L'Essence de Cerruti

Cerruti · Eau de Toilette (EDT) · 2009

≈ $35 · 100ml · approx. retail

A modern leather composition opening with bergamot and white pepper, its saffron-leather heart resolving into a velvety cedar-amber base.

The scent

Top notes

The opening · first 15 minutes

Heart notes

The core · the next few hours

Base notes

The dry-down · what lingers

Best for

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Perfumer

Antoine Lie

French · 16 in collection

Antoine Lie is a French perfumer, born in Strasbourg, who spent nearly three decades at Givaudan, IFF, and Takasago before going independent in 2018 to found ALOE in Paris. He is equally at home with commercial blockbusters and provocative avant-garde niche creations.

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