To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes.
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
gjanna – :
Gosh, this is gorgeous!! Starts off a baby powder/baby oil/baby lotion type of scent to me, but that ‘opening’ scent only lasts a couple of minutes before settling into a soft scent that I pick up these notes, in this order of strength: A very soft subtle vanilla, soft almond, soft delicate rose. Slightest sweetness, not a candy bomb at all. All of the other notes (patch, tonka, oud, benzoin) are lost on me.
I particularly can’t wait until the cooler months to wear this one. Not an everyday scent for me, but there is a comforting, relaxing laid back vibe that I get from this, and I find myself smelling my wrists often when I wear this! I would even say this is a little intoxicating.
Not overpowering for me. Again, not an everyday scent for me, but I dig it and love the relaxing and calming laid back vibe I get from this one. Not really a perfume smell, and not gourmand to me, and not specifically a rose scent, and sure isn’t patchouli nor woody for me at all.
Just a soft subtle sweetness with those 3 notes (vanilla, almond, rose) mingling softly together for me. The rose is actually barely detectable for me, but I do pick it up a tad and for me the soft rose keeps this from being too overtly sweet, I think. Still picking up whiffs of baby powder even on the further dry down. Nicely done…I like it. I’m a little surprised to see this voted as strong/heavy, to me this is a softer sillage and longevity-wise, I get barely 4 hours.
kalychij – :
wow, I just got a sample of this and I love it! I was already a fan of the other two loukhoums, but I love the addition of oud to this, and I normally don’t even like oud, but it works so well here. It adds depth and elegance to an otherwise completely fun, carefree, girly scent. That’s exactly what I love in a perfume. I’m going through the darkest time in my life right now, my husband-my soul mate and only true love, forever, recently passed very unexpectedly. He was so young. But he would want me to stay strong and remain happy, and I can at least be happy when I think about him. Crushed, but also happy, because I got to experience his love in the first place. This perfume instantly made me happy too, it’s something he would’ve loved very much. I ordered it before he passed and since he has, I’ve only been wearing his absolute favorite, Amouage Blossom Love, but this has a very similar vibe. It’s so sweet and sensual, and reminds me of his smile and kisses. I didn’t think I’d want any other perfume for a while, but I do love this. It doesn’t feel new to me, it feels familiar, because I know he would’ve been crazy over this one. Anything that makes him feel even closer is a love in my book♡
Петр777 – :
Reading the raving reviews, I was sure to like this. WRONG! This is VERY strong, patchouli benzoin and oud are overpowering all other notes 🙁 No powder in this!! It is sweet and LOUD. Sillage is heavy and longevity crazy! Had to wash it off three times… Glad I just got a sample! I will try the regular Loukhoum then.
99999999999 – :
Wow, this is totally wow and fabulous and amazingly perfect! Heaven! Divine almonds and rose – magnificent perfume! I am in seventh heaven wearing this. It’s my signature sent. I am passionately in love with this perfume. It’s the best best best. The most beautiful perfume. Creamy and rich, gentle and potent. Stunning. Totally stunning and supreme. This is the perfume that I get the most compliments with, from everyone – men, women, children……all the time. And it’s my husband’s favourite too. We both absolutely relish it on me. It is so me. It is so divine. It lasts incredibly well too, 18 hours easily, and I can still smell it the next day. Oh I love it so! And I adore the bottle too, it’s fantastically gorgeous. LOVE LOVE LOVE the gorgeous Loukhoum Parfum du Soir!!!
rom777 – :
Oh god. This is so impossibly good. Eyes-roll-back-into-skull good. Narcotic. Jammy rose, bitey vanilla, bittersweet almond, deep tonka, smooth benzoin and some patch for good measure. Perfectly blended, longevity divine. What a delight.
belaVereswart – :
I love the original Loukhoum, but Loukhoum Parfum du Soir is the epitome of lokhoum-ness for me 🙂
This is what I longed it to be: highly concentrated, mentholated, sugary, but fresh ALMOND POWDER with roses. I don’t feel any oud whatsoever! Just a little woodiness in the background.
It’s a strong gourmand, but I don’t get any sharpness from it. Pure delight, addictive and refined.
I literally cannot write more than that at the moment as I feel intoxicated by this narcotic smell 🙂
qkztymngiyb – :
It’s quite nice thou! Sour almonds with some powdery vanilla & most likely baby powder with some hidden citrus notes and tonka beans. I can sense some powered sourness in this juice as well with a mild sweetness.
I remember i have sniffed it long time before but this second test is quite different.
gtg547Bessinepome – :
Act 1: Baby powder intense. Act 2: A rose that was left in an attic for years but magically never dried out – it retains its rosy scent but with a thick layer of dust. Act 3: Dense, chewy, rose-scented gingerbread. Act 4: Cherries and smoke/cherry pipe tobacco. Very much enjoyed the little journey this fragrance took me on, however, on a 2nd try I got something soapy/synthetic hanging around and coming and going – a lurker! The lurker then took on a somewhat distasteful feeling in the back of my throat that made me think of chlorine. I enjoyed the rest of the frag so much though, I could possibly strike that 2nd try from the record.
bokman – :
I was given three samples of perfumes Loukhoum Collection with the purchase of a niche perfume. I was glad, because I finally seeking closer with these perfumes about which I have heard so many good reviews. While I am hoping that they would give me as a man !!! unisex perfume from Mecheri. But maybe they presented me what they had. Thanks to them)))
Loukhoum Parfum du Соир is deep and relatively complex eastern-gourmet perfume. I particularly liked the start of the perfume, and if you do not look for tips on the pyramid, then the start of this perfume it seems to me honey benzoin, slightly woody (probably because of the oud). If I had not looked at the pyramid, then I would not have guessed that this perfume has oud !!Then Loukhoum Parfum du Soir blooms like honey and vanilla yellow-brown huge flower. This perfume will like thick- honey flavors lovers, like a Back to Black by Kilian. On my male skin to the base, which does not occur soon, in perfume he almond and vanilla is dominated.
This perfume has good sillage- no doubt: I had a courage to wear it for 3-4 days)))
And here is the feedback from colleague: One young man did not approve of this perfume (and I expected that from men-:)) saying that I smell like from confectionery. One of the girls going into the room and said: – “Do you feel in room any smell of varnish for furniture ?? !!!”. And she was very surprised when I confessed that this is my perfume experiment))) I do not want to offend fans of all sisters Loukhoum- but I agree with her: in these three fragrances have something similar to lacquer furniture, as in Back to Black by Kilian-IMHO))) Only one girl said, that the fragrance reminiscent of powdered sugar poured on lochum)))
About longevity- excellent !!!
Sorry, but I do not share the enthusiasm of this flavor, although Loukhoum Parfum du Soir is rich and with high-quality !!!
bbuurrllaakk – :
Adorable and powdery vintage – type scent. 😀
I must say that once Parfum de Soir hit the middle notes and drydown I recognized something wonderfully familiar about it… perhaps in the roses and almonds? Certainly face powder and vintage scents come to mind!
The similarity to another perfume I sense is to a bargain basement drugstore scent called ‘BLUE WALTZ’, available in a tiny, heart shaped bottle and not on the Fragrantica website to date. I have long been a fan, as a lover of nearly everything vintage, however humble! This little cutie costs around 3 dollars and was once available for far less in our mothers’ and grandmothers’ era. Truth to tell, I don’t think Parfum de Soir smells any better, though there are a few bits that are Different about each. Better and Different are two different things! 😉
That said, anyone who loves Parfum de Soir would do well to try Blue Waltz, and vice versa. The latter is easily available online at American sites such as drugstore.com….
Happy Sniffing!
vitawt – :
[2008; nose: Yann Vasnier]. Aldehydic/Gourmand/Balsamic Type.
The Parfum de Soir might be thought of as all the ideas of the original LOUKHOUM, but concentrated, distilled, “tightened” and refined. The result is very classic, chic, and, I would say, retro, with its powdery aldehydes and delicate sueded leather touch. Less “sucrée” than the original LOUKHOUM. A delicate head note of silver/green black pepper adds a “brûlent” sharpness to the gourmandise and almost tobacco-like tonka bean. Simply a gorgeous scent.
Quite femme, I’d say, but I will get a lot of mileage out of it.
oronia – :
I love powdery scents, and in wearing this lately I get strong pleasant soapy smells and incense. Whatever
it is, I love it. I enjoy the original Loukhoum and Sweet Oriental Dream and while I understand these scents are not for everyone (my best friend asked me not to wear Sweet Oriental Dream around her)but if “sweet” and “powder” are what you enjoy, this is a complex variation of the Loukhoum scents.I know Oud and Patchouli are listed for this (I dislike both)but neither are dominant, although both most likely give this the incense I smell.This was one of those “I must have a FB” from first sniff.
vanish20012 – :
I luckily just bought a tiny sample of this. I love the original Loukhoum, and thought this would be just as nice. It smells like Heaven Scent by Dana that I wore in junior high back in the 90’s (my very first perfume)! Like exactly, on me anyway. It must be the very strong powder notes. Thank goodness I only purchased a sample. I would have been out over $150 for a fragrance that smells like a cheap drugstore perfume. I will stick with regular Loukhoum.
MaZhOr123 – :
The opening of this fragrance screams “powder”, despite expecting this Loukhoum to be the least powdery of the Loukhoum family. So if you were like me, hoping to sample the delectable sexy sister of the Loukhoum family, be warned she definitely wears her powder heritage on her sleeve. The almond/tonka bean/vanilla take a somewhat heady center stage in my nose as the rose blossoms into the drydown. The rose is still dipped in powder however until the very end. The oud and patchouli add an oddness to this fragrance that makes it stand out, but like other reviewers, I think this oud does not add positively to this fragrance.
In all, I can see where people make the comparisons to hypnotic poison in the vibe of this fragrance (mostly the almond/patchouli/gourmand-sophistication way), but I vastly prefer hypnotic poison to this one, as Loukhoum Parfum du Soir is far too powdery for me, and is not as sweet overall. I will also add that upon first sniff, and even throughout the day when I caught a whiff of myself, I was reminded of Avon’s Skin So Soft original formula body oil from my childhood. I no longer have a sample of that to compare side by side, but I thought the comparison was there.
In all, I can’t say I dislike it, but it simply wasn’t what I was looking for either as a “sexy” perfume. I wouldn’t recommend a blind buy but definitely worth a sample or a tester sniff.
xas158Bessinepome – :
A review by popular demand! I have spent a lot of time with Keiko Mecheri’s masterpiece, Du Soir. I have tried all of the Loukhoum sisters and find them all charming and beautiful, but du Soir is the bombshell. From the moment it touched my skin, it seduced me. There was no escaping her beauty. Gentle wafts of powdered almonds slowly drew me in and soon I was ensnared in rivers of sticky honey, smoothed with roses. Just when you start to feel like it may be too much, she sinks in her claws of oud and slightly bitter patchouli. The combination is intoxicating. You no longer wish to leave and would be happy in her arms forever.
This perfume does something to male brains that is quite astonishing. My husband needs only a whiff to go slightly mad. My attorney boss forbade me from wearing this to court saying it was too distracting. He is normally not affected by fragrance at all and we have only a professional relationship. But he said there was something about du Soir that made him unable to concentrate. So if you are looking for something to drive those around you a little out of their minds, give this a spritz and watch otherwise sane folks driven crazy with desire.
Gracho – :
This is very powerful, a cousin of hypnotic poison. Who loves hp will love this one. It’s heavy and sticky sweet, but not really in a gourmandish way, as hp isn’t. There’s vanilla, there’re almonds yes, but Loukhoum le parfum is mostly about roses, or better a rosy syrup (and that’s fine for me)..BUT!! mixed with an unpleasant (for me) plastic/rubber smell, that one that had new plastic dolls in the eighties. I’ll cherish my tiny bottle, but this could never be a signature scent for me
j13 – :
Only a handful of fragrances have taken me on a spiritual journey through their essence and this is one of them. This must be what Heaven smells like — a mix of sweet memories, the warmth of coming home, redemption from bitterness, comfort, familiarity, passion, pleasure, and understanding. If I had to name a fragrance that Mother Teresa would have worn, it would be this one. This fragrance is the essence of compassion; what is cultivated by having experienced immense pain that has blossomed into compassion rather than bitterness. Mother Teresa witnessed some of the most horrible poverty and sickness and through it all, she simply saw people who needed to be loved despite their circumstance. She was an alchemist of sorts; transforming bitterness to grace in those she loved.
I first met the original Loukhoum, the original formula in the tall glass bottle, and although it was absolutely heartbreakingly lovely, it just wasn’t “me”. I would say that it is sweet in a way that is too good to be true, and since I myself have flaws and imperfections, it was difficult to relate to. This one is just right. The almond base is the backbone for me. I get a heavenly almond from the initial spray to the final dry down. The tonka and vanilla are heavy, full-bodied and strong, but what makes this stand apart is the rose and oud. They are perfectly balanced in this composition. I’ve worn rose/oud fragrances for the last few days and in other brands one or the other seems to dominate, but not in this one. Du Soir has all the sweetness of the original Loukhoum, but the oud/rose gives it some depth, a lot like the scars of someone who has been to Hell and back, but who has found peace and has grown from the experience like a bud grown out of the thorns.
I visualize the three fragrances as a timeline. The Eau Poudree being perfect for the age of innocence, when life is fresh and new and anything is possible, like a newborn baby; when you embrace life with a heart full of hope. Loukhoum for a time when innocence is lost, but your heart is full of faith and joy, and finally Du Soir for a time when you are exhausted after a long journey but with a heart full of compassion.
fgn732Negeltzex – :
the name loukhoum(turkish delight) reminds me of sweet and sticky dessert, so I expected it to Loukhoum by Keiko Mecheri. Sadly, it’s way too powdery.
kca225elipseskism – :
this is totally baby powder on me. i’ve noticed others saying that about my favorite scents that don’t smell like baby powder and being apprehensive, but now here i am saying it…it’s like baby powder with something a little funky underneath all the powder, almost slightly food like or rancid. i love almond, and rose and many of the other notes, but sadly i don’t get almond or anything else…
richok – :
Sweet and salty almonds! At first this was so loud and sweet it actually made me a little nauseous. The drydown was a bit deeper than regular Loukhoum, but not by much – I could barely tell the difference.
In the end, I think Montale’s Sweet Oriental Dream does loukhoum the best. Still, I wouldn’t have found out about Keiko Mecheri without the search!
ijw824Unlogrere – :
Powder Powder Powder Powder, all I smell is baby powder ( Smells quite terrible on me. In the beginning I smell some almonds but then just baby powder.
kubasa1993 – :
one word……LOVE!!!
sonatoz – :
While the original Loukhoum has a plastic scent that unravels as time goes by, this version stays true to the deep mellifluous almond note I find desirable. Although this is more expensive than the original, I highly recommend this version to all who view quality as a priority.
ili33 – :
Now that’s a PERFUME!
For me it smells AMAZING and the more it develops, the more it becomes DELICIOUS.
Eau de Parfum has a VERY long standing power.
The bottle with the bluming flower is really beautiful and precious too.
9/10.
TokeLouddef – :
I’m glad so many other people like this juice. I do not. Turkish delight and oud? I don’t think so! The almond note which comes out well in the drydown of this one could have been very nice without the overly sweet rose and the totally out of place oud. I don’t know what is the problem with perfumers today. They think if they throw oud into anything it makes the juice wonderful and niche and fabulous. No, no and no.
This scent had promise at the beginning but the more it dried down the sweeter and oudier it became. This is to my nose Turkish delight with almond extract and a syrupy rose flavored cough syrup poured over it. The whole sticky mess is dripping into a piece of agarwood with confectioners sugar and baby powder poured on top of it. This is a serious disappointment to me because I like many of Ms. Mecheri’s other scents. Guess I’ll stick with the others.
artyr3333 – :
Whoa, Nelly! That almond note made me look twice that this wasn’t by Lucrezia Borgia. Bitterest almond ever, every note exaggerated, this could be Andy Warhol does L’Heure Bleue. Daring and luxurious. Not for shy people.
Юля1000 – :
DELICIOSO! Yum yum yum yum yum! Creamy vanilla, Jordan almonds, and a touch of oud. It’s so marvelous I am tempted to lick my hand. The entire Loukhoum series is really masterful, but Ms. Mecheri has completely outdone herself with this gourmand little number. Wear this perfume and every man you encounter will be begging you for mercy….
asc419bedyWelty – :
Love this so much! I want to be engulfed with this perfume! Loukhoum sweet, deep very sensous, for the loukhoum lovers. I get rose, candied almond, woods & vanilla. But there is more to it, it’s not so simple, it’s magic blend. You can buy direct from Keiko Mecheri online & luckyscent.
Cateasext – :
When I first tested this scent, I don’t think I understood it. There was a note (or effect) that was unlisted that was dominating the scent. It perplexed my nose!
Now, testing it again, I realize I am getting a powdery honey scent on my skin. As it dries down, it melds with my chemistry and becomes warm and comforting, less powdery and a little more “nougaty”.
I don’t detect any of the individual notes that are listed. Only soft honey!
kfokin1 – :
This one is fabulous. Powdery sweet with a nice vanilla, tonka dry down. Sillage is very low. I would say this is a skin scent. But longevity is amazing and that’s saying a lot with my crazy dry skin. I put it on before work this morning and I still smell it at 730pm very well.
Goochewer – :
I adore this. It’s smooth, luxurious and blended beautifully. I myself can appreciate this and enjoy the complexity of the notes without abandon…yet sometimes the frankness and honesty of children cannot be ignored. My daughter asked me why it smelled like baby powder. Albeit the most beautiful, sumptuous , and comforting baby powder. True perfumista’s can enjoy this respectfully…and I know body chemistry can be diffrent…but you might want to be prepared to hear you smell like baby powder.
Vomiamnit – :
My dear sweetheat TL sent me a gift of samples, and even before opening the package, there was one scent that stood out and called to me. With one whiff I pinned down which one it was… Loukhoum Parfum du Soir.
Amazing, beautiful, and oh so sensual. It has what it takes to aim cupid’s arrow straight through your heart. It did mine.
The quality is amazing… right up their with the Guerlain Elixir’s, or TF private blends.
The rich gourmand vibes also do not disappoint. A close cousin of Coquin or Tonka Imperiale. Creamy, decadent, sophisticated, warm, sweet, and sexy!
I want this. Bad. I’m just afraid to look up the price and find it out of my reach.
vildbord – :
Another beautiful loukhoum creation, Keiko Mecheri LOUKHOUM PARFUM DU SOIR pulls out all the stops, throwing the ultra-trendy oud into the already heady mix. All three of these KM loukhoum creations smell very similar in the drydown, showing most of their variation in the opening minutes. In the case of PARFUM DU SOIR, the oud appears up front, adding a dark and deep almost myrrh-like quality but then giving way eventually to the divinity-like alkaloid amalgam common to the other members of this trio.
After experiencing these utterly unique perfumes, it seems clear to me that anyone who likes any of them will probably like the others, and anyone who dislikes any of them will probably dislike the others as well. I fall into the former category, and would love to have a bottle of any of the three, but will probably be adding either EAU POUDREE or PARFUM DU SOIR to my wishlist. These are really addictive, though, so in the end I may just have to enter rehab…
Flergoattag – :
Oh, how beautiful! I seem to have welcomed a “sweet era” into my fragrance life at the moment and I love it!
This is just as lovely as Loukhoum Eau Poudree, but even more seductive, elegant, charismatic and also chic as they say here in the introduction above. Their little description is very fitting by the way. This scent is intense, little powdery, snugly, teasing, and sexy indeed. It is sweet, but not screeching or sticky, it is more like mellow, ripe kind of sweet…and also lightly woody/resinous and smooth. Surprisingly there is a very deep tone in this potion, deep, resonating and comforting like the velvety tones played by a contrabass or the humming of bumble bees. In spite of that it is ultra feminine! Love it!
веста1607 – :
Loukhoum is Turkish Delight. Candy mostly made of almonds, sugar and a bit of rose flavour.
A warning (or a hint of temptation) : This juice smells heavenly delicious and ultra-ultra-sweet !
Gourmand to the core.
Almonds, tonka bean, roses and vanilla and some more fine ingredients add to a fragrance which at first sniff appears innocent like a bubblegum-chewing teenage lolita. Don´t let Loukhoum deceive you 🙂
Loukhoum is the fragrance of a sexy lady who knows how to seduce and that “man flies” can be easily be caught with sugar 🙂
Longevity is excellent and projection : HUGE ! Apply only little of it, it is a concentrated scent, almost a parfum, so one spray is almost too much already.
LPDS is the better Angel – much, much better.
Be prepared that if you wear Loukhoum Parfum Le Soir you will be noticed. By men, of course 🙂
NordYa – :
I have tried all 3 loukhoums from this line and this is very much like the drydown of the original from the start, but when it dries down its a whole different beast, a smoky tonka bean almondy gourmand fragrance. This is DELICIOUS and perfect for winter. I like the 2 loukhoums (Powder/Parfum) better than the original, which still has its charms. Lucky for me I detect little if any patchouli which can be a deal breaker for me. It is a very honeyed, deep, super gourmand of rose jam, almonds, tonka beans and vanilla on my skin. I adore it especially for the cold winter months. Be sure to try before you buy, these can go bad on the skin of a person with chemistry that doesn’t suit them very easily as they are intense, long lasting and SWEET fragrances. Perfect for rainy days and is sweet without the fragrance being at all fleeting, lasting on cloth for days and at least 12h on skin. 10/10!
update
after a couple years with this one it has become my favorite of the 3 and it is totally ADDICTIVE! I wear it more frequently than anything else at the moment. i just keep loving this more.