Cedre Serge Lutens for women and men

Smoldering, warm, woodsy, and sweetly floral/spicy, this puts me in mind of winter. There is a radiant fruit-juiciness to this as well. Cedar as a note can sometimes have a chokingly dry quality, but this manages to be powdery and yet juicy at the same time, if that makes sense. I think it's the tuberose that is lending the fruity quality, yet the fruit that tuberose most often puts me in mind of is banana (creamy/lactonic) or the banana peel (green, slightly creamy), and those qualities are not here. If I didn't know better, I'd say that there is a slightly fruity, jammy *rose* in here, not tuberose.

Cedre also has that intoxicating "snuffed candle" odor that I have found in Alkemia's La Belle Epoque and ELDO Putains des Palaces. Not smoky, but that smell of hot wax and the first moment the candle is extinguished -- pre-smoke. Perhaps this is a quality of certain amber/floral fragrances, which is the main thread between the aforementioned and Cedre.

Cedre is one of the overlooked Serge Lutens as its name surely eludes those who expect a straightforward cedar, but surely we would not expect anything straightforward from maestro Sheldrake? Perhaps one does not want the quandary of whether it is a cedar-scented tuberose or a tuberose-scented cedar, or that neither are truly front and center but rather just behind the perfumer's warm spices and syrup. It's that Sheldrake syrup that I love that is halfway between sweet and medicinal, and its interplay with somewhat Bazooka gum tuberose top notes, renders it delicious to a strange loop such as myself who enjoyed having liquid pink aspirin as a child.

The cedar is in a similar vein to the legendary Feminite du Bois, just out of reach but constantly echoing, as if you were the kid in the classroom fortunate enough to sit closest to the wall-mounted pencil sharpener, while stealthily chewing your bubblegum, of course. The mentholated tuberose accord in the heart brings tender flashbacks of my mother's Ludens cough drops mingled with her perfume, and a warm clove reminds me of that spice rack where I was obsessed as a kid studying all of them and was particularly transfixed by the McCormick whole cloves; scent and memory, people! That's the thrill of it...

How does this make me feel, you ask? Somehow rejuvenated, a bit less time-worn and cynical, and perhaps even a little hopeful.

Ambery & animalic woods open to a spicy & very resinous tuberose. Feels darkly photorealistic, like the actual petals dipped in a deeply spiced/honied sap as they're left to bloom in a woody forest.
Best suited for cool/cold weather, creates a lovely cocoon around the body that lasts around 8-10 hrs.
A bit sad it's discontinued, I would gladly purchase a back-up bottle.

I think the bold "cedar meets fruity cough-syrup tuberose" gamble pays off here! And I'm certainly exaggerating when I say "cough syrup," as, to my nose, this doesn't veer so dramatically into Fracas territory. You get just a hint of the mentholated white flowers from Tubereuse Criminelle, but here they are paired with the stewed fruit notes of the Feminite du Bois family. In fact, this feels like a "fun drunken uncle/aunt" of the FdB series with the lush, damascone-ey florals and fruits taking total center stage and the sweet cedar-sawdust accord humming along and holding down the fort in the background. Once the bold opening subsides, the FdB DNA really does come through. Overall, that scent is much more balanced than this one, but I appreciate the party tricks and affability of Cedre.

I smell like I've doused myself in artificial plum-flavored cough syrup (eg., heavy-duty Prunol vibes). Poison-reminiscent, as someone else has mentioned (and I like Poison, so I'm not opposed to Prunol if used in a well-balance composition). If I smell very closely at my elbows, I get the faintest sense of some more complexity — woods, maybe a teensy bit of spice. But I definitely don't see what's unique or different about this fragrance. There are a million cheap fruity fragrances out there; no need to shell out almost $300 to smell like this.

Sadly it's been discontinued. I've had a full bottle and until this day I haven't decided if I really liked it or if I really, strongly disliked it. Weird, isn't it?
Very different, very unique perfume.

It was a blind buy but oh my, what a spot on one! I loved it, to me is dark and resinous. Don’t get the bubblegummy tuberose (I already own Fracas for this) and I do get civet, even though not listed. Definitely a posh genderless frag, great!

I am a tuberose hater, but seems Mr. Sheldrake knows how to make it right. I love both: this one and the Fils de Joie.

According to the brand, this is what Feminite du Bois from a parallel universe might smell like, and I kind of see it with a tilted head...

FdB was fundamentally an exercise in using cedar alongside non-cedar things (plums and cumin) to "bring out" the real beauty of the wood. Here, plums are changed for chewy amber, the cumin is replaced by non-cumin spices and the supporting violet is now a supporting tuberose.

Does it work? Yes, but not as well as the original. Cedre is somehow chewy-sweet, less woody than FdB and more autumnal. It's very beautiful, yes, but I don't think it renders the joy of the cedar as well as FdB personally. Taken in isolation, it's a very unusual and fun tuberose/amber/wood trimurtive. Dry and unisex, but lacking a little something for me personally.

EDIT: As with so many scents, living with this for a while has really gotten me in deep, and I'd now say it's actually becoming a fast favourite... I found the "something" I was looking for recently when I wore Cedre and it just... worked. I feel like something has finally clicked with this scent for me - the dance of tuberose and wood is really exceptional. It's not particularly mossy, but it gives me the same enveloping quality as some other white floral fruity chypres like Diorama.

The opening smells like civet and cedar. I know civet is not a listed note, but that stink is pretty prominent in the opening. Civet and a very medicinal cedar. Like the smell of gold Listerine.

However, the medicinal civet scent fades quick enough, and then it's this beautiful sweet cedar wood scent. Almost boozy. Amazing. Just... amazing.

So far I have been floored by every Serge Lutens I have had the pleasure to smell.

Definitely pass on this if you dislike tuberose or creamy ambers.

I adore this. Most SL scents just work for my skin chemistry. And really, I’m often opposite in preference to probably a fair amount of people.

It’s not as cedar-dominated/solo as the name might imply, but cedar backbone is there to me from the get-go.

It’s almost like you’re getting to open a cedar armoire of a long-lost relative and getting to re-experience them and the things they kept in their armoire, sniff by sniff. Like anyone can have a new cedar armoire and they’d all smell the same but this one has fingerprints all over it and doesn’t smell like anyone else’s. And it’s quite fun to let that storyline of scents drift at you with that door open.
Maybe even a husband/wife couple shared shelves in this storage space. And the wood has forever absorbed their mundane trinkets and special treasures.

Interestingly, I’d tell you I greatly dislike a lot of sweetness, as many say this is too sweet for them.
It’s not a direct and constant overwhelming shot to the nose - to me, it sorta of wafts and shifts, even as the scent isn’t several separate shifts of scents like some others from SL.

I don’t get bubblegum, skank, or powder. (Thankfully)

Decent performance and longevity. I like this one sprayed on my torso somewhere, as warmth truly floats it, and I’ll get a little pillow drifting from under my clothes, right past my neck and chin and straight to my nose-in-waiting, especially if my exhalation is pointed down toward my chest.
I kinda love that little game…… I don’t have to lift my arm to my head, just breathe toward my chest to “activate” a fragrance?!? Fabulous!

It’s warm and almost has its own “aura”. If I brush past the robe I was wearing when I sprayed this the day before, it’s like a little gift from heaven.

I am a sucker for cedar and for tuberose, and I don’t mind a good spoon of honey or rum. And I get some clove and cinnamon on a musky/amber base? What’s not to love? 🙄

I wouldn’t wear it every. single. day. in-and-out.
But I don’t do that, anyway.

For me, an admitted oddball, this is absolutely divine. Just a glorious enjoyment from such a simple and ultimately, passive, act. I never want to not have it in my little bin.

I owned this scent many years ago and am resampling today as I found a small vial in my traveling sample box and I’m about to let it go to the next Fragrantican, so I felt compelled to wear it again.

My nose must’ve changed along with my wardrobe and hairstyle, because this is stunning. I don’t find Cedre Tuberose dominant after the opening, in fact this is much more about a spicy Amber and musk scent in the long dry down, a real shapeshifter of a perfume.

The down side? There’s very little cedar that I can detect, so the name does not match what is coming out of this bottle. At best, cedar is a support note that you may—or may not—pick up.

Luten’s Cedre is really a perfume you need to spend time with; I think the younger version of myself washed this off too quickly. I know some people are complaining that it’s too sweet, but it’s not with my chemistry. So a must try before you buy. And lucky me, I can still find the old packaging on line for a bargain.

Got it in a blind swap, and its SOO GOOD. It was not a love at first sniff - I expected something completely different, but I got an unique mix that quickly grew on me. I mostly get a realistic granular honey and tuberose blast. Overall vibe is a bit vintage-y and reminds Dior Poison. I do see the connection to Amouage Memoir, but Memoir smell more rustical and herbal? and much more modern than Cedre

This tuberose woody ambery scent really smells like a subdued version of Amouage Ciel for men. Not that a lot of people tried that one

If you can imagine the opposite of tuberose criminelle with its cold camphorous powdery floral distantness, this is its counterpart Or opposit in warmth, momentary syrupy sweet, full bodied juicy floral. I get no wood, I get fruits and florals and a bunch of other Lutens morphing power.

For years now I've been meaning to make some notes in relation to this pearl. And yet, somehow every time I think I comprehend him - and after all this time I have concluded Cèdre is indeed, underneath, male - I find myself still groping in shadows for the right expressions.
Judging this elegant book by its "cover" all those many moons ago, I initially expected something on the dry, woody, indeed "masculine", side. Loving the natural scent of cedar as I do, I felt I couldn't go wrong, blind buying without much thought. Much to my bemusement I was greeted with that sapid, flavoursome Aztec flower of the night upon initial explorations. Not to mention a delicious, honeyed, journey of Romance. No dry, evergreen chest of drawers to be seen. But clean, swarthy, anointed skin - warm & erotic to be sure - regardless of sex. And further within … a woodiness, yes, but of viscous stems not camphoraceous branches. A greenness too, though, conjoining the innate verdure & sap of tuberose & tree.
Is it white, sweet-spiced butter melting ligneous blocks? or
unburnt cream flowering amber joss sticks in a timber box?
I find the trick enchanting and lush. Cèdre is a beguiling resin on my skin. And much more warm weather amenable than I would have initially thought him. He's a dandy who quite fancies balmy dusks I find.
A charmer of intermittent action - to just right for certain occasions & moods wardrobe staple. Here's hoping I can always get my hands on him.
★★★★☆

Beautiful floral if it wasn't so cloying.

I don't find this fragrance cloying AT ALL. I don't know whats up with the other comments, but this is a great woody, unisex scent. I find I can wear this anytime of the year as long as I don't over spray it. On a hot day I do well with like 4-5 sprays with this all over. This is one of my favorite chill scents from this brand since, its very soothing to me.

The initial blast is strong on the clove, reminiscent of Tubereuse Criminelle,.

Cloying, candy-like tuberose/floral mix with a slightly amber afterglow. Too confectionery for me. Unfortunately, the cedar, which I was expecting from the name, never made an appearance on my skin. And the syrupy main tuberose accord overpowered most of the other ingredients. On me it smelled like a high powered whiff of a cheap foreign fabric softner. Lasts forever. Had to wash my clothes and bedding to remove. Oh well. I love and wear so many Serge Lutens perfumes that I was bound to hit one that didn't work for me sooner or later.

If you normally steer clear of the diva note tuberose then this is quite a good way to dip your toe in those intensely fragrant waters.
The tuberose is competing with lots of spice, wood and resins.
The result is a rich, spicy resinous scent where tuberose is just one of the group. I love it. I can see how it can overwhelm some folk. It's no shy flower but still reserved in comparison to tubereuse criminelle.
I get good longevity and sillage.
A warm scent that's perfect for night wear or a chilly day. It's definitely unisex.

This is a strange and darring fragrance. It took me two years to aquire a taste for it.
When I first blind bought it, the Tuberose was indolic, before I knew what indolic meant. But it was way to feminine, with a cedar tree thrown in, but it didn't help make it wearable for me.
I tried giving it away to my girlfriend, but it was too harsh and masculine leaning for her.
Now I have Atelier Cologne Cafe Tuberosa, which warmed me up towards Tuberose.
This Tuberose is more indolic, but makes a nice spicy accord with the cinnamon and cloves; Those two spices have a fruity tone.
I wear mostly woody fragrances. But sometimes get in the mood for a nice floral, to chill out at home, on a cool Winter evening. As I am enjoying this now.
I appreciate the quality of notes, and composition of blending here.

It's a good fragrance. It's a woody floral, that has some warmth, making it best for Fall and Winter I believe.

Rating: 8/10

God bless. John 3:16

This is not my kind of fragrance, but I'm somehow intrigued by it. The sweetness is overwhelming, almost suffocating. I find it cloying and annoying but not in a youthful way, more like having a Pina Colada while sniffing someones armpit. It is sweet, animalic, woody and musky. Too much of everything actually. I like it though, probably because it's a tuberose centered fragrance, and I find it very interesting but I cannot see me spraying it heavily on myself. So it won't end up on my shelf.

Cinnamon & tuberose

This isn't cedre! it's more of a cunammon, tuberose, amber, & musk. Later it become overly sweet, and no sign of the cedre! maybe woody, and some spices but not cedre!

It wasn't pleasant to my nose.

I was looking for woody fragrance- but instead got something boozy like spoiled fruit. I guess it's a tuberose acting here this way. After sharp feminine opening it slowly shifting to unisex side. Now I get burning woods note which I like a lot. It has something in common with Chanel Coco, probably cloves and amber. I like this fragrance but only 30 minutes after initial spray when boozy notes are gone.

PS. Dear Haddock, I wish you wrote translation for your review. I'm sure majority of people here do not understand Arabic. At least couple sentences in English please.

La donna e l'armatura by Felice Casorati 1921

Cedre starts with blast of tuberose, nice and sweet. After a while tuberose gives in and woody elements on the background get some room and the whole fragrance goes from bit feminine to unisex. Dry down is mellowed tuberose with amber, bit of cedar and spices, mainly cinnamon; overall really pleasant scent and being completely unisex at this point.

I get nice longevity from Cedre along with nice sillage. There isn’t much to complain; Cedre is versatile, capable of taking autumn, winter, spring and maybe even colder summer days with its spicy sweet floral warmth. For some men the initial femininity might be something they are not too comfortable with; or I’m just biased because the tuberose heavy opening reminds me one of my mother’s fragrances when I was a kid.
Other than that I find Cedre being solid fragrance and if you love tuberose this might be one for you as it is really prominent, that being said I kind of wonder why this was named Cedre? At least I don’t really find prominence in woody aspects in this one.

Edit 2022: A good alternative may be Civet by Zoologist, maybe layered with something more woody. Luckily got an old bottle today.

Absolutely beautiful! So much spice and bright bouquets of floral. My ideal amber notes, warm, boozy and golden. So sweet! I've never had a tuberose like this before, it smells nothing remotely close to traditional tuberose and it's majestic! Really, Serge Lutens plays with food fragrances so delightfully well. It's a shapeless cedar, hardly defined at all just a muted note hanging in the background lending the idea of wood to the perfume only although it begins to showcase itself later as it dwindles on. Churning into something deeper, warmer, more spicy with drippings of honey throughout and a nice dark musk... 8/10 Really well done.

I've tried a lot of Lutenses, and appreciated almost all of them very much: my collection goes to prove it. So I regret to say that Cèdre is a definite dislike for me.
The note list isn't exactly up my alley, but that never stopped me before, so I was glad at the chance to test this when I got it as an extra somewhere. But on first sniff my immediately reaction was "oh no", and even though I've given it a couple of days' wear to get used to it, my opinion hasn't changed. I'm not sure whether it's fair to mention this, since it's just an association that came into my head and it isn't really based on anything, but I can't get rid of it: it reminds me faintly of being in a funeral parlor. It's so heavy, the florals are so thickly sweet it's almost sickly, almost as if they're there to cover up something unpleasant; and the woody notes and the vaguely animalic vibe certainly aren't helping to dispell this impression.
Of course this is all just a very personal experience; if this image hadn't popped into my head I don't think I'd have liked it much either, but my opinion would have probably been more nuanced. So do give it a try if you get the chance, it's the usual high Lutens quality after all, and your experience may be very different.

Despite what others say, I definitely get cedar from the off. The prominent note here is Tuberose, but you get a very thick sweet cedar as well. The first couple minutes i find it overpowering and too sweet, almost heady sweetness. After the opening you get a nice very coconut like Tuberose.

I pretty much agree with the first sentences from Sergio's review in 2016. Pretty much except that tuberose is one of my most hated notes. This is like 90% feminine. Very old school IMO and I doubt if many if any modern/urban type of guys would even feel comfortable wearing this outdoors. I am having a hard time sampling it indoors. I have had it on for going on 4 hours and the woodiness is very light as the animalic/honey nature of tuberose is very apparent.

goes on floral and very sweet honey that is the tuberose then gets woodier and dryer in the base, almost leathery

3/10

عطری است که به نظر من در گروه فلورال یا گلی قرار داره و نه در گروه شرقی چوبی. شروع کار با یک حس انیمالیک (حیوانی) نسبتا شدید شروع میشه که این شروع آدم رو کمی غافل گیر میکنه. ۵ دقیقه بعد؛ بوی گل مریم به بوی حیوانی اضافه میشه. این ترکیب رایحه ای؛ حدود ۱۵ دقیق از کل عمر عطر رو در بر میگیره. . بوی عطر در این زمان مثل این میمونه که گل مریم داره خودش رو از داخل منجلاب باتلاق حیوانی خارج میکنه. دستش رو به یک طناب که تقریبا نزدیکش هست میگیره و خودش رو خوشبختانه سریع نجات میده (دست و پا نمیزنه که وقت زیادی طول بکشه تا از این باتلاق نجات پیدا کنه) . از اینجا به بعد هست که دیگه عطر رو به شکفته شدن حرکت میکنه. البته در این بین سدر هم یک چهره جدید از خودش نشون میده و بویی که در این عطر از سدر حس میشه با بقیه کارهایی که من از سدر استشمام کردم فرق داره. یه بوی ملایمی از سدر که بویی ملس مانند همراهش هست در بستری از گل مریم بعد از اون بحران اولیه وجود داره.
این عطر در رایحه میانی؛ بویی خیلی شبیه به عطر
Carnal Flower, Frederic Malle
داره. میتونم بگم بالای ۸۵ درصد در این زمان به هم شبیه هستند
عطر سدر از برند سرج لوتنز عطری است که ظاهرا یونی معرفی شده؛ ولی به نظر من خیلی بیشتر به سمت زنانه تمایل داره. البته برای آقایانی که میخواهند یه عطر سبک گلی رو در روزهای بهاری تجربه کنند میتونه انتخاب خاصی باشه.




It is a perfume that, in my opinion, belongs to the floral or floral group and not to the woody oriental group. The beginning of the work begins with a relatively strong animalic feeling, which takes one a little by surprise. 5 minutes later; The smell of marjoram is added to the smell of animals. This aromatic composition; It covers about 15 minutes of the entire life of the perfume. . The smell of the perfume at this time is like a lily of the valley is pulling itself out of an animal swamp. He grabs a rope that is almost close to him and luckily saves himself quickly (he doesn't mind that it will take him a long time to save himself from this swamp). It is from here on that the perfume moves to bloom. Of course, in the meantime, cedar shows a new face of itself, and the smell of cedar in this perfume is different from the rest of the things I smelled from cedar. There is a soft smell of cedar accompanied by a mellow scent in a bed of lily of the valley after that initial crisis.
This perfume in the middle scent; Smells very similar to perfume
Carnal Flower, Frederic Malle
has I can say that more than 85% are similar at this time
Cedar perfume from Serge Lutens brand is a perfume that is apparently introduced by Yoni; But in my opinion, it tends to be more feminine. Of course, it can be a special choice for men who want to experience a light floral fragrance on spring days.

Cedre 1.6oz bottle

If you put tuberose upon a piece of cedar, then drizzle it with honey to tone down the impact that tuberose can give, add musk to the indolic tuberose for a bit of dark naughtyness and add the spices of clove and cinnamon to add warmth to the cedar vis a vis the amber...thats the idea behind this Lutens. I dabbed it on and got its nuances. Dont bathe in this one..I believe thats where you can run into problems...its definitely unisex.

Its for someone that loves a woody floral perfume with some sweetness. When it was released, a sweet tuberose scent was groundbreaking. Now, with more gourmand entries, and the population at large desiring sweeter scents, this ranks not a sweet bomb but more in the middle with the cedar making sure it does not cloy. Its very well made/blended. I enjoy it with Arabie sometimes. Infact, under the right perspective...its arabie lite.

Just dont wear this one to bed.. the darkness in the press release...well as much as we normal people like to pishaw it from time to time.. it is true.

This is the first Serge Lutens perfume that i really disliked.

The opening, like all SL perfumes, is slightly harsh and medicinal, which is fine. After first notes faded away, the perfume developed into something nauseatingly sweet.

From time to time I would get a whiff of flowers and spices. I'd get intrigued, smell my arm again and, oh no! once more get that sickly sweet stomach matter. Sorry guys for this ungraceful comparison!

I was expecting a woody and warm scent, alas... I will try to get back to it and test it again, maybe it was just some bad chemistry day for me...

A harsh medicinal opening left me reeling for about 30 minutes, and from whence comes this? Of course it is the amber but the impression is more like thick, sticky, resinous frankincense. Horrible, I hated it, rued my decision to try it.

Then I went about my house chores and an hour later smelled the cedar wafting up from my arm; beautifuL and ethereal, aromatic and soft. Gone was that hideous opening stench, no trace left whatsoever and I just love this drydown.

Curiously, not one bit of tuberose makes itself known to me. Just tender hints of soft cinnamon and a warm light amber enhanced by warm light musk. I have never experienced cedar quite like this. It is my favorite wood note, and it is so subtly rich here that it reminds me of a very smooth and creamy sandalwood.

This is pure enchantment; I have finally found a Serge Lutens to love.

This certainly does not smell like what you instinctively expect from a cedar fragrance and telling you the truth I can not feel any creder in this scent.
This should be called TUBEROSE instead of Cedre.
What I feel is a very sweet tuberose an anemalic musk, amber and honey.
I love tuberose scents, but this one for me is a little bit feminine.
My wife will love it...

Hhhmmm...sampling from branded sample and on first spritz i was a little unsure...but after a few minutes i think i like this. I defo get the tuberose and a creamyness coming from the base. The cinammon is well blended, im not getting golden grahams here..its subtle. I get some lavender and a gentle woody cedar vibe. My impression with this house is that im not drawn to the offerings on top notes alone...its the heart and the base which stand out.

It should be named "Tuberose" not "Cedre". Cedar is not present at all in the opening, it starts to speak a little maybe 2 hours after application. Tuberose is strong, velvety, animalic, little skanky. As "Cedre" developes it's getting more creamy and soft. The scent is very Lutens-ish, in the drydown somehow similar to Daim Blond. I'd say its more towards the feminine side of unisex but also perfectly balanced, sophisticated scent ( tuberose is not an easy ingredient ), very French

Longevity and sillage are good, Ovrl. 8/10

A translation of Enrosadira's review (below):

The opening is sweetish , sometimes nasty and brazen . ( The first time I wore it , I thought I was going to want to scrub it off) .
With the passage of time, it is transformed and becomes a golden waterfall, an enchanted garden in late summer bathed in the golden light of late afternoon, the beginning of sunset. It recalls the color of honey, and resin from the trees.

A perfume with very sweet traits, almost caramel, but with an underlying whiff of incense and woods and warm spices, very feminine and very hot .
Not for every day, otherwise it can become a bit disgusting , but it is fascinating!

Apertura dolciastra, a tratti sgradevole e sfrontata. (La prima volta che l'ho indossato, appena messo avrei già voluto toglierlo).
Con il passare del tempo si trasforma e diventa una cascata d’oro, un giardino incantato a fine estate immerso nella luce dorata del tardo pomeriggio che si avvia al tramonto, richiama i colori del miele, gli alberi dai quali fuoriesce della resina.
Un profumo a tratti molto dolce, quasi caramelloso, ma con una venatura sotterranea di incenso e di legni e spezie calde, molto femminile e molto caldo.
Non da tutti i giorni, altrimenti risulta un po' stomachevole, ma affascinante!

I just received my two blind buys from SL. Cedre and Gris Clair. I like this much more than Gris Clair.
Cedre is a bit on the feminine side of unisex. I used to think that "He Wood Rocky Mountain" was the best men's woody floral, but now it seems so cheep and synthetic compared to Cedre. The sweet cedar is aromatically accentuated by the warm cloves and just a slight nuance of cinomon. I don't like cinomon, but here it's practically imperceptible except for adding a nice warm tone, and balancing the sweetness of the cedar. Then you get the beautifull white floral. So truly a woody/ floral predominantly. There is a slight dried fruit vib, as is common to many SL's fragrances, here it is just a nuance. Someone said it's like a delicious smelling tree/ cake, yes. It boarders on the gourmand, but smells more botanical and of nature, than foody.
Did someone mention exquisitely blended, yes. The wood and Tuberose just blend beautifully, the musc and other spices just gives it it's own refined anamalic quality.
It is a warm fragrance great for Winter, but the strong floral Tuberose note makes it light, ethereal; suitable for Spring and Summer.
I could also mention that Cedre is slightly boozy, as in a sweetish liquor. Overall not to sweet, the sweetness seems to go nicely with the floral Tuberose, and is balanced by the spices. The musc ads the spiciness. Overall a very pleasant comfort scent, with some nice classiness.
The longevity of this EDP is beast mode.
This is no hamster cage wood shavings. If you spray liberally the aromatic cedar note really shines forth, with all the embellishments.

Note: I discovered a very good fragrance similar to this, sandalwood and gardenia, L'Artisan "Rappelle-Toi.

Rating: 8.75/10

Happy Easter. John 3:16.

Another fragrance inspired by woods, this one has the Cedar as a central theme. They say it's the favorite tree of Serge Lutens.
It was released in 2005 and Serge defines it as "another take on Féminité for an alternate reality”. He refers to Féminité du Bois, from 1992 (already reformulated).

Cèdre brings notes of cedar, amber, musk, tuberose, cloves, and cinnamon. When touches the skin, its scent is open, vibrant and woody. The tuberose confers a floral nuance that, oddly enough, is not pungent. It doesn't look like tuberose, known for its carnal and prevailing facets.

On my skin, did not provide a lot of evolution. The most notable feature was a masculine output and a more feminine drydown, if we can set this way. At this point, Cèdre fits, perfectly, in the unisex category.

It's an interesting and easy to please perfume. Its vibrant fragrance fits very well with the hot climate of Brazil. I must confess that I would love if I have felt more of the spices. However, on my skin, the fragrance has resulted in a mixture of cedar, musk, and amber.
Trying to translate into words, would be a fragrance of cedar, with a clean musky body and a more sensual and ambery base.

It is not surprising, but it is also not common. What I admire the most in this creation is the feeling of being on the edge of the feminine, without wearing a fragrance made, exclusively, for women.

Quite interesting as i wonder! why there aren't strawberries or berries in their ingredients! or even plums? cause this is sweet as candy (not cloying), at least for the first spray or the top note. while the cinnamon is hazy at the background as in top note and there is no sign of tuberose or cedar because of the sweetish note on top.
It is quite rosy fragrance than cedar, and sweetish rosy to be specific.

this is a pretty interesting scent! to mix cedar with tuberose...who would've thought? but i like it. it's a candyish tuberose with woods and amber, though the tuberose is by far the strongest note on my skin. i love tuberose though, it is probably my favorite white floral, so no complaints. i didn't quite know what to expect, but i find this intriguing. the weather is cool now, but i cannot wait to try this in summer where it will probably shine.

Bubblegum tuberose woody tobacco. Lovely and distinctive scent, but cedar it is not.

Wearing Cedré for the first time today. So, so beautiful. No one note stands out to me, besides tuberose. There is a skanky note which reminds me of L'aire de Rien by Miller Harris. An unwashed, post "activity" note. It's good...but the two fragrances strike me as being very similar. I get lots of creaminess too...llike freshly applied body lotion after a shower. I am besotted with the quirky way Mr. Sheldrake works his magic. I don't understand how a parfumeur creates such vastly different scents, but maintains a certain sense of same throughout all of them. Absolutely gorgeous!! I currently own nine SL masterpieces. The only one I don't LOVE is Chergui. I am more taken by Cedré, Arabie and Fille en Aiguilles.

I ordered a sample of this as part of an exploration of white flowers and woods, and I'm glad I did. I do get the wood and the white floral, but there's something that sticks in my nose and is hard to describe. Perhaps it is the spice (clove/cinnamon)? But it keeps this fragrance from being an unmitigated pleasure. My boyfriend actively dislikes it, and I'm on the fence. As it is quite potent, I think my little dabber sample will do me. No need to order a bottle.

I received a sample of this some while ago but dismissed it as too masculine and not different enough. Well I've changed my mind!! The thing about Serge Lutens is that he is a genius and an aritist but it takes time to appreciate that. Some years ago I just didn't get him - at all - BUT he is a Master Perfumer and maybe like a novice monk we start on the road to Perfume Nirvana not realising that we have to align ourselves to the vibrations of a higher scale before we can truly understand them. I just so appreciate this man's work - the older I get the more I realise that there are very few out there who can produce a great perfume.....so much dross amongst a few truly great creations. Oh btw - this is a warm cederwood that shifts and changes and morphs into a beautiful sweet longlasting haze of balanced woods and flowers. If you don;t like it - it is YOU who has to change!

I am not a fan of this one. Strongly woody and masculine scent. From time to time I am trying out Serge Lutens' fragrances and I have found quite many good ones. Unfortunately this is not one of the good ones. It smells old and dusty if that makes any sense.
Spices in it just make me sneeze.
I don't think there's anything feminine about it. Not for me.

Nice fragrance. I have quite a few SL fragrances and this has the shortest longevity and minimal sillage which is rather surprising. Like others I get the tuberose and cedar notes first. I also get a sort of anamalic note with this which I dont care for. I decided to tweek it and added some more amber, tuberose absolute and cedar. I gave it a good shake and that has successfully subdued the beast but amped up the longevity and sillage. Now I really like it.

Cedre is a dreamy, feminine and lush fragrance. It opens up strong and bold with notes of deep Amber, sweet dried fruits, woods and cinnamon-y Tuberose.
This is not your typical Tuberose/Jasmine/Gardenia combo, it is a more natural and refined spicy oriental woody floral. There is a booziness or herbal aspect to it that lingers on in the background which makes this scent quite unique and different.

The dry down is the best part of this fragrance, it warms up and becomes creamy and rich with just enough sweetness to make it cosy and comfortable, in the way of the feeling you get when you wear your favourite sweater or when you're snuggling up to your partner for warmth, Cedre evokes those kinds of feelings.
If you are a lover of Tuberose and want something that hasn't already been done to death, then try Cedre!
I can see myself wearing this scent all year round but I can imagine it would be beautiful in cool, breezy summer nights.
Longevity and sillage are super as it forms a cloud of goodness around you for you and everyone else to enjoy!

this fragrance is very classic
I thought if you don't have several good memories , This perfume can not attract you
but It is made High quality .
Honestly although it is classic but The smell is wonderful.
thats right , Perfume components is low and Made simple
However, it is very fragrant
The smell of Tuberose is dominant Mixed with cedar wood and Cinnamon and some amber makes floral spicy and woody fragrance.

Sillage : appropriate
Longevity : More than 7 hours



کین عزیز خیلی عالی این عطر رو توصیف کردند

به نظر بنده این عطر خیلی خیلی کلاسیک محسوب میشه
واگر چندتا خاطره خوب ازش نداشته باشی زیاد نمیتونه در این دهه نظرتونو جلب کنه

که در سال 1977 تولید شده Tea Rose مثلا عطر قدیمی مثل
و عطر سرجه ، منو یاد نت میانی این عطر میندازه
عموی من مغازه پوشاک فروشی داره یادمه وقتی بچه بودم
هر دومادی که میومد برای خرید کت و شلوار ،
هم برمیداشتن Tea Rose یه دونه از این
:)
وای عجب بوی غلطظی داشت .و هر دفه منو فراری میداد از مغازه

Sweet enough to send someone into hyperglycemic shock. Serge Lutens must have the worlds greatest sweet tooth, as most of his fragrances that I have tried are sickeningly sweet.

Pure seduction in a bottle, both on man's or woman's skin. So sensual, so wrapping you around and capturing... Works great in hot summer nights.

A beautifully minimalistic cedar. Sweet yet not overpowering and inexplicably different. The few ingredients simply seem to have been created in order to coexist perfectly. Opulent tuberose, clean cedar, intense spices and discrete musk and amber. I am almost certain that some Frankinsense was used as well, despite not being on the list of ingredients, but then again the lists given by perfume houses are rarely complete.

To me, it evokes night. Deep, dark and frightening night, where everything is allowed because all the sins remain unseen, concealed, unnoticed.

If worn in warmer temps, this scent would be too heady and overbearing.... But in the cold air of late fall and deep winter, this is very dazzling.

The warm, spicy, almost crisp notes lead off out of the bottle, but on the skin, Cedre warms into a nostalgic, cinnamon blanket with hints of 80's perfume perfection done only in the Lutens way....

The drydown becomes very familiar and a bit more masculine in a demure way.... Still keeping it on my want list...

Lately I've been trying out different unisex fragrances. I thought I'de give this fragrance a try due to it having a cedar note in it. I like the smell of this. I thought it would be masculine enough to wear. Sad to say, it's not. It leans on being more feminine. It's a nice fragrance but too floral for me. It's a sweet and strong floral maybe kind of heavy and also tropical(from the "Tuberose" note). IMO, it would be best for women to wear this in the summer at night. I put this on my inner elbow before I went to bed one night in the past and the fragrance was still left on my skin, but it had only some musk scent in it from the final stages of the dry down. I may just use up my sample around the house or give it to my sister. I'm disappointed in that it didn't turn out more masculine on me. :(

Well this is my second review of Cedre and I've returned to sample it over 12 months later hoping perhaps I had grown in that time and maybe now I could appreciate this scent...I'm afraid not.
The opening notes are interesting, classic, strongly musky and full of cloves. Then the dry woodiness of cedarwood and resin with the floral power of tuberose.
Tuberose and I have a love hate relationship and much like many florals (in fact many 'notes') can manifest itself in very different ways. All this just seems to conspire to make an odd pissy note which is at the back of what is an interesting work and I almost think it needs it to lift the whole thing and make it more daring, which it certainly does.

What differs from the last time is after wearing this I also sprayed it on a card to see how long the unpleasant note would last long after I'd washed it off my skin. Well I can report that the later drydown both on skin and now three days later on the card smells lovely! I mean really pleasing and much more of a soft woody floral smell, all the sweetness of tuberose with non of the nastiness.
I couldn't put up waiting for several hours until it becomes a nice skin scent though what would be the point.
Still not for me I'm afaraid, this is one for true perfume lovers.

سيدر او سيدار من سيرج لوتنس
ومن تصميم كريستوفر شيلدريك

رحلة ستنقلك بعير خشب الآرز الاطلسي الذي اعتقد بتواجده هنا ستنلقك الى هناك الى قمم جبال الاطلس في المغرب الغربي لتقف متأملاَ السكون الذي يحيطك ودفئ الشمس الذي عم ارجاء المكان ونسمات الهواء التي تجعلك تتنفس بعمق لتعطيك الشعور والاحساس بجمال الطبيعه عندما تخلو بنفسك مستمتعا بسكون الطبيعه في مكان بعيد عن ضوضاء المدينه

فهذا خشب السيدار الاطلسي ذو الطابع الخشبي المكسو بلمحة سويتية اقرب للحلوى ياخذ بيدك ومعه حلاوة ودفئ القرفه لتلك الرحلة! وسرعان ماينضم اليهم مسك الروم الرائع تلك الازهار البيضاء لتزيد تلك الاجواء الحلوه جانب سويتي آخر اقرب للفانيلا وجوز الهند اللذيذ لتشعر انك تتلذ بشكولاته مكوسة بالفانيلا ولمحات من جوز الهند ذلك المزيج يشاركه دفئ العنبر الكهرماني الناعم هنا ذو الطابع الكلاسيكي ليعطي اجواء شرقية دافئة وكانها تلك الشمس...!.
لن اطيل
هكذا رأيت شخصية هذا العطر:
سويتي لذيذ (لمحات جوز هند وفانيلا) خشبي عنبري بجانب لمحات من التوابل غير بارزه الحقيقة فهنا لم المح القرفه مثلا كشكلها وحدتها عندما تتطعمها في العلك وانما هي هنا حلوه، ولم المح وضوح للقرنفل الذي تمتاز باللمحات الحامضه المعدنية الدافئة وان كنت اعتقد انهم وضعوا لخلق نوعا من الدفئ ، وربما في فترات لاحقا عندما تخف بروز تلك المكونات تلمح المسك ذو اللمحه الحسية الجذابه البعيد عن روائح النظافه.
العطر يحتاج منك المزيد من التعرف فهو يصبح اجملا مع مرورا الوقت
ولو سألتني هل تفضله على عطر شيرجي الرائع لقلت نعم وهذا رأيي الشخصي طبعاً
هذا مالدي

جمال الرائحة 9/10

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Just received a tester....Warm, luxury wood smell, a bit masculine with the amazing Lutenesque touch!
I will prefer the Feninite du Bois....more sexy & feminine!

This is pretty, but honestly, it reminds me of scented dryer sheets.

Narcotic, warm, woody, mesmerizing long lasting fragrance.
All my dreams in this bottle. My addictive aura...

Not for my skin...

In a nutshell this is cedar + white floral and the mix is pretty much 50/50. I love cedar and cedar part in this creation is heavenly. I generally can't stomach white floral and I knew there was some in this, but I was hoping it would be tacked away somewhere in a background and I will be ok. Well, that's not the case. So, sadly this lovely offering is a "no" for me.

Tuberose? cedarwood? not to my nose. Sweet , comfortable; dry fruit. Maybe for christmas.

I blind bought Cedre last week since I already own a few Serge Leuten fragrances. I knew I would not be let down and I was right. Cedre is my first fragrance with tuberose and I must say that I love it! It is exquisite, warm and subtle. The cinnamon and cloves are just right. I can smell it all around me and that makes me and my nose very happy.

Tuberose usually does not work for me but here it is not offensive. Cedre smells like a sugared evergreen with touch of spices. Quite comforting scent and great for the holiday season. While this Lutens is not my favorite, I like it more and more with each use. Very feminine.

Tuberose and cinnamon! Two of my favorite notes in one perfume. I was really excited to try this.
And "Cedre" really delivers, luscious tuberose with warm, sensual cinnamon and clove. Really interesting combo, cedar itself is very well behaved, appears a tiny bit like pencil shavings, but always stays in the background giving a slightly clean and soapy vibe to the whole composition.

This is a marvelous perfume for tuberose lovers. And you don't really have to love cedar to enjoy this, everything is very well blended.
I have to admit one downside though - it lasts only five hours.

Most of all I feel the cedar, tuberose, cloves and amber notes in this fragrance.

Really woody scent. But I can't say that the cedar note seems truly enough to me.

Anyway, it doesn't seem to me catchy. And I even think that it's more suitable for men.

I'm so so sorry Serge! I really like SL fragrances pretty much across the board but this one is a personal preference nightmare.
I like Tuberose & Cedar and Amber (even clove in small doses) but mix them all together and you get a gross cider urine accord!
That's what I get in the opening...PISS.
That's right.
However, after that initial half hour or so the tuberose becomes pleasant and the drydown is really nice, with the cedar and amber coming through.
Unfortunately I can't just focus on base notes although they're arguably more important.
This is a interesting fragrance I don't hate it by any means the opening is just harsh for me that's all.

Uncle Serge does it again! A soap opera where the tuberose is the star, yet it gets pushed to the side by a neon-orange cedar, they struggle until the drydown when a dirty musk comes from behind the scenes and restores the peace. Fantastic.

This is a stunning and opulent tuberose scent on my skin. I smell no cedar in it . It's sweet but not cloying . The tuberose here is past it's glory , fully mature and starting to wilt . It's mixed with a smoky amber and resins . The only other tuberose that resembles this one a little is Tuberose Animale . Silage and lasting power are beautiful . Perfect for cold weather , rich and elegant , screams luxury .

rethsarah called it.

Cedre has one of the BEST dry downs I have ever experienced. The opening didn't win me over, but the base made me buy the bottle. I am finally beginning to understand why so many people on this site describe themselves as base note-oriented, and why natural perfumer Charna Ethier urges blossoming perfumers to always "build from the base up."

The base of Cedre is nothing short of magical. I carelessly sprayed the last of my sample on a scarf. A few days later I found myself frantically clawing through piles of dirty clothes, trying to figure out where that heavenly scent was emanating from. When I finally grabbed the scarf and held it up to my face, I found myself racking my brain thinking, "God! What could that BE!!? What IS that!!? I know it from somewhere but I can't remember where! It just smells so expensive, multifaceted and solemnly gorgeous-"
It was Cedre.

This starts out as cedar and clove but quickly transitions into a woody, spicy tuberose, then finally into something soft and sweet....and like nothing you would have ever expected in the first 5-10 minutes of smelling it. After about 20 minutes it settles into an almost honey like musky amber scent.

This is a unique fragrance, as usual for Serge Lutens....and as usual, there is this deep mysterious oddball quality about it that sort of leaves your head spinning and wanting to know more, wanting to try it again...and determined to figure out the mystery of it.

Beautiful for the first five minutes - first a blast of cedar, then the tuberose comes through - and then it somehow becomes a different scent altogether, sickly sweet, dusty, musty and overheated, like an old lady's airless house. Oddly it didn't seem to get softer as it developed but something headachy at its core became even stronger and overtook everything. I loved it on first sniff and within an hour it had become a scrubber.

The only perfume that smells really like the essential oil of cedar wood atlas. Beautiful.

158) Tubéreuse pour homme.
Elle s'ouvre comme Tubéreuse criminelle et puis elle est adoucie par l'ambre et masculanisée par le cédre pour aboutir à une sensation classique chez Lutens de douceur de bois confit.

Men tuberose.
It opens as Tubéreuse Criminelle and then is softened by amber and masculinized by cedar to achieve in a classic Lutens feeling of candied wood sweetness.

A very aggressive tuberose opening on me. It smelled very heavy, greasy, sexy, almost obscene! But...
I`m not so much a tuberose lover. Maybe this is the reason why it disappeared so quickly from my skin. It stayed only around 10 minutes, then it was gone to never come back.
And it gave room to His Majesty The Cedar, slightly seasoned with cinnamon and cloves. It smells like inside a cedar box in which those spices were transported from exotic countries, together with amber and musk. Nice as all the masterpieces by Lutens but I wouldn`t like to smell like a wood box.

Cèdre is not your typical green cedar. It is a cleared area in a deep forgotten cedar forest, rich with tuberose still misty from a light rain the previous evening... but now the sun is out again. The spicy undergrowth, the honeyed wood are heating up. The air is still and slightly cool, but the sun's hot rays warm the forest floor.

At first it's all cloves, cinnamon and cedar. Then a soft, cold tuberose appears. I feel the cloves heating up on my skin. Strange. Somebody else said spiced apple cider, which sounds right. In the distance, far away but nearing is a thick, syrupy concoction. Could it be the amber? Labdanum? The cloves and cinnamon still burn hot on my skin while the boozy tuberose sits quietly in the shadows; a strong supporting player, but not remotely front stage.

Then later, the syrup and cloves fade and we are left with a sweet spicy musk, complex; beautifully blended. The tuberose and cedar melange are delicate, cool, floating higher than the spicy, honeyed amber, which sits close to my skin.

Do I like it? Yes, very much, despite the cloves, which I'm not usually too fond of. Would I wear it? I don't know. It's so unlike my usual go-tos, but it's a pleasure to have it on. I want to smell it because I'm curious. I want to track its development. It fascinates me.

EDIT: Depending on the weather, the opening can be a bit too sweet but by God.. this consistently has one of the most gorgeous dry downs I've ever experienced.

This was not what I had expected from a perfume named 'Cedre'. The opening notes were a clash of cloves and cedar and for a few minutes it seemed these two were playing out some sort of war of attrition. I wasn't sure who would win. This was a fleeting phase and shortly they both settled to allow the amber, cinnamon and tuberose rise from the battlefield. Oh wow. This is good stuff. It has the classic Lutens DNA but the tuberose gives this an ethereal quality that seems to give these rich notes a lighter touch. As I write this, the tuberose is developing a wonderful animalic note.

Other have noted that this is similar to Amouage Memoir Woman and I agree, however the point of difference with this one is the absence of leather which made Memoir Woman a little too heavy for me. I also see a similarity with Histoires Tubereuse 3 Animale.

This is FB worthy for me!

The name Cedre can be a little misleading. Surprisingly this is a soapy and elegant tuberose fragrance, with a spicy and woodsy drydown. The cedar note is barely evident in this fragrance's composition, so don't go expecting any masculine woodsiness while testing Cedre.

Surprises aside, I really love this fragrance. I would go so far to say that this is one of my favourites from the house of Serge Lutens.

The tuberose opening is clean, feminine and smooth, with a subtle hint of spicy cinnamon and clove. The more the fragrance develops, the stronger the spices in turn become. I find it to be a really pleasant balance between spicy and soapy.

During the heart and drydown, Serge Lutens' signature amber note reigns supreme. The overall blend, to my nose, smells heavenly. It is lush and warm at the same time. A rather unique and fascinating fragrance to say the least.

For the most part, Cedre strikes me as being quite feminine and polite on the skin, however I could picture a man wearing it too. It has a fairly strong presence without being too overbearing.

Like most fragrances from this house, Cedre lasts the entire day. It's a complex scent, but also an easy one to wear and enjoy. I'm surprised that I hadn't discovered Cedre earlier. You would think that it would be more popular than it is. Either way, it needs to be more recognised. I highly recommend.

Cedre is a rich amber fragrance opening with cinnamon and labdanum. It contains that signature Lutens rich amber "hum", though the intensely resinous cedar like the living tree, or freshly chopped firewood in the composition gives it clarity, preventing it from turning into a syrupy mess. It's more like a wood-burning stove baking up fresh cinamon buns.

Cedre has an effervescent quality like an artisan-crafted all-natural birch beer, and the labdanum makes the sweetness smooth, warm, and wearable. It is a basket of sweet and spicy offerings from the forest floor to the canopy. It is the sweetness found naturally in forest air, distilled.

The longer I wear it, the more I notice new and beautiful details. The tuberose is more of a stage hand than a lead role, virtually invisible, just there to keep everything together and running smoothly.

Cedre projects moderately, and its longevity is average. This fragrance takes some time to warm up to, but it sparkles on the skin. This may be my favorite Lutens to date.

This is an interesting alternative to those cooler cedars which are greener and lean on the drier woody side of the material. Serge Lutens Cedre is cedar that has been warmed and honeyed by the Summer Sun soaking into it all day, with a bee hive suspended from its branches, and the aroma of other spicy plants and earthy elements floating in the forest air.

It is nature magically transformed into an all-natural confection, sweet and spicy as candy, but without a trace of kawaii.

nice, warm spicy and soft. A little bit sweet but very comfortable. I dont like tuberose, but it works very well together with amber and cinnamon. Delicious!

To my nose the top notes of this fragrance are a classic even vintage masculine cedar spice scent, strong on the cedar. When it seems to be calming down and the spices have a chance to shine, Miss Tuberose appears in the drydown and does her best to steal the show. She dances on Cedar's treetrunk, throws his needles around, and even tries to put a floral lampshade on her head. But it is to no avail. She cannot erase cedar's heavy scent and cedar cannot evict tuberose.

As another reviewer said, during and after the drydown cedar and tuberose fight for hegemony of the scent for hours, to the exclusion of other notes. This results in a scent that I could never wear -- a classic masculine with sweet tuberose on top. These notes mix like oil and water. They don't. Maybe a man could pull this off but I certainly could not and do not want to try. Just because it says Serge Lutens on the bottle does not mean it will always be fabulous.

Tried around 15 serge lutens perfumes today and Cedre was one of the best of the bunch I expected ambre sultan to be the best , this one won, chergui was second, beautiful

you can eat this smell!

I've tested Cedre on myself and on the gentleman friend...in neither case was it a heavy perfume, or notably sweet, and in neither case was the tuberose dominant. On me, it develops readily into a very pleasant creamy-woody-slightly spicy scent, which lasts for several hours without significant change other than to become ever creamier. Very nice; not a candidate for my signature scent, but definitely enjoyable, and effortlessly unisex. The cedar in it doesn't shout at you, but is present as a deep wood note. On the boyfriend, it becomes a quite different thing; the cedar is dialed up, in a good way. Tuberose does not jump out, as mentioned, and I smell cloves---or at least something spicier than I got when wearing it myself. It seems like the musk component is more present on him as well. The creaminess is very present on him as well, rounding out a most enticing scent. I'm contemplating buying a full bottle for him to wear...Thumbs up---for the gentlemen who want something alluring and rounded yet masculine, and for the ladies who might crave a wood-anchored treat as well.
Edit, 9/17/12: This has grown on me significantly---I find myself wearing it day after day. It seems to last rather well, and I find that I like it more and more. Just bought a full bottle, and I'm really enjoying it.

oggi provo cedre.
dal tappo penso alle bigbubble di prima generazione, quelle blu' e rosa.poi esplode tuberosa in abbondanza e a tratti cannella calda. cedre e' piu' donna.
la tuberosa non e' il mio fiore preferito.
purtroppo qui mi da' di chimico pungente e sul polso mi si attacca tipo colla di coniglio.:-((animalic)
probabilmente la sento solo io altrimenti me lo avrebbero fatto notare...
fortunatamente dopo un paio d'ore si calma un po'.non male, ma purtroppo non fa' per la mia pelle.
peccato.

A fragrance in which both cedar and tuberose fight to get the main role, but both win ( or loose). It is not as shocking as Tubereuse Criminelle. It still plays an ode to cedar, being woody and incensey. Actually, the cedar note is Mr. Lutens' favorite and has been explored throughout a lot of his other fragrances: Arabie, Feminite du Bois, Bois et Fruits, Bois de Violette, Chergui, Bois Oriental, Bois et Musc, Serge Noire, El Attarine. All of them have an important Cedarwood note. And still, Mr Lutens doesn't repeat himself, which is great...

Yes yes yes yes.
How well the combination of heavy tuberose with musk, amber and cinnamon works.
One of my fav Lutens for 2 months already.
Such a mysterious and dark fragrance.
Such inexpressible visions it represents.
Cèdre, to me, is like a soulmate.

Cedre hits me in the heart.
This is who I think I am, in mind and soul: ambiguous.

It opens heavy, and it stays that way:
the longevity is grandiose.

I bought this blind! I just had to, I found a really good deal on a tester bottle and have been searching for something sweet with tuberose that was also something I could wear as a man. From the reviews and Luckyscent's scale that shows this as being on the masculine side, I decided to go for it!

The first blast from this fragrance is heavy and rich, maybe a bit medicinal. (I don't mind that at all!) And I for one do smell cedar from the very beginning, but I almost have to think about cedar to smell it because this one is blended so well that no single note powers to the front. It is as if the cedar woodiness is tempered by the tuberose which itself is not at all cloying. I have smelled Tubereuse Criminelle and found it to be over the top with tuberose and smelled like soap to me, and was very feminine. Not Cédre.

This is a tuberose scent but so well blended that it is not a pure tuberose by any stretch of the imagination. (I grow tuberose and know the smell well in flower form.) I find both a lot of white flowers and a musky background with a lot of amber and just enough cedar to make it interesting and make it more wearable. There is a spiciness that has to be the cinnamon and cloves but those notes are so well incorporated that it is hard to detect for me. I get a syrupy dark honey feel. Some people have said it smells of spiced apples or cider, I don't get that feeling.

This one has an "old" vibe to it. Not in a bad way, but something that smells like a classic sweet scent, but unlike a lot of things that smell old, this one does not have even a hint of powder which is great because I hate powder.

Would I buy this again? Not sure...I love this one and I have a feeling it will grow on me. But I have Ambre Sultan and these two both share the amber feeling. Very glad I have this one though. At last a tuberose scent I can actually wear.

Reminds me of Ambre Narguile....has that warm rich apple pie smell

With the veritable flood of cedar-rich perfumes and colognes on the market--many of which appear to feature iso-E-super--it will likely surprise many to find that Serge Lutens CEDRE is nearly (if not completely...) devoid of that note! I'm sure that many gentlemen were probably expecting Serge's take on the cedar cologne. But no, nothing of the sort is found in CEDRE!

Instead, CEDRE appears to be a metaphorically named tribute or ode to cedar. It is sometimes suggested that the most important part of a text is the blank space--what is not said--and that's my best guess of the explanation for the near (or total...) absence of cedar from this composition. I seriously doubt that the perfumer somehow "forgot" to include cedar, so there has to be another explanation.

CEDRE is a fairly sweet floriental perfume which is very tame and almost mainstream relative to the typical offerings of this house. The tuberose is not loud enough to warrant calling this a tuberose perfume, it seems to me. There is a gentle florality along with a measured spiciness (nothing like most of Serge's orientals...) all of which is tinged with a likeable sweetness.

This perfume seems more feminine than masculine to me. To pay tribute to cedar, which figures in many, many masculine colognes, this creation offers a counterbalancing feminine collection of complementary notes.

This is a beautiful, old school type of musc and ambra perfume with warm woody elements which give it the secret aura of older type of mystery story. It develops gracefully and closely on skin with some
physiological sweetness and flowers. Interesting and not typical.

I don't know if on skin evolve much then paper ,but with my test it was musc and only musc.
Type of middle eastern little essence from musc.
Very mature ,very sweet,very powdery not unique at all and shoking fact that it doesn't give me a woody smell.
Maybe i should try it on my skin.
Longevity and projection seems extraordinary!

Looking over the reviews of Cèdre I realize I’m one of only a handful who actually like it. Yes, the name’s a bit odd, but only a bit. If you’re looking for the airy, crystalline cedar of the Lutens Bois perfumes you won’t find it here. What’s here is the oily, dusty cedar like straight-up cedar essential oil. The oily quality mixes with the syrup of the amber and the booze of the camphorous tuberose.

Floriental usually implies the hybrid friendliness of amber fragrances and prettiness of florals. Cèdre subverts the genre, being more melancholic than affable, alluring rather than pretty. Lutens is considered to have reinvented the oriental. Maybe this is his reinvented floriental.

For me it's not woody at all, more floral. It's quite chemical smell, but there is smth in it makes me like it) The first notes are really loud and medicine, and base is good - calm and sexy...

oh god help me words cant describe this soft spicey perfu what i smell is happey celebration of tuberose and anemalic musk and honey sweet honey

A sweet woody fragrance. The tuberose shines through over the cedar.

This a very unique scent. If I think of cedar I get a clear picture of what it smells like and the same with tuberose. This on the other hand smells like industrial products. Shoe polish and band aids are what come to mind. Yes, a very unique scent indeed.

I don't get any tuberose at all in this, though it's possible that it's a background note adding layers. Mostly, it's a rich, deep, slightly woody oriental with amber notes, a faint luminous edge of polite cedar and just a suggestion of cola, like Tabu blended for men. It is definitely an unisex scent, though, and I would consider it formal, as it is heavy and complex, smelling expensive and fancy without smelling vulgar. Not my thing, really, but splendid on someone else. A definite heavy oriental.

My signature fragrance, and I 've never been faithful to a perfume until now. Very " distingué", tremendously " chic", and at the same time very warm, like a second skin, very safe. It carries you from day to night in a surprising number of occasions. Fantastic sillage, enters the room before you do and turns heads. Sparkling, brilliant, extraordinary. Un parfum d' exception.

Sorry but this one smells like the disinfectant I clean the bathroom with ..only it's much more expensive.

Sweet tuberose changing with a wet woodie. One minutes i can feel toberose, and lates wood, after som time come back toberose.

This should be called Cider instead of Cedre - it smells like apple cider to me, but it's brilliant nonetheless.
First there's a boozy burst of spiced apples, strong, zesty, aromatic. The clove and cinnamon are evident from the start and stick with us all the way.
As the cider note calms down a bit (it never really disappears), the slightest whisper of cedar emerges. I never get more cedar than at this stage, which is fine with me as I enjoy it anyway. Then the tuberose steps forward, but it's not the lethal kind we know from Fracas, it's far more subdued and well-behaved.
The scent gets sweeter and sweeter as it evolves and turns into a very sweet, still spicy musk in the end with the apple cider note still detectable. I agree with the other reviewers, it's very cosy and warm.
I've heard people say it's masculine - now that I don't agree with at all. I have a hard time imagining a man wearing this.

One word of warning: there's no such thing as wearing Cedre for a day. It sticks to you like a second layer of skin and will still be there the next day. It won't just linger, it will be full on. Be prepared.

Cedar? There isn't *that* much of it in Lutens' Cèdre! Not to this nose, anyway! The opening is a very strong, flowery burst of tuberose. Spices then build rapidly into the picture. And so is the rather extreme sweetness. The top and middle parts of Cèdre feel a lot like a trickly sweet, syrupy concoction with some cinnamon and cloves thrown in in moderate quantities. It remains also quite flowery for a couple of hours. This certainly does not smell like what you instinctively expect from a cedar fragrance. You have to wait quite a long time to smell anything woody, buried inside a warm, very ambery (and still syrupy) drydown. When the base notes starts developing, Cèdre gets less intriguing, cosier and, to me, more comfortable. An interesting curiosity, but I would have no idea when to wear it...Sillage and longevity are very good.

A warm woody scent with peppery sweet notes.