14 thoughts on “Serge Lutens Iris Silver Mist Review – The Favourites – Maurice Roucel; 1994

  1. Iris Silver Mist has the coldness & pallor of a mortuary. I find it horrifying.

  2. Roucel did something special back then with this scent, we’re talking about this decades later! Your review nearly deserves the same treatment, the play with words is as timeless as on point. Amazing.
    Dracula though? Funnily related I always associated Iris Silver Mist with the girl character crawling out of the TV in The Ring. Freakingly fascinating, but don’t get too close to me!

  3. Beautiful text for such a beautiful perfume! It’s funny to hear the mention funereal. For me this perfume has always been the perfect mix between Earth and Air. The earthy scent of the iris’ bulb mixed with an almost spiritual aspect – the silver. Cold and beautiful beyond words

  4. I love this review-but I don’t find ISM to be cold, at all. I love how we all perceive something different about the same scent. I just think it’s beautiful-full stop. It reminds me of Je Reviens, because it’s so elegant. It reminds me of beautiful clear skin, and maybe cold cream. I don’t smell those notes in it-it’s what the fragrance evokes in me. I have so many bottles of the le vapo size of this-bought while it was available, even in Canada, six years ago.

    Thank for reviewing one of my favourites. I would love to have this is the beautiful bell jar. I think the bell jars are so elegant, and so perfect for most of the scents.

    Best regards,

    Carole

  5. Ah yes, Iris Silver Mist, always more than the sums of its parts. I like to wear it when it rains, where it gets extra metallic. It’s my favourite moody floral. Then again, some days it feels only Lutens does moody florals right.

    ISM still manage to surprise me, though. I thought it cold, a bit distant, than I tried it a warm spring day and I was surprised to find it more green and more pretty than I ever thought.

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