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Five O'Clock au Gingembre — Serge Lutens
Serge Lutens

Five O'Clock au Gingembre

  • Unisex
  • Eau de Parfum
  • 2008

Five O'Clock au Gingembre, signed Serge Lutens, is an incandescent and sensual oriental spicy fragrance. It opens on ginger and cinnamon, reveals tea and honey at its heart and rests on a base of patchouli, tonka bean and amber.

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

    Ginger · Cinnamon

  2. Heart ~30 min to 2 h

    Tea · Honey

  3. Base Several hours

    Patchouli · Tonka bean · Amber

Top notes

Heart notes

Base notes

What its composition says

  • 2 materials on top, 2 in the heart, 3 in the base: the three stages are of comparable size.
  • Tea: barely 3.0% of the catalogue contains it, which makes it the rarest material in its palette.
  • Amber: conversely, a material of the common core — 32% of the catalogue contains it.
  • Spicy, gourmand, woody, aromatic and amber: 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 Powerful
a trail that arrives before you and lingers after

Ideal seasons

  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Autumn
  • Winter

Time of day

  • Day
  • Evening

Made for cool to cold weather — below 15 °C (59 °F).

Ideal occasions

  • Dates & seduction Its warm, sensual facets play the card of closeness.
  • Evenings & nights out A present trail that holds its own when the light drops.

Avoid if…

  • you like to stay discreet or work in a confined space.
  • you shun warm, opulent trails, especially in summer.

If Five O'Clock au Gingembre by Serge Lutens seduces, it is through its enveloping warmth: a sensual trail that settles in and that you want to find on yourself again.

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