Muscs Koublai Khan by Serge Lutens

Hey there Posse Perfume Peeps! I’ve probably talked endlessly about Jin and my very first Serge Lutens Palais Royal yellow room experience with the divine Elvire, I think it was 2013, but it may have been 2015. Doesn’t matter. We were taken through the whole Lutens oeuvre from Feminité du Bois right up to that moment. It took a couple of hours and we loved every second. I had a shopping list from Aussies and we were prepared to buy at least one each. Jin fell for Muscs Koublai Khan hard (here’s Tom with old & new versions).

It was beautiful actually, watching another person fall so deeply. I bought it for him. Today Jin finished decanting his second bell jar and fortunately he has a backup. Had I known he was so low we were just in the Palais Royale shop, it would have been the work of a moment to grab another.

I’m not going to let him buy it because the price would totally ruin his enjoyment.

Muscs Koublai Khan by Serge Lutens 1998

Parfumo gives these featured accords:
Musk. Castoreum. Ambrette. Beeswax. Civet. Labdanum. Ambergris. Costus root. Caraway. Patchouli. Rose. Vanilla

Muscs Koublai Khan is such a beauty. On Jin it is an experience. There’s something in his body scent that amplifies and deepens the whole fragrance. While I smell really good in MKK, Jin smells like it was made for him and no other. It also surprises in later stages with little wafts as he moves. It’s bloody annoying really.

So let’s talk about how it wears on me. Amber but feral but cozy but sensual but homely. HA! This is just the things going through my mind in the first minute.

On me the labdanum is strong straight out of the gate and I always feel like we are not being given the whole list of spices. I get a hit of Chinese 5 Spice and some Indian chai spice feels through the opening fireworks. The ambrette, patchouli and honeyed beeswax all work together with the animalics to create a smooth 100 meters from an outdoor urinal pissy coolness. Yeah, I know but the vanilla rich amber makes it all very beautiful and elegant. I never get even a hint of florally and rose completely passes me by.

Dry down is cozy, fuzzy amber. Still lightly feral but like a big cat on a leash walking with its very glamorous mum.

Totally unisex. Utterly gorgeous. Longevity even from a couple of dabs is monumental.

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Tell me of your Muscs Koublai Khan stories in the comments,
Portia xx

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