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SERGE LUTENS

Muscs Koublaï Khân

Christopher Sheldrake, 1998

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Where an animal passed. The perfume ends here and the skin begins.

EVOLUTION

Top·the first seconds
CuminRoseHyraceumCivetCastoreumWhite MuskAmbergrisLabdanumVanilla
FloralGourmandSpicyResinousAnimalicMusk

This chart is an estimate, not a measurement. It is modelled from the volatility of the notes; the real development shifts with temperature, skin and concentration.

CHARACTER

The same ruler as the notes below, so the two can be read side by side. A blend always sits milder than what it is made of: no perfume reaches as far out as a single note can.

  • warm
  • between velvety and sharp
  • faintly dirty
  • skin-close

NOTES

NEIGHBOURS

Salome 79%Oud 51%Oud Ispahan 50%Les Jeux sont Faits 50%MAAI 47%

The one in the middle is this perfume. Closeness is similarity: the nearer it sits, the more alike it is. Height is depth in the space — those above the ring sit deeper, those below sit closer to the surface. It is the difference the flat map cannot show.

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PERFUME 50/150
SERGE LUTENS