Crying of Evil Eau de Parfum STEPHANE HUMBERT LUCAS

plumy smoky leather on amber and sadalwood.
what a leathery scent should be and pleased my expectations very well.
the leather is completely smoky be incense and highlithed by boozy fruity nuance of berries which made it delight full while its dark heavy specially animalic aspect of leather there then it stumble upon a nice amber making it sligjtly sweet and delicate creamy sandalwood decline its heaviness and darkness.
its my favorite from the line.
potentialy a top shelf leather fragrance.

One of my favorites from SHL.
This one opens up fruity and sweet with leather, it's slightly animalic and it smells quite unusual in a good way, that's why i love it so much.
Tuberose is the main player here, you'll smell it from the opening till the dry down, I thought that The tuberose was gonna make this scent lean a bit feminine but it's the total opposite, this is quite masculine but still unisex, this will smell good on a confident woman.
I really love this, I'm looking forward for more great releases from SHL.

Ah Crying of Evil, this one gave me mixed feelings. To begin this review I would like to say that for the first 10-15mins there's an animalic and smokey leather accord that dominate the fragrance along with the violet, its not as harsh as some animalic leathers I've experienced in other fragrances but I wish it were tamer / less prominent which it indeed does become less prominent after that 10-15min mark, where it takes a bit more of a back-seat to the floral aspects but remains a big part of this composition even so.

You have to like your strong leather in fragrances to appreciate this one, for my nose its acceptable in small quantities which it becomes more to my taste in the dry-down.... but not quite enough personally. This fragrance has a slightly gothic vibe for me, I therefore feel this one to be the least mass-appealing of the new 'La Serpent' collection, a fine fragrance nonetheless but I don't think this is an everybody pleaser the same way the others from this collection are. (a bit more on the niche acquired taste side) Therefore try before you buy. The smell of this scent fits its dark purple colour, if you use your imagination a little... Final words are I like this fragrance, its not a love... if the leather was a bit tamer and the floral notes bumped up (the violet) I would definitely rate it higher.

Luckyscent sample reviewed.

SHL somehow manages to make mostly synthetic creations sexy. His perfumes always has a definate personality, and CoE is no exception. This fragrance is a dominant leather fragrance. It has the familliar pairing of violet to texturize the leather as well as a slight rose component. The fruity berries and tuberose open up like a long distant relative of Poison, then the core of leather and oilbanum asserts itself. Its not smoky. The oilbanums texture is almost a gritty woody, green element. Sandalwood adds a light powdery creaminess to smooth down edges.

What gives this fragrance its super sillage and forceful nature is IsoE Super. Its here in quantity to blend all the components together. Patchouli and musk ground the fragrance. It is to be noted the leather does stay into the drydown.

Wear time is 6hrs in my testing. If you like sweet fruity leathers its a great pick up for fall and winter. Lovely creativity. Unique

What, so few reviews?! Well here I come!
So, a kind perfume seller made me test this perfume today and I love it.
First of all, this is the first Stephane Humbert Lucas that I have tried. I knew about them, but also knew that they are very expensive - this here costs 200 euros per 50ml. So that's a LOT.

But onto the review. Without knowing the actual notes, this on me evolved like this: first, smoke and incense with very little sweetness; then, I started smelling oud as well, on top of the previous notes, which here isn't listed. Then, the oud disappeared progressively, leaving room for some leather, amber, patchouli and sweet vanilla - not too sweet though. Something flowery too, but very slightly, probably the tuberose.

The thing is, on my skin vanilla tends to go either powdery or bubblegum-like. And tuberose can be bubblegummy too! I am not saying this has a bubblegum note, at all - in fact I love the vanilla note here, as it stays vanilla. But my nose sometimes has a hard time discerning tuberose because it links it to vanilla lol. Anyway.

The perfume becomes then a incensy, boozy vanilla - I swear I got some rum here! - with the previous notes peeking here and there, then the booziness subsides and it becomes a smoky, ambery and musky vanilla.

From start to finish, it smells smoky, smoky sweet, smoky boozy sweet, smoky musky sweet. However bear in mind that when I say sweet, I mean slightly sweet. It gets sweeter in the drydown, but it isn't a gourmand.

I love how the incense is ALWAYS present from start to finish. Also, the incense is a bit churchy - I like it a lot in this perfume, kinda like Avignon - but never excessively so.

It is a very expensive perfume and sadly I won't be able to buy it, but I recommend it because it is beautiful. You can tell it is high quality! It is perfectly rounded, blended. Never harsh or burnt or acidic or synthetic. Really really good. It evolves a lot and even today, in the scorching heat, it didn't choke me at all.

Performance-wise, it's great. I have had it for like 6 hours and it is still noticeably there. Smells nice, musky, smoky vanilla. Obviously it is better for the colder months, but again, today it's really hot but I wore it like a champ. The sillage is not enormous, but it is strong. The guy sprayed me 3 times lol, I thought he was gonna make me pay for it ahahah!

Now, last but not least, what does it remind me of?
My mom said, you have one like that at home. Lol I wish I did! But she was onto something.
The oud note I got reminded me a lot of Black Afgano, even though it is not as strong here in Crying of Evil, plus, to be honest, Black Afgano is a much harsher perfume. I love it, but I am not kidding myself here. Afgano is blunt, this one is like a hug.
The boozy note instead, was uncannily similar to... Dolcelisir by L'Erbolario! Like what?? I was shocked, I mean, Dolcelisir is super nice but is waaaaaaaay cheaper than this. Obviously they are not dupes by any means. However there is a bit of Black Afgano and Dolcelisir in Crying of Evil. Which made me happy because, since I can't afford this beautiful perfume, at least I'll console myself with the ones I already have ahahahah.

So, try this. It's great.

Edit: oh and also, the bottle is to die for!