Chergui
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- Authentic original perfume
- Try before the full bottle
- Travel-ready 3ml, 10ml, 30ml
- Long-lasting scent
Chergui by Serge Lutens is a warm, honeyed tobacco with a dry edge of hay. Tobacco leaf, honey and amber open it thick and sweet, with none of the usual sharpness up top. Underneath, hay and incense keep it dry rather than syrupy, while sandalwood, iris, rose and musk build a soft, powdery base. Serge Lutens built it unisex, and it wears equally well on anyone who likes a scent with real depth. Most voters reach for it in autumn and winter, wearing it through the day but favouring it once evening sets in. Longevity leans long-lasting in the community vote, and sillage leans strong too, so it fills a room without much effort. A 10ml decant is enough to live with it across a cold season before deciding on the bottle.
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The community verdict
Honey and tobacco leaf give way to hay, incense and sandalwood in Chergui. The largest group finds it long-lasting, with moderate wear also reported; strong projection leads, though moderate has support too. Its warm, sweet character fits autumn nights, and winter evenings work too.
Summarised with AI from perfume-community reviews
- Brand
- Serge Lutens
- Scent profile
- Unisex
- Decant sizes
- 3ml, 10ml, 30ml
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Serge Lutens Chergui, hour by hour
How it opens, settles and lingers on skin.
Honey and tobacco leaf smouldering beside a hay barn at nightfall.
What wearers say
Votes from fragrance communities, most-voted answers first.
Longevity385 votes
Most voted: 47%Long lasting
31%Moderate
Sillage330 votes
Most voted: 48%Strong
29%Moderate
Season335 votes
Most voted: 42%Autumn
25%Winter
Time of day335 votes
Most voted: 37%Night out
28%Evening
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Longevity385 votes
- Very weak4%15 votes
- Weak12%45 votes
- Moderate31%120 votes
- Long lasting (Most voted)47%180 votes
- Eternal6%25 votes
Sillage330 votes
- Intimate11%35 votes
- Moderate29%95 votes
- Strong (Most voted)48%160 votes
- Enormous12%40 votes
Season335 votes
- Spring19%65 votes
- Summer13%45 votes
- Autumn (Most voted)42%140 votes
- Winter25%85 votes
Time of day335 votes
- Daytime22%75 votes
- Office12%40 votes
- Evening28%95 votes
- Night out (Most voted)37%125 votes
Which size is right for you?
Every size is decanted from the same original bottle.
At 3 sprays a day.
Loved by 50,000+
Why scent lovers try it with us before they buy the bottle.
Hand-decanted from the original bottle
Decanted by hand from authentic bottles, never diluted.
Wear it for days before you commit
Live with it at work, at night and at the weekend before you buy a full bottle.
Just like the full bottle
A fine-mist atomiser sprays like the original, so it opens, projects and lasts on your skin the way the full bottle does.
10ML vs a blind buy
What a decant gives you that a bottle bought unsmelled can’t.
Why 10ML?
Blind buy
Authentic original perfume
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Smell it on your skin before you buy
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Try several scents for one bottle’s price
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No
Travel-ready atomiser
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No
No full bottle wasted if it’s not for you
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The house
More from Serge Lutens
Serge Lutens is a French niche house, started in 2000 and named after its founder, a photographer, filmmaker and artistic director. Its perfumes are warm and a little shadowy. Amber, honey and incense recur, softened by iris and musk, with cedar and vetiver keeping things dry. Chergui is the place to begin: hay and honey over a smoky, sweet base. Ambre Sultan is amber at its most resinous. Féminité du Bois puts Atlas cedar at the centre and makes wood feel soft. Nearly everything here is unisex, so choose by mood rather than by label.
Frequently asked questions
What does Serge Lutens Chergui smell like?
Serge Lutens Chergui opens with Amber, Honey and Tobacco Leaf. It dries down to Hay, Incense, Iris and Musk.
Is Serge Lutens Chergui long lasting?
Shoppers on fragrance communities most often rate its longevity as long lasting (47% of votes), and 53% rate it long lasting or eternal. They most often rate its sillage as strong (48% of votes). How long it lasts on you also depends on your skin and how much you apply.
Is Serge Lutens Chergui good for summer?
Shoppers on fragrance communities rate it mainly for autumn; summer takes only 13% of season votes.
Is Serge Lutens Chergui good for winter?
Shoppers on fragrance communities favour other seasons, but winter still takes 25% of season votes.
Is Serge Lutens Chergui for day or night?
Shoppers on fragrance communities mostly wear it after dark: 66% of time-of-day votes are for evenings and nights out, 34% for daytime or the office.
Can I wear Serge Lutens Chergui to the office?
Shoppers on fragrance communities rarely pick it for the office: only 12% of time-of-day votes go to the office.
Who makes Serge Lutens Chergui?
Chergui is made by Serge Lutens.
How many wears is a 10ml decant of Serge Lutens Chergui?
A 10ml decant of Serge Lutens Chergui holds about 200 sprays, roughly 67 days of wear at 3 sprays a day. The 3ml decant holds about 60 sprays, around 20 days. The 30ml decant holds about 600 sprays, around 200 days.
Which other Serge Lutens perfumes can I try?
Besides Serge Lutens Chergui, 10ML has Ambre Sultan and Féminité du Bois from Serge Lutens, each decanted from the original bottle.
Is this Serge Lutens Chergui decant the original perfume?
Yes. Every Serge Lutens Chergui decant is filled by hand from an original Serge Lutens bottle, with nothing added or diluted, so it opens, dries down and lasts on your skin the way the bottle does. We sell only authentic originals.
What is a decant?
A small amount of a perfume, taken from its original bottle and put into a travel atomiser. You get the real fragrance in a size that lets you live with it for days before you decide on the full bottle.
How does the money-back guarantee work?
If a scent isn’t right for you, get in touch within 30 days of it arriving and we’ll arrange a refund. Terms apply. See our refund policy.