Ambre Sultan by Serge Lutens is not one those cozy, snuggly ambers. It’s not an amber that pours its syrup over you, leaving you drizzled in sweetness like a stack of pancakes. Ambre Sultan is spicy and prickly, with the bracing effect of striding through aromatic chaparral at the hottest of high noons.
I discovered the allure of Ambre Sultan in the heat last summer while sitting in my un-air-conditioned home writing a screenplay. In order to keep my "procrastinating mind" entertained while my "professional mind" focused on the script, I kept amping up the olfactory stimulation with Ambre Sultan. I ended up smelling like a cedar plank at a pig roast. It's the whole pain equals pleasure thing of eating wasabi peas or 4-chili Indian curry. Yeah!
Serge Lutens Ambre Sultan is available from LuckyScent.com, starting at $120 for 50ml.
it smells very much like my summer visits to Taiwan as a child. Temple incense in the heat. it's great.
ReplyDeleteMelissa - that's such a specific association. It made me run to my bottle of Ambre Sultan to sniff and try to imagine Taiwan.
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