63 community ratings

Des Cendres

Name: Des Cendres
Brand: Les Abstraits

Perfumer: Antoine Lie

2023MenClassic

8.4/ 10

Community score
63 ratings

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Les Abstraits Des Cendres is a green, smoky and leathery chypre: birch tar and Swiss pine tar sit on an earthy base, and it reads masculine.

Compare

Skunky's take: Green, crisp and honest; it needs no frills.

How does it perform?

From 57 community ratings, all out of 10.

Longevity

8.3 /10

Holds up through the day and fades gently toward evening.

Sillage

7.7 /10

People close to you notice, nobody gets overwhelmed.

Bottle

7.5 /10

Sits nicely on a shelf.

Value for money

7.6 /10

Most people feel it is worth the price.

Blind buy risk

Low risk

89% of votes are positive and opinions barely differ.

Notes

They open one after another, from the first spray into the evening.

Top notesfirst 15 minutes

Birch tar

Swiss pine tar

Aniseed Galbanum

Heart notesfirst few hours

Indian tuberose

Moroccan mint

Violet leaf Clove Leather

Base noteswhat stays into the evening

Indonesian patchouli

African hyrax

Haitian vetiver Oakmoss

Accords

From most dominant to most subtle.

Green
Spicy
Woody
Resinous
Earthy
Smoky
Leathery
Chypre

What does Des Cendres smell like?

Its longevity is rated strong and its sillage good. Most voters pick fall and winter, though spring is not far behind. It leans towards leisure, evening and business settings, and most voters call it masculine and classic.

It opens with birch tar, Swiss pine tar, aniseed and galbanum. In the heart, Moroccan mint, violet leaf, clove and leather soften the smoke and green, while Indian tuberose stays in the background. The base of Indonesian patchouli, Haitian vetiver and oakmoss dries down earthy and woody.