Serge Lutens 2017 EDP

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Dent de Lait

by Christopher Sheldrake

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Serge Lutens Dent de Lait is an Eau de Parfum launched in 2017, created by Christopher Sheldrake. Dent de Lait opens with Pebbles, Heliotrope, and Aldehydes, settles into a heart of Milk and Almond, and dries down to a base of Musk and Incense. Serge Lutens's Dent de Lait carries a Statement verdict, a musk-led wear.

This one's a proper oddball, no two ways about it. Dent de Lait is the definition of love-it-or-hate-it, a polarizing art piece that pushes boundaries well beyond 'just a perfume'. Don't blind buy unless you savour the strange.
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Dent de Lait Eau de Parfum bottle

Scent Profile

Composition

Timeline

Showing: Overall Blend
Topas listed
Pebbles41%
Aldehydes37%
Heliotrope22%
Heartas listed
Milk62%
Almond38%
Baseas listed
Musk56%
Incense44%

Top, heart and base are the brand's own listing, not a timing claim - the industry classifies a note by its character as much as by how fast it fades. Each curve here is modelled from that material's own volatility, so groups can overlap when a house lists long-lasting materials in its heart.

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Performance & Mood

Performance

Longevity
Moderate (4-6h)
Projection
Moderate
Intensity
Moderate

Mood

Mood Energising
Calming
Character Playful
Serious
Sentiment Uplifting
Brooding

When To Wear

Best Seasons

Best For:
Spring Winter
Also Works:
Summer Fall

Reads coolest and cleanest in spring and winter, where the chilly metallic-aldehydic opening and powdery milk body suit crisp air and freshly laundered layers. Wearers describe a cold, soapy, skin-close character that holds up year round but feels most at home away from heat.

Best Occasions

Best For:
Casual
Also Works:
Office Date

Its cold, clean, slightly unsettling profile and skin-close projection make it a poor fit for formal or office settings, where its unusual character can read as challenging. The soapy milky-powder feel suits casual everyday wear and intimate dates where its quirky, conversation-starting strangeness is the point.

Ingredients and allergens

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About

Inspired by the eerie nostalgia of a lost milk tooth, Dent de Lait unfurls with a stark metallic tang, chilling and precise. Powdery heliotrope and a whisper of almond provide a softer, almost clinical comfort, whilst a unique lactonic milk note adds an unsettling creaminess. Incense provides a subtle, ethereal depth to this abstract, clean scent.

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