SOTD: Chloé Sous Les Pins · Brotherhood Of Scent

SOTD: Chloé Sous Les Pins

So when I was in Selfridges back in April, I came across the Chloé counter and the sales associate introduced me to the Atelier des Fleurs line which I hadn't seen before. I liked a few but the one that really caught my nose was Sous Les Pins by Quentin Bisch. On the way home, I saw it in the duty free shop for a pretty good discount (but still too high for a blind buy without testing first -- I've made that mistake before)... I came home and started looking for a decant or sample but to no avail, I couldn't find one anywhere so I kind of gave up. Then Fragmental had some videos glazing it, so I started looking again and found a little 10ml retail bottle that I snagged (it's a splash bottle, boo... so I had to fill an empty atomizer bottle I had). Wearing it on skin today for the first time.

This is a gentle scent that kind of sneaks up on you. At the open it's a gently green and aromatic scent with a hint of non screechy floral sweetness and a gently woody/ camphorous backbone, lifted by a hint of eucalyptus. This isn't a projection monster but I definitely keep getting whiffs of it off my arms and have been for a few hours. It has a kind of molecule effect (I'm sure there's Ambroxan in here) and I might be going in and out of anosmia. It's nicely blended and after the pine fades it’s pretty linear into the woody aromatic dry down.

It's funny, I wore House of Cosmo Polaris this morning and at first I thought maybe Polaris had survived eight hours plus a shower afterwards because I kept getting some similar notes -- but no, I think Sous les Pins shares some aromatics with Polaris (to make sure, I then sprayed some on my wrist where I hadn't applied any Polaris and I got the same vibes). I'm also picking up some commonality with the OG LNDH EDT... so I'm thinking there's some lavender, cardamom and maybe vetiver hiding in the "aromatic" and "green" notes that Chloé lists, and probably some cedar in the “woody” notes. But underlying it all is a gentle pine note in the open and early mids - very elegant, not harsh or pine-solly at all. To me this is straight down the fairway of being unisex and can be fairly versatile throughout the year and across different types of occasions.

I need to get to know it better and it might be full bottle worthy -- I think in a larger collection I'd definitely consider adding bottle as a grab and go light and airy scent, but in my smaller collection so far I don't think it stands out enough to justify a bottle. But I do like it and I'm happy I have my little baby bottle and will break it out from time to time and maybe if it hits discounters one day I'll snag a bottle.

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