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Féminité du Bois is the 1992 landmark that launched Serge Lutens' perfume career, composed with Christopher Sheldrake. Bitter orange and plum open into a heart of cinnamon, carnation, ginger and rose, wrapped in the revolutionary cedarwood accord that made it famous. Warm, woody and softly spiced, it remains one of niche perfumery's foundational texts.
To me this is a cedar chest in an old Delhi house — bitter orange and plum on top, bright as the day it was packed, then cinnamon, carnation, ginger, and rose, the clothes folded inside still holding their perfume. Cedar, sandalwood, and vanilla underneath are the wood itself, polished by decades. The carnation is spicy and clove-like, an old-fashioned flower with backbone, and the musk at the base is clean skin — wood and warmth that never shouts. The fragrance that launched Serge Lutens: woody, spiced, and utterly timeless. Beginner-friendly.
✓ Beginner-friendly
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