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Cuir Mauresque(1996)
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Cuir Mauresque – literally “Moorish leather” – is Serge Lutens’ masterful take on the oriental leather genre.
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This scent's civet note is a heavily diluted trace of a substance that smells overwhelming and fecal at full strength.
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Cuir Mauresque – literally “Moorish leather” – is Serge Lutens’ masterful take on the oriental leather genre. Launched in 1996, it blends a spicy‑citrus opening (myrrh, cinnamon, orange blossom, mandarin) with a heart of nutmeg, cloves and civet, and settles into a warm, resin‑laden base of amber, myrrh, burnt styrax, incense and oud. The scent is renowned for its exotic, smoky leather‑like character and its unisex, richly layered profile that evokes a Moroccan tannerie.
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Base notes
Burnt Styrax
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