Description
Soir de Lune is a pefume for those who are chosen; it’s elegant, intense, a modern fruity-chypre. The moon illuminates the sky, the night is mysterious and magnetic. Dominique Ropion used a sharp chypre essence for its main composition; a voloptous floral heart made of rose, mimosa, jasmine and lily-of-the-valley, while the trail is a more intense and richer thanks to the sweet and darker base. At its heart, a cool freshness of iris is opposed to a honey-sweet mimosa note. Main notes are: lemon, bergamot, orange, mandarine, coriander, nutmeg, pimento as top notes; the heart note is composed of May rose absolute, mimosa absolute, jasmine, lily-of-the-valley, peach and the base note includes moss, musk, patchouli, honey, sandalwood. A bottle both rounded and facetted, and topped with a metal cap designed by Polish sculptor Bronislaw Krzysztof. Soir de Lune is available in 30ml, 50ml and 100ml Eau de Parfum bottles. It was created in 2006.
inhelayhemy – :
Complex, elegant and distinctive. It smells expensive, it is expensive, and it’s worth every penny. If you’re after a sophisticated chypre, this pretty much sets the bar.
titan77379 – :
Soir de Lune opens up with sharp spices that is reminiscent of mothballs. Fortunately it only lasts a few seconds, then the honey settles in. The honey is somewhere between Marc Jacobs Honey and Back to Black by Kilian. Then the oakmoss comes in like a warm cozy blanket, adding depth and warmth to the honey scent. Overall, it reminds me of a lazy afternoon, watching sunbeam pass on the walls. Not my style but very interesting for sure.
Mergb306Bessinepome – :
Both Soir de Lune and Eau du Soir require an educated nose, they are too French & classical for the newbies brought up with sweetness and shampoo scents, imho. Expensive, smells distinctive and worths its price.
logdi – :
Nauseating, and too masculine for my taste. Reminds me so much of Guerlain’s Mitsouko and Estee’s Knowing; it has to be the distinctive scents of oakmoss and chypre that make me sick.
HeinnyGeokeve – :
at first i liked it (in the store) nut when i trued another spray at home frim a sample i got,it was too rosey and too sweet(first inprwssion was more sexy and interesting). it us still very good.
jbeueipcmzq – :
It definitely has some masculinity to it. Out of the bottle it smelled like a 100% men’s perfume, but after 5 minutes on the skin it turned a lot more feminine. To me it’s a very “posh” smelling perfume. It’s elegant and classy, it brings to mind fancy banquets and dinners. I can see myself wearing it with a long black velvet gown. It smells very clean, kind of soapy, but definitely not cheap soapy. It’s a lovely perfume and I will definitely keep it for those velvet gown evenings 🙂
KLESK – :
I distinctly remember where I first smelled Sisley’s perfume ‘Soir de Lune’ [SDL]:
it was at the southernmost tip of the Netherlands (when you feature ‘Holland’
it is as if you characterise the US with ‘Ohio’, Holland are just two provinces). Now in such very small country, peasize, nevertheless with 18 million inhabitants,
this “southernmost” is three hours of a trainride. But there it was where I smelled
SDL in its year of conception: 2006. I was immediately heady smitten and I guess proffered the hefty money to buy a flacon the following week. I also remember
where I sniffed ‘Eau du Soir’ for the first time and it could also have been in the
year of its birth (1999). I immediately acquired there a full flacon with the thought ‘we will see how I come through the month (food) if I only have this unbelievable
sophisticated perfume’. Perhaps some paradox is that these two ‘sister’ perfumes
immediately bear resemblance in the opening and as it later would turn out: it
became the Sisley signature. For as well EDS as SDL it is the unbelievable, nostril
clearing of oakmoss which lends this, those perfumes that sensation of deftness, luxury, Madison Ave, Avenue Montaigne and Bond Street “I feel like a million bucks”, just like with “Chanel No 19”, “Joy”, “Knowing” , “Calèche”, the original “Miss Dior”
and “Mme Rochas” do. In the oakmoss you get black pepper, patchouli and coriander. I must say in Sisleys SDL the rose is well hidden in the enduring first onslaught
while it comes superrefined at the fore only after a while. (I see this characteristic
here sometimes referred to as ‘well blended’.) Is the rose a refined yet well profiled
fellow traveler, the Iris fulfills its role in the classical sense as a demure background to which predominantly spices, pepper and the neverending oakmoss roar. I tend to never agree with Luca Turin but I can imagine that this could be an obstruction of his’, experiencing it as a very persevering forestry, woody perfume sparkled alive and tittilating with greeneries and herbal pungency so strong. And it is the same with EDS. But notwithstanding they doggedly keep winning me over. They appeal, and this also is a paradox, not in the least for such prestige skincare brand, both to old money hauteté and very basal. forest floor earthiness, even our ancient crotch sniffing habits all overhazed by ‘culture’ (well) but the hyenic, canine, feline instinct stays carefully lockered up in a gilded box, not to be absent.
ryptyk – :
Luca Turin, well, respectfully, I do disagree with his opinion on a few, including this one. And love love love the attitude of not giving a Damn of what others think about perfume. At least, that much freedom in society one should afford, to wear the perfume one likes, evening, morning or when so ever. Got a friend who waited for her special day to wear this one and she passed away of a harsh medical condition, leaving this unopened for that special time did not come. So, ladies, put on your best dresses, your most beloved perfumes and jewels, daily, you never know what tomorrow brings. This scent is a little calling Agent Provocateur to me, but a bit more exclusive, rounded and absolutely more noble. I get such a beautiful spicy rose from this one it makes me almost teary. It is lady’ish, in the most elegant way. I would really appreciate if we all refrain from using harsh words on fragrances. A scent is like a book, takes time, brain and work. It may not be of our taste, but I never called a fragrance horrible. It may turn that way on my skin, but that is the skin, not the scent which on others can be as well fabulous.
splintercell – :
Perfume and attitude from another time. So well crafted with high quality ingredients so typically Sisley! SDL is like a tailored outfit, may be not the most original in its category but done with such care, you love to wear it again and again.
May be one of the most beautiful and preserved chypre from the mainstream range.
Thank you Sisley/ Mister Ropion for that gorgeous fragrance.
Pricey and worths it.
For the chosen ones…
lonworlpostspoz – :
This perfume is a drug . i am deeply addicted .had 3 full bottles ,when opened the third had to buy another one – the fourth . just want to be able to spray 6-10 sprays . I know its a lot . who cares ..its so beautiful .. let them die..them who does not like it .
ASSSQ – :
I’m sorry but I cannot call this a perfume…it’s something horrible, I tested on my wrist and I had to wash twice and the horrible smell was still there….smells like something rotten, old, I have an old bottle of Eau du Soir, received as a gift and I was thinking this perfume is expired, but now testing this and finding similarities I was thinking….omg…that perfume it’s ok, it’s not expired…I don’t imagine myself paying for something like this…..
Deroxdtxul – :
I found this gorgeous perfume when I was in Venice with my mother, we went into the Sisley shop and I was instantly drawn to the bottle; the look of it absolutely enchanted me and I had to give it a try. Needless to say I absolutely fell in love with it. I bought a rollerball for my purse and I’m dying to get the full bottle. I’ve spent so long looking for my signature scent and I definitely found it in this perfume, it’s vintage and elegant but also whimsical and sweet. The honey and rose is delicious and the brooding overtones remind me of a rainy field. I adore all things old-timey and it just feels like a wonderful match for me. I wore it recently on a date and she said my perfume was intoxicating so thank you Sisley for landing me a signature scent and a second date!
jonnyroot – :
I bought this perfume as a gift to my mother for her birthday and she loved it very much. A month hence when i visit my parent’s house, I got an amazign smell from my mother and asked “where it comes from” then She said “this is my birthday gift from you”. I fell in love with this perfume! From what she told me, she always gets compliment when she wears it. It is classy, stylish and mysterious… By the way, I really like Luca Turin’s opinion about perfumes but I don’t agree with his opinion on this perfume.
endakegognozy – :
This is really mysterious, dark and somehow innocent at the same time, its the reflection of moon on the ocean,
antique locket necklaces, watching moon while listening to soft vintage songs absolutely love it
Sanaks – :
In first moments I was hit with cool vintage Luna. After minutes it changed so fast to spicy and mossy. So very vintage, spicy night Luna. I don’t feel much floral in it. As few others wrote here it’s poetical and magical. Very fascinating perfume, but not for everyone and everywhere. Smelling this I feel like it is silent night time, I’m in bed and there is full moon outside. I should fall asleep, but there are my thoughts and Luna keeps calling me to come and give my hand to him/her. Luna in this case is not her nor him. Now we silently walk through woody path, but Luna is always visible. No words needed, just dreamy existence. Somehow magically we become smaller, closer to earth, and now we can sense much better all these natural earthly and woody scents. Its like we become one with Luna and nature, we are part of it as spirits, floating around and through physical objects, learning these new scents and sensations. Like Luna’s magical light can reach everywhere and touch softly. Your imagination have no limits.
It’s very strong. I used little, but all room was filled with it. Man told me that it reminds him candies with Berberis vulgaris and that he like this perfume. In my opinion far away from those candies that are sweet. It’s so strong, dense, spicy, vintage and I see it as night perfume. Very interesting, but I don’t know where and when I could use this. I feel like it might give me headache soon and I need something refreshing after this. For grown up woman, but also this could be unisex perfume.
replicaw75917 – :
I cannot wax poetic like the other reviewers herewhen it comes to the notes of this perfume. My nose is not that clever or discerning. But I can tell you this. When I wear this fragrance I call it my rich lady’s perfume. I feel like that when wearing it in the evening …very classy and elegant.
If I lived in New York and had a beautiful fur coat (I don’t to either one), I think on a crisp, chilly day, close to the holidays, I would very carefully spray this scent on my neck, causing a bit of it to rub off on the fur. It would make my coat smell so very delicious. At the evening’s end, when I return to our penthouse with my handsome husband opening the door, the coat would slip off my shoulders. The elegant scent would gently leave a soft whisper it in the room, even after all the hours wining and dining. It would be a perfect reminder of what is to come for the remainder of our beautiful evening.
So while I can’t tell you about the notes of this elegant and romantic perfume, I can describe the vision comes that arises in my mind when I wear Soir de Lune . Try some. You never know what wonderful things might come about for a lovely lady like yourself!
Nmojkolla – :
Hypnotizing…scent of Paris
asorat – :
This is dark, hypnotic, spicy magic! Nothing in the world like what I would normally gravitate towards, but I impulse purchased a 5ml sample of this recently…and I’m so glad I did.
Oakmoss, honey and aldehydes dominate the top notes for me, unfolding in to a dirty, peppery rose.
The dry down after half an hour or so on my skin is superb – peppery, musky, intoxicating white flowers and a waft of forest greenery. Really beautiful, narcotic vibe.
Sillage is decent on this, longevity is insane. I could smell it on my wrist 12 hours later. My only dislike with this is that the last traces smell like tobacco on my skin – fresh pipe tobacco, to be precise – which may be a win for some fragrance-lovers, but makes me feel nauseous.
iga861Unlogrere – :
Je ne suis pas convaincu que SDL brille par son originalité et à l’heure où les restrictions sur la mousse de chêne nuisent aux chypres traditionnels, sa face “patchouli”, un peu néo-chypre, lui donne tout de même une belle personnalité sombre et il est brillamment exécuté. C’est là, selon moi, que Sisley excelle! Il y a de la matière. Synthétique ou naturelle, le débat n’apporte rien et peu importe. On porte SDL comme un beau vêtement bien coupé.
Avec cette petite raideur de dame stricte en tailleur, il exhale toutefois une réelle sensualité. Il m’évoque aussi une scène de cinéma en noir et blanc, un vieux film italien, où quelqu’un de très bien habillé quitte précipitamment un rendez-vous galant… Il y a une pointe de laisser aller, de débraillement, mais les bases sont là.
Un très beau parfum, qui fait une forme d’apologie d’une autre époque ou un exercice de style sur un sujet qui n’a plus la faveur du plus grand nombre. Mais ce “plus grand nombre” n’a plus l’éducation olfactive pour ce type d’accord. L’industrie et le marketing formatent au prêt-à-sentir vite fait devant les rayonnages surchauffés de ces boutiques où on débite des sucreries et des conseils ineptes.
Ses cousins, selon moi, Chanel N°19 et 1OOO de Patou, un autre grand favori du passé.
macel – :
Very similar to Paloma Picasso but a bit more bitter. Will expand on this review later.
casper – :
This is a review for Soir de Lune EDP.
This one was a blind buy for me and I can say without a doubt that I got very lucky indeed. Soir de Lune is just wonderful! It’s pure incensed rose… the best rose incense you will ever smell in fact.
Granted, the first spray is rather sharp and almost aldehydic… but then it quickly develops into a full, rich rose mixed with exotic spices and musk. Delicious—and it lasts for hours! I can’t really perceive the honey, maybe my skin doesn’t project this note very well. As the scent settles, the woody notes make themselves known in the back, giving the perfume a well-rounded, elegant base. This perfume manages to be both chypry and smoky to my nose, which is a rather unusual combination (and I mean that in a very good way!).
Soir de Lune is a classy but not snobby perfume. It is very feminine, classic but not dated at all! Personally, I can see myself wearing it both during the day and at night. All rose lovers should give this one a chance!
zzzz964 – :
This is so gorgeous there is something really fresh about it too which is rare for a woody warm spicy fragrance. Really reminds me of something i’m trying to identify what..it might be knowing although that is thicker.
**Just realised what this reminds me a lot of! Portrait of a lady by frederik malle.
Sweet2011 – :
Bought it after the controversial reviews I’d read. Way too dark, Magie Noire de Lancome little sister.
Love the mix, but not suitable for all noses.
I love to hate it…
bootsadob – :
A typical chypre. On me they all smell the same – oakmoss, patchouli, pepper, a floral aspect courtesy of rose.A feel like I need to grow into this type of scent a little more. Right now, they do nothing for me. I had hight hopes for honey, which I adore in my parfumes, but Soir de Lune has nothing of the kind for me.
opalon – :
It is an extremely charismatic fragrance. For a woman, who has both feet on the ground, who demands your attention and your respect. I was thinking, that this perfume would suit perfectly for the Dowager Countess in Downton Abbey. Not an old-fashioned perfume by any means, but a classic. Noble and historical.
Now about the scent. A full-on chypre, not for the faint hearted. Honey and oakmoss are indeed the most prominent notes, you can also smell the patchouli and the spices in the composition. The floral notes are very low-key, and I don’t miss them much. I was very surprised when I found out that this perfume was created in 2006. If someone would have told me, that it is from the beginning of the 20th century, I wouldn’t bat an eye. Soir de Lune is pure magic, an extremely well crafted work of art.
Many fragrances remind me of music, and this one makes me think of Smetana’s Moldau.
bizzzon63 – :
My mom wears it and its beautiful scent. Its majestic confidant soft and vibrant chypre, a bouquet that drowns in honey on a white woods. Its has a beautiful silage, recognizable from the first sniff and that fills the room with delicacy. There are some frozen notes that became warmer and warmer as it dry downs and the scent becomes linear rich accord with a hint of nuts.
For my nose the male version of this scent could be lanqome Hypnose for men that shares very similar quality of blending the notes, and of course if it would be done by sisley it would have much better quality ingredients…
pirun – :
I love this perfume and I’m so happy to use it.
I have quite old memories with it, because years ago my piano teacher who used to have the most delicate and rich perfumes had this one too.
For me it is difficult to separate the notes from each others. I hear most of them all together for long hours so top notes stay with middle notes and that’s what I like about Soir de Lune.
Especially honey, rose, patchouli, coriander, pepper oil and mimosa together create such a deep and meaningful character.
btw. Good luck if you have friends who like only low-quality commercial fragrances like my friends do! :))
RCS – :
Sophisticate,magnetique,excentric,not to sweet,not to fresh,adictive,warm,magical!Simply amaizing
cenewooxire – :
Anyone noticed the similarity with Agent Provocateur? Only Soire de Lune is bit rough on edges, else, having both on different wrists, noticed the Agent Provocateur’s rose is a bit more refined, while this one is a little more on a “Knowing” side. I have both, AP and EL Knowing and in this context, I found owning Soir de Lune unnecessary, in spite of that nice bottle. 🙂
wzryqltelnq – :
This seemed promising at first, I was really digging the honey note, but lord it really fell apart on my skin. It turned into this weird cocktail of synthetic vitamin c soap.. It was also so weak I had to use over half of my 1ml vial to even get a feel for it in one wearing. DISLIKE.
drink123456789 – :
I see a strong similarity to EL Knowing, but I feel Soir de Lune is much more wearable. The opening is strong in energy, but restrained in character. The oakmoss rules the day and the honey begins very sweet. This is room blasting sillage to start and remains strong enough to hold a sufficient cloud around me. There’s a long phase where the honey has a distinct rawness and dances right up to the line of smelling a bit urine-ish. But after 2 hours or so all that has settled down and it feels like a walk down a tree canopied lane with sunlight streaming through the branches. This is blended masterfully; the oakmoss, rose and mimosa are the strongest players on my skin. And here it lingers for hours; it’s gorgeous and refined yet still easy to wear.
Nusneesyjen – :
scent : 7/10
sillage : 8/10
longevity :8/10
100% night fragrance
nice feminine and old school scent
feminine version of Knowing Estée Lauder for women (which i think its a unisex)
iojJHBvgvBHNMm – :
This perfume was an adventure, the way it developed and the contrast between notes. I can’t say I loved it, but I certainly enjoyed wearing it; it was complex and interesting and quite lovely, despite not being my style of fragrance.
The initial blast was a high, dry, dust-motes-in-sunshine smell, like being in a hay barn in summer time, but also with what I thought was a sharp shot of aldehydes. This transitioned within 20 minutes to a hay-and-honey sweetness, still quite pastoral but less dry and more round full. This further developed until the honey was nearly a urinic-sweet honey note, then it pulled back (thankfully) from that, still staying round and sweet.
By an hour, a crystal-clear, green, sharp rose note appeared–not jammy and red, but a quite piercing and fresh rose note, both roses and crushed green leaves. An aldehydic sharp-dry note also appeared, and that and the rose alternated for the rest of the day (8 hours). When I would sweat, the rose became more apparent (went to a physical therapy appointment to be tortured over my back and the rose got very prominent!); otherwise, it was more of the dry, sharp scent that was not quite powdery and not quite iris but close to both.
Probably not a work appropriate scent–shame on me–as the sillage I think was quite strong, and the dominance of the notes, especially the rose, was probably a bit much. But lovely just the same. It was an adventure to smell, I’m thrilled I was able to try it. I only had a decant so no comments on the bottle, but from the images it looks like a work of art!
Guardian_ – :
One of the most sophisticated elegant and graceful scent ever what exist in the earth .Its honey with flowers smell very long lasting ( over 10 hours) magical good quality that turn heads and get compliment .Eau du soir it’s like the golden queen strong and magic but tis one take my breath away the best Sisley 10/10
Deuschland – :
Fantastic, feminine and complicated scent, sophisticated and mysterious, definitely in my next purchase bag!
euroocenkakn – :
With a sad heart, I’m putting this Soir de Lune in the dislike shelf for now.
I mostly admire Dominique Ropion, because I think he’s a genial perfumer, but a big part of his creations don’t work for me. Soir de Lune is one of them. I had high expections (a not budget enough) for this one.
The first whiff is quite ugly on my chemistry. It smells like something very old and musty, but I’m not saying it in the useless sterotype as old lady stuff. I think the “old” comes from the way it is conceived and this is genial, but sadly not for me at this stage. I blame it on honey and oakmoss together (and I like oakmoss!), so I feel on a fence, because I cannot dismiss this one as bad, ugly or forgettable. It’s actually a very well made perfume and I suggest to everyone to try it before buying on your skin, because it can be tricky, but if it works it really works!
I understand the similarity with EL Knowing, but Soir de Lune is better!
After enduring more than 2 hours with something that I didn’t like on my wrist, the miracle happened: all notes took their place, the rose came out and smell like an ancient rose, the oakmoss (synthetical or not) is beautiful and the whole blend radiates like a well directed choir. Now I see the love from many.
I would say it smells like an elegant, feminine lady would smell and yet it wouldn’t be out of place on a refined gentleman. It’s a mature smell in the way a mature nose can appreciate a complex smell that doesn’t reek of sugar and fruit. A little distant yet not unfriendly, it reminds old pictures in sepia of beautiful women in silks and pearls.
A must try, not necessarily a suitable one.
Unfortunately I don’t love this stage so much in order to endure the first 2 hours.
Stavriss – :
Very similar to Paloma Picasso, slighly more modern.Love it.
slavic1980 – :
I am in love, soo in love.
Lately I felt kind of blah towards perfume, I didn’t know what happened, perfumes used to give me so much joy and made me happy.
Then I came across this treasure, and it reminded me why I love perfume.
Not so much a review as a declaration of love on my part-
But I can say this, I looked for a honey fragrance for a long time, just because I love all things honey really, I tried them all, or al lot of them, and this is it. So beautiful. It reminds me of So Pretty de Cartier.
slava22 – :
This lady seems hard to get, but if you get to know each other and get on well, you’ll be the ultimate couple! The more I sniff this scent, the more I like it, and fantasize about the situations in which I could wear this beautiful, elegant and sophisticated perfume. What it reminds me the most is a rose-sandalwood incense stick, which I used to burn a lot of time. It’s mysterious, smokey and very feminine.. I’ve already imagined a woman in a lacy black-dark red corset with a mask on her face waiting for her next victim of love.. of course wearing Soir de Lune.
buyanchik – :
Interesting how someone thinks this smells old, yet has a bottle of mitsouko in their collection….
fren1011 – :
So many reviews for this perfume! personally rose is not my thing and at first application found it too sweet and heady, not as strict and serious as Eau du Soir which I love and is much greener and darker.
It lasted ages on my skin and I started to enjoy the dry down more as it became more complex and the rose faded at little.
It does remind me of Knowing which is also a big fat rose to start with but surprisingly I find the base notes on this (much cheaper )perfume more interesting.
rfs895elipseskism – :
Please do not delete this; even if this is your favorite perfume, my opinion deserves to stand just as much as yours. I can and will repost if it is deleted. Thanks!
***
I guess I’m one of the few dissenters here..
I really wanted to like this, because I adore the bottle, but unfortunately this is completely unwearable for me. I think skin chemistry may play a large role with this. Sadly for me, all the masculine, vintage-y aspects are amplified and I end up with something that smells musty, dated and peppery. I can kind of smell the honey in the background, but it is overwhelmed by all the aldehydes and oakmoss. Not getting any sort of florals from this at all. Honestly, this smells a little like Ungaro Diva to me, which I like much better thanks to the rich rose in it.
I can see this being lovely on someone whose skin amplifies sweeter notes, but not on me. Very bummed. I definitely think this is a “try before you buy” kind of scent – not a safe blind buy.
Also, I think the whole “chosen” tagline is really stupid.
den0711 – :
This is … what a woman smells like (to me). It’s so playful that you can almost taste it.
toomaUncons – :
I have a 50 ml perfumed body cream of this and let me tell you you only need a tiny amount of this cream to both wrists and neck (where you normally put perfume) to make you wonderfully perfumed. This is potent stuff.
TriStarS – :
Gentle readers, I don’t know what to do.
I encountered Soir de Lune while sniffing my way through Nordstrom one evening, and was blown away by the huge, gorgeous honey-ness of it. Just smelling the bottle was a wonderful experience, and the saleslady was amazed that I could identify what I was smelling as honey (she looked up the notes and said “It lists honey as a base note!”), which made me wonder what she was doing in the perfume department, but never mind that. I wasn’t really in the market for a full bottle of a new scent, so I took my leave.
But I couldn’t get it out of my head, and the next time I was at the mall I went back and asked for a sample. They had one made up by Sisley, which was nice; I like pretty packaging as much as the next girl. But when I sprayed it on my wrist-ach! It was a rose perfume, and quite a strong one. I waited patiently for hours for that beautiful, rich honey to come out, but it never did. Just wave after wave of awful rose. The sample was utterly unlike the tester bottle.
Shall I spray the tester on myself when next I go to Nordstrom? And if it produces the scent I loved, then what? How will I know what might be in a bottle, if I want to buy one? The honey or the rose?
guti – :
This is a wonderful creation that calls to mind the meditative tranquility of Debussy’s “Clair de lune”. One might imagine a woman taking a midnight stroll under the stars, her perfume trail intertwining with the cool, earthy night air.
It juxtaposes a sharp greenness (coriander, lily of the valley) against a rich, creamy triad of rose, peach and tangy honey. The honey brings to mind the scent of pollen that hangs in the air during the balmy spring evenings, when night-blooming flowers start to hum their tune.
The sweetness is balanced expertly by a blend of dry, woody spices (pepper and nutmeg), adding restraint to the peach, which can so often veer into ‘shampoo’ territory. It is further restrained by the oakmoss, which envelops all the other notes in a thin shroud of smoky earth.
I am reminded of Guerlain’s “Mitsuoko”, which was no doubt a huge influence on the composition. However, I think “Soir de Lune” is perhaps even better. The layers have real weight and depth, and no one ingredient over powers the other.
In terms of wearability, it definitely smells more mature, although dubbing it “old lady” perfume is a bit dismissive and shallow really. It’s classic, elegant, something you would wear to a piano concert or an art gala.
maksmagnifico – :
one of these gold era of parfums ,you smell class on this one, so rich and complex like a chamaleon,of course price is high because its exclusive and smells exclusive, Sisley in a word.
nikolaitv – :
Astonishing fragrance but I find it too similar to Paloma Picasso, maybe more floral and more powdery. Paloma Picasso is more animalic. I agree with other people here in that it is also reminiscente of Coriandre, all fragrances I love. To Knowing and Parfum de Peau I do not find it similar. For the price, the strength and the silage, I rather wear Paloma Picasso Edp or Coriandre. Having said that, this is one of to me the nicest scents I ever smelled. Absolutely beautiful. And staying power and silage are also very good. It is classy and sophisticated, like very few fragrances these days. This is what I would expect from any designer fragrance, but unfortunately, fragrances of this quality are a rarity.
cdHawWrinia – :
This perfume is heartbreakingly beautiful!…… at least for the first few minutes. It sparked my continued lust for the perfect honey/rose perfume (and I’m not even a floral girl so this speaks volumes). After the first few minutes, it takes on a more vintage feel and the chypre REALLY amps up. Now, I know that this is great news for most of you but I really just wanted those magical first few minutes of uninterrupted dance between the honey and rose to last forever! Beautiful creation nonetheless. Excellent quality, silage and longevity. Sure to get people’s attention and compliments. I will get this for my mom.
serj – :
soir de lune + Quelques Fleurs Royale Houbigant = <3 <3 <3
boing – :
I really like this one. It reminds me of some of the great, dark, classic mossy chypres, with beautiful notes of rose and honey, and I had nearly made up my mind to buy it. But then last night, as I was testing it from my carded sample for the third time, my husband said a bit anxiously:
“Did you just put on some cream or something… with a peculiar fragrance…?”
“Yees…?”
“Oh…” (Pause) “…I actually don’t like it that well… is it a possibility… for the future… not to buy that one?”
Sigh – seems like I’ll be saving that money then…
puchkov.1978 – :
This is one of the most exquisite and hauntingly beautiful perfumes that I have smelled in a very long time.
Without going into the notes, (which I’m not that great at identifying), this is Chypre in genre, & I swear that I can smell violets in the opening. I also get a gorgeous bouquet of flowers where rose and lily-of-the-valley seem to predominate along with the spiciness of Jasmine.
The perfume is outstandingly potent and lasts forever. It is only removed by washing vigorously.
I am reminded of Estée Lauder Knowing when I wear this, it has a very similar vibe, but is darker, more intense and to my mind, more complex. There’s a lot going on here.
SDL is utterly sophisticated and should be worn by a woman and not a girl. I also think that it could be worn by a man, although it is not strictly a masculine scent.
SDL is a magical elixir, an olfactory journey into the boundaries of heaven. Gorgeous!!
sergec – :
I like rains and misty weather, being a grumpy misanthrope deep inside)
And nothing can please me more in such weather and mood as Soir de Lune. Because its hauntingly beautiful, has ghostly presence of English Victorian lady in style of Nicole Kidman in movie “The Others” and its not intrusive one, its just adds what is missing – beauty to your own soul when its in mood for good thinking
The honey, rose, coriandre and moss in Soir de Lune are singing an aria of discreet elegance, its like wearing long gloves and walking under an umbrella in s