Description
Judith Leiber Night is a rich, intense and intoxicating oriental fragrance. Glamorous and sensual, it is intended for elegant evening occasions and night life opportunities. Composition developed by Firmenich perfumers mixes hot spices, sexy flowers, woody and oriental ingredients. The fragrance opens with notes of bergamot and black cinnamon, leading to the floral heart of night blooming jasmine, peony and lily. The background represents a blend of oriental caramelized amber, intensive patchouli, creamy woods and incense.
The appearance of the bottle is inspired by Art Deco design and Streamline evening clutch from the Lieber collection. The bottle is rectangular, opaque black and adorned with emphasized rhinestones. The stopper is shaped like a crystal buckle.
Judith Leiber Night is available from January 2011 as 40 and 75 ml EDP.
ZeJIeHblu – :
Based on the notes, I thought I would love this fragrance. When first testing, I usually start with one spray and go from there. One spray of this was way too much. I thought the intensity would calm down a bit during the dry down and it did…but only slightly.
This fragrance had an intense, nose tickling spice, and a good amber tone complimenting the spice. I think that was the only highlight. One or two of the notes, possibly the incense mixed with the cinnamon, just doesn’t work with my skin. It isn’t sweet but its still somehow cloying. Nearly headache enducing.
I had hoped I would love this fragrance but it was a no go. Too bad.
snkjznuyouj – :
If this perfume wouldn’t contain cinnamon, it would be almost identical to Dita Von Teese by Dita Von Teese. For me the cinnamon in this one is too outstanding. Although, the fragrance itself has very good quality, pretty bottle and the scent isn’t bad ,I’m afraid it’s not my cup of tea.
This should be a great gem for cinnamon lovers:)
lihiysm – :
A man’s point of view! I enjoy buying my wife perfume. I usually buy the small, sample vials because some I choose for her are very expensive and I want to be sure she likes them before I lay out real cash. After I read some of the reviews for Judith Leiber Night I thought this juice is cheap enough at twenty a bottle to take a chance on two and a half ounces.
In short, This is one of the best blind buys I have ever made. My wife loves it, and I love it on her. Night is one of the most sensual, seductive scents I have ever smelled. The slightly fruity opening turns pleasantly sweet and then finishes with the beautiful, amber, incense vibe that lasts for six to eight hours. Very sensual. Long lasting. Strong, but not too strong, AND dirt cheap! Highly recommended, But not for the under-twenty, bubble-gum crowd. Just sayin’.
plurnexamnner – :
I blind bought an EDT for less than $10 total. It was sold to me as 95% full… damn the solid black bottle. Not even my “flashlight behind the bottle” works. Oh well.
I like this. I like it enough that I’m wondering if I need the EDP too. It’s spicy, ambery powdery cinnamon incense. Sweet and woody too. Must be the caramel/amber and woods. Mmmmmm. This is good. The patchouli kinda screamed at first, but it’s all good now. This is smooth. Too dry to be creamy, but warm stuff!
The EDT is quite light, which is why the EDP is haunting me now. Tomorrow I get my quarterly ebay bucks… I may need the EDP.
I do not care for Euphoria, but I can see how this could smell like Euphoria. “L de Lolita” is one of my faves– and I don’t think JL Night is similar at all. They have cinnamon in common and that’s about it. This has a more candy-like (red hots) woody amber/incense sweetness, and L smells like cinnamon vanilla orange spice cake IMO.
Quite long lasting for an EDT and the drydown (next day) was more like Organza Indecence (new) than L de Lolita.
I’m not as obsessed with buying the EDP now. I want to wear this EDT more first.
My first tissue test smells AMAZING several days later! A soft sweet amber vanilla wood. I may have to spray down some blankets in winter because this is a delicious cozy drydown! Wearing it is just a “like” for me, so I’m happy with my cheap EDT bottle.
golodorik – :
I love anything spicy and oriental. Knowing this I was intrigued with the notes in this perfume. I had to try it. At first spritz I was a little overwhelmed. It’s VERY strong – but the dry down is absolutely lovely and the longevity is good. I liked it so much that I bought a large purse spray – this is something that I need to be in the mood to wear. I wouldn’t buy a whole bottle of it but it is a good scent that will be fun to wear now and then. The only way I can describe it is to say that it’s dark, mysterious, warm and intriguing. It makes you want to know more about the woman who is wearing it. It casts an aura that says I am confident and sexy.
PeceLeady – :
The longevity is great. I sprayed the crook of my elbow about midnight and it was still noticeable (although I had to press my nose to my skin) at around 11 this morning.
This is okay. It seems similar to My Burberry Black, although I feel like MBB is better blended. Night is sweeter and more amber intense.
The strongest point for me is the cinnamon. I love being able to actually smell the cinnamon.
All in all, I agree with almost all the reviews. Night is good but not great, in my opinion. It was sweeter than I was expecting but it isn’t bad, at all. I don’t think I will buy a full-size bottle after my sample runs out.
DiegoDovgan – :
I like this one. It is like breakfast got turned into a perfume. Like an perfume impression of a sugar topped blueberry muffin and cinnamon coffee cake in a brown bag. It is not actually literally foody, though, when it comes together. Thanks to the the touch of patchouli and the amber, it smells like a perfume or like a room where ladies are wearing perfume and eating coffee cake.
I like the bottle very much.
kosha80 – :
The reviewer just below me, _christine_ summed this up so very well. To add, to me, this reminds me of CK Euphoria mixed with maybe the original CD Poison, or one of the Poison flankers. Perhaps even reminiscent of vintage TM Angel. Definitely as _christine_ said, this is not original, but nice.
To me this is rather gourmand-smelling, I was not expecting this to be so gourmand. A definite warmth to this, as well. Nice, but not original. If you like any of the fragrances reviewers have mentioned, this one might be worth checking out. Can pick this up for about a mere fraction of the price of it’s counterparts. Very good on longevity, and sillage is moderate to heavy, depending on how many spritzes you use.
ygalek – :
Warm, cuddly, but not very original. It’s a bit of Dior Addict, mixed in some L by Lolita Lempicka, with some Prada Amber.
It’s nice. It seems perfect for lazy Sundays, fuzzy sweaters and naps on the couch. There’s nothing special or unique here, but it’s certainly pleasant.
NadNiMi – :
This is a toned down Addict (from 2002), an EDT version of it, which makes it perfectly wearable throughout the year, awesome silage and longevity, even on my dry skin, needless to say I LOVE it! 🙂
documentiki – :
Let me first say that I was offered this at a ridiculously low price with another purchase in a perfume shop and I declined. Later I could smell it on my wrist and was kicking myself!
I just got a (9ml?) mini spray, black tube, rhinestone on the top of the cap, its the edp. You can find the edt cheap but have no idea if it is any good by comparison ?
It opens with a blast of fruitiness, plum and sandalwood with floral undertones. It brings to mind Black Orchid, not that they are identical but they have a feeling in common, both also bring to mind a woman nearing 50, who wears the odd item of Vivienne Westwood clothing and has dark and shiny hair. Where Black Orchid to me is somehowhat dry, savoury and ‘matt’ texturally, this is more of a black opal, shinier with flashes of sweet sparks.
I don’t really get cinnamon (very smooth and mild, not chewing gum like at all), until many hours later when it is actually reminding me greatly of L by Lolita Lempicka, I really like this and it strikes me as a very ‘me’ scent in the sense that it smells like something my teenage self would have worn, not that it’s a teen style perfume, no, more that I was a kinda weird kid. While my peers were wearing Body Shop dewberry, I trawled department stores testing things like EA Red Door, Dune, Byblos, Krizia and later; Champagne and delighting in free samples of Joy!
I could really get into this as a, not signature exactly as I’m a scent commitment phone, but as something maybe people recognised as me. At least, sometimes!
Vahtang – :
I adore the bottle, it looks just like a JL minaudiere, and the art deco style is my favorite in design. Another reviewer had complained about the “plastic” cap and “fake crystals,” trimming it, but the one on my bottle is nice, albeit a bit flimsy.
It takes about two minutes for the fragrance to unfold on my skin, and I love it from the start. A sweet peach and caramel scent, with just a hint of cinnamon, on a base of musk. To me it’s a warm fragrance that draws you in and makes you feel as though you’ve come home. It’s the way I want my skin to smell; the way I want to be remembered.
Reading the reviews from others makes me think my nose might not be very sophisticated. I should have smelled amber, and probably did, but since I sometimes wear amber oil I’m accustomed to an unadulterated version of the scent. Suppose the peach-caramel could be read as amber, but in the straight oil there is a woody component that wasn’t here. And no one mentions musk, where for me it’s the comforting part of the smell. Maybe it’s just my skin?
I’d purchased this blind on ebay for about $15, it’s a bargain at that. Not enough sillage for me, though, nor does it last long enough.
I’d recently purchased some Clinique Aromatics White, and this is like a watered-down version of the fragrance it evolves into, after the overly-loud white patchouli fades. But the Clinique has the sillage and lasts quite a long time; it would be my evening choice, and I’d wear this for the daytime.
zmey74 – :
This scent had 2 distinct phases. The first was a fruit-chuli, very plummy (which I don’t see listed) fragrance combined with the earthy incense of the patchouli–it’s not a terribly dirty patch, pretty typical of most mainstream patchouli scents. It was quit strong and very fruit-forward for the first hour, then it became more subdued but still quite fruity.
After about 3 hours of that, I got 3 more hours of a cinnamon-amber scent, not bold but not strictly a skin-scent either. This is the part I preferred; it was a very pleasant cinnamon, with a vanilla style of amber that wasn’t too cloying or dessert-like. The patchouli lingers faintly, like a shadow behind a bright candle, but the main players are warm and spicy at this phase.
Good longevity, about 6+ hours; fading from strong to still fair. An interesting evolution in this fragrance, but I wish it had skipped past the plumminess and into the cinnamon amber. This is based upon a decant, so no comments on the bottle.
Devil090 – :
I pick up almost nothing that the scent profile identifies. First I get a fake blueberry scent, then powder, then just soap. It’s like a worse version of Bath & Body Works “Moonlight Path” that I loved when I was in middle school (which I’d probably still like now…but this is definitely not as pleasant). Very disappointed.
Smoollaleargo – :
I found 2 bottles of this body lotion at TJM for $4/per. I popped one open and thought, ‘This smells like something I already have.’ So, since I am an avid layer-er of scents, I bought these. This lotion is the shimmery, pearlescent-infused type that makes your skin glow under the right lights. I got it home and started going through my collection and I found it’s twin…not an identical twin, but almost. Adrienne Vittadini’s Amore is so, so very almost just like this lotion. I don’t know about the EDP itself, just the lotion. I now layer these two together for evenings and they harmonize beautifully. I guess my Mary-Kate perfume has found its Ashley counterpart. It’s a wonderful spicy experience with warmth and depth..the incense and musk blend well and who is going to turn down something that makes you shimmer in dim light? I like it. Don’t love it, but I do like it.
Reirtyinserne – :
Oh my this is definitely a night time perfume. All I can smell is the amber and to me it’s smells exactly the same as Prada Amber. I sprayed it as soon as it arrived in the post and my 12 years old son said that it gave him a headache … Not the best of starts!! Think
I need to try this again and see how it settles on my skin
bubmix – :
The scent is decent (it’s been done before), but it lasts not at all! I got a small purse spray in a swap and I sometimes wear it before bed, but it is gone by the time I’ve dozed off.
kar64 – :
Smells just like Thierry Mugler Alien.
ЯРОХА – :
Pleasant, but generic and not lasting, pretty bottle. You decide if you need a perfume like that.
ordez – :
I bought a small bottle of this (the long tube that is about a third of an ounce and meant to be carried in a purse) a few years ago, and I’m not sure whether the version I have is supposed to be a different formula or what, but The Judith Leiber Night perfume I have is a very mild scent that stays politely close to the skin and smells a bit like vanilla, under-ripe apricots, and toasted almond biscotti. What’s the deal–has this been reformulated?
Mouggence – :
I got this at discount retailer for very cheap. Its not “OMG I love this scent” to my nose but I like it.
Smells like sweet spices mixed with berries and incense and oh yes, patchouli. Its spicy and sweet but not overpowering. I don’t find it particularly strong but I am used to stronger fragrances
For the price, not bad at all. I will say that bottle is not my favorite-it looks kind of cheesy in person
kotomeka – :
NIGHT, by Judith Leiber, is pure MAGNIFICENCE! I love this so much, I have added it to my ‘favorites’.
The beauty of ‘Night’, is it’s light florals and very mild spicyness, delicate sweetness and woodsy warmth. It finishes with a perfect, powdery end, making it one of the most beautiful of all my parfums.
Dattromeorn – :
After reading the notes, I really looked forward to trying this out and thanks to a swap partner (forgetting who, sorry), I was able to have that opportunity. I LOVE amber, jasmine, and incense, but cinnamon? – not so much. Unfortunately, the sweet cinnamon really stands out on my skin, and instead of the warm ambery scent I anticipated, I got an achingly sweet one. I’m in complete agreement with pravda48’s review. This is too sweet for me as well. On top of that it’s a strong, in-your-face fragrance. Definitely not for wallflowers. Anyway, I was reminded by the cinnamon in this of the cinnamon note in Queen Latifah’s Queen of Hearts, although I found that fragrance smoother and nicer than Night.
Spielman – :
Spicy and delicious, I got much more than I was bargaining for as a blind buy for something like 20 bucks. I’m quite impressed with this scent and have found myself NOT wearing it so I won’t run out. the sweet cinnamon note is so natural and warm, and the fruit is not a fresh variety, but smells of some sort of cobbler warm from the oven. Very gourmand, yet grounded by the woods. Night is an appropriate title, it seems lush and dark, like deep purple velvet. I’ll be stocking up on this while it’s cheap!
ariana471 – :
Got this as a blind buy for $12 ! At fist I wasn’t sure. its a BIG scent. Heavy, floral, spicy and has a wide sillage. This scent is not for wall flowers. You will be noticed in the fragrance. It smells expensive and sensual. Like a floral perfume , that mixed with a spicy Chanel scent for men, and a bit of insence in the air. Sexy, voluptuous and dramatic.
solsa – :
If this wasn’t SO SWEET I think it’d be delightful. As it stands, it’s a lot of amber and peony,and a good dose of a nice patch and some smooth incense…. but WOW it’s overwhelmingly sweet for me.
PANrus – :
It’s an alright scent for $16.99/2.5oz. Quite powerful, and very feminine.
Sherry Zeng – :
This smells incredibly similar to Nanette by Nanette Lapore….but unlike Nanette, I can actually wear this. A friend wears Nanette and it smells SO good on her but on me it is a headache inducing mass of sweetness. Judith Leiber actually smells like I wanted Nanette to smell on me, the way it smells on my friend. It is just a girly kind of perfume that smells like a department store perfume. It isn’t a complex fragrance and there isn’t anything to decipher, but it smells nice. I absolutely hate the bottle though. The fake crystals…ugh. I flip the cap around so that the crystals face the back because I literally can not stand to see them.
I have to say that this was originally $175 a bottle and…seriously, it is offensive just how cheaply this is made with an original asking price that high. For starters, there is the horrible lightweight plastic cap. Nevermind the bad fake crystals, the entire cap is just extremely cheaply made and gives me the yuckies when I take it off and put it back on. The writing on the bottle is very surface-y, thin and cheap. And there are the…eeeek….clear plastic pieces inside the flimsy box that the bottle fits inside. Yikes!
But…even with the cheapness, lack of depth, overly synthetic quality, etc., this stuff still smells good. Maybe it is because I got a 2.5 oz bottle of it at TJ Maxx for $16.99. If I had paid $175 for it, I would probably be cussing. But for $16.99, it smells pretty good.
Adjumedeelm – :
Gourmand without a doubt.
Its a grey day, I felt the need to cosy up and this is the perfect fragrance to cosy up with.
Smooth & creamy, sweet and a little powdery with an oriental – amber, cinnamon and a little patchouli – ‘feel’ to it. Not at all bohemian though. I don’t get any floral. Very feminine. Lovely!
Sillage & longevity are very good so, beware, don’t go crazy with the sprays.
gorvic – :
This one has the same vibe as Escada Magnetism to me. That same deep dark candied thing going on, but a little on the spicier side to me and almost as intense so I can see someone elses comparison to Flower Bomb and even Euphoria but its definitely got more of a candied thing than Flower Bombs floral vibe or spicy aspect with Euphoria. All have that intense sillage though and I wear those types of scents very well so I’m not complaining.
I got this at Ross of all places and dont recall how much I paid and I usually regret my blind buys from there but this one I’am definitely fond of even though I have several scents like it already it still holds a place in my heart and on my vanity table.
aleracces – :
I really loved this at first when I tried it on in the store. I ended up buying a full bottle, which is not cheap, when I couldn’t stop sniffing my wrist.
It is an oriental/gourmand, a dark sweet scent, but becomes a bit too syrupy over time.
I just don’t find myself reaching for it much anymore.
borisna – :
I’ve been so so wrong in blindly buying this based on reviews and the fact that I just love Leiber by Judith Leiber. Worse than Chergui Lutens in my book. This is a bombastically potent sickly sweet bomb. Well, you live and learn.
So far out of 3 JL scents I tried I love 1, hate 1, haven’t finally decided yet but so far don’t particularly like 1 more, and I don’t even want to try the 4th according to the notes in perfume pyramid.
UPD: tried it for the 2nd time – beautiful sprind day positively affected my perception of this scent. I sparayed one tiny spray that stayed with me for 4 hours, and it was rather pleasant co-existence I have to say. Still a bit too sweet to be my regular scent, but I smelled lily this time and some fizzy champagne-like smell I cannot pinpoint – maybe it was lime, as I now try to guess looking at the scent pyramid. Still no insense, but awful caramelized patchoulized amber that bothered me last time wasn’t present. So I will try it again when it’s warm and then I’ll decide whether to keep this.
Tumanchik1 – :
I tested it out 2 hours ago. DIVINE. The fruity note drifts away fairly quickly and the amber and incense are extremely well behaved and elegant.
I put it back on the shelf to see if I still would like it later on. And now I will rush back to the store and pick up a gorgeous 2.5 oz bottle for 50 dollars… after seeing the store prices… I a SOOOOOO getting this. Lovely, lovely, lovely and stands out just enough to be a signature scent. I was looking for a dark one that say “ME”- I have Sensous Noir, Black Orchid – you name it. This one is MINEMINEMINE.
It did remind me a little of Calvin Klein’s Euphoria – just without the ‘overkill’ mahagony and fruit salad note – and more pulled together. So, so wonderful on my skin. I am not getting cinnamon- L de Lolita, that’s what I call cinnamon. Patchouli is well behaved- not Coco Mademoiselle patchouli that screams its head off.
Incense that you can wear without falling asleep in a church pew. More like Mary’s cerulian blue robe.
Husband says “hmmmmmmm” with facial neck burying, indicating approval. Hubby also points out impressive sillage.
tepliy80 – :
Sniffed and sample-sprayed today. This is a dead-on cross between Ellen Tracey’s Bronze and Nanette by Nanette Lepore, both of which I’ve been wearing & enjoying lately.
There’s a brightness that echoes Bronze with the deep, woody smoothness of Nanette. Interesting to note that both Bronze and Night are products of Palm Beach Beaute.
Lovely, but not different enough to pull $50.00 from my wallet for the 2.5oz bottle at Marshalls.
Edit: It’s 3 years later and ebay has boxed 2.5oz bottles for about $27.00 so very soon a bottle will be MINE, cheesy rhinestone cap & all. Hey, I’m a sucker for rhinestones… I guess it’s that 5 year old in me that loves all things sparkly. And why not? 🙂
metior1975 – :
This is yummy!!! Very spicy, sensual, and a bit sweet. I get a slight hint of incense and patchouli but mostly the cinnamon, woods, and amber come through. The floral notes are there but subtle. I really think this an amazing find for $8.99 at ROSS!! Granted, it’s only the 10mL sprayer, but I think it’s the perfect size for me. This would be great in winter or on a cold, cozy night. Or if you just like spicy scents, I say go for it!
sashgluk – :
When I saw that gorgeous bottle, I just had to try this scent, I’m a sucker for anything art deco. Judith Leiber Night is very gourmand, which must be the caramelized amber and cinnamon. It definitely suits cooler weather and special evenings. It follows the trend of other oriental/gourmand scents that have seemed to flood the marketplace lately, but, doesn’t stand out for me. Not terribly impressive, but not terribly disappointing either.