Daim blond Serge Lutens 2004

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A perfume by Serge Lutens for women and men, released in 2004. The scent is leathery-spicy. It is being marketed by Shiseido Group / Beauté Prestige International.
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Main accords

Leathery

Spicy

Fruity

Sweet

Powdery

Fragrance Notes

Suede

Almond

Perfumers

Christopher Sheldrake, Serge Lutens

Ratings

Scent

7.4337 Ratings

Longevity

7.6251 Ratings

Sillage

6.3233 Ratings

Bottle

7.9237 Ratings

Value for money

6.828 Ratings

Submitted by Kankuro, last update on 11/02/2024.

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Reviews

8 in-depth fragrance descriptions

01/25/2013

jtd
484 Reviews

jtd

Very helpful Review 8

Persuade me

I love leather perfumes, but apparently don't understand the leather note. The 'leather' note in perfumery doesn't have any relationship to leather for me. Not in Bandit. Not in Rien. Not in Knize Ten. I have a layperson's understanding of the the components, the aromachemicals used in leather perfumes. I even understand the taxonomy and historical role of leather scents in perfumery. It's just that 'leather' doesn't smell like leather to me. Do you think the 'leather' from the start of the 20th century was the 'aquatic' of the end of the century? Was it just marketing of the aromachemicals that that were coming into play at the time?

Given this blind spot in my nose, the perfume that differentiates suede from leather should leave me confused. But I love Daim Blond. It is distinguished and identifiable, but swings through my mind triggering all sorts of associations. A less jammy Robert Piguet Visa (contemporary version.) Sharp and cold like Chanel 19. Powdery-fine like PG Cuir d'Iris. It also fits perfectly into the Lutens line. What Bois de Violette does to its predecessor Feminite du Bois, Daim Blond does to Arabie. Less dense, more crystalline, higher-pitched.

So I forget leather and remember the chilled, sweet cardamom dessert broth my boyfriend and I used to love at a favorite restaurant 20 years ago. Daim Blond's cold, precise spiciness keeps the fruitiness on a short leash. It balances sharpness and powdery sweetness through drydown.

04/27/2013

9
Scent

Ysbrand
84 Reviews

Ysbrand

Helpful Review 6

A prince charming

Daim Blond is a handsome take on leather (or suede, for the case)

If this note can be dusky, conservative and grave, reminiscent of old money, luxury and death, in this Serge Lutens creation is still highly refined but young, gentle and spring-like.

The impression of a soft, flexible suede is succesfully achieved with the addition of a creamy orris and powdery musk to the leather accord. This velvety suede is illuminated with the sunny notes listed: sweet, green cardamom and the lush, tad disturbing sweetness of hawthorn flowers. Then the little almond that lies within the apricot pits gives off a very interesting both bitter and fruity nuance to Daim Blond. Apricot kernels remind to bitter almonds indeed. You have this in here, but also a pungent unripe apricot (the fruit) up to a point you imagine the fuzzy skin of the apricot and the elastic suede are so mingled they become the same thing, a bright yellow suede.

The almost liquor-y fruitiness can be overpowering when we reach the drydown (as i see others have noticed too!) once the bitter and leathery notes have lost their ability to balance the sweetness of the persistent blackberry-like musk. Luckily this happens after several hours, most of the times I only notice it the day after.

Overall Daim Blond triumphs at being carefree whithout loosing its gracious manners and aristocratic nature. A blond, smiling prince.

03/05/2017

10
Bottle 8
Sillage 8
Longevity 9
Scent

K1
121 Reviews

K1

Helpful Review 5

Powdery suede - lactonic - musk

Every single perfume of this house gives me the impression of Serge Lutens directs his perfumes to be made of his diary. For being amused with dozens of craps in so-called niche perfumes I was awkwardly away to give this genuine leather a go on my skin.

Initiates with tender creamy saltiness that promises of a suede softer than silk. A fresh green yet juicy apricot brings lactonic aura to this sweet sour leathery vibe like a thin film of gold over tanned skin. In a way it gives me the same mood of Jeux de Peau in a more common and standard way. The base is ornamented and strengthen by a fluent accent of musk.
Impressive feminine scent, bold and distinctive, not an ordinary stuff and sort of sexy skin-loving smell.
4/5

09/12/2022

Mlleghoul
407 Reviews

Mlleghoul

6

Karen "I want to talk to the manager" has a complex and tragic back story

I'm revisiting Serge Lutens' Daim Blond, a scent I thought I didn't care for. It's objectively "nice", but it just doesn't resonate with me. I smell the things that people love about it: the elusive whiff of soft suede from the inner pocket of an expensive handbag, the cool floral iris, the bowl of apricots basking in a beam of afternoon sunlight. But those things, they're over there. And I am here. And we don't connect. It's the career woman who got married, had kids, holds an executive position somewhere, and does hot yoga and spin class. So very not me. It makes me think of that photo of Maureen Prescott that you see in the first Scream movie. She looks like a put-together lady. But you later find out she had a past, and it was complicated and fraught, and the catalyst for the entire franchise. Today when I smelled a previously undetected bit of pensive cedar, and wistful violet it made me think about Maureen's pain and trauma and tragedy, and I recognized how layered we all are, and how no one's life is ever quite how we imagine it from the outside. That's something to sit with, and so too, I suppose, is Daim Blond.

04/04/2012

7.5
Bottle 10
Sillage 10
Longevity 6
Scent

Lola82
362 Reviews

Lola82

Helpful Review 3

Hot Rods and Leather,

This Gives out a vibe of a Black and white Movie circa 1958. Bad boy Tommy of the Tomcats wearing his Black Suade shoes trimed with scarlet from the front to the back. it's a hot July 4th so he takes off his black Leather Jacket
hangs on a chair grabs his Tools and
works on his Harley Davidson. And sweat pouring from his forehead making his jet black hair fashioned into a quiff
like the popular rockstars of the day. like a moptop but he doesn't care Tight Blue Jeans Cigarette and a pair of Sunglasses like the ones from the warden in Cool hand Luke.
all he has in his mind is the Girl
he wants to go to the 4th of July Dance Her name Is Lola; Lola is a blonde from a Respectable Family Parents Educated Father Lawyer Mother An R.N Nurse and lived in a well to do home the Polor opposite from Tommy's so at night after
he fixed his motocycle he droved though
Lola's Neibourhood Knowing her Parents didn't approve of her dating tommy so
she sneeked out from her window and wears a Tight Daring red Dress with Red
Steletto's and she got on his motocycle
and they drove to the Dance.

The Music was Blasting with songs Featuring Jerry Lee Lewis Great Balls of fire Little Richard Trutti Frutti
Elvis Presley Of Corse the King
Jailhouse Rock. A Lot of goodies that ther parents didn't Approve of.
and then all the Sudden A Boy cuts in
and danced with Lola And In a Drunkin
Ludeness Said you had a Nice Ass
and And Tommy Wasn't so happy about that so he punched him in the face.
and the opponent got out a Switchblade
and the tone changed and Tommy Grabed a
Pole and the fight Begin The swiftness
of the knife almost sliced him and Tommy
Swinged his Poll And Coulden't Touched the Oppinent and everyboby was chearing
and screaming in horror at the same time
And when Tommy Was Cought Offgard he Stabed him with his knife. and the screams Ring From the garden and one Boy Ran and called the Police and the siren Ringed the police Broke up the Fight And Tommy And The Advasary to put into Police Cars And sent to the Hostiptal and then the police station
the next day the parents from the two
Lovers came for the sentancing Tommy and his Advasary went to Juvanile Hall. A Bad Boy from the wild Side

If you want a Fragrance to Bring out your Inner Rebel This is It.

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