Lucius Fragrance Du Bois 2024
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AmBROcenide or not?
Very fresh start, definitely mandarin and a substantial dose of pink pepper catapults a tingling citrus bomb around you.
It calms down after 5 minutes but maintains a strong projection for another 30.
I can sense the amber base almost instantly and it slow dances with the orange blossom to give the start a sweetness as well. But I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a pinch of maltol in it also. It’s definitely a good portion of Cetalox or Ambrocenide in there (I’m leaning towards Cetalox due to the soapyness and clean aspect - the dryness could be the cedar and/or vetiver).
Gets dryer and more ambery as time goes by. Starts to mellow down quite a lot.
What I do like about this one is the mandarin-orange blossom-pink pepper. Something…mossy or maybe cistus would’ve made it more interesting in the dry down?
But it is crowdpleasing and smells very nice. Very versatile in spring/summer (but would absolutely work as a ”freshie” in the colder seasons as well because of the amberwoods).
Second wearing I get straight up more of the synthetic amberwood. And almost something ”blue”. Kind of get the Sauvage/Bleu connections a few have mentioned…but just kind of.
Not at all as nice when the floral aspects are missing?
Not quite sure of this one… But for now it’s a keeper for when crowdpleasing is my mood of the day.
Thrifted an almost full bottle for 120€ - would not buy at full price.
It calms down after 5 minutes but maintains a strong projection for another 30.
I can sense the amber base almost instantly and it slow dances with the orange blossom to give the start a sweetness as well. But I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a pinch of maltol in it also. It’s definitely a good portion of Cetalox or Ambrocenide in there (I’m leaning towards Cetalox due to the soapyness and clean aspect - the dryness could be the cedar and/or vetiver).
Gets dryer and more ambery as time goes by. Starts to mellow down quite a lot.
What I do like about this one is the mandarin-orange blossom-pink pepper. Something…mossy or maybe cistus would’ve made it more interesting in the dry down?
But it is crowdpleasing and smells very nice. Very versatile in spring/summer (but would absolutely work as a ”freshie” in the colder seasons as well because of the amberwoods).
Second wearing I get straight up more of the synthetic amberwood. And almost something ”blue”. Kind of get the Sauvage/Bleu connections a few have mentioned…but just kind of.
Not at all as nice when the floral aspects are missing?
Not quite sure of this one… But for now it’s a keeper for when crowdpleasing is my mood of the day.
Thrifted an almost full bottle for 120€ - would not buy at full price.