New Niche Fragrance Review: Serge Lutens La Fille de Berlin -Rose with a Bullet + Beauty and Brutality Full Bottle Draw

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Within my collection of bottles of perfume that  I own Serge Lutens would have to be right up there in largest number of bottles in my perfume vault. It is why they have been so frustrating to me over the last couple of years. One of the common threads to the bottles which say Serge Lutens on them, in my collection, is a style of no-holds barred kind of perfumery from the minds of Serge Lutens and Christopher Sheldrake. The style of Messrs. Lutens and Sheldrake allowed me to explore fragrance from a place of intense brutal honesty where the perfume and I sometimes felt like we were in a contest to see who would wear who. This is not something meant for the widest distribution I always believed it was meant for those who could appreciate something that reveled in the subtlety of volume. Then starting with Bas de Soie in 2010 it felt like Serge Lutens decided they wanted to broaden their appeal and six of the eight fragrances produced over the next two years were much lighter and, for me, much less interesting. It was like Truffaut had decided to do slapstick comedy, while interesting it felt like the talent of Messrs. Lutens and Sheldrake were being used on something lacking. The first release of 2013 called La Fille de Berlin did not have me furiously chasing after it because I expected it to be more similar to the releases of the last two years. Well it is not and it not only returns to the kind of perfumery I like from Messrs. Lutens and Sheldrake it feels like it is beginning to create a collection within the collection.

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La Fille de Berlin is the third rose-centric fragrance, after Rose de Nuit and Sa Majeste La Rose, from Serge Lutens and while it shares rose as its focal point La Fille de Berlin has more in common with A La Nuit or Muscs Koublai Khan as it takes its central note and overdoses and intensifies it so much it is almost brutal to experience. Within this olfactory cat-of-nine tails there is sublime beauty to be found. La Fille de Berlin requires the wearer to love rose and to be willing to grapple with a rose that is so extroverted it might make you step back when what you need to do is unabashedly wrap your arms around it and hug it close, even while the fragrant thorns prick your skin. Like A La Nuit did with jasmine and Muscs Koublai Khan did with musk; La Fille de Berlin does with rose as it exposes beauty by using a fragrant sonic boom.

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The rose explodes off of my skin and it is a spicy rose as unfathomable as a black hole. The early moments feel like I am being pulled into a vortex of rose and consumed with it. This is all-encompassing rose and if you just like rose or are indifferent to rose I expect you will think La Fille de Berlin is like being punched in the nose. Like A La Nuit and Muscs Koublai Khan which are two of my favorite notes in jasmine and musk respectively; rose is another of my favorites. Once I can actually gather my wits I actually pick up some pepper and a metallic undertone probably from violet. They are there to evolve the rose but to not reduce the power a whit. Now Messrs. Lutens and Sheldrake do what they did with the jasmine in A La Nuit as they add in a dirty musky accord and in La Fille de Berlin it turns things up a notch. Now it is the skanky nature of musk and the spicy floralcy of rose entwined in a battle to find out who ends up on top. At the very end it is the musk but the rose is the winner for most of the time.

La Fille de Berlin has overnight longevity and outrageous sillage. You will likely want to use about half of what you normally apply.

After two years of working in the light; La Fille de Berlin returns Messrs. Lutens and Sheldrake back to a dark night where beauty arises out of brutality.

Disclosure: This review was based on a bottle I purchased from Parfum1.com

Thanks to our friends at Parfum1.com we have a full 50mL bottle of La Fille de Berlin to giveaway. To be eligible leave a comment on your favorite Serge Lutens fragrance or one you think would be your favorite. The draw will end on February 24, 2013.

We announce the winners only on site and on our Facebook page, so Like Cafleurebon and use our RSS option…or your dream prize will be just spilled perfume.

-Mark Behnke, Managing Editor

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152 comments

  • My favorite Serge Lutens fragrances are: Rose de Nuit, Chergui, and Cuir Mauresque. I would love to try this one! Thanks,

  • Hmmm… for actual wearing, I’d have to say Un Lys or Iris Silver Mist. Most Serge scents, I admire greatly, but I find them difficult to wear – a little definitely goes a long, long way.

    I mean, I love Tubéreuse criminelle, but I find that it easily overwhelms me and there are few conditions that it “feels right” to wear.

  • lovethescents says:

    Oh what a fabulous draw! I dreeeeeam to win this bottle! Well I do love many Serge Lutens, I”m not sure if I can choose just one. Clair de Musc cradles me to sleep, Datura Noir is my tropical mistress, Daim Blonde makes me strong and sophisticated, Chergui warms me in the blizzards, Douce Amere satiates my appetite for desserts. Love Lutens!

    Thank you so much for this opportunity!

  • There are quite a few that I love, but I think Un Lys is the one I reach for the most often, with A La Nuit and Fumerie Turque tied for second. Thanks!

  • The one I use the most is Ambre Sultan, just because my wife loves it. But there are so many others I use, from MKK to Chergui, that it’s hard to choose a favorite. My scent of the day was Encens et Lavande!

  • I don’t really want to win this one, but I am a Serge Lutens fan. I particularly like Loukoum, A La Nuit, and Nuit De Cellophane. I’m just not a devotee of roses, so I probably would be decimated by the “sonic boom” of the rose bomb in La Fille De Berlin. I just felt I had to comment, because your articles are always so compelling. Thanks!

  • My favorite SL scents are Tubereuse Criminelle and Iris Silver Mist, though I love Chergui, Daim Blond, and Un Bois Vanille as well…so many wonderful perfumes from this house! Thanks as ever for the draw!

  • My favorite Serge Lutens so far is Borneo 1834. I think this new perfume looks stunning with the pink/red color, quite perfect for a rose perfume!

  • I love most of SL but A La Nuit is a favorite. I also just bought Bas de Soie and it is a nice, powdery scent on me, but still has that SL “oomph!”

  • My favorite SL’s are Rose de Nuit, Encens et Lavande, De Profundis and Fourreau Noir. Since I love Rose fragrances I am definitely interested in this one, its sound great.

  • My favorite Serge Lutens is Fumerie Turque. This new one looks very promising and would love to try it. Thanks

  • Wow! I love the art, it is evocative and fits so well with the review! Reminds me of Ori Gersht dynamite flowers…
    This sounds like a revelatory fragrance which explores rose and ‘extroverts’ its many facets-I would love to try it! Thank you for the review and draw.

    My favorite SLs are Vetiver Oriental (have worn this so much, it is lovely and versatile), MKK which has me eager to try La Fille de Berlin, and Santal de Mysore (which is weird, I know, but I love it a little bit more then Dior Eau Noire).

    Also love Ambre Sultan, Miel de Bois, Borneo 1824, and plenty of other’s I’ve sniffed/sampled…though I have missed the releases in the past few years, am intrigued by De Profundis and Santal Majuscule and many others.

  • I love Santal Majuscule, Vetiver Oriental and A La Nuit and like or admire everything else. What an exciting draw!

  • My favorites are Santal Majuscule , Fourreau Noir and La Nuit. The only Full Bottle I own and share with my husband is Santal Majuscule. This one intrigued me( even more so now know Mark likes it,) enough to check into a decant. Would love this one. Thanks for the review and Hat off to Parfum1 for the draw.

  • I love Borneo 1834, so let’s say that’s my fave. But I like a lot of other Serges and really want to try this one on too!

  • My fave Lutens? It’s got to be Iris Silver Mist & Cuir Mauresque. I think I would love Borneo 1834 too. Thanks for the draw because I’m really curious about this fragrance!

  • SL is very dear to me — Chergui was my ever FB purchase three years ago. I still have a few dregs from it. It’s so expensive I use it sparingly. Since then, I’ve also fallen madly in love with Bois du Violette.

    Thanks for the draw, and the review — never have I so badly wanted to be sucked into a spicy rose vortex. 🙂

  • I think my favorite would be Sa Majeste la Rose. This rose fragrance sounds amazing though. Would love to be lucky enough to win.

  • Hmm so much to choice from. Mine would have to be Tubereuse Criminelle. Something about the ambushing opening gets me excited.

  • I have many by Serge Lutens, but my favorite is Fille en Aiguilles because it transports me out of the city and into a forest.

  • I love many of SL’s fragrances. The top fav love is La Myrrhe.
    I can’t wait to try La fille de Berlin. If it is going to be as good as Rose de Nuit then I will have to add a new love to my long list.

    Great review and magnificent draw!

  • That is some review …very unexpected as I didn’t really know much about La fille de Berlin. A molatav rose bomb sounds perfect bring it on
    I am wearing arabie today but own many Lutens including the powdery iris bas de Soie and the dark leather boxeuses

  • Oh my, what a nice drawing! I don’t know that I could choose just one, but I do love Rahat Loukoum, Ambre Sultan, Rose de Nuit, and Boxeuses. I think I will love this one, too!

  • I think Tubéreuse criminelle would be my favorite and when I read this comment I am sold!!

    “Baudelaire was right. Let’s give the flowers back to evil.Atop their stems, up to one meter tall, tuberose blossoms exude their fragrance in high places. Like a blade on the grindstone, civet adds an edge to sharpen its splendor.”

  • Sarah Lathrop says:

    I love Muscs Koublai Khan… could absolutely roll in it! I am a huge sucker for the Lutens line. I also have El Attarine. I would love to smell this one.
    What a treat to enter to win such a lovely prize. Thank you.

  • My favorite Lutens are Sa Majeste la Rose and Tuberose Criminelle. I think that I would like this one too because I love floral scents.

    Not sure if I can actually wear this one much, it sounds strong!

  • My absolute favorite SL is Iris Silver Mist and I too own quite a huge collection but really I love them all….

  • Wow, this is exciting to know! I am so glad they are back to creating these no holds barred fragrances, I would love to have a bottle of this! I have so many favorite Serges already – Tubereuse Criminelle, Un Lys, A La Nuit, Datura Noir, Arabie, La Myrrhe, Fumerie Turque and Rose de Nuit are in the top tier for me.

  • My favourite SL’s until now are Daim Blond, Chergui and Gris Clair.

    As I’m very fund of rose scents I’m also very curious about La Fille de Berlin, especially after reading this review. Sounds like a journey with rose at the center. And I have to say, I love the colour of La Fille de Berlin.

  • The top favorite Lutens is Iris Silver Mist. I like many of SL’s fragrances.
    I expect I will have to write La fille de Berlin to my list.

  • My favourite is Feminité de Bois, because it reminds me of the old Feminité de Bois. I can’t say I know more than 5 other Lutens perfumes though…
    I hope I’m going to like La Fille de Berlin, because I’m an adopted daughter of Berlin.

  • My favorite is Tubereuse Criminelle, with Borneo 1834, Santal Majuscule close behind. Time to hunt La Fille de Berlin for a sniff…

  • taffynfontana says:

    My favorite is Ambre Sultan it is simply inspiring. I would love to try the sonic boom you described as La Filled de Berlin. Thanks for the wonderful draw.

  • My favourite Lutens are: Fille en Aiguilles, Bois de Violette , Jeux de Peau and Santal Majuscule.
    Thanks for your rewiew; I want to discover soon how it smells this Berlin Girl 🙂

  • So many Serge fragrances; so little time. And money. I went to their Palais Royale boutique in Paris in December (basically a religious experience). At the moment, I’d have to say that I’m most in love with Ambre Sultan, but am still in search of My Perfect Rose fragrance. Would love to try this one. Thanks to you and parfum1 for the chance!

  • My favourite Serge Lutens fragrance is Miel de Bois, followed by Sarrasins in a close second place. Unfortunately both of these fragrances are now very hard to come by.

    Thanks for the lovely draw!

  • Thank you for the draw! I’m very curious to try La fille de Berlin. My favourite Lutens I’ve tried so far is Tubereuse Criminelle – I love a take-no-prisoners floral. 😀

  • Thank you for the wonderful draw
    I would love to try this new one, although I’m afraid it will be too much for me- still I am curious to see “the return back to a dark night”
    My favorite Lutens is ” Ambre Sultan”

  • Picking just one is difficult because I have several to fit each mood. If pressed I would have to say De Profundis stands out a bit from the rest right now.

  • My favourites are Encens et Lavande and Fleurs de Citronnier.
    Thanks for the draw. It would be great to win a SL bottle for my birthday

  • This sounds absolutely amazing! I adore rose perfumes,the darker and stronger the better.My favorite Serge Lutens is Filles en Aguilles.Thanks for the draw!

  • Sege Lutens releases perfumes that speak the most to me..La Myrrhe is my comfort scent while Tubereuse Criminelle is my equivalent to holy water; and while Fumerie Turque is for seduction, Iris Silver Mist is for moments when elegance is de mise..
    Thank you for this superb draw as I cannot wait to try La fille de Berlin..

  • ohh!! What a lovely review!!
    I’m a Lutens fan. My favourite parfums are: Boxeuses, De profundis, Santal Majuscule (I’m wearing it now!!), Fille en Aiguilles , Rose de nuit …..

  • I can’t believe nobody has mentioned Chergui yet. While I also have a few Lutens fragrances, this one stands out. I always need the fitting mood for this kind of experience..

  • Very tempting review, Mark! I’m an Ambre Sultan girl myself, though Bois de Violette comes in at a close second.

  • Miel de Bois is my favorite Serge Lutens fragrance. I’m very excited about this one! Thanks for the draw.

  • Haven’t had a chance to try any yet, but this is def on my list to get a hold of! I think my favourite would probably Feminite du Bois.

  • I love Bois de Violette, Daim Blond, and Feminite du Bois — and there are many others I want to try. Thanks for the draw.

  • SL scents are very demanding, some of them even unwearable. I own and like Daim Blond, Tubereuse Criminelle, Fumerie Turque, Un Lys and Filles et Aiguilles; I had to get rid of A La Nuit because of that “sh*ty” smell that disturbed me much. The latest work sounds interesting and, of course, I would like to win it ;-).

    Thanks!

  • I don’t own a Lutens fragrance myself but think I would enjoy Muscs Koublai Khan as I am into musks at the moment.

    Love rose, especially rose on a man.

  • La Fille de Berlin sounds fabulous! I haven’t tried Santal Majuscule yet but I think I will love it. I do own and love Daim Blond.

  • Shame or not, I’ve never try any SergeLutens on my skin, so I have not any right to say what is my favorit…yet.) Might be the time is now to begin exploring the Lutens line.:)

    Thanks for the draw!

  • My favorite Lutens perfumes are Bois de Vanille and Daim Blond. Thank you for this generous draw.

  • Thanks for your review! I feel very much the same about their recent issues, so this has intrigued me since I read the first review.
    My very favorite is Rose de Nuit. I am also very very fond of older Chergui and Douce Amère as well as Fourreau Noir.

  • Thanks again for another great draw! My fave Lutens to date are actually 2: Datura Noire and Bas de Soie. And I am soooo intrigued by Fille a Berlin that I can’t wait to test it!

  • Anna in Edinburgh says:

    Stunning photos and “all-encompassing rose” review = me, like a rabbit caught in the headlights!

    “La Fille de Berlin” might be a favourite, and I think she’d like it here:-)

    many thanks for the draw and the rose reveries you’ve inspired.

  • Oh, surely THIS will the Serge I can finally lose my heart to?? Sarrasins broke it in to pieces ( Feral jasmine, really? Animalic? I got a clean bright jasmine, and that was it. No indoles whatsoever) De Profundis is probably my favorite, but even that was not quite as dramatic as I had hoped.

    This sounds right up my alley and the review was awesome. A sonic boom of rose sounds like my dream fragrance! (And the color is stunning)

  • I have yet to fall head over heels for a Serge Lutens – am waiting to be bowled over by La Fille de Berlin! So far my fave Serge is Vitriol d’Oeillet – amazing how the screechy almost metallic opening turns into a soft powdery floral. Lovely.

  • My favorite Lutens is Five o’clock au Gingembre, but I only own Féminité du Bois, which is wonderful too.

    I’m very intrigued by this new perfume centered in rose.

    Thanks!

  • I’m so excited for this draw! My favorite Serge Lutens fragrance is De Profundis. I’m positive I’ll love this new one…I am such a rose fiend!

  • Really like A La Nuit, so your description really makes this appeal to me.

    My favorite Lutens may just be A La Nuit or possibly Un Lys. There are several exclusives that seem like they could be perfect for my taste though (Sarrasins, La Myrrhe).

  • There are several Lutens I love — 5 )’Clock Gingembre, Cuir Mauresque, Iris Silver Mist — but my favourite is the velvety, woody Bois de Violette. Definitely need a full bottle of this one of these days…but I would love to find a peppery, spicy rose, so count me in on the new girl!

  • I love uncle Serge!! He is my most favorite since the Shiseido times! Every time I await the new releases anxiously !! My favorite ones are Un Lys, Chergui, Sarassins, Vetiver oriental and Un Voix Noir!!

  • Feminite du Bois is my favorite, but I think I’d like Iris Siver Mist and would love to win this La Fille De Berlin

  • I love rose, and “a spicy rose as unfathomable as a black hole” sounds pretty great!! Hard to pick a favorite but it’s probably Feminite du Bois, Fille en Aiguilles or 5 O’Clock au Gingembre.

  • I love many different Serge Lutens fragrances, but I don’t own any. My fairies are Louve, Datura Noir, and Ambre Sultan. Thanks for the giveaway!

  • Datura Noir is my favorite, though I hear it might be discontinued. I also have a soft spot for Douce Amere.

  • Chene, Gris Clair or probably Encens et Lavande. Fille en Aiguilles, Iris Silver Mist, Tubereuse Criminelle, Un Bois Sepia, omg, it’s so hard to choose…

  • I’m a newcomer to Serge Lutens, but I would like to try Fleurs de Citronnier. I think citrus blossom is difficult to do well, and this sounds lovely. Thanks for the draw — and the description of “outrageous sillage.”

  • Oh I’ve tried to little from Serge to have a favourite, but I think I would love La Myhrre and Iris Silver Mist.Also , love Gris Claire and Ambre Sultan and Fleurs d’Oranger!

  • My faves are Chergui, Douce Amere, Une Bois de Vanille, Tubereuse Criminelle. I wanted to love Sa Majeste la Rose, but it wasn’t what I am searching for. Could La Fille de Berlin be the One?? Thanks for the draw.

  • Oh Mark, this is an exciting development! My favorite Lutens is Tubereuse Criminale. It is a work of art.

  • Ambre Sultan is the only SL I have tried and it is lovely. One day I will explore more as La Myhrre and Fille en Aiguilles have been on my list for ages.

  • My favorite Serge Lutens fragrance is Chergui, but I also like most of his other releases. La Fille de Berlin sounds great! I love rose, and I am sure this one is wonderful.

  • My favorite SL must be Un Bois Vanille!I love SL because they really push the boundaries of perfumery.

  • Daniela Schuch says:

    To me the classic La Feminite du Bois is still the master piece and my favorite SL perfume.

  • Feminité du bois and…Clair du musc, I can’t choose!! Serge’s perfumes are perfectly oriental and so close to my heart. I love Christopher Sheldrake’s work.

  • This makes me squeal with delight! I am an unabashed rose-embracer and this one sounds like the New Love of My Life!

    For now, though, my favorite SL is Daim Blonde, with its sueded apricot fabulosity!

    Thanks for the fabulous draw!!! xoxoxoA

  • Feminite du Bois is my fave so far – the only one I’ve been lucky to sniff! Would love to win this new rose! 🙂 thanks for the entry.

  • I love serge Lutens chergui and fumeire turque. I have had sampled many other fragrances from serge Lutens that I really enjoy. Wish I could obtain the complete line. Fleurs de citronnier is my latest obsession from serge Lutens.
    Oh I really want to win, I haven’t tried any rose fragrance from him. I want this to be my first.

    Thanks for this golden opportunity

  • I have only experienced 4 so far, but Fleurs de Oranguer is my favorite. Being from FL it smells just as intense as the groves in bloom.

  • Hmmm…. I own several… My Favorite? Can I say I don’t have one? Top tier by me are Gris Clair, Chergui, Tubereuse Criminele and Santal de Mysore. One step below Un Voix Noir, Un Bois Vanille, Five O’Clock, Can’t wait to try this one!

  • This draw is amazing! I love a spicy rose! Pepper+rose can only mean big thumbs up to me. My fave is Feminite Du Bois. Love that one, a nice, cedar fragrance! A La Nuit is nice as well, a very impressive jasmine scent with another fave note of mine, honey! Thanks for another awesome draw!

  • My favorite is Douce Amere, but I have to say, I’ve been wearing Santal Majuscule quite a bit lately, and have been getting loads of compliments. I am getting quite hooked. Thanks for the incredible draw!

  • I haven’t had the chance to try any of this line yet. Tubereuse Criminelle has been on my sample list for a long time. This sounds lovely, however, and I’d love to have the opportunity to try it. Thanks for the draw!

  • I haven’t gotten to try too many Serge Lutens, but have been dying to try 5 o clock au gingebre after seeing so many reviews on it! It sounds right up my alley. This one sounds perfect for my sister though, so would love to win it for a gift.

  • Wow. I have to try this one now. I’m going to try his other rose scents ASAP, but right now Bois de Vanille is my favorite.

  • oh my, this one sounded wonderful from the first words: Serge Lutens and rose.

    It’s hard to pick a favorite Serge Lutens as I could easily wear half the collection happily without straying but because it’s winter, I’ll go with Daim Blond.

    Thank you for the contest!

  • Chergui is my favorite so far, because I love hay. Wonderful on a walk through the back pasture on a chilly winter day, to remind me of summer days.

  • Tubereuse Criminelle evokes a feeling of slipping into the warmest most luxurious fur coat with nothing on underneath!!
    A seriously sensual perfume.

  • Nice review – sounds like a winner! A good spicy rose is always alluring.

    My first Lutens was Arabie and I have collected several since then. My latest discovery is Claire de Musc.

  • Tamara Fugate says:

    Oh my! This is like picking my favorite among my children (if I had any)! SL is my favorite house, and today my favorite will be… Jeux de Peau.

  • My favorite Serge Lutens’ fragrance is Tunereuse Criminelle, swiftly followed by Fille en aiguilles, Chergui, and Boxeuses. I would love a full bottle of this! Thanks for the great draw!

  • So far, Bois de Violette is number one, followed by De Profundis and Santal Majuscule. Thanks for the draw!

  • I’m so excited to try this new scent, as I’m still on the hunt for my perfect rose. And my guilty secret is that my favorite Serge Lutens is Rahat Loukhoum. It’s just so delicious, and it lulls me to sleep. There I said it!

  • my favorite, on me, is cuir mauresque.
    and on my beloved it’s fille en aiguilles.
    this new one sounds great 🙂
    but then again, i love rose.

  • My favorite SL scent is Tubereuse Criminelle. with Iris Silver Mist a close second. This new rose scent sounds like a winner!!! I love roses any which way!

  • Feminite de Bois is my favorite. I have tried only a few others and have not yet found a second favorite.

  • Datura Noir was my favorite of all the Serge Lutens scents I’ve tried. Would love to try this new one because rose is my favorite floral note!

  • My favorite that’s available in America, and the only one I own, is Chergui. Based on the little scent books they send out though, I’m also interested in Fourreau Noir.

  • My favorite is Feminite du bois. I love also Douce Amere. I would like to buy Five O’Clock Au Gingembre or Fille en Aiguilles too. My friend recommended meto try Bois de Violette.

  • Shameful, but I’ve never tried a fragrance by Uncle Serge. 🙁 I keep almost buying a bunch of samples but wimp out ever time. I’d love to try this one, but I also have a feeling I’d enjoy Santal Majuscule, Louve, Jeux de Peau, and probably the safest bet for me, Ambre Sultan. Thanks for the giveaway!

  • Serge Lutens has many fragrances I like. When you smell them, they are very full, rich. Arabie is my favorite SL perfume in this moment. All the spices, dried fruits…just gorgeous.

  • My favourite Lutens is and always will be Ambre Sultan, the fiery, sexual amber. But I love more than 10 further Lutens fragrances, so I would love to win this!

  • I don’t have a favorite Lutens as I’ve never had the pleasure of trying them, but Muscs Kublai Kahn looks interesting.

    This is an awesome draw. thanks

  • This is a fabulous draw! Thank you! I really cannot wait to try the rose bouquet that a fashionista from Berlin holds in her hand!
    I am absolutely unable to choose one or even two favourite fragrances from SL collection. I adore the warmth of Douce Amere and Rousse, the tenderness of Louve, the intrigue of Chypre Rouge and Fumerie Turque, the versatility of Feminite du Bois and Jeux de Peau, the sweet childhood memories drawn from Fille en Aiguilles, and even the provocative behaviour of Muscs Koublai Khan. I want to mention a lot more like L’Eau Froide, Daim Blond and Five O’Clok Au Gingembre but it’s getting boring, right? Well, yes, I love SL…

  • I’m ashamed? to admit that I’ve bought virtually all of the Lutens frags.
    Some I disliked & passed on, some are “must haves”
    Faves…..ISM, Vitriol D’Oeillet, el atterine, rose de nuit & ambre sultan.
    Would love to win this bottle, if only to keep my credit card firmly in my purse!

  • Back in December when I first heard of La Fille de Berlin I knew I had to smell it. The name alone transported me to the Weimar Republic with its cabarets, expressionist films and bauhaus furniture.

    Earlier this month when people in perfume forums began to review it I knew I was bound to love it. Apparently La Fille contains my favourite notes: rose, amber, spices, musk and violet. And this review only made La Fille more tempting, conjuring an olfactive illusion of a jammy, meaty, superlative rose.

    Today I had the chance to try it and, oh, boy, it is everything I wanted it to be. This Girl from Berlin is Lola-Lola, Lulu, Maria/Futura: a sultry woman who looks good in mens clothes too. It is also simultaneously decadent and avant-garde , embodying the meaning of Serge Lutens as a brand. Now, to be perfect, it needs to be mine.

  • FeralJasmine says:

    I have seldom met a Lutens that I didn’t like. Sarrasins is a special favorite, but I have been longing for a big world-filling rose and have a feeling that, if I’m lucky enough to win, this may become my new favorite. Thanks for the draw!

  • Before meeting La Fille de Berlin, I would have to say Ambre Sultan was my favourite. Such a wonderful resinous amber. But now my favourite is definitely La Fille de Berlin! Such a wonderful full-bodied rose that was love at first sniff! It even upstages Portrait of a Lady for me and that’s saying something. Great review and thank you for the giveaway!