Review: Sixteen92 - Serres d'Auteuil
Perfume: Serres d'Auteuil
Brand: Sixteen92
Format: Oil
Price: $15 for 6ml in a glass bottle. Also available for $22 for 10ml.
Availability: Limited edition; as of 11/2/18, no longer available on the Sixteen92 website, but will likely be available again for the Resurrection event in January of 2019.
Description: (From the Sixteen92 website)
Spring cherry blossom, pink pepper, Grasse rose, hothouse ferns, warm sun, sweet heliotrope.
Background:
Cherry blossoms are near and dear to my heart. Like every little weeb who got their start watching Inuyasha, Naruto, or even some of the more romantically-focused series like Clannad probably have a soft-spot for those beautiful, slow-falling pink petals which just scream picturesque-nostalgic-spring-day-in-Tokyo.
So, naturally, I was eager to get my hands on this once I learned of it. I actually received it in a swap, but was vaguely aware of its existence when I first started getting into indies in spring of 2018 (though this fragrance is part of S92's spring 2017 collection, it was brought back this year).
To call this a spring fragrance would be a bit of an understatement. It's a decidedly green, floral scent that is unlikely to offend scent fanatics with more delicate sensibilities.
Review:
In the bottle, this fragrance is very heliotrope-and-fern heavy. In fact, it reminds me quite a bit of Mercy Lewis from the same perfume house (and arguably one of my top five fragrances), but where Mercy Lewis is a milky ecru, Serres d'Auteuil is a lush green. When wet, the perfume transforms almost entirely, and instead hits me with a burst of pepper, and almost reminds me of carnations. It's also pleasantly floral and "clean," but as time goes on, it steadily grows closer to its in-bottle scent as it gets drier.
Dry, this is just a pleasantly green scent, like fresh, wet leaves, with a kick of pepper. I can even see some of that "green" being the Grasse rose mentioned in the note list, though I admit I've never smelled one before. The heliotrope continues to hang out in the background, but I don't really get any cherry blossom from this.
An hour in, the creamy heliotrope pushes its way forward and through the greenery, and there's a very-slightly-soapy "pink" quality to it, which is likely the cherry blossoms. I've read somewhere that cherry blossoms don't really have a scent, so this is likely just an interpretation; actually, it does remind me a bit of Bath & Body Works Cherry Blossom (not Japanese Cherry Blossom, but the original).
Throw: Medium. The pepper really reaches across the room, but the greener and more floral aspects of the scent are only really detectable from up-close.
Longevity: Fades to a skin scent after about three hours, but lingers on the skin for about four hours after that.
Summary: Pleasant, feminine, peppery and heliotrope-forward green scent that fades to a clean, lovely cherry blossom interpretation. Lovely, safe to wear just about anywhere, and quintessentially "spring." Perfect for feeling like you're walking through a cherry tree grove... if you've never done it before.
Rating: 8/10 because I'm generally a much harder-sell with florals, but this is really a very palatable scent for any feminine person. I still prefer the similar Mercy Lewis for its gourmand quality, but if you shy away from gourmands as a general rule, this is the iteration for you.
Song: Utada Hikaru, "Sakura Drops"
Brand: Sixteen92
Format: Oil
Price: $15 for 6ml in a glass bottle. Also available for $22 for 10ml.
Availability: Limited edition; as of 11/2/18, no longer available on the Sixteen92 website, but will likely be available again for the Resurrection event in January of 2019.
Description: (From the Sixteen92 website)
Spring cherry blossom, pink pepper, Grasse rose, hothouse ferns, warm sun, sweet heliotrope.
Background:
Cherry blossoms are near and dear to my heart. Like every little weeb who got their start watching Inuyasha, Naruto, or even some of the more romantically-focused series like Clannad probably have a soft-spot for those beautiful, slow-falling pink petals which just scream picturesque-nostalgic-spring-day-in-Tokyo.
So, naturally, I was eager to get my hands on this once I learned of it. I actually received it in a swap, but was vaguely aware of its existence when I first started getting into indies in spring of 2018 (though this fragrance is part of S92's spring 2017 collection, it was brought back this year).
To call this a spring fragrance would be a bit of an understatement. It's a decidedly green, floral scent that is unlikely to offend scent fanatics with more delicate sensibilities.
Review:
In the bottle, this fragrance is very heliotrope-and-fern heavy. In fact, it reminds me quite a bit of Mercy Lewis from the same perfume house (and arguably one of my top five fragrances), but where Mercy Lewis is a milky ecru, Serres d'Auteuil is a lush green. When wet, the perfume transforms almost entirely, and instead hits me with a burst of pepper, and almost reminds me of carnations. It's also pleasantly floral and "clean," but as time goes on, it steadily grows closer to its in-bottle scent as it gets drier.
Dry, this is just a pleasantly green scent, like fresh, wet leaves, with a kick of pepper. I can even see some of that "green" being the Grasse rose mentioned in the note list, though I admit I've never smelled one before. The heliotrope continues to hang out in the background, but I don't really get any cherry blossom from this.
An hour in, the creamy heliotrope pushes its way forward and through the greenery, and there's a very-slightly-soapy "pink" quality to it, which is likely the cherry blossoms. I've read somewhere that cherry blossoms don't really have a scent, so this is likely just an interpretation; actually, it does remind me a bit of Bath & Body Works Cherry Blossom (not Japanese Cherry Blossom, but the original).
Throw: Medium. The pepper really reaches across the room, but the greener and more floral aspects of the scent are only really detectable from up-close.
Longevity: Fades to a skin scent after about three hours, but lingers on the skin for about four hours after that.
Summary: Pleasant, feminine, peppery and heliotrope-forward green scent that fades to a clean, lovely cherry blossom interpretation. Lovely, safe to wear just about anywhere, and quintessentially "spring." Perfect for feeling like you're walking through a cherry tree grove... if you've never done it before.
Rating: 8/10 because I'm generally a much harder-sell with florals, but this is really a very palatable scent for any feminine person. I still prefer the similar Mercy Lewis for its gourmand quality, but if you shy away from gourmands as a general rule, this is the iteration for you.
Song: Utada Hikaru, "Sakura Drops"
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