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Serge Lutens Un Bois Vanille

Woody
Warm Spicy
Balsamic
Vanilla
Sweet
Gourmand
Creamy
EDP · 2003 · womens

Serge Lutens is a niche house known for its uncompromising approach to fragrance composition. Founded by the iconic perfumer and image-maker Serge Lutens, the brand has cultivated a devoted following for fragrances that prioritize artistic vision over commercial appeal, often featuring unexpected ingredient combinations and bold olfactory statements.

Un Bois Vanille opens with cinnamon and pink pepper providing sharp spice notes, while jasmine and wheat add a slightly dry, almost cereal-like quality. The heart softens considerably with coconut, beeswax, and sandalwood, creating a creamy, honeyed warmth that sits at the fragrance's core. Benzoin in the base adds resinous sweetness that anchors the composition's gourmand character, while sandalwood and vanilla provide a soft woody finish. The overall effect is a warm, spiced vanilla with surprising depth, avoiding the straightforward sweetness of typical gourmand fragrances through its careful layering of creamy, woody, and spiced elements.

Best suited for someone seeking vanilla fragrances with character and complexity, Un Bois Vanille works year-round but particularly shines during cooler months. It has the sensual depth of The Seducer, the creamy indulgence of The Reverie, and the intimate warmth of The Romantic.

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Main Accordsreported by community
Woody
50%
Warm Spicy
70%
Balsamic
17%
Vanilla
100%
Sweet
100%
Gourmand
80%
Creamy
78%
Fragrance Notesbrand verified
Top · 0–30 min
Cinnamon
Cinnamon
Sweet, warm, and instantly comforting, cinnamon bark has a familiar warmth that slides easily into oriental and gourmand fragrances. Used sparingly it adds a pleasant warmth; used heavily it can dominate. It has a slightly sharp, peppery facet alongside its sweetness that keeps it from being purely foodie.
Jasmine
Jasmine
Intoxicating, heady, and slightly animalic, jasmine is one of the few flowers that smells as rich in a bottle as it does climbing a garden wall at dusk. It has an almost fleshy, indolic quality that stops it reading as purely 'clean.' Jasmine is a workhorse in both feminine and masculine perfumery, adding depth and soul.
Pink Pepper
Pink Pepper
Fruity, slightly rosy, and gently spiced, pink pepper is softer and more aromatic than black pepper. It occupies a unique space between citrus, floral, and spice families, which makes it exceptionally versatile. You'll find it in contemporary fresh fragrances where it adds lift and personality without aggression.
Wheat
Wheat
Warm, slightly sweet, and faintly yeasty, wheat adds a clean, bread-like warmth to fragrances. It reads as wholesome and natural, evoking freshly baked bread and golden fields. Used in gourmand and warm oriental compositions to add a natural, slightly savory warmth.
Heart · 30 min – 3 hrs
Beeswax
Beeswax
Warm, slightly honeyed, and faintly waxy, beeswax captures the hive's scent rather than pure honey: less sweet, more complex, with a natural, slightly animalic quality. It adds a living warmth to floral and oriental compositions, suggesting proximity to nature. Closely related to honey in perfumery but quieter and more textural.
Coconut
Coconut
Creamy, tropical, and slightly sunscreen-like, coconut reads as summery and carefree. In light doses it adds a beachy sweetness; in heavier use it can veer into suntan lotion territory. Most effective when paired with citrus or florals to lift it from the beach bar and into the realm of wearable tropical fragrance.
Licorice
Licorice
Sweet, anise-like, and slightly medicinal, licorice adds a distinctive herbal sweetness that is completely its own. It's simultaneously comforting and slightly challenging, with a dark, slightly bitter edge beneath its sweetness. Found in orientals, gourmands, and some unexpected aromatic compositions where it adds an unusual twist.
Sandalwood
Sandalwood
Creamy, smooth, and milky with a soft, skin-like warmth that clings beautifully. True Mysore sandalwood is one of perfumery's most precious ingredients, simultaneously wood and skin, never cold or sharp. It rounds off sharp edges in any composition and makes the wearer smell subtly, irresistibly warmer.
Base · 3–12 hrs
Benzoin
Benzoin
Sweet, warm, and balsamic, benzoin resin smells like vanilla mixed with incense, with a powdery, slightly medicinal edge. It adds a comforting warmth and fixative quality to oriental fragrances, and blends beautifully with spices. Often used to smooth and round off sharp edges in complex base notes.
Sandalwood
Sandalwood
Creamy, smooth, and milky with a soft, skin-like warmth that clings beautifully. True Mysore sandalwood is one of perfumery's most precious ingredients, simultaneously wood and skin, never cold or sharp. It rounds off sharp edges in any composition and makes the wearer smell subtly, irresistibly warmer.
Vanilla
Vanilla
Warm, sweet, and universally appealing, vanilla is to fragrance what salt is to cooking. Real vanilla is complex and slightly smoky, though most perfumery vanilla is synthetic and reads as clean, sweet, and creamy. It slows the evaporation of other notes and is the reason certain fragrances feel like a second skin.
Who Wears ThisScent DNA matches
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The ReverieBest match89% match
You live slightly outside the present — and your scent proves it.

Warm, experimental sweetness. Caramelized woods, unusual ambers, avant-garde gourmand.

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The Seducer89% match
A warmth others feel before they understand it.

Rich, dark, sweet, and challenging. Opulent orientals, vanillic oud, seductive amber.

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The Romantic82% match
Your fragrance is a love letter you never stop writing.

Warm roses, vanilla, amber, creamy musks. Soft, evolving, intimate.

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Scent Profile
Woody50%Warm Spicy70%Balsamic17%Vanilla100%Sweet100%
Fragrance Family
Oriental
EDP
Decants Available
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Serge Lutens is a niche house known for its uncompromising approach to fragrance composition. Founded by the iconic perfumer and image-maker Serge Lutens, the brand has cultivated a devoted following for fragrances that prioritize artistic vision over commercial appeal, often featuring unexpected ingredient combinations and bold olfactory statements. Un Bois Vanille opens with cinnamon and pink pepper providing sharp spice notes, while jasmine and wheat add a slightly dry, almost cereal-like quality. The heart softens considerably with coconut, beeswax, and sandalwood, creating a creamy, honeyed warmth that sits at the fragrance's core. Benzoin in the base adds resinous sweetness that anchors the composition's gourmand character, while sandalwood and vanilla provide a soft woody finish. The overall effect is a warm, spiced vanilla with surprising depth, avoiding the straightforward sweetness of typical gourmand fragrances through its careful layering of creamy, woody, and spiced elements. Best suited for someone seeking vanilla fragrances with character and complexity, Un Bois Vanille works year-round but particularly shines during cooler months. It has the sensual depth of The Seducer, the creamy indulgence of The Reverie, and the intimate warmth of The Romantic.
What are the notes in Serge Lutens Serge Lutens Un Bois Vanille? +
Top: Cinnamon, Jasmine, Pink Pepper, Wheat. Heart: Beeswax, Coconut, Licorice, Sandalwood. Base: Benzoin, Sandalwood, Vanilla.
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Serge Lutens Serge Lutens Un Bois Vanille belongs to the Oriental fragrance family. It is an EDP.
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