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8.2 / 10 656 Ratings
A popular perfume by Stéphane Humbert Lucas for women and men, released in 2016. The scent is spicy-woody. The longevity is above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Spicy
Woody
Oriental
Resinous
Sweet

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
Calabrian bergamotCalabrian bergamot NeroliNeroli OsmanthusOsmanthus
Heart Notes Heart Notes
Indian patchouliIndian patchouli Chinese toonChinese toon
Base Notes Base Notes
BenzoinBenzoin CistusCistus VanillaVanilla MuskMusk

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
8.2656 Ratings
Longevity
8.4596 Ratings
Sillage
7.8588 Ratings
Bottle
8.8549 Ratings
Value for money
6.9254 Ratings
Submitted by OPomone · last update on 12/25/2025.
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Interesting Facts
The fragrance is part of the La Collection 777 collection.

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Reviews

28 in-depth fragrance descriptions
Danijels

7 Reviews
Danijels
Danijels
Very helpful Review 4  
Like thunder from a clear sky...
I read about it but I never experienced !
Yesterday morning, I got up and decided to finally put on Taklamakan bought back in August from Notino. Quite confident and full of enthusiasm, I sprayed the perfume 4 times (standard in the shape of a cross). And then, madness, disbelief! The only thing I felt was pure alcohol! But nothing at all! ZERO! Not a single note!
I immediately thought, covid-19. I took the first perfume that came to my hand, then the second, then the third ... And everything is fine. Not Covid-19! But Taklamakan, absolutely nothing! My wife who also woke up says, REDUCE THE EXPERIENCE, YOU WILL BEAT US ALL WITH THAT PERFUME!
OK I think to myself. Olfactive Fatigue probably. I’ve been pushing perfumes with amber, vanilla and benzoin too much these days. I'm comforting myself, it will pass, everything will be fine.
And then, the worst thing - that day, 7 people told me, '' What magnificent creation are you wearing today? YOUR PERFUME IS TIMELESS ''!
And I, I only feel medical alcohol. I can't even smell the perfume from the bottle.
Here, it's been 2 days and I don't know what's happening to me. It's just amazing that a man can be so sad about perfume.
Perfume anosmia probably, but on what? Definitely not for fragrant ingredients because I don't feel a single note. Only alcohol.
Maybe some binder component in the composition, maybe a fixative ... I don't know. The problem is that I wonder, is that component in all SHL perfumes ?
To my great regret, the environment reacts fantastically to Taklamakan. But it seems that we will have to part because, we wear perfume primarily for ourselves. Although...
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Sangelicca

9 Reviews
Sangelicca
Sangelicca
4  
The Most Elegant Desert
This is an absolutely masterpiece!
Taklamakan is an a Desert ,
It’s the hot sand and a hot air in your face
It hits you from the first spray and transfer you in the Endless Desert .
The scent is Unbelievable Dry and Hot from the first spray ! It’s always with you , Blending all of the notes in a Most Elegant scent , addictive and unforgettable.
Bottle is collectible and unique as all of the SHL creations!
A big big love !
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Kike

21 Reviews
Kike
Kike
2  
Vainilla on the rocks
Probablemente el perfume que más me gusta de stephan humbert lucas .
Aquí encontramos una vainilla como
Nota predominante sobre un fondo amaderado y algo tostado.
Diría que es unisex y para primavera, otoño e invierno.
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Pepdal

238 Reviews
Pepdal
Pepdal
0  
Desert stories
I have now sampled a few from this house, Mortal Skin, Black Gemstone, Soleil de jeddah, and Taklamakan. It has certainly left me wanting to explore the house even more. Hope you enjoy this review and thank you for watching.
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Pollita

385 Reviews
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Pollita
Pollita
Top Review 56  
One Day
You are something special. When I catch a whiff of your notes, I know that I won’t have to be sad in the near future. Because even when all my current life fragrances have vanished from this world, there is still one that can evoke that indescribably beautiful feeling within me. You are a true oriental, showcasing all facets. An oriental, however, as they were created in the nineties or in the 2000s. No prominent oud notes, no "stable scent." No, here we have a fine, very elegant fragrance with a combination of notes that we in Europe imagined the Orient to smell like twenty to thirty years ago.

I have always been fond of this type of fragrance. I love how you let vanilla and your protagonist patchouli resonate in a duet. It is so wonderfully warming and delicate that one can immediately let go. No matter how dreary the day is, how cold the winter. With you, I find the warmth and the light that I long for so much, especially in the dark season. I love your resinous notes and the soft musk in the base. I believe I also perceive myrrh, even though I can't pinpoint it among your notes.

But something is also missing from you that my life fragrances, which have accompanied me for many years, can provide. I miss a tiny bit of sweetness. A bit more vanilla, perhaps a hint of fruit? That would lighten you up a bit. After all, you are quite a rough character, so dry and earthy. A little more tenderness would suit your earthy garb of patchouli and woods wonderfully. But one can’t have it all, after all.

I breathe you in deeply and immediately think of the current song by Nea and Felix Jaehn. “Some say.” Because the time will come when I can no longer reach my beloved companions. When even the very last remnants are used up and gone. And then you will be dearest to me. Then I will welcome you with open arms, despite your distinctive edges and corners, which I would have preferred to be smoothed out. And my heart will beat - only for you!

“Some say you will love me one day
and I will wait I will wait to catch you lovin‘ one day”

With thanks to MadameLegras
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5
Dry-warm scent, with dusty, finely spiced vanilla note (delicately sweet and slightly bitter at the same time). Pleasant and nice to wear.
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1
Starts pungent and sour. But smooths out beautifully during the next hours. Becoming woody, sweet and creamy.
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Patchouli cola
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2
Taklamakan is a beautiful dry amber, woody, sweet, spicy and balsamic with the dusty powderiness of iris. Myrrh, gaiac wood and vanilla.
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9 months ago
2
A smoother more refined and less sweet Givenchy’s Gentleman EDP. Soft warm, sweet balsamic amber.
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2
No one will compliment this scent, but it will make you very noticed.
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2
Has vintage SHL's warm spicy & amber accords, on-skin I mainly smell sweetened benzoin with a bizarre herbal twist from the toon/patchouli.
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1
Good spicy resinous desert-inspired juice. The uglier brother of Coeur du desert, but great nevertheless
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1
Taklamakan is a captivating blend of smoky woods, sweet vanilla & earthy patchouli. A fragrance as mysterious as the desert that inspired it
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2 years ago
1
Beautiful perfume! Ambery accord sweety and warm! Little bit linear. Amazing
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