Description
Selene Eau de Parfum.
“The legend: The goddess of the moon embodied an uncommon sense of the light, the right, the good. Her scent had a most peculiar way of being seamlessly itself yet wholly untouchable.
The perfume: Based on orris root and orris-root/violet-leaf co-distillation, this perfume is truly rarefied. Sixteen notes.
Top:
Rosewood, Petitgrain, Petitgrain sur fleur (neroli), Geranium sur fleur (rose), Juniper, Pink pepper
Heart:
Clary sage, Rose otto, Nutmeg, Clove, Jasmine, Jasmine sambac
Base:
Orris (CO2 extract), Carnation, Vanilla (CO2 extract), Osmanthus, Ambrette, Ambergris (homemade oil infusion)
Selene Concrete de Parfum was launched during the 2000’s. The nose behind this fragrance is Adam Gottschalk.
DWlad76 – :
I am so impressed with Lord’s Jester. It’s nice to smell natural fragrances that aren’t overwhelmed by patchouli. Selene is a beautiful fragrance that is demure in nature. I’m picking up on the carnation and violet, which I really enjoy. This is a clean musk, if that makes any sense! The notes are well blended, with subtle spiciness and sweetness.
wmz620speagoessenda – :
Just stunningly beautiful! After sampling the solid of this wonderful creation, it might very well take the place of my favorite Lord’s Jester scent. Favorite seems like such an unfair word, as it implies picking definitively…and I refuse to even try to do that, if I don’t have to.
The longer this solid stays on my skin, the more beautiful it gets. I swear I smell Ambergris in the base, and it gives it a wonderful clean scent that when combined with the florals is spectacular! This is very well blended and radiates feminine beauty, but I find myself, as a male, tempted to try to pull this off. As opposed to Helios, which I found very stimulating and awakening, this fragrance is fresh and easy going.
As you can see, I don’t even try to dissect this into notes. I believe these complex scents are more than the sum of their parts, and in its totality, has the ability to transform and transport. All aboard!
enedayNuapy – :
If Selene EDP is the waxing moon, then the solid perfume is the waning moon…
The EDP concentration is more of a bright and glowing full moon summer night type of scent, where dark flowers bloom in a shadowy wood and magical gatherings happen. The solid scent is a cool night and a moonlight walk through a lovely meadow…
Imagine, if you will, a warm wind blowing through the forest and picking up greens, flowers and soft woody whispers, as you trapse barefoot through a woodland glen under a clear starry night and a sliver of the moon hangs in the sky. Then, night blooming flowers releasing their subtle scents all about you with hints of warm teasing spices…
Still with me?
Sniff deeply…the scent of the dew on cool green irises and lovely warm carnations, experience the scent as osmanthus drips her sweetness. Styrax adds an “ancient” feel to the subtly sweet blend of amber and vanilla…making this a beautiful expression of the darker beauty of the night. THIS creme perfume is one of the most stunningly gorgeoues things I have ever smelled! Nightime in a JAR! Dark, but not murky or overly sweet or heavy. This is perfume as Nature intended it (no spraying, no chemicals, no synthetics)…just essences of plants in a neutral creme base that melts on your skin, infusing it with wonder and mystical aromas.
Sillage: good
Longevity: very good
Overall: 4.75/5
Selene solid is the only one of the three cremes LJ offers that I have in the BIGGEST jar they offer. It is absolutely wonderful to apply before bed and drift off to wonderful dreams and have scenting your bed linens. Dreamy, cool, smooth and luxurious…
I now know how Endymion felt as her milky rays embraced him and he knew the love of a GODDESS!!