Description
Aqua di Parma, experienced in production of chic fragrances very popular in high society, has denoted its renaissance with, among other things, eau de toilette Iris Nobile. The new EDT has perfectly fit into the company of renowned fragrances such as Aqua di Parma Colonia (1916) and Profumo (1930), with relaunch of which Aqua di Parma has entered the new millennium and turned over a new sheet in its history.
Iris Nobile was created in 2004 by reputable master perfumers – Francoise Caron and Francis Kurkdjian. It was first created as eau de toilette. Classically elegant and feminine delicate floral fragrance is opposing the briskly-aromatic Italian style of the house; however, its moderate rhythm reveals the ambitions of beautiful floral fragrances of the past century.
Iris Nobile opens with luminous fresh citrusy notes of orange, mandarin and bergamot, followed by anise. The beauty of the iris flower is accentuated by the whole floral chorus of orange blossom, ylang-ylang, tuberose, mimosa and woodsy cedar nuance in the heart, among which the orange blossom is the most persistent companion. The floral bouquet only accompanies, and not at all overlays the beautiful iris solo – delicate-retro-romantic, with a trace of aery powder.
Eau de Parfum Iris Nobile was created in 2006. Besides the general resemblance, the fragrance has become deeper and more intensive, a bit darker and slightly sweeter. The citruses, so dominant in the original, have now been given a marginal role – the focus is on iris, and it has become more accentuated. Besides amber and vanilla, the base now includes oakmoss and patchouli that bring in a dramatic chypre note. EDT was launched as a summer fragrance, while EDP makes a great match to fur.
efrem – :
@Cauda PavonisExactly the thought I had i mind at the instant I caught sight of your review is that this is more tuberose than iris.
artem7711 – :
I rediscovered this one recently, and purchased more. For me, Iris Nobile opens with a sharp green note, that quickly warms as the creamy orris root of the iris note opens. Some tuberose, slight touch of rose, lime peel and spice- the notes say cardamom, but it’s more subtle than that on my skin, just a sharp intriguing edge underlying the warmth of the opening notes. And again, the notes say bergamot, but it’s very lime to my nose in the opening! Over time, the orris stays in the forefront, and the cedar comes forward, with a touch of vanilla. The spice stays all day.
This is not a sweet scent, despite what some of the notes might promise. It’s very warm, earthy, creamy, with a bit of an edge. Long lasting, usually good with one spray for the day, 12 hours later is a skin scent. I see a lot of other people report a powdery effect, but for me this is a deep, smooth, rich, buttery, orris extravaganza.
I had forgotten how much I loved this. Despite the fruit notes indicated above, I really get the wood, and orris. The creamy warmth of this scent brings lots of compliments and questions about what kind of lotion I use- people are surprised to hear that it is a perfume. The scent is deeper and somewhat darker than most perfumes, with a richness that I have not found in other scents. I know, I keep using that word, but it fits! This is currently my signature for the fall, as we are experiencing a very cold rainy season in Minnesota, and this scent has that comforting, almost nostalgic tone to it, that warms the heart and eases dreary days.
IN is expensive as a FB, but the EDP (which I strongly recommend, purple cap on the sample vials) is available for as little as $4 per vial on the bay. Worth trying, I promise. And a little goes a long way, start with one spray. The scent will strengthen as it evolves, so give it 20 minutes before deciding to add a second spray. My skin eats scent, but this one has oomph, fair warning!
rus50779 – :
I’ve had my sample of Iris Nobile for years; I remember liking it at first sniff when I got it, but thinking that I’d need a lot more experience to have anything significant to say about it. And even now, with my perfume vocabulary duly extended, I find it hard to put my impression of this one into words. So I’ll just say that it’s very good, and that the name is just right: noble really is the word for this refined, elegant, calm, subtle, but also very comfortable scent.
Actually, I get neither iris nor any of the other floral notes specifically – this is one well blended perfume, very cohesive. It makes for a wonderfully soft, subtly sweet and powdery bouquet, a little creamy at first and underpinned by a nicely subdued vanilla. Very clean in a cosy sort of way – one of those I could easily imagine as a signature, because it would work in so many settings without either getting old to myself or offending anyone around me. The only thing I’d change about it is the projection: I wish it were a little stronger. But that might just be the effect of keeping a sample around for several years, especially since so many reviews mention the exact opposite for the EDP version that I have, so I’ll reserve judgement on that until I have a larger amount, i.e. as soon as I can get my hands on a little decant.
garisson81 – :
A true purple iris. Very lovely.
artur22555 – :
Big, sensual floral. Surprisingly strong for Acqua di Parma. I’m not really getting any iris; this is more of a big, rich, slightly oily white floral. It’s much more of a tuberose bomb with some neroli than an iris fragrance. It’s AdP so it’s good quality but I can’t help feeling like this smells like one of my cheapies (can’t remember which off hand). Nice in a sultry, full bloomed way but undistinguished. Sexy but somewhat blowsy.
Edit: I know what it smells like: Beautiful by Estee Lauder. I personally feel that Beautiful is the better fragrance though – it’s slightly greener, and has more depth and complexity.
kww1968 – :
I’ve been wearing the EDP version on and off over the past couple of weeks and I find that I’m having a difficult time sorting out my feelings on Iris Nobile. It feels like retro 80s chic, with too much powder for summer heat. I can’t even tell if it’s iris I’m smelling.
Glad I only bought a decant, but I am interested in taking the EDT out for a test drive.
Xeroxfbpml – :
Smells very lovely, but that’s not iris.
Lion21 – :
I’m going to stick my head out here… On my skin all I can smell is tuberose!
Iris is a beautiful scent but here it just gets overpowered and completely wrestled down to the ground by a sickly, suffocating tuberose! Sorry but I am not a fan of this, for those who like a strong white floral (in this case tuberose) this is probably great.
miheev75 – :
Ordered the EDT and EDP samples, just got the EDP. Sprayed, and that feeling, i know this smell, but from where? Took a while to figure, but on my skin, the EDP smells a lot like Cacharel´s Eden. And Eden doesnt even have iris on it !
Anyway, its a nice smell, but really strong. Will wait the EDT sample because, well, i had Eden once at 90´s, dont want a revival 🙂
serg6260 – :
Something went wrong the last time I reviewed this beauty as I found it boring then. Apparently that was a shallow testing. Now, I find it extremely beautiful and far from boring. I pick up the tuberose that I love, the powdery iris of course, and the citrus notes which brings a beautiful zing to this fragrance. If the iris is the true star of this fragrance, the star anise is the dark matter which everything gravitate towards. Without it it would have been just nice. But because of it I find it truly addictive. It’s on my want list.
Anna Novak – :
Wonderful powdery iris aroma. True perfection. Its durability is very good. The packaging of all the perfumes of the brand is one of the main merits – it can be used for decoration and looks great. I think it’s absolutely worth every penny, because what the brand offers is a real perfume experience. The ingredients in the perfumes are quality and this is evident from the whole feeling you get when you bring their product. In this case, I was absolutely stunned when I smelled the perfume for the first time. I had to have it. I’ve been thinking for two days until I finally went back to the store and bought a big bottle.
Meues055intitytek – :
If you like Guerlain, particularly Mitsouko, then Iris Nobile will find favour. I tried the EDT while travelling some years ago and loved the dry down. When I purchased I opted for the EDP and wish I hadn’t; it’s a little too big for me, 80s powerhouse and all that. Iris Nobile is really more orange blossom up front and the Iris is a misnomer is you like vegetal Iris (like Hiris) Having said that the perfume, the total effect, just oozes expensive, it’s ‘spendy’ and splendid and opulent, a touch of Amarige in there, I guess that’s the tuberose. I can’t wear the EDP around my neck either, guess that’s also the tuberose talking, but she’s definitely a Riviera perfume. Let’s pretend we’re swanning around Monaco, not frazzled on the motorway.
AffentFew – :
Usually I’m not a big iris fan, as I often find it to be suffocating and too heavy and headache inducing. Stumbled over this by accident, tried it on, and fell instantly in love – and ran out and bought it the day after!
Of course iris is the big star of the fragrance (as the name suggest), but tuberose (which I love love love) also play a huge role, as well as a balmy almost wax-like neroli and orange flowers. There is a big fat anise in the mix as well, which personally I’m not a fan of, as I think its licorice-y quality often overrule all other notes. But in Iris Nobile, it is somehow a tame, controlled anise, even though it is massive and huge one.
Iris Nobile hits you with a massive blast at first (spray with caution – a little goes a long way with this baby!) but within half an hour it dries down to this smooth, elegant, feminine, divine balm. Iris continues to be the leading role, but tuberose and mimosa and vanilla peeks out more and more as time goes by, and end up being the most dominant notes, especially vanilla, after some hours. It lingers on the skin as a beautiful, creamy, elegant veil of exotic discrete spices, and white flowers. It reminds me somehow of gardens and markets of the Middle East. One of my best friends always mention how exotic and wonderful I smell when I wear this.
Beautiful, a masterpiece. Bottle match the scent perfect; elegant, timeless, chic, exclusive. Projection is massive – you only need 2 sprays to be fully covered. Last for ages – my jacket sleeve got a spray by accident, and I can still easily smell it several days later.
Highly recommend this wonderful fragrance to pretty much all women 🙂
videotip – :
I have reviewed this fragrance before, but this comes as a new impression after I experienced more of drinking wine and appreciating all the scents around me.
Initially this fragrance was cutting sharp in a subdued way to me. Now I realize that even if a own and use EDP I think I am experiencing the original EDT.
I sense a yellow lemon at the start, with a type of a sparkling white wine. The wine later looses its sparkle and becomes reminiscent of a freshly opened new cotton cloth, like a fine-machined cotton blouse made in a factory, packaged in a see-through plastic bag and sent to the chain of department stores like KAUFLAND from where I bought a night gown.
Then the fragrance continues in the same note without much change, at least to my sensing, which I like.
I find no powdery notes, not much iris in its bulb smelling form, but there is a bulb of a flower at the texture of the overall volume.
This fragrance relaxes me now, bringing predictability and clean comfort.
I had noticed over time that just like with drinking wine, tea, coffee and water, we bring to the original fragrances types of nuances we carry from our experience of life. That is how people who love chocolate, apples or fruits in general, use spices in their food with deliberation and knowledge, sometimes find those loved nuances in the smells of a wine. With fragrances, as synthetic or natural as they might be, I experience a similar appearance of my perception. But this fragrance somehow comes to me as if I experience it from a fixed point of view, without much change, rather a development based on my meditation through life.
Nmojkolls – :
It is a strong floral scent, I guess, I could wear only a little bit of it.
Iris, mimosa, tuberose and ylang-ylang mostly.
It’s a scent with a huge sillage and longevity.
It has an old-fashioned and niche feeling to it.
It couldn’t ever be one of my favorites, but I think it could be worn.
han710 – :
Perfectly crafted iris, no complains, other than the sillage. It’s enormous and I cannot wear this perfume on my neck, it’s too strong. But it smells gorgeous on my skin. It’s like Francis Kurkdjian makes the perfumes perfect for my skin
Naruto001 – :
I love love love the EDT version of this scent. Really beautiful, airy and long lasting floral perfume. I tried the EDP last week and while I enjoyed the top and heart notes immensely the basenotes were not a pleasant experience for me. So the EDP was enjoyable apart from the drydown unfortunately.
гоша морячок – :
Iris Nobile EDT revolves around a very sharp iris note that smells exactly like a “Taft Hairspray” that my mom used when I was like 2-3 years old in early 90’s. I like iris but not this one. I’m more of a Dior Homme Intense Iris fan! On my skin, Iris Nobile is really sharp and sour with an undertone of white flowers. Sillage and longevity are less than moderate on my skin.
Unfortunately, I cannot say that I’m a fan.
VerieFeraDIFF – :
There is Iris and there is Iris. This is IRIS at her best. Elegant, classy, feminine, but never girly or ‘Hollywood’ boring. IRIS NOBILE EDP is more than that really. It’s also mediterrean, breezy, rich and reminds me a little bit of Mahora Guerlain allthough Mahora has no iris in it. It’s the orange blossom, ylang-ylang and tuberose that leads to the same smell. Mahora though is a mysterious ‘closed’ perfume, Iris Nobile is ‘open and inviting’ and always reaches out for the sun. IRIS NOBILE shows that powdery iris definitely can be airy fresh.
fommenko – :
You may see couple of “reminds me of” fragrances on this page, yet other than versions of Iris Nobile, I do not think there is anything that can remind you of this gem. I find this pleasant.
Acqua di Parma fragrances are essential. If you have the chance the smell or privilage to own more than one, you will understand the “heritage” they are proud of (or they are marketing, from another point of view). You will understand which frangrance is by AdP from a similar smelling group of fragrances. To me, it is mostly distinctive in the dry down. This white linen shirt, Amalfi breeze, lemon gardens and careless spirit thing.
I thought, to have iris in this mix which is already well grounded should be challanging and it would smell like some cheap body mist. I tried it on the paper with such prejudice in mind and I almost apologized from the small bottle as I smelled the most elegant iris in my life. How dare I doubted you.
Elegance, this was the key. Again there was the Amalfi feel, the breeze, gardens, the linen dress (instead of masculin reference to the shirt), and it was carefree but also confident in a subtle way. To “play” iris this way, this is a craftsman’ s work.
I mostly prefer to use it in warm weather, probably because of all these associations. I recently noticed as it is “light” in heart, it will not “hug” you or feel “blankety” during colder months, a feeling most of us look for in a winter frangrance.
Instant – :
Acqua di Parma makes what I have always traditionally thought of as good perfumes, so I’m condemned to think this is good. It’s classic and classy however I like this one less than “Magnolia”, it’s much more citrusy, and colder. Where “Magnolia” made me nostalgic for summer days with my mom, Iris reminds me of my grandmother. It’s more detached, more regal and less comforting, but still utterly nostalgic. 7.5/10
5537565 – :
I tried the edp yesterday. I didn’t like the top notes at all. Oddly spicy (it must be the anise) and somewhat dated. But as it mellowed out, I liked Iris Nobile so much better! The iris note stands out, but the tuberose is certainly here too, it adds some creaminess to the scent. The orange blossom note adds some freshness, but it’s very short-lived. I’m not sure if Iris Nobile is for me, as I’m not an iris person, but I can really appreciate the beauty of it. Creamy yet austere, of course, in a noble way.
P.S. I can definitely see the “old lipstick” vibe going on. Also, the comparison with Annick Goutal Passion is spot-on.
LemNeemoHug – :
Iris Nobile is the perfect name for this perfume. It is a beautiful iris it has a definite nobility. I think it is an empress. It stands firmly in itself, doesn’t get ruffled, it is quiet and refined, has a strong sense, it is confident and self-assured. It makes me feel content and secure, and loved. It’s a gorgeous mixture of sweet, sour, soft powder, strength, allure, beautiful flowers and sweet citrus fruits, with just enough wood to earth it. It isa lovely iris. All the flowers are beautiful. It is indeed exquisite.
iskatel18 – :
The tuberose almost scared me off from this fragrance, but I am glad it did not. This is a classy, graceful, very lady-like scent but a dame, not a damsel, in the best sense of the word.
On me, there’s a nice, light “buttery” smell that tempers all the florals. This is my first iris scent, so I cannot speak for the clarity of the note compared to the other florals within it. Although sweet and powdery, there is no hint of gourmand or baby powder characteristics. The anise disappears on me and the citrus notes are quiet. I have only tried this during a New England winter, but I believe this is a fragrance that may work year round.
Projection= I was dabbing, and it remained unnoticeable
Longevity= skin scent after 2 hrs
Wear= day, office-friendly if applied lightly, meeting your future mother-in-law :), when you want to smell pretty without screaming “I’m pretty!”
Nexe – :
Iris Nobile is the perfect name. It is a beautiful iris; and has a definite nobility about it. It is an empress. It stands firmly in itself, doesn’t get ruffled, is quiet and refined, has a strong sense of itself; is confident and self-assured. It makes me feel content and secure, and loved. It’s a gorgeous mixture of sweet, sour, soft powder, strength, allure, beautiful flowers and sweet citrus fruits, with just enough wood to earth it. It is such a lovely iris. All the flowers are beautiful. It is exquisite.
Senor87 – :
I love it.Smiley iris,not serious or austere.Very classy,you can recognize the touch of Francis Kurkdjian in the composition ,his way to make a perfume a bit far away.But low sillage and longevity.
самячсм – :
There is so much I would like to say about Iris Nobile. It took me quite sometime to get it. Now that it is mine, I can tell you what I think and feel about it.
Iris Nobile is simply beautiful. It might feel a bit bold when you first spray it, but that boldness goes away very quickly and it turns into a quiet but dazzling natural beauty. There is this very warm and subtle sweetness to it. Nothing like burned sugar or sour fruits, but more like sweet flowers under the summer sun. I can almost see the yellow fields when I smell it. The mandarin and orange notes make this scent light and wearable. They blend so perfectly with the flowers that they don’t leave a sour feeling behind. The orange color of the citrus fruits melts into the yellow of mimosa, ylang-ylang, amber and the yellow patches of the purple iris petals. I can’t stop thinking about how beautiful the color harmony of IN is. It is like a beautiful painting. Even before you open it, the colors of the packaging reveal the warmth and the comfort of this delightful scent that it hides inside.
Iris Nobile is one of the masterpiece fragrances in my opinion. Maybe you have seen and smelled others similar to it, but not quite like it. It is not loud or dramatic. Doesn’t need to be. Once you wear it, forgetting or ignoring it is almost impossible. It sits there unpretentiously on your skin and radiates its beauty and warmth quietly.
шустрик – :
Fragrance Review For Iris Nobile
Acqua di Parma
Top Notes
Mandarin Orange Bergamot Anise Iris
Middle Notes
Mimosa Orange Blossom Ylang Ylang Tuberose Hibiscus
Base Notes
Vanilla Amber
Iris Nobile (Noble Iris) is my first foray into the fragrance line Acqua di Parma. My God have I been missing out. This is not the best example of their fragrances but it makes a fine intro. As an iris flower lover, and having worn such complex iris scents like L’Heure Bleue or Ysatis Iris, this is a fragrance that falls a bit flat as far as iris scents. It is very light and powdery. I realize that iris in perfumery can turn powdery but this was a bit too powdery, like actual iris scented talcum powder. It seems to want to be worn as a boudoir perfume or skin freshner and it makes me think of an Italian Contessa who loves the smell of iris so she kept a bottle of orris root and powders herself in iris.
Iris Nobile starts off with a citric smell. It’s old fashioned citrus based notes of bergamot orange and mandarin orange. They are fresh, very cool, and though not an astringent or aftershave, it’s very clearly an orange grove type of scent, juicy, fruity and sweet. The sweetness of the mandarin orange eventually embraces other citrus scents in flowers. I refer to the mimosa and orange blossom. This is as much a yellow floral as it is a purple floral (iris, hibiscus). The ylang ylang floral note smells just the tiniest bit like a banana. So for me there was indeed a fruitiness to this scent, though not heavy.
There is definitely orris root here and the dry down develops into an amber and vanilla powder which can smell like a common household domestic product like powder or soap. The scent is fresh, sweet, and powdery, feminine and clean, very clean.
This fragrance makes me think of the old saying: cleanliness is close to Godliness. This is a royal iris. Elegant, poised, womanly and mature. It has a very lovely aroma and longevity though it turns into powder, powder for days. I guess that’s ok sometimes.
This frag can be worn to Church, to a wedding or to a formal dinner engagement. It’s not heavy but it has a formality and solemnity to it. At times it does smell like L’Heure stripped down to bare bones. Gorgeous and powdery, and true to it’s moniker, a noble scent.
dushman – :
it’s powdery,floral(white floral)
it’s a mix of sweet Iris and white floral.
it’s similar to Acqua di Parma Iris Nobile Sublime..
This is one of the most beautiful Iris base fragrance i have ever smelled.It is a feminine perfume,Very wearable scent.
I prefer wearing it in cold or warm weather.
I recommend it for using on days.
A perfect scent from heaven..
tautis – :
Very rich tuberose and intensive jasmine. Buttery or waxy feel to it, I can’t smell any citruses or star anise. Iris is noticeable but mostly I can smell those heavy flowers. Ylang ylang is there also.
This is beautiful but this is not for me. Smells expensive and like good quality.
Edp lasts long and it’s powerful stuff.
Funsedums – :
Warm soft iris. Smells old-fashioned enough to be on-brand. Makes me wish there was an “indifferent” box on this site, rather than just “love, “like” or “dislike”.
Update: far more interesting on the dry-down.
diegoo – :
How I love a good Iris perfume. This is buttery and beautiful – dry, sweet, woozy and enveloping but for me it doesn’t knock Hermes Hiris off its velvety throne for my favourite Iris based fume.
Meuji682Unlogrere – :
This fragrance to me is the missing link between something like Love, Chloé and perfumes in the style of Champs Elysees and Cerruti 1881. Not as heavy on the mimosa as the latter, as the iris note is still the star of the show. I actually didn’t pick up on the tuberose, or at least it’s certainly not the tuberose you find in Fracas, Cabotine or 24 Faubourg, which is a relief, because I think that would thrown off the scent in a different direction entirely. I really like this, it’s a very “me” fragrance, as I love a good powdery, iris-based fragrance.
seniavietis – :
Iris Nobile is a powdering of that appeal with the name of gauzy floral, but without the grace and style that prints Olivia Giacobetti its fragrances as nuanced as a breeze that comes to you from a floral bouquet on a ambarado background and sweet, but insubstantial and soulless.
In this iris bouquet queen in a feud where other flowers accompany him as a retinue of ladies in long flitting around without much power and poise, and that is an EDP.
Very nice, flowery and natural, but applied in skin and I get a jarring note perspiring could be some spice or wood that spoils everything, unless you like that kind of notes, of course 🙂
Iris Nobile, to me at least, does not convince me, or what vaporous or for that rancid touch.
Rating: 3
doomer2005 – :
Fresh, regal and like a traditional fragrance but for someone young. I can imagine a contessa wearing this with some white lace gloves on. It is very zesty on me with an almost violet leaf note. The dry down is nice and powdery. Old school perfume for sure…Very Italian. Feels like the kind of smell that has been handed down for centuries. The most interesting aspect is the vanillic, powdery dry down that still clings to the original Iris. A summer staple.
tyz – :
I had bought this a while back, and yes, it was a blind buy. I wanted to love this so much, but sadly it didn’t work on my skin. I think it’s the mimosa. Seems like every scent I’ve tried that has lots of mimosa doesn’t work so well on me. Tuberose is another note that can tricky on me too. I think it was a combo of these two that just didn’t do it for me.
If all the notes work on your skin, I’m jealous. I’m sure this is a lovely scent on the right person. But for me, it’s a no go. I’ve since sent it back and bought something else. I really wish this would’ve worked, but oh well, they all can’t be winners.
dimandobro – :
Warm iris scent, in fact a rich blend of iris, vanilla, amber and woods. Nice, but it also has something that irritates me. Perhaps it’s tuberose, one of my least favorite notes.
dandan – :
Iris allo stato puro, più aspro e meno dolce delle fragranze con questo fiore come protagonista. Il bouquet di fiori è avvertibile come gli agrumi in testa. Profumo da donna over 40!
6/10
shel_1980 – :
Iris shares her throne with her non-identical twin sister called tuberose. Like the lanky, lovely florals they are, they keep sitting there, all well-mannered and nice to be around.
The tuberose is exactly the kind I smelled in Histoires des Parfums’ first of the three – namely, the creamy variety, reminiscent of expensive lotion on sunkissed skin. The iris herself bears little to no resemblance to her gothic cousin Iris Silver Mist (who is the root to Iris Nobile’s blossoms) or the “businesslady” No. 19, except for maybe a bit of soapiness it borrows from the latter.
Interestingly, Iris Nobile has been praised as a chypre – let’s just say, Mitsouko this is not. Anything dark and unsettling has been carefully hidden in the background, serving merely as props to complete the scene.
To me, this is the perfume equivalent of a spa day – it makes you feel neat and pretty and life look so easy.
sergey-ss – :
This is i fall in Love with EDP omg unbelievable beauty lovely iris anise and sweet tuberose. lasting power it’s very good elegant and Nobile
nagano2 – :
I got a sample of Iris Nobile EDP a couple of years ago, I tried it and forgot it very soon. I couldn’t find anything irisy about it, it was a floral-chypre and I was not into that kind of scents at that time. I’ve tested it again this week and now my heart beats in trepidation, it is really a floral-chypre, flowery iris (not very earthy) over a vanilla-amber-woody base. Its sillage is wonderfully present and lasts about 5-6 hours in my skin. You can’t imagine the lies I’m telling myself to believe that I really need a bottle of this perfume. The feeling I got is the same that when you meet again an old friend, one you considered just nice, but this time you’re mature enough to see that this person is special.
kristyjanzer – :
i love this.
yes, white and yellow flowers.
a beautiful iris is present, though a little overwhelmed at times perhaps.
sweetness. refined. but not particularly powdery on me. with a delicious dry down.
it has a vintage vibe, which i like.
actually…thinking about it, like all the Francis Kurkdjian perfumes i have tried…they are overtly feminine and muchly intoxicating.
test before you buy. it is strong and long.
what sprang to my mind as soon as i squirted…were Fracas and Mahora (not in smell, but in bombasticosiousness).
…i found Iris Nobile almost overwhelming to begin with!
despite the almost nausea, i was oddly drawn to it and now i can’t get enough!
EDIT: iris and Oakmoss are my favourite whiffs, so i have tested this in cool weather.
it’s a love love love.
and the dry down is utterly gorgeous.
when i sniff my wrists after a few hours, it’s very similar to L’Air de Rien dry down, which i also love.
can’t wait to receive my full bottle.
mvm502 – :
In fact the previous reviewer was spot on. That’s not an iris scent, but an oily, rich, yellow floral one. It is posh, long-lasting, powdery tuberose with mimose and orange blossom. On me it is overhelming and I am not from faint-hearted division, since I do love Poeme and Jil Sander No4, I think Iris Nobile is on same scale as Fracas by silage and determination to suffocate.
qnm311Negeltzex – :
“Whole floral chorus” is right! Testing the EDP, I do love it, but it’s not an iris scent. It’s a lovely yellow floral which dries down to a sweet blend of powdery orange blossom and mimosa. If iris is in there, it’s hard to find. This is rich, deep, golden, buttery, flowery and strong. I’m surprised and pleased, as I’ve probably tested too many austere and melancholy iris scents. Also there’s not much citrus in the EDP, it’s more along the lines of Divine “Divine” and Too Much. Having said all that, I adore it, and I’ll be buying some. It’s perfectly blended and very high-quality – Lovely 🙂
icd379speagoessenda – :
This is buttery and earthy, very deep, with a licoricey edge. Definitely unisex, and bears no connection to infusion d’ iris, which is much brighter by comparison.
judo-ist – :
This is one of my favorite iris fragrances – possibly even THE favorite at the moment. It begins with a gentle opener of iris mixed with a bit of orange blossom. In contrast to Frederic Malle’s Iris Poudre, it lacks the sharpness that sometimes comes with a colder iris. As it dries down it becomes slightly sweet, peppered with white florals. I even catch a hint of vanilla at the tail end, as the scent is about to leave me. Projection is just beyond a skin scent – someone near me can smell it for the first couple hours, but I don’t believe it projects much further than arms’ length. If you really love iris with a twist, I couldn’t recommend this more. I’d already have a bottle if finances permitted – but believe you me, it will be a part of my collection as soon as I can manage!
ТРАЛЛИК – :
Iris is one of my favorite notes and flowers so I was compelled to try Iris Nobile even though many reviewers have clearly stated that there is not, in fact, much iris present here. I sampled the EDP, which is a well-crafted scent that suggests the most ginormous bridal bouquet of heady white flowers. There may be one small austere stem of iris hidden behind the gardenia, tuberose, jasmine, orange blossoms and who knows what else, but how would you ever notice it? The floral avalanche comes to rest on a sweet base of vanilla and light resins. Lots of sillage, lasts forever. Glamorous, fun to try, but somehow not memorable. Points deducted for taking the name of the noble iris in vain.
Alex Perry – :
So sad…I really liked this at first. The iris and bergamot notes, sweetened by vanilla, are truly lovely. Then the tuberose and orange blossom turn up to spoil the party and give me a headache. Go easy on the sprays; this stuff gets into your sinuses tear gas style.
hembrowcedqos – :
I apologise if I offend but I tried this for the first time today and after a couple of hours I was smelling my wrist and what came to mind was a milder Giorgio of Bev Hills, slightly prettier with a little hint of powder. (EDT) LOVELY!
freezard – :
I think it’s very important to highlight that Edp and Edt versions are very different. The first one is powdery in the old-school way, and a bit plain to me, so I think it’s suitable for winter season, mature women, especially in evening occasion.
The EDT, instead, is sparkling and more suitable for younger amoung us; iris comes after a citrus opening and lingering, that makes the whole more airy and playful (the risk with iris always is to drift to an old powdery smell like shalimar or nr 5, with all the respect of these masterpieces!!) but really this composition is very far from this; while in drydown the two versions get similar.
So, I suggest to try both before choose.
Me? Well, I’m 35, so I think I can easily dress both!
Meipk304intitytek – :
Iris Nobile is a real mystery, albeit a beautiful one. My love affair with IN started with a sample I ordered – the impression it gave was an an iris on a lovely cloud of full white flowers and a powdery sweet base. I decided to order a bottle last month and it made me even fall harder for this release from Acqua di Parma. Since Fragrantica doesn’t have a separate page for the EdT/EdP, I’ll list the notes for the latter here (according to the official AdP site):
Top: Bergamot, Aniseed, Mandarin
Heart: Ylang-Ylang, Iris
Base: Vanilla, Patchouli, Oakmoss
I was really excited when my bottle finally arrived (I was able to snap it up for a bargain price!