Five O'Clock Au Gingembre Serge Lutens

Five O'Clock Au Gingembre by Serge Lutens is a Oriental Spicy fragrance for women and men. Five O'Clock Au Gingembre was launched in 2008. The nose behind this fragrance is Christopher Sheldrake. Top notes are Tea and Bergamot; middle notes are Cinnamon, Woodsy Notes and Candied Ginger; base notes are Pepper, Honey, Amber, Cacao and Patchouli. Read about this perfume in other languages: Deutsch, Español, Français, Italiano, Magyar, Nederlands, Polski, Português, Română, Srpski, Svenska, Türkçe, Čeština, Ελληνικά, Монгол, Русский, Українська, עברית, العربية, 日本語, 汉语, 한국어. Rate only the most important ingredients you sense in this fragrance. Become a member of this online perfume community and you will be able to add your own reviews. Five O’Clock Au Gingembre is purely a 'mood' fragrance. Picture this: a rainy autumn afternoon, catching up with old friends you haven’t seen in years at an intimate, quiet tea gathering. Over a white linen tablecloth, the juicy aroma of freshly sliced bergamot mingles with the rising steam of freshly poured black tea. You reach across the table for an artisanal gingerbread biscuit and stir a spoonful of honey into your cup. This four-part harmony—bergamot, black tea, gingerbread, and honey—brings an instant, comforting serenity, making you instinctively wrap yourself a little deeper into your cashmere sweater. If you pause and pay closer attention, you catch faint 'ghost notes' steeped into the atmosphere of this historic tea house over the decades: subtle touches of black pepper and dusty, dry cacao lingering quietly in the background. That is Five O’Clock Au Gingembre. You don’t spray it to make a statement, nor do you wear it just to 'smell nice.' You only reach for the bottle when you crave an escape into the world it evokes. While the note profile itself might not be entirely unfamiliar, the evocative picture it paints through its delicate nuances is truly one of a kind. Performance-wise, longevity and sillage are moderate—it leans very much into skin-scent territory. To truly appreciate its charm, you have to lean in close. Blind bought this because it’s Serge Lutens. This is supposed to be an olfactory tribute to the traditional British tea hour, and it captures not just the smells, but the quiet mood surrounding it. The opening is sharp with spices, zingy with citrus, and instantly nostalgic. Bergamot rings out with surprising clarity, blending with ginger. The ginger doesn’t smell like fresh ginger that you’ve just crushed; it smells candied, cooked in muscovado sugar, warm and sticky. Slowly, a familiar cocoa powder accord (e.g. Santal Majuscule, Écrin de Fumée)—dry, bitter, and rich—starts to appear, and the pieces begin to fall together. Bergamot, honey, and tea create a combination that reminds me of Earl Grey, while ginger sits more in the background, adding pop, zing, and heat. It actually reminds me of these ginger cookies my mom used to give me as a kid. Slowly, the scent turns more and more amber...

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