A Serge Lutens puts it, this fragrance is not an Oriental, but an Arab and a Lutens. The point of departure was a scented wax, found in a souk and long forgotten in a wooden box. The amber only became sultanesque after Serge Lutens reworked the composition using cistus, an herb that sticks to the fingers like tar, then added an overtone that nobody had ever dreamed of: vanilla. Why? Because vanilla is sticky, too, and it clung to his memory.Serge Lutens Ambre Sultan eau de parfumNotes: Cistus, vanilla50ml