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Ambre Sultan(1997)

Serge Lutens · Christopher Sheldrake · Amber

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Created by Christopher Sheldrake for Serge Lutens, Ambre Sultan opens on coriander and oregano, moves through a heart of myrtle and laurel, and closes on amber, vanilla, patchouli, and labdanum.

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Brand
Serge Lutens
Perfumer
Christopher Sheldrake
Launched
1997
Family
Amber

Created by Christopher Sheldrake for Serge Lutens, Ambre Sultan opens on coriander and oregano, moves through a heart of myrtle and laurel, and closes on amber, vanilla, patchouli, and labdanum. Its unusually herbal, almost savory approach to the amber genre, built around Mediterranean maquis-scrub herbs rather than conventional sweet spices, made it one of the most distinctive and influential amber compositions in niche perfumery, still frequently cited as a benchmark for herbal-amber construction.

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Top notes
CorianderOregano
Heart notes
MyrtleLaurel
Base notes
AmberVanillaPatchouliLabdanum
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