Parole d'eau by Serge Lutens
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7.6 / 10 117 Ratings
A popular perfume by Serge Lutens for women and men, released in 2022. The scent is fresh-citrusy. It is being marketed by Shiseido Group / Beauté Prestige International.
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Main accords

Fresh
Citrus
Green
Woody
Spicy

Fragrance Notes

Siberian stone pine needleSiberian stone pine needle Lemon zestLemon zest EucalyptusEucalyptus
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Ratings
Scent
7.6117 Ratings
Longevity
7.095 Ratings
Sillage
6.593 Ratings
Bottle
7.985 Ratings
Value for money
6.760 Ratings
Submitted by OPomone, last update on 07/31/2025.
Interesting Facts
The fragrance is part of the Matin Lutens collection.

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Reviews

5 in-depth fragrance descriptions
Jjcolbourne

17 Reviews
Jjcolbourne
Jjcolbourne
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Ocean Pine Minimalism
Parole d'Eau (Word of Water) takes me to the bristly, cool pitch pine covered dunes of Plum Island. When the sun hits the trees and the sand, the camphor and brine permeates the air, rendered just a shade sweeter by resins and beach grasses. I appreciate how direct the pine accord is here; with intermittent moments that remind me of the turpentine of the studio when I spent hours painting in college. The conifers are supported by citruses, of which their terpenes are adjacent and therefore capable of lending some resplendence.

There are droplets of condensation, mist in the air, sand dollars on the shore, piping plovers scuttling, and summer moves to autumn. There is nothing dramatic, it is a suspended chord, a soothing straight line, as if traversing the beach. A break in its linearity comes from softly woody, floral musks as the terpenes and the camphor eases. It sets a pellucid scene, a vista in fragrant form, stretched out and washing over. This is far from a typical Serge Lutens, but no less beautiful and compelling in its profound minimalism. Parole d'Eau would make a great palate cleanser for all that is complicated.
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Pricing
7
Bottle
5
Sillage
5
Longevity
4.5
Scent
Ursaw

142 Reviews
Ursaw
Ursaw
1  
The Clean Boy Aesthetic
Fresh, citrusy, piney. Very bright and zesty at first. Moderate sillage – shouldn't bother anyone on the street or in a spacious indoor setting; but beware if you apply it and soon find yourself in a crowd or in packed public transit – there's a 50% chance whoever gets too close to your personal space will start violently sneezing on you. Not bad in a vacuum, but for its price – underwhelming.

Opened up as a delicious forest-like scent on my male partner. Zesty pine needles, crisp chilly air. A sip of gin tonic for good measure. On me? Toothpaste. Which technically does fit into a wider "morning essentials" aesthetic of Matin Lutens. But that's one expensive way to smell like toothpaste. Meh.

It mellowed out on both of us in about ~2 hours into a vague green masculine shower gel scent. In another ~2 it was gone entirely. Technically – everything was as advertised. But also boring and lacking as an experience. But hey, at least my set of 10ml miniature bottles is minimalistic and pretty! I'll find solace in that.
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videecco

9 Reviews
videecco
videecco
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Boreal forest breeze
Wow is this mineral: rain on a cliff with pines, whipped by the cold wind. Petrichor notes are not mentioned anywhere but they are all over this.

This opens on a terpenic breeze of pine, eucalyptus, and a discreete outline of petitgrain. Very civil muscs close the march. On fabric, the pine notes linger for a while -- a few hours after applying I was doing pushups in a cloud of forest air -- but on the skin, they are fleeting. Some might think of the basenotes to be a bit too tame, I personally love those kind of clean and intimate scents.

De Fille en Aiguille, also from Sheldrake, comes to mind, this time with no fruit nor resin, a more airy, fleeting, and resolutely mineral proposition. There is also a coldness that I associate with Iris Silver Mist: altough the two are very different, the mood is similar.

Perhaps my favorite in the Matin Discovery Set.

Smells like the color: blue-gray.
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Leparfumdujr

14 Reviews
Leparfumdujr
Leparfumdujr
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Spa vibe
Incroyable parfum qui me fait penser à l'odeur d'un spa marin. Frais, délassant, méditatif. Il porte en lui l'essence même du bien être.
Des vapeurs tièdes eucalyptus et citrusée qui émanent d'une eau légèrement saline mais pas marine. Une beauté !
Tenue légère, mais on lui pardonne.
Je ne ressens au moins pas de bous ambrés, tant mieux !
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7
Bottle
5
Sillage
5
Longevity
9
Scent
Intenso

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Intenso
Intenso
Helpful Review 11  
Word of water
The Serge Lutens brand has some exciting-sounding fragrances in its ranks, so there are still plenty of candidates that I really want to test.

Here everything revolves around Parole d'eau, which means word of water.
I think it's an outstanding name, which seems to match the expression of the perfume.

Artistically, the intention here was to express something that doesn't actually exist.
Namely, to transform the feeling of freshness and cool wetness into a fragrance.
As we all know, pure water is tasteless and odorless.
In this respect, as a great friend of fresh scents, I was very excited about the artistic realization.

A first glance at the fragrance pyramid makes it clear: keep it simple!
Often not a bad way to go, even away from the world of fragrances.

And what can I say, in my opinion, the fragrance is successful and extremely beautiful.
The wonderfully balanced interplay between the Swiss stone pine and the eucalyptus brings a pleasant, slightly cooling freshness to light.
Of course, it takes a little creative thinking to claim that water smells like this. Rather, I believe that the feeling of refreshment should be captured in the fragrance. And in my opinion, it has succeeded in doing so.

It was to be expected that the usual, uninformative shower gel comparison, as so often and not infrequently completely unjustified, would be used again here.
For me, however, there is very little to complain about here, I don't smell any cheap "drugstore synthetics" or anything similar. To be honest, I would be delighted to find a shower gel with exactly these nuances. So if you have any tips, please let me know!

The comparison with a sauna infusion is more apt here, mainly due to the fact that eucalyptus is present.
Otherwise, however, I would like to anchor the feeling of freshness as the dominant part, whether this ultimately goes hand in hand with a visit to the sauna is probably up to the personal preferences of each individual.

Nevertheless, I have to mention a single shortcoming here, namely the durability.
After only four hours, the fragrance is largely skin-deep. Too bad, but it will no longer be missing from my collection.

Perfect for hot summer days in the office.
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AromazealAromazeal 2 years ago
7
Bottle
4
Sillage
4
Longevity
7
Scent
Watery citrus light pine. Joyful and my favorite of the L'eau series
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AgegshdhdAgegshdhd 2 years ago
lemonade without any sugar
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SmellGoodGuySmellGoodGuy 3 years ago
8
Bottle
6
Sillage
8
Longevity
10
Scent
A simple and yet unique smelling fragrance. A warm/hot weather, dumb reach, fragrance. Smells out the shower clean then it does a perfume.
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