POIVRE NOIR - SERGE LUTENS

Poivre Noir – Serge Lutens

📆 Launch Year: 2022 💧 Concentration: Eau de Parfum 🌶️ Olfactive Family: Aromatic Spicy 👃 Perfumer: Serge Lutens (in collaboration with Christopher Sheldrake) 🧬 GCMS Club Collection – Archives Gilbert Bendoni 🧮 Number of Ingredients: 51

🖤 The Spiced Minimalist

Poivre Noir is a stark, elegant ode to black pepper — a fragrance that strips away excess and reveals the raw, angular beauty of spice. Part of Serge Lutens’ “Collection Noire,” it’s a minimalist manifesto: bold, linear, and uncompromising. With pepper at its core, this scent evokes introspection, restraint, and quiet intensity.

The opening is sharp and bracing: Black Pepper Oil, Nutmeg Oil, and Cinnamon Leaf Oil ignite the senses with dry heat. Orange Oil Brazil and Agrumex add a subtle citrus lift, while Dihydromyrcenol and Triethyl Citrate enhance the freshness.

The heart is aromatic and woody: Patchouli Oil Light, Cedarwood Oil Texas, and Elemi Oil build a textured, resinous core. Iso E Super, Cedramber, and Kephalis add smooth, woody transparency. Linalool, Linalyl Acetate, and Ethyl Linalool soften the edges with floral nuance.

The drydown is musky and contemplative: Musc T, Macrolide, and Ambroxan form a soft, skin-like veil. Norlimbanol, Ambrocenide, and Ebanol deepen the woody trail. Subtle touches of Alpha Irone, Beta Damascone, and Cypriol Oil add floral and smoky complexity.

✅ Spiced clarity: black pepper, nutmeg, cinnamon ✅ Woody backbone: cedarwood, patchouli, Iso E Super ✅ Musky restraint: Musc T, Macrolide, Ambroxan ✅ GCMS transparency: full breakdown of Lutens’ minimalist architecture ✅ Serge Lutens signature: austere, poetic, and quietly provocative

For lovers of dry spices, woody elegance, and fragrances that feel like a whispered truth. Ideal for contemplative days, crisp evenings, and moments of quiet rebellion.