Seville a l'Aube

Rich beeswax, orange blossom stalks (and leaves), and crushed olive leaves. There's a bitterness added by the petitgrain, very green with a bite. Altogether waxy and herbaceous, gets a little sweeter and resinous as it warms on the skin. I get hints of jasmine as well as it dries. Very rich and very strong on my skin, leaves a noticeable trail and is a surprising compliment getter. Needs the heat of spring and summer to be appreciated, though I think it would be just as nice on a warm autumn day.

Smells like asthma inhalator.

I got Seville in 2018, my bottle still has more than half, I usually wear it sometimes in the summer time because the orange blossom is kind refreshing, I like to combine with Lust from Lush and I receive compliments on this combo, seems people react on the effect of the combo smell. Here on Seville itself, what I can say is I smell all orange tree, the green, flowers, leaves, also when we unpeeling the orange that sour. I think I like to mix with Lust because give it some sweet sour vibe. The problem though is that Lust stains clothes 🥲 so I have to wear just black clothes, but doesn't fit black and summer time 🤭 the paradox of choose.😂 I do save my Seville bottle to keep it in my live as long as I can❤️

The petitgrain is super strong in the opening. It settles down pretty quickly to smell like orange blossom + olive blossom though. It doesn't lean feminine enough for me to call it a love, but I do like it well enough. The dry down is beautiful though.

It was 2011 when L'Artisan Parfumeur launched his "Seville at dawn" created by the legendary Bertrand Duchaufour who, inspired by Denyse Beaulieu's book The Perfume Lover, decided to transform the writer's love history in a perfume that is considered by many people a masterpiece, and that will always stay in the olfactive memory of all the niche perfumery enthusiasts. Denyse writes from her viewpoint about the most important night of the Sevillan holy week, the "madrugá": in Ramón's arms, who had probably just known, under a blooming orange tree she watches how the penitents walk through the andalusian capital city, moving their incense burners and launching waffs that cut through the waxy smell of the burning candles. Since the beginning it's quite evocative. One of the most realistics petit grains (orange flower leaf) you could ever smell melts with a strong orange flower scent, and they immediatly transport you to its streets at spring. Until the real protagonist of this beautiful fragrance pops up: the beeswax. Supported by a benzoin base which also reminds of Seville and its pastries with its sweet and spicy aspects, the beeswax emulates the penitents' candles which melt on the streets and which you can smell the morning after when the sun comes up and it warms up the city, the floor and the orange trees. I just regret about one thing. The lack of incense. I would have given it a nice presence, as it fullfills the streets during the Lent. But we can close an eye, because when you smell such a wonderful composition it's really hard to make room for criticism. A composition where he express some art we are quite missing lately: put histories in a bottle and give us art in liquid form, in a very creative, original and ground breaking way. Actually what niche perfumery should be all about, right? We don't know why the brand decided to discontinue this beauty, but whatever the reasons should be, it's hard to understand it. Gracias, Bertrand, to pay tribute to one of the most beautiful cities in the world 🕯️🍯💃

Usando questa fragranza ho avuto molte conferme,nonostante non sia una delle mie preferite ma comunque mi piace abbastanza. Mescola varie essenze che evocano immediatamente il sorgere del sole. Il fresco della notte appena passata,l'arancio del sole che sorge, il verde dei cespugli e i fiori d'arancio per le strade. Poi un po pepato,albicoccoso, cera d'api e miele incenso e una valanga di benzoino dolce e polveroso fino alla fine del bouquet. Ricorda un po il tabacco. Su di me durava fin troppo, la scia non aveva fine, caldo e molto mieloso lo usavo in estate. L'artisan parfumeur come tanti altri brand che mi piacevano,hanno prodotto buoni profumi originali e carini fino a una decina di anni fa.

Does anyone know where I can buy even a decant of this perfume? Ebay, Vinted... ?

SEVILLE A L'AUBE Gorgeous and evocative. I am taken to places with this. The scent of a forbidden love story: is one of the two a priest? For me it is all about a languid orange blossom that really blooms in the heat of summer. The petitgrain adds a certain bitter quality to it, while the olive oil imaprt that unctuosness typical of two sweat bodies united together in a love embrace. Whispers of aromatic lavender to counteract the white flowers as the orange blossom is enriched by a hint of indolic jasmine. Later on, soke from incense and beeswax reminds me of the wax of some lit candles in a church. The olibanum in the drydown smooth out things and with the add of a comfortable benzoin, Seville a l'Aube becomes rounded and very wearable. Reminiscent of Fusion Sacrè Clair created as well by Duchaufour? I n part yes, but Seville feels less cahotic and more linear. Enjoy! Please, consider followinh me on Ig @alexolympia6

Corn chips and white flowers- why does it work?? my husband said it smelled like corn masa and he could not stop sniffing me. It has a salty savory quality that can only be described as corn chips 😆! I absolutely love it, and it lasts so beautifully. I’ve kind of gotten to the point with perfume that there has to be something unusual in it or I’m bored and this scratches my itch. Vintage L’Artisan perfumes are so special!

I'm so glad I gave this a second chance and learned it is d/c. I purchased on Spring of 2023 and did not initially like it. I thought it was too thick and white floral. I tested it again today and maybe the juice has changed bc it smells amazing. This is the type of scent that smells best on me if I haven't showered and if I'm a bit oily. It doesn't react to clean skin. The beginning is really strong orange blossom, after 1 hour I started to smell the sweet vanilla honey note, and after 4 hours the incense and vanilla are strong. Katie Puckrick states that the lavender they used had an animalic note to it, she describes it as masculine, but I agree with the former description!

Finally got my hands on this via a few 10ml travel bottles from gift sets. It smells like Froot Loops with a bit of a skanky frankincense and raunchy musk on top 😂 I really don’t know any other way to describe it. I am simultaneously drawn in and taken back by this strong and overwhelming naughty foot loop musk. (I know musk isn’t mentioned here but that’s what I’m getting) The closest fragrance to this is Kilian’s Sweet Redemption - which also has a little funk in the opening but no where near the level of funkitudiness that’s Seville a L’aube has. I’m sorry but those eBay prices $680, $800, $1025 for a 100ml bottle are out-fucking- regeous. Please don’t drop a rent payment on this.

The opening is a cuddly-soft, balmy sweet musk, a lot like Bonne Bell Skin Musk. I think this is what they’re calling “beeswax”, and it’s utterly charming. Then we get a synthetic juicy fruit note, something between tinned peaches and mandarins in light syrup, and a nice, if transparent, orange blossom on top. The tinned-fruit note is a little harsh around the edges, but the benzoin/beeswax/musk base saves it from being a total misfire. I like a Big Damn Orange Blossom when I can get it, and this is not that. No indoles to speak of, no swoony haze, just polite, abstract, lightweight floralcy. A disappointment, really. (Hiram Green Dilettante is a good example of Big Orange Blossom. Also if you don’t mind a very transient scent, plain old orange blossom water, such as you can get from a grocery store with a good Middle Eastern specialty section, is a wonderful smell and very cheap. Put it in your hair!)

Vivid orange blossom jasmine over beeswax vanilla amber Finally getting my hands on a sample and reviewing the mythically quirky orange blossom amber of mastermind Dechafour (about a decade too late) I am first entranced by the ridiculous orange blossom jasmine and then shocked to have smelled the dry down before. Searching through my embarrassingly disorganized stash of 500+ samples, I managed to pin it down to another Dechafour creation, Frapin 1679. Vanilla benzoin but with a very particular nectar like floral facet. I assume most wont believe me, but side to side 30 minutes after application I see little difference between the two. Focusing now on the brilliant opening, what I am reminded of is somewhat Nicolai Cap Neroli, in the way the orange blossom accord doesn't attempt to evoke citrus. It feels rather jasmine adjacent, honeyed and jammy, a touch of funky muskiness adding to the convincing realism of smelling newly opened blooming flowers, unreal. Will I go on the hunt for the ridiculously inflated vintage bottles? Surely not. The dry down doesn't resonate with me in the same way it didnt in the Frapin. I will however treasure the encapsulated orange blossom opening remaining in my precious sample.

I bought Seville a l’Aube when it was first released, and I loved it then, but I had a stable full of LAP and didn’t wear it as often as I should have. A few years later I was having all sorts of health problems and I *gasp* gave away my entire perfume collection. Call me an idiot, I don’t mind. Late 2023 I repurchased Tea For Two, and then a couple of months ago I started to rebuild my collection. I finally lucked into a bottle of Seville a l’Aube, which arrived yesterday, and I am once again in love. It’s the old clear bottle, with a luscious, deep orange perfume inside. It goes on beautifully from the outset, reminding me of standing near our old orange tree, a graft with blossoms and fruit at the same time. The honey and beeswax are gorgeous. To me it is far less green than Histoire de Orangers. Unlike my newer LAP fragrances, this one lasts most of the day (and indeed my watch strap still smells amazing more than 24 hours later), and has good spillage. While I love Tea For Two and Premier Figuier, Seville a l’Aube is my holy grail and would be my signature if they hadn’t discontinued the original lovely formulation (I wouldn’t trust a newer smoke bottle, they have all been less wonderful than my clear bottles from ore than a decade ago). Histoire de Orangers just doesn’t have the same magic, it’s soapier, weaker, and more mundane.

Seville a l'Aube opens with a bright, realistic orange blossom note, accented by the greenness of petitgrain. Soon after spraying, the initial greenness gives way to a sweet, airy, and transparent orange blossom. As it dries down, it settles on the skin as a gentle, honeyed white floral, never cloying or overly feminine. The result is an inviting, versatile fragrance that’s perfect for warm days and transitional weather. Seville a l’Aube is an excellent choice for those who love orange blossom but prefer a less heady, more approachable interpretation.

Like some of you, I was led to this perfume by Denyse Beaulieu's book, "The Perfume Lover", which describes her tryst in Spain during Holy Week and the perfume that resulted from it. Great concept, poor execution. This surprised me since I've enjoyed Duchaufour's other incense-focused compositions. The incense, while present, is hidden away under layers of prominent orange blossom and lavender. Beeswax gives the fragrance a slightly animalic and very, well, waxy texture that I found unpleasant. This one is sweet, even by orange blossom standards. I found little of the liturgical incense I was expecting.

Seville a L'Aube is not just a fragrance, it is an experience. Truly takes one to another place. Listing notes does not describe it any more than listing colors describes a painting. To live a day wearing this perfume transcends ordinary reality. Special times only. Also, age improves it year by year; my bottle is syrupy and rich, animalic sweet honey and almost indolic orange blossom set off by serious incense.

Best orange blossom i ever tried...Its like a creamy, more easy going Fleur d'Oranger by Serge Lutens. The honey gives it a sweet touch, without being too much of anything. It has depth, it has fun, it has a bit of everything. Very classy and high quality!

It was only fitting for me to mark the first day of the new year by wearing a discontinued gem from my favorite perfume house. Seville a l'Aube is a honeyed orange blossom scent with a hint of smoke, slightly waxy but still gorgeous and easy to love. While I haven't taken part in the Madrugada celebrations in Spain, this scent reminds me of the Easter Vigils of my childhood, with the scent of flowers in the night air, candles and incense and the chanting of priests in their golden vestments. Even though the Holy Week seems distant now, in the dead of winter, today was a mild day, and I got to watch a lovely crimson sunset enveloped by the sweetness of this fragrance. I compared it with Fusion Sacree Clair and I don't find them very similar, except for the fact that they both wear close to the skin.

An excessively sweet orange blossom in the humid air of a ceremonial night, where you can sense the beeswax from the candles and a bit of extremely well calibrated incense from Bertrand Duchaufour himself. Thick but clear, this seductive narcotic floral note floats like a candlelight on top of some ambery glow, like a thousand more candles surrounding it in the distance. It's an image of a festive night, causing dizziness and exultation. And it is hard to imagine a story like this happening in broad daylight. An Andalusian masterpiece.

The notes looked interesting, the reality is different. Instant scrubber for me, horrible. What I get on my skin is Jasmine, honey and powdery orange blossom ( more like synthetic orange blossom water), mixed in a weird way that got me an instant headache. Sample before buying please.

Very similar smell for the L'artisan - Seville a'Lube. Only here there is sugar and caramel instead of honey.

Sophisticated floral green, waxy sweetness from a top perfumer. Why this and Traversee du Bosphore got discontinued is beyong me, as these are some of the best perfumes I’ve encountered.

My bottle has been unused for a very long time. Another scent I have had for several years without using it. The liquid was reddish when I bought it, but now the tone is more intense, soo red...it looks really fantastic. The honey and orange blossom notes are also more prominent, the petitgrain and incense are tamer. The benzoin still glows. The notes that seemed so agrestic and harsh in the previous years (I didn't like this scent too much, it was a blind buy like 80% of my older scents) seem to have reached some kind of maturity, now they don't shout, they don't argue in a cacophonic way, they are still present, but in a lower key. It is very enjoyable and I am glad I kept my bottle. The best part is the orange blossom/honey/benzoin mix that fortunately lingers longer than the bitter green petitgrain.

Occasionally I find a fragrance I forgot I owned. Today was one of those days. This smells like Old English lemon furniture polish, and the table it’s on, with added sweetness. I happen to love the oily, sweet smell of furniture polish and think this is cosy.

I blind bought this since it’s discontinued. I’d been reading about it and noticed some overlap with folks who liked some other perfumes I love (Anne Pliska). Also the notes seemed to be up my alley, I do gravitate towards orange blossom. I can appreciate white floral when done without an old lady vibe, and I can get down with some of the older L’artisan weirdos like Dzing, & Tea for Two. So when this arrived I was eager to try it on. It’s a bottle with a gold cap and orange label. Immediately it was as if I had sprayed some type of kid friendly “organic” bug spray on. There’s a DEET similarity. Over the next 10 minutes it evolved into more of a citronella candle smell but unfortunately I’m still in a bug treatment cloud. It’s been a couple hours and now I’m getting the wax and honey. I have yet to experience anything amber or tobacco about this. It’s cold and dreary outside. Perhaps this just doesn’t fit. I’m going to give it a chance for another day and reapply although I’m not looking forward to that initial opening again. Maybe it needs a warm spring day or maybe it’s just not for me. Remains to be seen. Wish my body chemistry played a little better with this straight away.

“Amber white floral” is such a tenuous genre, but this is a real treasure of a perfume and my favorite orange blossom. It’s a citric, slightly green, barely sweet floral, with that hint of olive boosting it to something savory and oily as labdanum. The accord enhances the honeyed florals in much the same way as nuts sprinkled on a good dessert. It’s also very aromatic, having a spacious quality that makes my lungs feel fuller as I smell it. Completely linear, but I don’t mind a bit. It also lasts a long time, becoming a skin scent in 4 hours and fading completely in 6. This of course speaks to synthetic ingredients, but this is how you do them right. A classy, refined scent for all ages and all occasions.

It took me a little while to appreciate just how lovely Seville a l'Aube really is! Ambery, honey & beeswax, not too sweet but nicely herbal and warm. Perfect for early Autumn, IMHO. In reality, though, I just don't wear it much and am overloaded with perfumes (is that even a possibility? you may ask...) so I will probably sell it. PM me if interested.

Looking for a bottle - please pm if you have one for sale

First on it’s clearly an orange blossom scent, with a nice warm melty beeswax underneath. Petitgrain is also quite present but not sharply or occluding the orange blossom. A little less white flower punch and some ozone as it dries a bit more. Still very orange blossom forward though, so not gonna be a love for me, but it’s a fairly divine version of same and will be beloved by many. Soft, warm, sweet white succulant flowers.