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Serge Lutens De Profundis vs Guerlain Meteorites
De Profundis is the community's favourite of the two.
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Notes
———Accords
Green
100%
Herbal
89%
Violet
84%
Earthy
79%
Woody
71%
Powdery
68%
Performance
LongevityModerate
SillageModerate
Best Seasons
fallspringwinter
About
De Profundis by Serge Lutens is a Floral fragrance for women and men. De Profundis was launched in 2011. The nose behind this fragrance is Christopher Sheldrake. The fragrance features Chrysanthemum, Green Notes, Violet, Soil Tincture, Incense and Plum Tree. De Profundis (De profundis clamavi - From the Depths I Cried) joined the exclusive line in 2011. Its composition is based on the chrysanthemum flower, with additional notes of violets, green and earthy notes. The fragrance is accompanied by the following words:"When death steals into our midst, its breath flutters through the black crepe of mourning, nips at funeral wreaths and crucifixes, and ripples through the gladiola, chrysanthemums and dahlias. If they end up in garlands in the Holy Land or the Galapagos Islands or on flower floats at the Annual Nice Carnival, so much the better! What if the hearse were taking the deceased, surrounded by abundant flourish, to a final resting place in France, and leading altar boys, priest, undertaker, beadle and gravediggers to some sort of celebration where they could indulge gleefully in vice? Now that would be divine! In French, the words beauty, war, religion, fear, life and death are all feminine, while challenge, combat, art, love, courage, suicide and vertigo remain within the realm of the masculine. Clearly, Death is a Woman. Her absence imposes a strange state of widowhood. Yet beauty cannot reach fulfilment without crime. The chrysanthemum is the sole pretext for writing these lines. Turning gravesites held in perpetuity over to Life – a familiar of these haunts – the chrysanthemum invites Death to leave the cemetery and offer us its flower. De profundis clamavi."
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Notes
Top
IrisGreen Notes
Heart
Violet
Base
Heliotrope
Accords
Powdery
100%
Violet
90%
Iris
58%
Floral
54%
Vanilla
48%
Green
47%
Performance
LongevityModerate
SillageIntimate
Best Seasons
springfallsummer
About
Meteorites by Guerlain is a Floral fragrance for women. Meteorites was launched in 2000. Top notes are Iris and Green Notes; middle note is Violet; base note is Heliotrope.
Notes in Common
0% sharedShared (0)
No shared notes — these are very different compositions.
Only in De Profundis
Only in Meteorites
IrisGreen NotesVioletHeliotrope
Rating
4.28vs4.15
Ratings
1,866vs695
Concentration
EDPvsEDP
Launch Year
2011vs2000
Which should I buy?
De Profundis is the community's favourite of the two.
- De Profundis is rated higher by the community: 4.28 from 1,866 ratings, against 4.15 from 695.
- Longevity votes for both lean "moderate".
- Sillage votes lean "moderate" for De Profundis versus "intimate" for Meteorites.
- De Profundis is voted best for fall and spring; Meteorites for spring.
- Both houses are premium (typically $100–250), so price won't be the deciding factor.
Buy De Profundis if you want the higher-rated option; pick Meteorites if its note profile reads closer to what you already love wearing.