Féminité du Bois — Serge Lutens
Serge Lutens

Féminité du Bois

  • For women
  • Eau de Parfum
  • 1992

With Féminité du Bois, Serge Lutens composes an ample and textured woody fragrance. It opens on cedar and pear, reveals cinnamon and ginger at its heart and rests on a base of sandalwood, white musk and honey.

Main accords

Pyramid & evolution

Unofficial sources Data drawn from unofficial sources, not from the house: this pyramid (like the year and gender shown) may contain discrepancies.

  1. Opening First minutes

    Cedar · Pear

  2. Heart ~30 min to 2 h

    Cinnamon · Ginger

  3. Base Several hours

    Sandalwood · White musk · Honey

What its composition says

  • 2 materials on top, 2 in the heart, 3 in the base: the three stages are of comparable size.
  • Honey: barely 3.5% of the catalogue contains it, which makes it the rarest material in its palette.
  • White musk: conversely, one of the most widely used materials in the catalogue — 50% of the analysed perfumes contain it.
  • Spicy, woody, musky, fruity and gourmand: 5 registers of raw materials share its palette, with spicy supplying 2 of 7.

Frequencies measured on the Olfact catalogue only.

Scent profile

Estimates derived from the composition — not measured.

Wear time Excellent
9 h and more estimated on skin
Projection Generous
fills a room

Ideal seasons

  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Autumn
  • Winter

Time of day

  • Day
  • Evening

At ease in mild weather, 15 to 22 °C (59 to 72 °F).

Ideal occasions

  • Dates & seduction Its warm, sensual facets play the card of closeness.

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