La Cérémonie de l'Encens L'Artisan Parfumeur 2025

I like it. The pepper gives it a playful little kick, the incense brings poise, and the cedar lends a clean, polished feel. It's not innovative, but it's a very sophisticated take on incense as a central note — the Somalian olibanum has a balsamic, almost sacred depth, while the Malabar pepper softens the opening without any harshness.

Sillage is top-tier, longevity too, and projection is restrained. A fragrance of closeness rather than declaration.
It reminds me (like a very distant cousin) of the original Esencia de Loewe (if you've tried the early batches), but less sharp and much richer and deeper. The early Esencia had a more citrusy, camphor-like edge on the opening, drier and more aromatic.

La Cérémonie de l'Encens trades that bracing bite for something warmer and more resinous, thanks to the olibanum and the overall quality of the composition.

A well-crafted, very elegant perfume.

Well i have to disagree with most of the overall thoughts about it, i absolutely love it.

I have to admit that when i first tried it, it was just ok and simple, and performance wise i was a bit disappointed.
Then it settled for some weeks and wow, the game changed.
The incense is so beautiful and natural smelling, i'm from southern Spain and the smell reminds me so much of the streets of Seville and the holy week.

The pepper and cedar make this so so wonderful and not like you're a walking censer, to me this wears more masculine because of those woody aromatic and spicy background. And yes, the performance changed so much after some weeks, it's really well done and to me this is the best incense based perfume i've tried so far.

They told me at L'AP this is the first of its own new collection which will feature other incense fragrances, i'm looking 4wd to see what they will do next. If Bertrand Duchaufour makes one, i could die

Last but not least, if you layer it with Seville a l'Aube is just to die for, as well as some neroli or some vanilla.

Anyone who associates incense with dusty church pews and heavy, oppressive air should forget everything now. La Cérémonie de l'Encens proves that the "blood of the gods" has arrived in the 21st century.

Before the first drop touches the skin, the quality of the presentation is convincing. The bottle feels heavy and solid in the hand - a glass statement that screams understatement. The design is minimalist and elegant, perfectly matching the contents: no frills, just pure substance. The spray nozzle disperses the fragrance so finely that it settles like a delicate veil.
The first spray is like a cool breeze in a modern art gallery. The sacred note of incense is the centerpiece - clear, pure, and almost meditative. But before one sinks into deep contemplation, a lively, zesty pepper tickles the nose awake.
In this contrast lies the genius of this fragrance:
The incense gives the wearer a mysterious, almost untouchable aura.
The pepper provides a modern dynamism and a freshness that makes the scent incredibly airy and contemporary. The symbiosis creates a very inviting mystique. This olfactory space is one you want to enter gladly.

La Cérémonie de l'Encens is not a fragrance that "occupies" a room, but one that enhances the immediate surroundings. It is clean enough for the office, yet profound enough for a date in the rain. It smells like someone who knows their roots but stands firmly in the present. If one were to create an image for this contrast and a church metaphor: a warm pastor in a leather jacket who opens his church doors to all (!) people and is himself a man of the world.

My conclusion: A fragrance like a tailored leather jacket in a cathedral. Those who love incense will adore this scent. Those who have avoided it until now will be converted here.