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8.0 / 10 564 Ratings
A popular perfume by Stéphane Humbert Lucas for women and men, released in 2015. The scent is spicy-woody. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Spicy
Woody
Fruity
Resinous
Leathery

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
BlackberryBlackberry CardamomCardamom SaffronSaffron
Heart Notes Heart Notes
OpoponaxOpoponax IrisIris SandalwoodSandalwood
Base Notes Base Notes
AmbergrisAmbergris LabdanumLabdanum MuskMusk

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
8.0564 Ratings
Longevity
7.5497 Ratings
Sillage
7.0494 Ratings
Bottle
9.0495 Ratings
Value for money
6.6218 Ratings
Submitted by Hermesh, last update on 09/27/2025.
Interesting Facts
The fragrance is part of the La Collection Serpent collection.

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Reviews

22 in-depth fragrance descriptions
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Scent
Can777

132 Reviews
Can777
Can777
Helpful Review 5  
The Stalker
Every week you come to this old, refined and fine restaurant. Always at the same time.
Alone. Do you think this is not quite true? I can see you, I know all about you
I've been watching you for a long time, and you have not even noticed it. Or is it?
How good you look again. The black dress with leather gloves, too free.
You always come for a glass of noble red wine and for your hot-beloved dessert.
Flambéed blackberries, were they, did not they? A bite, a sip in the order.
And always this scribbling at the table with your beautiful filler, which you got from your father. I could read the engraving when I visited you at home. You should be more careful. You can open your door easily. You were unfortunately not there. But still the letters that smelled of ink. And you still write this man. I've read it all, all! You never send her off, that's better, he did not deserve you. But I, and I'll get you. Certainly!

When I lay alone on your bed and all the letters around me, which had already smelled spicy and woody after old paper, I lit the candles which are on your bedside. They enveloped your room in a waxy soft light. Oh God! How beautifully your sheet smelt.
I even had to take off my mask. You should not see her, she'd just scare you. The black thing. This smell on your pillow. So only you can smell.
After powder and spicy-herbs skin. Oh, your beautiful and delicate skin. I'll touch them soon, very soon! In a few minutes you will leave the restaurant. And you will cry again, as always. It has what animal your sadness, but you are not alone my beautiful treasure.
I'm always with you, never forget my love. I would find you everywhere. Your smell will always betray you, the smell of your skin.

Conclusion
Mortal Skin is a film, a gloomy-erotic film about fantasy and reality.
A scent of drama and eroticism that is difficult to fathom. Mysterious and obscure.
A shadow of the one follows and which is never quite there, but also never completely away.
Smoky, sensual and mysteriously attractive.
Shelf life: 8 to 10 hours.
Sillage: Creeping would be best.
Sex: unisex. Victims or perpetrators, this is the question again.

A scent of even a little worried me.
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4
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8
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6.5
Scent
StellaDiverF

213 Reviews
StellaDiverF
StellaDiverF
1  
Berry oud and balmy myrrh
Mortal Skin is quite an abstract perfume on my skin. The notes blend and percolate through each other, that the smell as a whole, feels like an object exhibiting inflections of different notes. The evolution also takes place in a incremental manner, although three different phases can be distinguished on my skin.

The first 30 minutes of Mortal Skin is a chewy, almost chalk-like musk to my nose, with abstract berry sweetness and clean "ozonic" feeling lifting the fragrance up without actually smelling like marine or ozonic elements, which is probably the "ink" referred to in the note list.

The woody elements then become stronger with time, as well as the berry sweetness turns more sugary in parallel. There is also an almost oily creamy resin undertone and a saffron-like bitter fruitiness. The combined effect of musky, resinous and slightly inky wood and sweet berries, actually strongly reminds me of the synthetic oud dry down in certain western brands.

Like many western "oud" fragrances, Mortal Skin turns drier towards the dry down, but thankfully not as harsh as a few overdosed by woody amber aromachemicals. A simultaneously balmy, date-like and cool, mineral myrrh also comes to rescue, which makes a sweet balsamic berry skin scent with an interesting bitter twang.

Mortal Skin stays mostly close to skin and lasts about at least 9 hours.

I find it interesting that Mortal Skin is not as heavy as the note list suggests, which allows me to enjoy the fragrance even though I'm not so keen on occidental "oud" and sweet berry in general. But it also leaves me somewhat underwhelmed by this overall nebulous trail, especially at this price. If you happen to be looking for a soft, sweet "oud" and myrrh fragrance and has less limit on budget, Mortal Skin might be a contender, but I would otherwise hesitate to recommend it due to its price and accessibility.
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8
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6
Sillage
6
Longevity
8.5
Scent
Myrtillajus

530 Reviews
Myrtillajus
Myrtillajus
2  
Misterious and intriguing
The viper is considered a symbol of knowledge as it re-emerges from darkness towards the light.
Its shedding of skin represents spiritual awakening and for some cultures the life cycle of death and rebirth.
Mortal Skin is enveloping and mysterious, captivating with notes of ink and blackberry and then with a dusty Iris, which I perceive a lot on my skin.
The resins and woods enrich it but in my opinion it is such a successful alchemy that it is very difficult to speak about single notes.
It's intriguing, sinuous and I really like it.
A great mess about the performance, which is average, I would have preferred it to last longer.
“Woman with Snake” painted by Klimt
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10
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9
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10
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10
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Lazolkov

4 Reviews
Lazolkov
Lazolkov
0  
Naked in Space
A 2015. év egyik legkülönlegesebb hipnotikus művészi alkotása, nem egy hétköznapi viselet… egy brutális, de mennyei utazás kezdete…
Meztelenül állunk egy kristálytiszta térben, az abszolút sötétségben, bőrünkön érezzük a világegyetem, az örök éjszaka lüktetését, a távolban égő haldokló csillagködök lassú hullámzását, melyek csak az ionizált anyaguk miatt világítanak. A halandó bőr és egy összeomló távoli csillag feszültséggel teli illata…
Az utazás mesésen indul, fekete tinta füstös tömjénnel párosul, egyesülésüket a kardamom is támogatja, mindehhez a gyanták kellő meleget kölcsönöznek az írisz fagyosságával szemben. Finom füst lebeg mindenfelé, olyan érzésünk támad, hogy mindez az élet törékenységéről szól, melyet körülvesz a nyírfából, szantálfából és cédrusból készült erős keret.
Mindehhez nagy koncentrációban csatlakozik a parfüm tökéletes egyediségét biztosító, pézsmába és forró tintába mártott szeder igen különös illata. A háttérben egy száraz, illuzórikus zúgó erdőt hallunk, amely tényleg csak egy káprázat, hiszen valójában az erdő egy sima üvegre festett kép csupán.
Ez nem az a fajta parfüm, amelyet egyszerűen csak viselünk, ez olyan, amit akkor kívánunk meg, amikor olyan emberrel találkozunk, akivel érdemes együtt lenni, és amikor felnézünk az égre, tudjuk, hogy nem vagyunk egyedül.
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9
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9.5
Scent
Haschm

18 Reviews
Haschm
Haschm
1  
Dry skin
The beginning is very, very juicy. This is dominated by fresh forest fruit. But the ink comes with the fruit hand in hand. The process fades away and the aroma becomes mostly dry. Dads, the dryness evokes the dry, stripped skin of a snake. It is a specific scent, definitely for those who already have something to smell. I'm curious about spring and summer as they sound. Due to the strong dryness, it does not seem optimal to me in the bitter frosts, when the humidity is minimal.
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Can777Can777 8 years ago
9
Bottle
6
Sillage
8
Longevity
9
Scent
A fragrance for a film noir. Fruity-gloomy-dusty-spicy-lascivious-erotic and captivating. He has something disturbing in the positive sense.
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HermeshHermesh 10 years ago
7.5
Bottle
7.5
Sillage
7.5
Longevity
8
Scent
Dusty-powdery and dry, slightly balsamic wood. Fruity and berry touch gives volume without any sweetness. Eccentric & interesting!
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MikePiccoliMikePiccoli 1 year ago
10
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7
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High perfumery, dark ink fruity woody base mysterious and not for everyone
Not a blind buy
Durability and sillage not really good
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StaticStatic 4 years ago
10
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6
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7
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10
Scent
Blackberry , ink & insence is so harmonious in this bottle, like they play ballet. Georgeous smell...wish only the play could last longer..
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HolscentbarHolscentbar 1 year ago
9.5
Scent
beautiful creation, dark and balsamic, slightly sweet and at times dusty
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SantinoJoSantinoJo 4 years ago
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8
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I Love the bottle, and smells very unique. Definitely NOT for everyone, test it before buyin. A film noir vibe. balsamic green wood with ink
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RonniweRonniwe 5 years ago
10
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6
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I Love this bottle, and smells very good. Unique.
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BoBoChampBoBoChamp 5 years ago
7
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8
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8
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Initially boozy spicy-fruity, a slightly smoky, yet gentle earthy/green resinous Mid season fragrance, balanced by a dry leathery-woody base
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NinamariahNinamariah 9 months ago
10
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7
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7
Longevity
8.5
Scent
Good scent w/ SHL’s signature style (easy one tho), resinous, gentle spices, subtle fruity undertone. Somewhat weak: I crave for more depth.
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AlexD76AlexD76 11 months ago
9
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7
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Dark, mysterious, and intoxicating. Ink, berry and incense create a haunting contrast with warm resinous base notes.
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