why Louve makes me think of it . If i had discovered Louve before the glue i would have found that the glue is “Louve” flavoured, i guess .
Thus i wouldn’t wear something which smells like the glue i used when i was a little girl , even if i loved the smell of it.
allexx13997 – :
OMG !!! WOW !
Now I have found a new heaven ^j^
I have read several reviews from Serge Lutens different perfumes. I got samples today and I think I love these all I have experienced now. There are many still left to experience from this house and definitely I will try them all 😉
LOUVE is very soft and close to my skin. Still it have its depth (what I love) mmmmmm . This Tender scent suits for sensitive people, imho.
brn2rl – :
I recently suffered a bad fall and hurt myself; soon thereafter I decided that a bottle of Serge Lutens Louve might help speed my recovery. How did I know how it would make me feel? I can’t say. And thus my first encounter with this masterpiece began.
My very first thought after my first whiff was, “this is what a caring person should smell like”. Not in a medicinal way, but simply as a state of being. And then cherubs began dancing around in my head, Raphael’s “Sistene Madonna” cherubs, on clouds of confection, playfully taunting each other while bouncing around on sugary pillows in the sky. And then almond biscotti and tea. London. And cherry almond Jergens, the kind my mother wore when I was little. Paris.
I began to realize, this scent is a masterpiece like no other. It’s not simply gourmand, or almond, or cherry, or vanilla. It takes its wearer to a new state of being. It’s not a place of discontent, nor is it a place of elation. It’s simply a state of heightened emotion.
Recently on a trip to Madrid I viewed a Mark Rothko painting “Untitled” at the Thyssen Museum. I sat in front of it and stared for awhile. At first, I didn’t see anything but a purple outline and green box. But after staring at it, watching it for awhile, I started to see that underneath the green box, things were happening. A storm was brewing. Tears were falling. A war was being waged. This masterpiece, that at first glance looks like a green box, began to evoke emotion in me. I could feel that I was going to cry.
Serge Lutens Louve is to perfume what “Untitled” by Mark Rothko is to art. At first, it may seem simple. Perhaps misunderstood. Compared to all the others. Cherry. Almonds. A little sugar. Maybe some rose. But it evolves into a deep, emotional piece of art. It simply makes me feel. I never wear fragrance to bed, but tonight for the first time, I will spray on some “Louve” before I go to sleep. It will certainly take me to a place of calm, peace and tranquility.
I never understood perfume as art until today. This piece of art in a bottle has redefined what perfume is to me. This is truly a masterpiece. And as with all works of art, you may understand it and you may not. But a masterpiece it remains.
crazybull – :
In my country there is an icecream made of Vanilla and topped with toasted almonds. This fragrance smell exactly the same.
Not my favorite by Lutens, but is a very enjoyable and unique. Louve reminds me of Farnesiana, both are beautiful fragrances.
Zheka patriot – :
Louve starts really sweet and almond-y. It is a lovely literally really sweet start. If you like a gourmand perfume with some depth, Louve is the one to try, it is sweet but does not have the ‘la-la look over here I’m a sugary girly perfume’ kinda smell which most new released commercial perfumes have.
After several minutes, Louve gets a little bit softer, warmer, rich and velvet(I think I can smell silky rose scent here, like the type of rose from Paris spring editions), somehow I find it a bit pink, but not the type of fruity floral girly pink, but a more refined, Victorian lace floral dress kinda pink.
Later on, a peculiar tuberose-like scent comes in, it’s not loudly there at all, just a glimps of its essence there, which makes the rose+almond sweet velvet combo even more lovely.
The final dry down is of the type of clean inky musk which you can find in Lanvin Jeanne Lanvin and some other perfumes, personally I adore such clean musky dry down.
ShiTai – :
This smells so much like Amaretto in the beginning, that there is no point for people who don’t like the smell of bitter almonds trying it. The smell of bitter almonds lasts and lasts for a long time while the initial sweetness is gradually replaced by a powdery scent. At this point the flowers (rose & jasmine) become more prominent, but are never on the front seat as the almonds are still there. After 4-5 hours the flowers and almonds both fade and all I’m left with, is a powdery scent that’s sweet yet not cloying. Heady and sweet, I cannot imagine wearing it in spring or summer, but feels very comforting in winter. Not my favorite by Lutens, but if you like powdery scents, you have to give it a try at least.
plauer777 – :
The first blast of Louve is strong marzipan/cherry. Its very gourmand, but unlike many of the reviewers that mention baking, this association for me is far stranger. My late father was a dentist and on holidays I would assist him in the surgery. When taking dental impressions, he would mix powder and water that would turn to a rubbery goop that would be applied to the patients teeth via a mouthguard until set. Louve took me back to those days instantly……The power of scent! As for a perfume to wear, the drydown improved but this is too clinical for me.
Thank you to my dear friend Scorpiosheep for this sample and the memory!.
natarik – :
oh my eyes popped out first, yummie cherrie bonbons. Yes, there is going to be a BUT. 🙁
I was expecting this so much to like it BUT.
It turned out to be a SOAP.
kunuw 39 – :
Soooooooo damn good. I want it. Smells like cherry.
coockabAbsori – :
Finally give this one a try today. It