Year: 2012
Notes: bergamot, green lily, rose, iris root, cistrose, cedar, ambergris
Comment: Lys du Desert is a Luckyscent exclusive
To commemorate its tenth anniversary, Luckyscent launched four exclusive fragrances dedicated to the city of Los Angeles, with each one reflecting a different aspect of that city.
With Andy Tauer at the helm, Lys du Desert is an olfactory portrait of LA's rugged desert surroundings. Lys du Desert also shares a similar olfactory concept to L'Air du Désert Marocain, thus making Andy's involvement all the more logical. However, it ultimately comes across as a mishmash of recycled past achievements.
Opening with what could be best described as a mixture of orange syrup and root beer, Lys du Desert is pretty much a pared down version of either Incense Rosé or Une Rose Chyprée, with the woody-amber foundation of L'Air du Désert Marocain grafted on. To be frank, for such a momentous occasion in Luckyscent's history, one expected something a lot more daring and unique.
Unsurprisingly, it's dry, warm and woody, with a sweet floral core. The green lily imparts a soft verdancy, during the top notes, and the ambery aspect is well-executed. Beyond that, there's just too much déjà vu – so much that it smells like a discarded prototype for an old fragrance idea. However, by comparison, one does prefer Lys du Desert over Incense Rosé (but not over the fuller and richer Une Rose Chyprée).
For its many shortcomings, Lys du Desert is still the best Decennial fragrance out of the four, which says more about Andy's skills as a perfumer than his sense of originality. Notably stronger than its siblings, both longevity and sillage still could have been a little better.
With Andy Tauer at the helm, Lys du Desert is an olfactory portrait of LA's rugged desert surroundings. Lys du Desert also shares a similar olfactory concept to L'Air du Désert Marocain, thus making Andy's involvement all the more logical. However, it ultimately comes across as a mishmash of recycled past achievements.
Opening with what could be best described as a mixture of orange syrup and root beer, Lys du Desert is pretty much a pared down version of either Incense Rosé or Une Rose Chyprée, with the woody-amber foundation of L'Air du Désert Marocain grafted on. To be frank, for such a momentous occasion in Luckyscent's history, one expected something a lot more daring and unique.
Unsurprisingly, it's dry, warm and woody, with a sweet floral core. The green lily imparts a soft verdancy, during the top notes, and the ambery aspect is well-executed. Beyond that, there's just too much déjà vu – so much that it smells like a discarded prototype for an old fragrance idea. However, by comparison, one does prefer Lys du Desert over Incense Rosé (but not over the fuller and richer Une Rose Chyprée).
For its many shortcomings, Lys du Desert is still the best Decennial fragrance out of the four, which says more about Andy's skills as a perfumer than his sense of originality. Notably stronger than its siblings, both longevity and sillage still could have been a little better.
