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pijon – :
Uguale identico a Un bois vanille di Lutens.
kmichel – :
The first thing I noticed, is that the title of the fragrance, imho, is misleading. I do not find anything tropical about it. Noir Tropical is a beautiful dark and thick fragrance, that smells like a high quality sweet and woody bourbon on my skin with all its nuances. It’s not a girlish vanilla-candy fragrance. It’s very unisex, boozy, adult fragrance. And the staying power is great.
P.S. Just checked the official Maria Candida Gentile page and the notes of Noir Tropical includes bourbon in the base. Ha! My old perfumista and ex-bartender nose didn’t lie :)))
Zenic – :
Good news .i can buy online from her boutique.now i can induldge my passion for almonds and rum.very good of them to post to here. where theres a will and the money there’s a way .im looking forward to trying this perfume and others from maria candida gentil.
Jagojedavytihige – :
One of the best vanillas out there, hands down. I will always own this one. I do not get chocolate but the slightest impression of smoke. The rum and almond are great complements.
sivencov – :
the very best about this amazing fragrance is its dry down. to me it is a rich fudgy chocolate. what is sure is that TN is not a synthetic vanilla, it is natural, powerful and complex. a bit of tonka would have made it beyond perfect 🙂
I am glad I invested in a 100 ml bottle of this vanilla liquor. succesful blind buy!
Dr_Kir – :
Very beautiful, smoky vanilla. I’m not sure what the tropical refers to, as there’s no tropical fruit fragrance. Perhaps the supposed rum, which I’m not smelling at all. At first there’s a very fresh, natural vanilla that smells like a rich dried vanilla pod. Then the smoke begins, and it lasts throughout the rest of the fragrance. Strangely, the bergamot is very longlasting and almost acts like a base note to me. It seems to develop later on. So not completely linear, but fairly simple too. It’s soft in projection and only lasts a couple of hours, as most of the Gentile scents seem to do, but it’s such a lovely vanilla scent it’s really worth considering a purchase. It’s difficult to find a vanilla that doesn’t smell like candy or play-doh.
sirbis – :
.how i love deep dark vanillas.no where to buy it here.Has anyone got a bottle of this for sale.it sounds smoky and deep.would love a bottle or even half.cant reviw asbiv never smelt but i have sdv and eau de covenent.theres no fruit in either and i dont like fruit in perfume accept plum like the lovely shiseido feminit de bois.
jkj806intitytek – :
I don’t know why but this smells like camphor on me. There was no vanilla, or almond, just a chemical smell that was very sharp. My chemistry must not accept this scent.
serj_86_99 – :
L’odore è dolce e cremoso come un budino fatto in casa, ma non c’è niente di nero ne di tropicale.
Xeroxsqidf – :
This is incredible. There’s definitely more in here than the ingredients listed, but it’s a good start, and primarily vanilla.
It makes a great choice for people like me who love dark vanillas, but aren’t crazy about the blast of tobacco (I’m a former smoker with no desire to “wake up” that desire again) that seems to accompany so many of them, such as the Guerlain and eau de Couvent. There’s perhaps the slightest waft of it in here, but it’s primarily a vanilla that turns non-edible fast with the addition of booze and what smells like balsam or vetiver (maybe it’s the bergamot). Not overly spicy, not cold and chalky, or drenched in amber, patchouli, almond, or play doh, just dark, resinous vanilla. Definitely a female scent, but just masculine enough to smell expensive. Can’t stop smelling my wrist.
Update: Got my bottle today, yay, delicious. Wanted to add, don’t let the name confuse you. It’s misnamed. When I think of a tropical fragrance, I think of a fruity floral, packed with plumeria and pineapple. No fruit or flowers have come anywhere near this stuff. But it’s pure dark boozy vanilla.
wenker – :
the drydown is quite surprising and good, it is the smell of clean body odor, the smell of real fresh flesh after a cold shower, mostly the smell of a male body odor. the top note wasn’t that good at all as i was about to leave the sample for good, but the dry down made think twice. i’ll give it more time.
edit (6th Jan 2015): the dry down smells like clay on my wrist, something dusty but definitely not mud. maybe poisonous mud with hint of sweet to lure it’s victim yes. it’s quite weird.
Edit (21st Aug 2016) it has chocolate and almonds as well and it smells when it calms down clay like and some sort of dusty or powdry. Interesting.
FROST856 – :
It smelled so good from the stores bottle. Spicy, fruity(pineapple), and vanilla. After Applying on the skin the ”dark” notes were gone right away and I was left with a powdery vanilla and almond. Identical on my skin to Mandorlo di Sicilia Acqua di Parma. Just like mandorlo di siilia , its best in humid hot climate, has great lasting power and silage. However it is ”noir”, not original, just a nice vanilla perfume.
Ps. The tester in the store was darker in color, and it smelled a bit darker then the bottle I bought(I compared them). However on the skin they settled the same. Possibly it changes(for the better) with time.
Vova_92-92 – :
Sweet, comfortable.
I really love it!
kurva – :
Not being really fond of Vanilla scents I must say Noir Tropical
is fabulous and the closest to a real black and moist vanilla pod a scent can be. Did not discover too much of a citric note in it, neither could I make out the almonds listed but the blend is fantastically realistic Vanilla. It rises up slowly and stays like that for many, many hours on skin, on fabric even longer.. Nevertheless a bit of a too edible smell for me, personally.
Edit: I have to correct myself, it may not be too gourmand for me. I think i pretty much love this perfume and will have to buy a bottle soon..