Five O'Clock au Gingembre

And this journey is only the first! The refinement and subtle elegance of this Five O’Clock au gingembre might well surprise us with a few more twists from master Lutens...

Five O’Clock au gingembre, or a lesson in elegance Lutens style

With Five O’Clock au gingembre, Lutens invites his admirers to come have “Tea at Buckingham Palace,” while also taking advantage of this age-old tradition to bite into a few ginger delicacies. Never had a Lutens fragrance seemed so “classic,” at first glance...

The charm and so-chic elegance of this rendezvous with Five O’Clock au gingembre are anything but stiff, for it wants to carry our nose into a story far more fabulous than a gathering of little silver spoons. It serves within us the quicksilver that is imagination in white gloves, Lutens tells us about Five O’Clock au gingembre. So, smelled closely, Five O’Clock au gingembre carries us far beyond Great Britain.

Our nose, won over by this novel fragrance, soars back to the distant era of British colonization, when tea mingled with the oriental scents of local spice markets. Scents of the Middle East that never leave master Lutens, so enamored is he of them.

The supreme luxury of Five O’Clock au gingembre thus does not come from its British side but from its ease in revealing new horizons through nothing but its divine scents.

Our world is made up of images that we associate with the idea of pleasure, of elevation. Chic and elegance are inseparable from the idea of the precious, reserved for connoisseurs. Ginger, a stimulating root, they say; how dull, isn’t it? stated Lutens at the launch of Five O’Clock au gingembre.

Tea time and sweetness of an Orient from another era with Five O’Clock au gingembre

Five O’Clock au gingembre comes, of course, in the sober and iconic bottle of Lutens perfumery. The light brown color of its juice, seen through the glass, already evokes the British world of Agatha Christie, with its thick leather armchairs in chestnut brown, in which curling up for tea seems an everyday essential.

Five O’Clock au gingembre opens, for once, on rather masculine citrus notes of a lively and spirited bergamot that serves the tea. The pink, spicy ginger root brings its magic, blending deliciously with a touch of balsamic fruit. Then the heart of the fragrance reveals itself, bringing an ultra gourmand touch of candied fruits (candied plum in particular) and honey enveloping the whole citrus ensemble. Finally, the deep woody tones of the sillage of Five O’Clock bring their mystery and sweetness to this fragrance, which remains fresh and lemony without losing any of its sugary aroma.

Five O’Clock au gingembre might strike some noses as a typically masculine fragrance because of its citrus and woody scents. Yet the gourmand character of the candied fruits and the dewy freshness of this ginger open the lovely Five O’Clock to gourmandes of another era. A journey to Great Britain but also to the far reaches of the Orient, Five O’Clock can be savored by all lovers of imaginary distant travels!