Description
A La Nuit is one of the better fragrances with jasmine in the centre of the composition, and by all means it deserves attention of those who love jasmine scent. Inspiration for this fragrance Serge Lutens brought from Egypt. Several variances of jasmine are combined in the composition: Indian, Egyptian and Moroccan. The jasmine blend is accompanied by green branches, honey, clove, benzoin, and musk. The composition starts with intensive jasmine notes, warmed and deepened by benzoin in the base. The base notes are surprising here because they are greener and lighter than the central notes, and thus they emphasize the spring-time floral character of this fragrance. The perfume was created by Christopher Sheldrake in 2000.
Honey,Egyptian and Indian Jasmine,Musk,Benzoin,Grenadine,Green Notes,Cloves
oum219Diobtetty – :
Green, honeyed jasmine petals. Jasmines on dark soil. An indolic, night blooming jasmine bush. Probably the jasmine Renoir smelled while painting. Colour impression: dark blue, silver, blossom white and shades of green.
lancelotic – :
Over the years I’ve tested this on several occasions. My collection lacks a good jasmin and I love several of Lutens’ other offerings. So I kept thinking I should at least like this. But something felt so wrong with every test. I couldn’t pin it down. Yes there’s jasmin, but in a way that really bothers me.
Recently I went for a full confrontation hoping to settle this once and for all. I purposefully oversprayed, as in 8-10 sprays. And finally I could identify what was bothering me: after the short-lived opening of jasmin this becomes full on lilley of the valley on me. That was it all along. Now a sniff at the cap will already reveal the dreaded lotv, so I’ll admit defeat with this on.
karlmaster – :
This is really dead by Jasmine. I like more night blooming jasmine with airy and clean aspect. This one is indolic and too harsh for me.
Cофка – :
Killer Superfund jasmine. My first impression of this was bad. I decided to use up my sample during a heat wave, and it did well under those conditions, so I’ve made a kind of peace with it.
The top is plasticky, with almost a sour cherry note to it. When the green bud aspect comes in, the fragrance still smells synthetic to me. Like the time I bought Concord grapes at the farmer’s market and discovered “grape flavor” is based on them, I realized sometimes real things smell fake. That’s A La Nuit.
My mental image of this is a bored mall salesclerk snapping gum and looking at their phone. The mood isn’t sensual, but hostile with plausible deniability, because of the surface pretty. That could be a perfume I need.
karentvh2 – :
A la nuit, the gold standard of all jasmines and the jasmine to end all jasmines! A la nuit is a jasmine soliflore that I love to death; rich, heady, narcotic and indolic. I wear it all year round but I find it best on a beautiful summer night.
A la nuit, go big or go home!
MASTERPIECE 10/10
jemer – :
شاید بشه گفت با کیفیت ترین و طبیعی ترین ادکلن یاسی دنیا
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Scent & Qualiy: 10/10
Longevity: 6/10
Sillage: 6/10
Creativity & Uniqueness: 6/10
Affordability: 6/10
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Overall: 6.8+ 0.5= 7.3/10
Magadan – :
I find this one similar to Fleurs d’Oranger, or maybe all of the Serge Lutens’s perfumes are kind of similar to each other? Cause I have recently found them, but even if they are, I am totally a fan.
Both of them have something nostalgic, something childhood-like, but not childish. Something so natural, primal and positive. But not primal in an animalic way, nor positive in a candy way. They have brightness and beauty that can really be unisex (although in my opinion, very sensual and feminine), there is not too much of anything.
If I had to describe them in one word, I would say sincere. And I appreciate this among everything. I really feel like myself wearing them. Plus, they are long lasting and have perfect lively performance.
I actually prefer Fleurs d’Oranger. A La Nuit is more serious and reserved, for my taste is more “normal” and unisex. Jasmine really dominates at first here, but I have to say that at the beginning I’ve sensed something plastic in that jasmine, which I didn’t like, but it disappeared quite quickly. Then it developed into calming yet strong beauty that is leaving me feeling just perfect. Calm, but tickling somewhere deep down.
Lexsusz1 – :
I have a bush of jasmine in my garden and I was used to the beautiful airy and optimistic rendition of jasmine from say, “Parlez moi d’amour – eau fraiche”.
This however is not it – this is industrial jasmine, if I may put it so…jasmine on steel, jasmine on chemicals. Maybe the combination of greens and cloves make it so heady and hard to handle.
Nothing heady and misterious for a hot spring night with your loved one, like I pictured.
Luckily it tones down quickly, it becomes a skin scent within hour and you dont have to worry about giving people headaches. I wouldn’t pay for this, not for the smell or for the staying power ,I got it from my sister, who couldn’t handle it at all.
Best use I found for this: during cold season mix it with Dior Addict and maybe Kenzo Jungle Elephant for that warm spicy and sweet scent I crave so much.
alexandrma2011 – :
Jasmines fresh cuts.
The essence of the jasmine is lost within the fresh green cuts as I keep on sniffing jasmines in the background as if there were a single jasmine flower within a green field .
As it goes colder the strength of the jasmine grow bigger but by bit to overcome the scene. It has some rancid in the jasmines as I believe the jasmines used here are Indian jasmine which is famous of being quite strong and has big amount of rancidity.
The honey in here is trying so hard to sweeten the jasmines but the musk is adding more rancidity and I believe there is red roses as well because of the slight sharpness I am detecting.
This is for jasmines lovers and it has nothing to do with “nuda” by Nasomatto.
Elena050184 – :
Smells like Al-Rehab’s Full to my nose.
Radik25 – :
Sweet jasmine tea. This is rather a feminine scent, and for casual, friendly occassions where you just want to be comfortable and yourself, rather than for times when you dress to impress.
futeroks – :
I wore this on my wedding night. Yes it’s floral, it is jasmine but an overly sweet heady jasmine, too cloying for my taste. I finished the bottle and even recommended it to my daughter, I bought her a bottle at Harrods when I visited her in London a couple of years ago, but I never bought it again for myself. I don’t know why, I liked it at the time but somehow it didn’t make its mark on me.
Having spent some months in Egypt in my childhood, I can never forget the heady and hypnotic fragrance of Egyptian jasmine. This was close, but no cigar.
JurOk – :
I’ve been told this is the go-to for people who want a niche jasmine as-close-as-you’ll-get-to-a-soliflor. Not 100% realistic (by which I mean slightly artificial-smelling – wish they’d left out the other notes especially musk/honey which are faint but do affect it). But yes, this is probably as close to real jasmine as you’re going to get in a fragrance.
Like.
negredo – :
For Jasmine lovers. Or for lovers in general… very passionate sweet bouquet of freshly cut jasmine. Not for everyone, but I enjoy it. Two sprays are the maximum your nose can survive. The scent of these beautiful night flowers consider to be an afrodisiaque, so men complimenting me “this is the way each woman should smell”. Women are not so loyal. Competition?))) No, we are just from different planets: Venus and Mars. I love my feminine planet. It smells like jasmine, probably…
DeVal – :
This is a “stinky” jasmine if worn alone and sprayed as a regular perfume (one or two sprays). It is so heavy not every person would want to share a car in this cloud. However, it is an amazing clone of jasmine smell. I just have to find out how to use it as a layering scent and how to “dilute” it with some softer or sweeter fragrances.
Titasx – :
Swear to god, I get Twizzlers on the first spray. Must be the grenadine. Then I get spicy honey, and of course jasmine, but this combination makes it more interesting than your regular old white floral. This is jasmine mixed with waxy plants cooling after a long humid day in the sun. In fact, this is a very Southern perfume. I have smelled A La Nuit before, on a New Orleans patio or a Tallahassee veranda. Oh, you havent tried it? Bless your heart.
Bekker44444 – :
This is the kind of jasmine that I don’t like, it’s not a heady narcotic tropical sweet jasmine like the jasmine sambac kind but a rather bitter, jasmine green tea kind of jasmine..
Lila77 – :
Jasmine – living, blooming, exotic, heady jasmine. This is one of the few fragrances that comes close. I was encouraged to go with A la Nuit by the spouse. He even purchased it for me as a gift. Yes it is beautiful but after the initial few moments, I become anosmic to it. Everyone else gets to enjoy it, just not me. I am working on finding a new home for her now, where she will be better appreciated.
rediyevg – :
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