Recent purchases - Part II - Page 1670

Gris Clair, Lutens’s ode to lavender, evokes in our minds the image of a cool flame
…a strange, otherworldly flame that illuminates but doesn’t warm and doesn’t burn
if you touch it. The wonderfully refined, complex and beautifully ethereal creation
beings with a chilly, shimmery, definitely “gray” lavender note. The contrast of the
cold lavender and the sweeter, warmer blend of amber and tonka bean in the
middle stage is incredibly appealing. Our favorite part of Gris Clair are the elegantly
charred, smoky base notes of dry wood and “burned incense”. The darker accord
gives Gris Clair an infinite depth and the exotic, opulent feel that we came to associate
with the best Lutens’s creations. The chilly lavender, the honeyed amber, the gently
smoldering ashes of precious woods and incense create a unique, harmonious and
striking, fusion of darkness and luminosity. Absolutely exquisite.

Gris Clair Notes
lavender, amber, tonka bean, iris, dry wood, incense