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Ranked 284 in Unisex Perfume
8.2 / 10 667 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
OsmanthusOsmanthus Calabrian bergamotCalabrian bergamot NeroliNeroli
Heart Notes Heart Notes
Indian patchouliIndian patchouli Chinese toonChinese toon
Base Notes Base Notes
BenzoinBenzoin CistusCistus VanillaVanilla MuskMusk

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
8.2667 Ratings
Longevity
8.4606 Ratings
Sillage
7.8598 Ratings
Bottle
8.8559 Ratings
Value for money
7.0264 Ratings
Submitted by OPomone · last update on 04/05/2026.
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Interesting Facts
The fragrance is part of the La Collection 777 collection.

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Reviews

29 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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Gardinette

1 Review
Gardinette
Gardinette
0  
La route de la soie...
Notes Dominantes:
Ciste Labdanum, Benjoin, Iris

Notes Secondaires:
Patchouli, Gaïac, Santal

Notes Discrètes:
Vanille, Rose, Cèdre

Notes Inexistantes:
Bergamote, Musc
Dans le storytelling, on nous parle de la Route de La Soie, de Gengis Khan et de Taklamakan, le désert Chinois hostile et aride (situé entre la Mongolie et tous les pays finissant en "stan") que les marchands traversaient du nord au sud, rapportant d'Orient les plus beaux tissus, bijoux et épices. Surnommé par les Chinois "La Mert de la Mort" son nom est emprunt à l'arabo-persan « endroit à l'abandon » mais aussi aux Ouïgours qui disaient Taqlar Makan, signifiant « lieu des ruines ». Des steppes dangereuses et extrêmes, où rarement poussent des roses...

Épuré, il offre dans son ouverture d'abstraites effluves de cuir et d'immortelle, induits par des aromates fantômes. Suave mais terriblement résineux, il est intemporel et intelligent. Sur ma peau, je découvre un Patchouli des sables, un ruban d'encens et d'ambre vanillé. Un iris cendré, des fleurs sèches, de la soie, cinabres, péridots et grenats. C'est le parfum des érudits, mais aussi des figures religieuses et des saints. Il offre grâce spirituelle et plénitude à quiconque ose le porter, car il dissout l'égo et permet contemplation. Je ne suis pas croyante, mais c'est le parfum qui se trouverait sur le chemin de ma conversion si celle-ci était envisagée...
ll s'adresse aux amoureux de:

- "Benjoin Bohême" Diptyque
- "Bois d'Arménie" Guerlain
- "Coromandel" Chanel
- "Dries Van Noten" Malle
- "Lustre" Amouage
- "Outlands" Amouage
- "Labdanum 18" Le Labo
9/10
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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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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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