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Senteur d'Été Maison de Senteurs 2018

7.7 / 10 36 Ratings

A popular perfume by Maison de Senteurs for women and men, released in 2018. The scent is spicy-resinous. It is being marketed by L'Oréal.
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Main accords

Spicy

Resinous

Woody

Smoky

Sweet

Fragrance Notes

Cardamom

Frankincense Cumin

Cumin

Labdanum

Pepper

Cistus leaf

Cistus twig

Elemi resin Vanilla

Vanilla

Cinnamon

Perfumer

Céline Barel

Ratings

Scent

7.736 Ratings

Longevity

6.931 Ratings

Sillage

6.632 Ratings

Bottle

7.626 Ratings

Value for money

6.418 Ratings

Submitted by TheBladi11, last update on 10/18/2025.

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6 in-depth fragrance descriptions

09/29/2025

5Scent 6Longevity 4Sillage

babepdx
16 Reviews

babepdx

Lost Me at Cumin

I would agree that this is similar to Marrakech in that it's deeply resinous, but a completely different scent entirely. The vanilla is a supporting note, not at all the star, which I love. Unfortunately the cumin note comes out in a very offensive way. I understand why it was added. It's interesting, makes you sniff a little longer to figure out what's "off". But it just ruins it for me, so I'm not the target audience!

08/30/2025

9Scent 7Longevity 8Sillage

feralpaper
1 Review

feralpaper

1

an incandescent amber

aēsop's take on amber turns to the stars for inspiration, opening with a raw cardamom note that's equal parts balmy, almost sizzling yet refreshing. after a couple of hours on my skin, a constellation of frankincense and vanilla bean adds a sweetness that evens out the dry spice and resinous notes from cinnamon and elemi. i've worn this fragrance for a few days and this scent feels like the crisp morning air upon your first step outside in a well-worn, well-loved sweater, and it's already garnered me quite a few compliments and head-turns. certainly a fragrance to look out for ahead of the fall once it's officially released in september.

08/27/2025

Floomf
5 Reviews

Floomf

1

Positive first impressions

Not yet released, but I had a chance to sample this at my local Aesop boutique.

I like it. It's pleasant but not particularly groundbreaking.

Black pepper, nutmeg/cardamom/cumin, frankincense, dry vanilla (extract, no cupcakes here). Like a warm, dry, spice cabinet. Kinda halfway between Aesop Eidesis (cut the ambrox and add vanilla) and l'Occitane Eau Des Baux (dial the vanilla way down and add a nice dose of cumin). Unique in their lineup for being a little bit sweeter.

Celine Barel was also the nose behind Tacit which is also kinda unremarkable but i love anyway for being so easy and comfortable. I think she's a generally good fit for the brand. Steorra is done with a very even hand, like Tacit, and is similarly easy to wear.

The scent overall feels a little... corporate boardroom-developed, like a pastiche of the brand's aesthetic. The name is remarkably pretentious, even for Aesop. It's clear some C-suite person said "we need an amber" and handed over a workshopped brief to Barel who hit it right on target.

I'd consider a bottle if it wasn't 4x more expensive than l'Occitane Eau des Baux. I'll keep an eye out for a good secondhand deal though.I

09/25/2025

Alexlinhcao
120 Reviews

Alexlinhcao

1

Above Us, Steorra

Immediately, there's a lot of cumin and frankincense at the top that reminds me of Eidesis . I personally don't mind the cumin, but I know it's a turn-off for a lot of people. It goes back and forth from kitchen spices to liturgical frankincense (I grew up Roman Catholic).

After about 30 minutes to an hour, it's very familiar and reminds me of "Eau des Baux | L'Occitane en Provence" which I love. It's holiday-ish. A spicy vanilla that isn't sugary, but still festive. At 5x the cost, however, I wonder if there's enough of a difference in fragrance profile to make Above Us, Steorra, worthwhile.

For those who are unwilling, I definitely recommend checking out the L'occitane alternative available for about $50 USD.

09/01/2025

9Scent 7Longevity 7Sillage

ElAttarine
74 Reviews

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ElAttarine

Top Review 55

Safe and sound into the open infinite..

... the vast night sky above us: the cardamom sparkle of the countless stars in the Milky Way, all the many cistus shooting stars trailing their stripes across the sky and burning up brightly like Elemi over the black-blue background, again and again. This night under the stars. I often feel so very alone - and now I just lean my face against your shoulder and let it happen, that it feels absolutely right in this moment. Beyond all reasonable and sensible doubts about where this can lead, should lead, may lead. The scent of your skin, which still contains the warmth of the day. I don't speak, I don't say anything, I don't want to fix this perfect moment with words. I know you can hear me like this. In all this open infinity, balmy, painfully sweet and cinnamon-sweet.
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For an aēsop, this new one is both delicate and powerful. Overall, it is resinous, powdery and sweet, yet consistently fresh. It starts with a lot of peppery, spicy cardamom powder and a lot of initially cool, light cistus, which gradually becomes warmer and darker almost imperceptibly and transitions into labdanum. In addition, there are always light resins (elemi) and light incense. There is also a hint of minimally sweaty skin (cumin) - I melt away. The whole thing gradually becomes warmer and warmer, and cinnamon and vanilla provide balsamic warmth in the drydown. This was completely predictable, lots of cistus, labdanum, cinnamon and cardamom is a combination that rarely leaves me cold.
I can also understand that the combination of cardamom, cistus and cinnamon might evoke cola associations, even if that wasn't my first idea.
For me, there is a certain affinity (not a complete similarity!) to Delphine Thierry's also beautiful "Cistus" from D:SOL MMXVI, which is less sweet and now, in retrospective comparison, a little cooler and, above all, slightly more synthetic at the beginning. "Above us, Steorra" is just about to be pushed off my wish list and replaced.
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"Steorra" is the Old English word for "stars". Luckily, I live in an area that isn't heavily lit, so I can see the Milky Way easily on starry nights. In most places, however, there is artificial light; the Enlightenment has literally illuminated everything. And what can't be illuminated usually doesn't count. Or does it? Is there still anything unknown? And if there is, can we trust the unknown? Or are we lost?
For me, this fragrance is the antidote to what Georg Lukács called "transcendental homelessness", the feeling of modern people who have lost their connection to a meaningful, cosmic order: While people in the time of Homeric poetry had a sense of unity with destiny, there is an alienation from this universal home in the modern age. This manifests itself in a deep loneliness.
And here - I feel safe now.
Perfumer Céline Barel cites the starry night sky with shooting stars as inspiration for her fragrance, as well as a haiku by Mayuzumi Madoka, "Shooting Star", which celebrates the possibilities of love in the open, uncertain, unknown:

a shooting star -
in love, not knowing
where it will lead.
(Madoka Mayuzumi)

Not knowing where it will lead, even if it's to burn out - and yet allowing myself to be safe and secure. That is love.

Some quotes from Céline Barel and the reference to Mayuzumi's haiku can be found here:
https://scentadvice.com/above-us-steorra-2025-aesop/

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