Encens et lavande Serge Lutens 1996

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7.5 / 10 89 Ratings

A popular perfume by Serge Lutens for women and men, released in 1996. The scent is spicy-smoky. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Spicy

Smoky

Floral

Woody

Fresh

Fragrance Notes

Lavender

Frankincense Vanilla

Vanilla

Perfumers

Christopher Sheldrake, Serge Lutens

Ratings

Scent

7.589 Ratings

Longevity

6.968 Ratings

Sillage

6.565 Ratings

Bottle

8.671 Ratings

Value for money

5.513 Ratings

Submitted by Kankuro, last update on 04/25/2025.

Smells similar

What the fragrance is similar to

Gris clair... (2006)

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Reviews

3 in-depth fragrance descriptions

04/26/2025

7.5
Scent

bouffant
12 Reviews

bouffant

1

Herbal lavender, at last

I don't really write reviews but I have more to say about this one.

I've been searching for a real herbal lavender. Here it is. It opens really strong with this. Pretty quickly it fades into something woody and paper like. I get the incense, but also something else that's really hard to put my finger on. I kind of agree with the church analogy below.

I can't decide if I love this or not. It needs more time. It is definitely one of the more unique ones I've tried, and checks the herbal lavender box precisely. I only wish that part of it lasted longer.

12/03/2021

TheLorelei
4 Reviews

TheLorelei

Helpful Review 4

Pure fields of herbs

This is what I have been searching for; an intense, herbal, pure dry lavender. I have been trying to get my hands on a sample of this for over a year, but until recently it did not seem to be available in the USA. This scent thankfully has no powdery edge whatsoever that so often clouds lavender’s natural pungent edge. Instead, incense provides a smooth base instead of a sweet cover. This is an academic scent, for projecting an image of intelligence and austerity. It is a winter scent for reminding yourself of growing things. I am absolutely in love. It is the grown up version of the pure lavender body splashes I would spray on my clothes and sheets when I was younger. Longevity seems to be good so far - a dab behind my ears has preserved the opening lavender scent, perhaps in my hair, since the application to my wrists has dried down to the smooth, dry incense that underlies the initial opening bite of herbs. The warmish heart of lavender, sans edge, can still be appreciated in the dry down, so it is not completely lost. Now begins my search for a full or partial bottle.

05/06/2014

5
Bottle 2.5
Sillage 2.5
Longevity 7
Scent

WRoth
154 Reviews

WRoth

2

Encens et Lavande

Opens with a very natural lavender note, beautifully aromatic and fresh. It is lightyears away from the cloying/powdery lavender used in Gris Clair; Encens et Lavande is all about blooming lavender fields, crisp morning air and warm sunshine. A herbal green note (clary sage) enhances these characteristics and adds to the (summer) cologne-feel of the scent. When the incense notes emerge the composition changes tone: it gets woodsier and darker, but never loses its aromatic quality. Some say the later stages of Encens et Lavande remind them of the cold interior of a stone church and I agree. The fragrance is very capricious and does not always perform well on my skin. At times I see blooming lavender fields in summer and at times I see an unpleasant stale/acidic grassy/herbal mess.