British Tales

Luna 2016 Eau de Toilette

Luna (Eau de Toilette) by Penhaligon's
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7.9 / 10 423 Ratings
A popular perfume by Penhaligon's for women, released in 2016. The scent is floral-fresh. It is being marketed by Puig.
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Main accords

Floral
Fresh
Citrus
Green
Spicy

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
Primofiore lemonPrimofiore lemon Bitter orangeBitter orange BergamotBergamot
Heart Notes Heart Notes
RoseRose Juniper berryJuniper berry JasmineJasmine
Base Notes Base Notes
Fir balsamFir balsam MuskMusk AmbergrisAmbergris

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Scent
7.9423 Ratings
Longevity
7.2352 Ratings
Sillage
6.6352 Ratings
Bottle
8.4325 Ratings
Value for money
6.5142 Ratings
Submitted by OPomone, last update on 10/07/2024.
Interesting Facts
The fragrance is part of the "British Tales" collection.

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6 short views on the fragrance
NinamariahNinamariah 3 months ago
10
Bottle
5
Sillage
6
Longevity
8.5
Scent
Beautifully made clean musky scent with subtle roses & barely noticeable Jasmine. Citruses only in the opening. Delicate, pretty, soft.
2 Comments
DopeweaselDopeweasel 3 years ago
7
Sillage
6
Longevity
9
Scent
Fresh lemon and florals. Perfect for a formal night out or the office. Rose and jasmine done well with the faintest of juniper. Loved it!
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DiscoverduftDiscoverduft 11 months ago
7
Bottle
5
Sillage
5
Longevity
1
Scent
Smells like insecticide ,too acide ,it reminds me blue saphire boadicea ,i dislike
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GavarrusGavarrus 10 months ago
3
Sillage
2
Scent
Smells like cheap, scented markers.

It does smell nice close up, though. Citrusy, rosy and clean
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TelekinecTelekinec 1 year ago
9
Bottle
8
Scent
Wonderful soapy, fresh citron and rose perfume that's reminiscent of vintage rose soaps. Inoffensive and great for warm weather.
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ScentwitchScentwitch 3 years ago
10
Bottle
9
Scent
Fresh more than floral, beautiful unisex but leans feminine.
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12 in-depth fragrance descriptions
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Scentwitch

292 Reviews
Scentwitch
Scentwitch
Helpful Review 4  
Fresh Rose
I’d classify this perfume as a fresh-floral. They are top notes of all sorts of citrus which just makes it super fresh smelling and unisex at first. Next are all the florals, but the citrus is still there, though ebbs.

It’s slightly sweet, but I’d never classify it as such. Rose is absolutely there after ten minutes and smells heavenly. It’s the main scent note for the duration of the perfume. It is more of a skin scent on me—very much neutral so that it can be worn for any occasion.

This perfume is a breath of fresh air. I love it!
Longevity fair, sillage good.
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Yenn

33 Reviews
Yenn
Yenn
1  
This Luna will enchant you or let you super indiferent.
I feel this perfume enchant you or let you super meh, not in between feelings.

The first time, in winter, I feel the second. I only smelled a common citric-woody perfume, I didnt understand what conexion there is between lemons and the moon.
Today, a very hot spring day, I tried my decant again and I can't believe how beautiful it is what I was smelling. A beatiful light purple night sky appeared in my mind, evoquing a moment of wonder very few perfumes have made me feel. It smelled more like I remembered The favourite instead of what The favourite smells to me right now

This wonderful moment of feelings dissapeared the moment my brain recognized it was like smelling a luxurious rose+lemon soap and the enchant faded away, but it is still very beautiful and pleasant. It also has something orange leaning in the opening

It lasted strong in my skin at least 2h. Now that they have passed 5h, it smells more your typical unisex woody fragrance with the Penhaligon DNA I am getting used by this point.
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8
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8
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8
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8
Longevity
10
Scent
Astralmonad

43 Reviews
Astralmonad
Astralmonad
1  
Beautiful! Fresh citrus floral with fresh woods
Although this is EDT it is a slightly more substantial, lemon-y version of Juniper Sling that performs better! The hint of rose is also beautiful and subtle! I admit that I've learned to value lighter but soothing and mellow scents that aren't as noisy in creating a sillage around me. When I tried this for the first time in November, it just smelled like lemons to my underdeveloped olfactory senses so I didn't appreciate it. But now that my nose has become more sophisticated with a collection of 100+ perfumes, I can appreciate a work of art when I smell it. I came across part of a 5 ml sample that had some juice left in it, and the herbal lemon with the undertone of florals was just beautiful. So I had to replenish my stock with a 100ml bottle someone was selling for a massive discount on Ebay. I think this might soon become my new signature scent. Penhaligon's keeps coming out with masterpieces and this one is no exception.
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9
Bottle
8
Scent
Telekinec

238 Reviews
Telekinec
Telekinec
1  
Lovely soapy citrus and roses
Luna is one of the perfumes which I got as a sample when I visited Etiket. It's a lovely ethereal, light, airy, fresh citron and rose perfume. The Primofiore lemon was the most prominent note on my skin when I first wore it and it gave the perfume its freshness: a juicy, slightly tangy and sweet lemon that's just wonderful and uplifting for those who love citrus in perfumes like I do. No bitter or sour notes, just a tad of tangy sweetness like candy. The rose becomes the next prominent note with a slight tinge of indolic powder and spiciness from the accompanying juniper and jasmine. The scent evolves into this airy rose water type of scent: a little bit soapy and clean that's definitely more feminine-leaning. I was overall pleasantly surprised by this perfume, but the sillage is quasi non-existent and it doesn't last as long as I'd hoped (although the citron did end up living on my skin for way longer than I had anticipated). The price is a little bit off-putting for those who want a perfume that lasts which is also a part of the reason why it won't make my collection. The rose becomes really prominent during the middle and it made me think of rose soaps from the olden days. Not bad, but overall not something I wish to smell on myself. I'm sure other people fit the vibe of this perfume better than I do. The perfume finally dies down into a clean skin-scent with a gentle musk and ambergris rounding everything off.

Overall, I think this perfume is the definition of an eau de toilette: something that's fresh, clean (almost laundry-like), light, that dissipates into a your-skin-but-better scent.
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8
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8
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8
Longevity
10
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Parfümlein

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Parfümlein
Parfümlein
Top Review 37  
Most beautiful of all summer night dreams
What I regret about this scent:
Its name, Luna, and the silvery lilac tone of the liquid evoke such tremendously strong associations with summer forest nights in me that I have never been able to wear this fragrance during the day until now - on the contrary, I always reserve it for the most special summer nights, because it is my most beautiful summer night dream fragrance.
The associations are many, and many perfumes and perfumas associate similar things, as the fantastic comments on this fragrance show: Elves and glades. Lemonade and gin. Bright moonlight and cool roses. Luna and Endymion. Let's group these associations into categories and bring a little order into them:

- Figures: elves, fairies, gods
- Plot: dancing
- Setting: Moonlight, forest clearing
- dominant colour nuances: silvery, milky
- Rations: Lemonade, gin
- Plants: roses

Well - it's kind of interesting to wonder why so many intelligent, adult people indulge in fantasies of mysterious nature beings, mystical moonlight, nightly dances in forest clearings with this fragrance. And I cannot deny this effect at all - I am so caught up in fantasies myself that I can only wear this fragrance late in the evening or at night. What is Luna doing to us?

I think that no different from generations of poets of the Romantic era, we too fall victim to the allure of the unfathomable, the allure of the unclear, the ambiguous, the premonitions of the archetypal - the moon goddess Luna, the Great Mother, Mother Earth, Celtic and Roman mythological fragments are mixed together to form an unbelievably mysterious image of true femininity, the original, actual, real femininity. Thus it is an image that pretends to approach an authentic form of one's own existence, to reinforce and extract it from everything irrelevant and obsolete that the unpoetic everyday life spreads over it. It is thus above all identity-creating moments that follow the associative observation of the Luna bottle, and this may well be the secret of its success.

But above all Luna gives herself as a secret. Whether I think of Puck from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" or of secret rituals of Celtic priestesses, of witches on Blocksberg Mountain or of the delicate fairies of my childhood - Luna associatively connects us with mystical beings who do not touch our reality in any way and yet are so close to what might seem to be the secret goal of our quest: the silence of untouched nocturnal nature, the supposed source for the realization of our innermost wishes and desires.

And this is where the scent comes in: Citrus-fresh, brightly awake, tangy, full of fantasy, the beautiful, unforgettable top note appears, perhaps the most beautiful combination of classic citrus fruits I know: as without sweetness, as tart and fresh as a bath in the cool moonlight.
Then YOU use the actual forest notes, the deliciously spicy elements that seem to conjure up a distillate of the deepest, most inaccessible forest from this fragrance in the blink of an eye: Notes of the pristine rose that blooms in secret, floral-fine and elegant, and juniper, that spicy note that is as characteristic of the shrubs of a forest as gin.
Thus a path is paved into the untrodden, unreached, inaccessible part of the forest, which triggers the longing, which is surrounded by the myth of the subconscious, which releases the fear of the unknown. And this path is beautiful! It is covered with moss and soft, damp and cool this moss feels under your feet. It is bright, illuminated by the silvery moonlight and clearly recognizable. It has a pleasant scent of roses and juniper, and is surrounded by tall, rustling fir trees, whose resin and needle smell releases a soothing spice that induces a sense of well-being.
This is the basis of the fragrance: fine, natural-looking, warm fir extract that plays with the resinous richness of amber.
The path through the forest that Luna paves is a gift to us, free and easy and romantic and beautiful. A little bit of Luna, this fragrance, this bottle, this silvery liquid, the captured moonlight - a piece of the way to the innermost self.
Luna is a great perfume metaphor

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