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ngvnak – :
The poet has a sweetheart. Her skin smells like roses, she’s wearing a narcissus in the hair, to match her smile after receiving his kisses. A delicate yet sensual fragrance.
sergikov – :
A softer, non incensy version of Aromatics Elixir. I prefer it to Aromatics, it’s a good scent, just not for me. But the quality is definitely there : you can smell that the “ingredients” are not cheap if that makes sense !!
kaf90 – :
As an MFK fan, I had huge hopes for this one. Rose is such a daring, sexy, and timeless note, what could go wrong? It pains me to write this… Although it is very smooth, Lumiere Noire comes across much like a fruity-fresh splash aimed at teenagers in the early 2000s. I’m absolutely sure I had something like this or smelled it often in the mall.
I get more woods than patchouli, as well as an airy, not sticky, fruitiness. The rose is lost, awash in the generic sweetness. Instead it’s more like your typical orchid scent, but with even less intrigue. I do love the touch of spice, reminiscent of Elizabeth Arden’s Pretty Hot overall.
The caraway is just about the only unique thing going on here. It’s the most true-to-life caraway I’ve ever smelled in a perfume. How about if Mr. Kurkdjian follows that end? I’m sure he could make even the staunchest haters love caraway. Anyway, Lumiere Noire is close to the skin, lovely but not worth the price tag.
ArournJulvarl – :
serious. no playfulness. no sense of humor.
exotic but with no “je ne sais quoi”. straight
up incense, musk, with a touch of floral rose.
lacks mystery which is rare for something so
exotic. not sure where you can wear her to…
a business meeting, maybe? I don’t really like
it in a sense of wearability, but smells real nice.
panhui – :
A lovely, sparkling sunny rose. I’ve been mad for rose lately which is a little out of character but this one has just enough patchouli in it to keep me happy. The patch is super smooth and grounds the florals beautifully. Sillage is decent without being overpowering and it’s a great performer too. I just can’t help wishing there was a bit more noire in the lumiere.
dmitro1410 – :
I’ve had a sample of this for quite some time and really enjoyed it. The caraway note scared me a bit, but I can’t smell it all. This is so pretty that I finally bought a bottle.
The opening is luminous and sparkling then it darkens up quite a bit. It’s warm and spicy; I get lots of patchouli on my skin, with the rose and narcissus hanging in the background. It does remind me a bit of FM’s Portrait of a Lady, but it’s not nearly as goth. Sillage is moderate at first, then it sits close to the skin after it settles. Longevity is great; it lasted all day on me.
If you love darker rose scents and patchouli, definitely try this one. It’s lovely!
narimantas – :
Unlike other reviews it was an wow factor for me, also it is long lasting on my skin and sillage is beautiful. I always get compliments from people. This is totally underrated in my opinion because of its creativity.Because, People doesnt like artistic perfumes. Actually, this is why Absolue Pour le Soir is the least seller in the line.
It is rich, dark and charming. This perfume for dominant and mysterious characters. Effortless chic!
Vier – :
I blind bought Lumiere Noire as i am a big fan of Francis kurkdjian but I must say I am so very disappointed. Even though I bought this perfume on sale 90 Euros for 70 ml it’s not worth a dime. It’s has absolutely no wow factor and I can barely smell it on my skin. I cannot smell the rose nor the patchouli and is so soft that it has no real silage. Don’t waste your money on this new line as it’s worthless!
– Wow factor: 0
– Silage:2
– Longevity:2
– performance:1
ktx710Diobtetty – :
I have lost my love for rose recently (which means this probably won’t be helpful review for those who love it), but I am a true fan of patchouli. They are so well blended, I don’t even hate rose. And I love the realistic earthiness of narcissus, because it makes it a bit different. And do I smell oud here as well?
Overall scent is really nice, it develops, you can sense the quality and class. But I am not impressed. Maybe I find it to similar to other niche rose scents, I find something in it very generic and maybe a bit dull although really beautiful. It is classy, but the most obvious classy. With such a quality and live perfume, I expect something not so obvious.
Also, it does not last on me for very long. After first wave, which lasts for app. 20min, it stays so close to the skin, I cannot even observe how it develops.
VIPuts – :
This is the kind of scent that my skin turns into a skankfest. It’s not nearly as outrageous as, for example, JHAG’s Mad Madame, but the well-worn knickers are definitely there. While this is sophisticated skank, I wouldn’t go outside wearing Lumiere Noire. I’d feel way too self-conscious. It’s an obvious no-go for me. However, I can imagine it being a superb fragrance on the right person.
Very good performance.
ALEKS1973K – :
In one word……MASTERPIECE
Enough said.
Uncomiontorie – :
Un très joli voyage en terre chyprées, proche de Soir de Lune, donc un chypre moderne, avec beaucoup d’élégance et ce maintien un peu raide que l’on aime dans cette famille de parfums.
Ma plus jolie découverte du lot de 4 échantillons que j’avais commandés.
Je vais certainement poursuivre mon exploration.
FK est un des grands parfumeurs contemporains. Mais une parfumerie différente, plus élitiste, n’est pas automatiquement et radicalement supérieure.
Sisley’s Soir de Lune cousin, well tailored and with perfect education. My favourite discovery from the 4 fragrances ordered from MFK.
olich2010 – :
I quite like–almost love–this perfume. I’m a POAL fan, and while I recognize that POAL is heavy, intense, a bit sweet and super-dirty rose-patch, I like it. I think it’s rougher than this, but the two are similar in the first few minutes. Sometimes I feel like POAL wears me. However, Lumiere is quite different in that respect.
Lumiere becomes lighter, more effervescent and more wearable; this is a fragrance that can go to the opera, to the movie, on a date, and, if you spray well before you leave the house, even to work–so it’s quite versatile and could easily be a “signature scent.” I think POAL is sexy, and this “almost is”–but not quite. It’s too crisply contained and elegant, and I agree with many of the comments below that suggest “polished.” It’s a refined rose with subtle elements and enough mystery and spice not to be a boring soliflore. I appreciate the balance of notes.
I grew up with an abundance of narcissus and daffodils in the spring along with other bulbs. On my skin, the narcissus is almost subdued by the rose; it’s there, but only if I sniff up close on my wrist. Had that not been one of the listed notes, I would be hard pressed to find it. The rose predominates with a very sanitized patchouli and pepper. A very slight sweetness is present which I do not attribute to narcissus since that goes more “green” on me; it’s that slightly jammy-sweet that roses have and that POAL has in abundance. This is more sparkly sweet, not cloying at all. During the dry down the rose becomes more tart.
This is a lovely scent, good for gifting to a sophisticated rose connoisseur who appreciates a less innocent non-soliflore; I don’t think it will appeal to the very young. While a man could certainly go with this, it skews more feminine. Highly recommend at least trying in a world full of roses…
Kutuzik – :
Lumiere Noire smells sophisticated from the get go. It screams class.
The Rose is like no other rose I’ve smelled before, mixed with narcissus and a bit of spicy notes it creates a scent from another world, from a hidden garden lost in Paradise.
It’s enticing, sensual and magnetic.
Patchouli is quite perceptible but it blends with the other notes so it isn’t harsh, although it becomes the major note on the way to drydown.
A very good composition that makes me think of romantic summer starry nights on a terrace in Paris.
From a ba-ba-boom sexy and opulent opening to a quiet, warm drydown, Lumiere Noire surprises, charms and shows the magic of Francis K.
pityrashka – :
Review from a man. Gorgeous elegant drydown. This is like a sophisticated Eau de Narcisse Bleu Hermès because of the spiced rose. Narcissus flowers smells really beautiful and smells like fresh ethereal powder and can push perfumes to the masculine side because it smell so much like the natural scent of clean man. This is very Unisex, because the Lumiere Noire Pour Homme has lots of patchouli and has more bitter spices. This one is cleaner and fresher because of the rainforest vibe of the Narcissus. Its both unisex. Lumiere Noire Pour Homme just leans to a more spicy dirty patchouli. But this is cleaner and fresher. One interview from Francis Kurkdjian said he creates all his perfumes almost all unisex because peoples taste changes. I love Eau de Narcisse Bleu Hermès but its so linear and doesnt last 30 mins. AND A PLUS: This is a parfum and it has the same price as the edt.
cerega 08 – :
Such a shame! I got a sample of this fragrance from MFK with a purchase. Unfortunately, the smell of this perfume, albeit nice, is barely there. I’m not talking about the lack of a sillage but about it being so faint that I can’t even tell what it smells of. The vague aroma I can feel seems indeed nice. Perhaps it behaves better when sprayed on fabric but I don’t know. This shouldn’t be a blind buy.
Messi – :
As Rosa Mystica says, this is indeed sparkling rose! So pretty with narcissus and just enough patchouli to stop this from spinning right off my wrist and into the never never, I could almost be fooled into thinking at first that this was perhaps a Jo Malone floral except that this has a more ethereal vibe than JM’s very direct note definitive creations.
This is in no way dark or intense, in fact to me so light that it teeters close to smelling a teensy bit fruity – I can detect a hint of pear though none is listed. This perfume conjures up an image to me of a very confident, clean, well groomed woman wearing modern classics (such as stripes, tailored pants and a blazer). Good longevity and a respectable sillage, unintrusive, polite and a very well mannered fragrance. This does settle on the skin into a much more seductive (than its beginning) warm trail of spiced rose after a while. I suspect the dry down of this is what Miller Harris’ L’Air de Rien wishes it could be!
Edit: After wearing this for a while longer, I am in LOVE with this dry down and want to eat my wrist. Sexxxy. Gone is the clean good girl.
ytp393intitytek – :
Having tried a sample courtesy of Neiman Marcus, I was at first indifferent to Lumiere Noire. Was it an appealing deep rose? Yes. Did it fair well in terms of longevity? Yes. Still, I placed the remainder of the sample in a safe place for another try at another time. Thankfully, I did retry this fragrance in cooler weather. It is truly a sparkling gem; rose, patchouli, narcissus so beautifully combined. I dare say there could be other notes here unlisted.
Fritsbeptet – :
This is pure narcissus! Testing this without knowing the notes I got probably the most natural narcissus (apart the flower ofcourse). Rememebering my grandmother used to grow a variety of narcissus in her garden and the ones that shown in the notes picture (white with red and yellow middle-Narcissus actaea) really used to smell the same..thats why this perfume to me is an early spring – bright and floral
Bushido1978 – :
Now that I have tried many from MFK, I appreciate that the aesthetic is for luminous, light fragrances, so I should have been preepared for the rose, patchouli and chilli to be just that, but I was still combining these notes in my head and expecting a darker, stronger scent, which was clearly a mistake.
This is poised, well-blended and light. It is not dark, dangerous or mysterious. There is nothing wrong with this perfume but I don’t like it. I find the whole line too safe and boring.
Sex-Bomba – :
This is for the ELIXIR!
This begins with a beautiful rose opening. Not a candied, not a dry, not a dark and not an ultra green. What it IS is a rose garden after a rain. The rain has elicited the release of scent molecules and it just smells as you would hope and expect roses on bushes to smell.
As it moves forward, the scent takes on a bit of a kick, with a spice that calls forth the imagery of spring – narcissus or often called daffodil. It is all at once heady and spicy, with a touch of a honeyed wax. While this moment is quite nice, it does not last very long. It soon gives way to a softer cumin, but nothing heavy. My nose took in much more of the honeyed wax from the narcissus than any of the other middle notes.
Finally, the dry-down emerges softly but surely with a high-end patchouli that delights the nose and engages in perfect rhythm with the rose. Over-all, it is a simple recipe done extremely well. If you enjoy rose and patchouli, this is a must-have in your wardrobe.
zwo858speagoessenda – :
I thought this would be great as I love patchouli and/or unsual roses. However, I am coming to understand that most from this house is about as far removed from “unusual” or “original” as you can get. The spice adds a little warmth but the rose turns soapy and the whole thing is pretty quiet. Whilst MFK can offer beautiful bottles, refined scents and soft florals, I cannot see myself buying a bottle of anything – there are many other places I’d sooner sink a couple hundred euros in scent.
slisarmoriurf – :
Agreed with below nothing black about this. A sweet floral, that is it, perhaps sweeter than most. It’s very nice though, just not unique enough in my opinion to justify a purchase. I don’t get spices from this, perhaps that was the “noir” bit. Good lasting power though!
danteinferno – :
7/10
ouf568intitytek – :
Lumiere Noire is a beautiful scent, but there’s nothing ‘black’ about it. In that sense, it reminds me of Coco Noir – another rose-patchouli-daffodil combo with a misleading name! The main difference between these two scents is that Lumiere Noire lacks the citrusy opening – instead, the daffodil is amplified here to add some spark to the heady rose. The patchouli and spices play supporting roles here. I like Lumiere Noire, but I already own Coco Noir, and I don’t need another scent in the same vein.
Oppobquot – :
I loved Lumiere Noire Pour Homme, my #1 fragrance.
So I got a sample of Pour Fem for my steady. Pour Fem is beautifull, but quite different than Pour Homme, clearly feminine, and more fruity. It smells like a great fruity floral, similar to Creed Spring Flower.
The Pour Homme realy mixes contrasts, and is exquisite. Pour Fem ia very, very good fragrance, but you don’t get the light and dark contrasts here.
Rating: 9/10
God bless you. John 3:16
AlexeyRD – :
Lumiere noire ,This is a very well blended fragrance.it was difficult for me to detect all the notes listed here,but I for sure can tell its a floral feminine patchouli perfume.I believe rose and narcissus are mixed beautifully so even floral haters can enjoy this little.This delicate little number.
Sillage and longevity are ok.
Sa shu – :
Very sexy rose,patchouli scent.not too dark but not bright either
Amazingly gorgeous,powerful and luscious
I’m a patch hater but here It’s combination with rose and pepper is like a magic.patchouli and pepper didn’t turn it to a masculine scent.it’s pure feminine and this lovely chilli pepper adds a naughtyness to scent.I can smell lots of caraway when first sprayed which was off putting for me but fortunately it goes away soon
not a powdery and too much clean rose,not an Arabic rose with oud and too much spices,not a vintage too much dirty and animalic rose,not a pink,girly fruity rose
If you used to love dior midnight poison as a girl,this is for you as a sexy,mature woman,a rosey femmefetal scent
Longevity and sillage are both great on me,it’s wearable around year but better for spring and fall
❤❤❤❤❤
Edit:
I retried it after couple of months.I still love it but now I won’t think I’m going to buy a bottle. at least not in near future
Rose-patchouli combo is very much like this combo in JHAG lady vengeance,so it has a lot in common with that one just that lady vengeance has an extra sexy musk and healthy dose of iso e super which makes me like it more.I’ll consider adding lumiere noire to my collection when I finished my lady vengeance which won’t happen soon,considering size of my wardrobe and size of lady vengeance(100 mil) but if I find a discounted bottle of lumiere noire or someone offer it in a swap(which has a very low level of possibility)I’d love to add it to my collection
رز سکسی و کمی تیره و بسیااااار جذاب
باوجود اینکه بشخصه معمولا با عطرهای با پچولی غالب مشکل دارم اینجا ترکیب پچولی و رز و فلفل شاهکاره.. ذره ای حالت مردانه نداره و فلفل شیطنتی به جدیت پچولی اضافه میکنه ک خیلی جذابه
این دقیقاً همون چیزیه ک تصور می کردم دیور میدنایت پویزن باشه ولی نبود(پچولی تو میدنایت پویزن خیلییی غالبه)
رز لومیر نویر نه از اون عطرهای رزی پودری و قدیمی طور هست،نه رز زیادی تمیز و صابونی،نه رز عربی درکنار عود و ادویه جات خیلی سنگین،نه رز عطرهای انیمالیک و کثیف…برای دوست داشتنش نیازی نیست سلیقه خیلی خاصی داشته باشید..ضمن اینکه پچولی و فلفل اصلا و ابدا سنگین و مردانه طور نکردنش
پخش و ماندگاری عالی..بهترین فصول بهار و پاییز
круз – :
Maison Francis Kurkdjian provides a number of entry points to the brand. It offers traditional products (perfume, papier d’Armenie, candles, body creams) and less expected ones (fabric softener, soap bubbles.) There is a deliberateness to much of the line that challenges the trend-chasing and slot-filling approach of many brands. His vision of a contemporary sensibility derives from an understanding of traditional methods and principles. The design of the brand is like Kurkdjian’s perfumes themselves: modern and classical, composed yet stylish, lavish but concise.
Kurkdjian has mentioned Guerlain as a model for his house but the line’s day-to-evening approach brings Hermès to mind. Hermès offers a fashionable cocoon from an unstylish world. My level skepticism of ‘lifestyle’ branding is stratospheric, but I’m persuaded by MFK.
MFK offers the daydream of a pleasantly scented life but manages to avoid Hermès’s pose of bored affluence. Laundry soap alludes to soap operas and the fiction of the bored housewife. Scented bubbles suggest designer-dressed children and an infusion of finery into the most remote corners of one’s life. The perfumes, though, hint at something more. Most perfume marketing matches a fantasy of inventiveness and distinction to tame, predictable perfumes, but MFK does the reverse. MFK’s subtle subversiveness is in the perfume, not the image. Absolue pour le Soir and Cologne pour le Soir are wolves in sheep’s marketing. The Amyrises satirize mainstream designer perfumes by creating idealized versions of them. The Lumières Noires poke at our nostalgia for the good-old days of the chypre. I might be able to resist the Maison’s sensibility but I fall for the perfumes.
Rose and patchouli aren’t an unexpected combination by any means and their pairing is a motif Kurkdjian has explored over the years, both in his own line and in commission work such as Rose Barbare for Guerlain and Lady Vengeance for Juliette Has a Gun. Coaxing something new out of well-worn materials is one of Kurkdjian’s strengths and Lumière Noire pour Femme demonstrates his knack for reshaping traditional forms and classical techniques to find a novel idea. He shifts the picture and rearranges olfactory clues. Pairing the refined floral and earthy patchouli is a well-understood method for adding richness to perfumes. Kurkdjian recreates the tone in an unexpected way with a clean patchouli and a dirty flower: narcissus. The dynamics are recognizable, but the reframing shifts the perspective and creates a new view.
Lumière Noire pour Femme highlights Kurkdjian’s ability to make perfumes that balance composure and abandon. Grain de Musc called Lumière Noire pour Femme a “bodice-ripper” yet it is also mink-smooth and lusciously lipsticky. It is composed at a glance but uninhibited on closer inspection. It hints at indecency but is never indelicate.
Kurkdjian’s style of subversion is highly mannered. He covers new ideas under a blanket of propriety. The precision of Lumière Noire pour Femme’s composition leaves no seems showing and reveals Kurkdjian’s strategy for subversion. No disruption, no distortion. More a seduction.
tima134 – :
I’ve been using Aromatics Elixir since 1998 and always was on the hunt, though there are many scents that are beautiful I never could see myself wearing one. Till I came across Lumiere Noire.
Oh my…
Oh Lord…
This reminds me of many things, yet resembles nothing.
I’m so happy to have found Lumiere Noire. The search ends here and now many more years for me with my new beloved Lumiere Noire.
leksusa – :
Beautiful animalic dark rose, gives me a mental picture of a leopard wandering majestically in a rose garden. There’s some tropical rain forest, wilderness impression it creates. At the first spray, it is an outburst of fresh sparkling white floral and dewy roses, spiciness gently tinkles and grounded with patchouli at the background, it’s fairly well blended without any of the note being predominant, but a bit too “crowded” to my liking. No development of notes like the traditional perfumes. Somehow, this scent seems to only last on me for an hour or so, and I can’t quite smell anything after 45mins, feels like it has numbed my nose.
Not as interesting as Narciso Rodriguez For Her, which is also created by FK many years ago. Smells expensive, high quality stuff.
david_logua – :
This is not a lush, deep, sexy rose to my nose, but a captivating, subtle rose, more like the scent of Old English Roses, a slightly spicy rose that maintains great delicacy throughout. Elegant and very refined. Great longevity (over 12 hours) and medium silage. I think this is a ‘go-to’ scent for any occasion. One of my best blind buys.
Notes: Rose, cumin, red pepper, narcissus, patchouli.
edber15 – :
This was originally created as a bespoke fragrance for the iconic Catherine Deneuve. She says that Kurkdjian is her favorite nose… He is mine as well!
wwwzona_jeyn – :
This is just gorgeous and I did not find anything skanky about it at all or wouldn’t like it. It’s too bad so many have ! Chemistry had to be the reason. And just to also say, I’m not a big rose fan either but find this to be delicious.
WildMan – :
When MFK does civet/skank it makes me gag. That happens again here in Lumiere Pour Femme. I love dark roses. Love rose+patchouli combos, but I don’t like dark rose mixed with civet. Awful. If I can isolate the civet note, there is something wrong and that shouldn’t happen. For instance, Jean Patou Joy is quite skanky, but it’s not an isolated note and therefore I find it gorgeous.
artoffighters – :
I’m afraid that I don’t find the femme version as attractive as the homme. It’s way too animalic.
ayazma – :
wow…it’s weird smelling rose and patchouli WITHOUT oud…this is what this smells like. lush, boundless round, sickly sweet and wonderfully dense patchouli working in unison.
not particularly my cup of tea (needs something skanky — cumin, immortelle, something like that) to kick it off…if this is your sorta thing, get it. it’s amazingly good quality…
бешенный тушкан – :
‘Lumière Noire pour femme’ is a seductive perfume with a bohemian feel. It opens with a redolent and jammy rose which is accompanied by a heralding narcissus note. The rose is complex, seemingly a combination of various subtypes (centifolia and grandiflora perhaps) with a measured yet robust feeling. Combining it with the dirtier narcissus note, imbues an air of tangible eroticism. Narcissus’s scent is strong, heady and rich with facets of jasmine and hyacinth. It is the perfect compliment to rose and together the two provide a narcotic, intoxicating scent. Unexpected cumin and hot pepper show up to lightly embellish the rose with spice. Cumin provides a sweaty, musky quality while hot pepper entices with a warm, vegetal sensation. Lastly, patchouli grounds the fragrance in its sweet, dark earthiness. The blending of rose and patchouli in ‘Lumière Noire’ gives the fragrance a bohemian heart.
‘Lumière Noire pour femme’ is a beautiful rose based perfume from Maison Francis Kurkdjian. Its feminine allure is balanced with a darker side, one which is sexy and a bit naughty. Women of any age can find pleasure in wearing this captivating composition, which I feel is appropriate for year round use. Sillage and projection are strong, without becoming cloying or obtrusive. With its enigmatic scent, ‘Lumière Noire’ is liable to enrapture its wearer and those around her with indelible remembrances. It remains to this day one of my favorites from the Francis Kurkdjian house.
Read my complete review at my personal blog
Fragranceemergency.blogspot.com
vital-duben – :
A comfortable, comforting skin scent, but the problem is…… seriously, is it only me?….. Ambre Solaire bronzing oil!!!!
I’m finding it impossible to appreciate the great reviews here, or to analyse it myself, because the overwhelming impression for me is….. suntan oil!
Takes me right back to the days when sun protection meant slipping around in this aromatic oil rather than trowelling on the Factor 50.
mulussa – :
This is real magic behind rose. Not enough words to explain it. Dark but also fresh; stunning, rich, distant, arragont and much more. It is one of the most succesful Kurkdjian’s work!
adam3000 – :
Sweet and overpowering oud, patchouli and rose. His Amyris perfume is better (still too much oud in it though). Not interesting or unique in any way.
Pelll – :
Perfect. Bright and airy yet with enough patchouli to ground it and make this a substantial fragrance with good longevity and excellent sillage. Feels modern but somehow still classic and timeless. Excellent for rose/patch lovers in particular, as well as floral lovers in general.
My only issue with it is that in the opening, the rose comes off as slightly sour on me.. but I have that issue with rose a lot. It quickly deepens and becomes one of the prettiest floral fragrances I’ve ever smelled. The patchouli in here smells clean to me, not dirty, which keeps it pleasant and easy to wear.
Recommended for nights out and special occasions, though you could probably just use one or two sprays for every day use. I’m not sure how this would perform in hot weather, though, as I’ve mostly used it in winter and spring so far. Definitely a compliment getter and worth investing in. The scent is lovely, but what impresses me the most is its performance- it’s not some watered down fragrance lacking in fixatives like many on the market today. This stuff sticks around, and the sillage is noticeable without being overpowering. I must reiterate: perfect!
Also, the bottle and packaging is elegant and looks great on a dresser.
XxX24 – :
This is divine, the kind of perfume that ends up spoiling you to the point where cheaper fragrances begin to smell, well…cheap. It’s definitely a rose, but it’s playing alongside a bed of daffodils amped up with patchouli. Underneath it all some heat is provided by caraway seed and chili pepper. Sniffing from the vial I thought it was going to be a sillage bomb that cleared the room but on my skin it behaved admirably, giving me wafts throughout the day but not surrounding me in a vapor cloud. It made me feel like a WOMAN. Confidence building stuff right here.
slavazoom – :
Lumiere Noire is my beautiful ego stroke.
It is my VIP room, behind the velvet rope, penthouse fragrance. It makes me feel entitled to sinfully priced adornments and attention from both men and women. The amount of swagger I find in Lumiere Noire leaves no room for false modesty from the wearer. If you told me I belong on a catwalk while wearing it, I would assure you of the truth of your statement, the rightness… and wait for you to build one exclusively for me.
I can’t seem to wear it as often as I would like, and it’s a damned good thing! My ego would likely explode.
LONGEVITY AND SILLAGE?
You won’t need any.
NOTES?
Champagne, red carpet, private jet, world at my feet! 😉
bukvaruga – :
If you’re looking for an unique take on rose, you’re probably in the wrong place. Instead, if what you’re after is a slightly modernized take on a classically french, kind of chyprey thing with rose as the main player, Lumiere Noir Pour Femme surely delivers what *she* promises.
A winey, bright rose on top. Slightly aldheydic and bright with an oriental quality but devoided of the *heavyness* of other more typically middle-eastern kind of roses. It feels unquestionably classic but it’s also carefully modernized via an overall airy feel. There’s an element of *distrub* to Lumiere Noir Pour Femme, probably provided by either subtle animalic facets or some spices (cumin?)…or both. The drydown is based on smooth woody patch foundation that wears like a glove for hours and hours.
Solid.
Rating: 7-7,5/10
Pavel777 – :
I reviewed this some months ago, but since then I’ve come to truly love and appreciate this elegantly seductive perfume! (I love Dresdendoll’s review below, spot on)
I’d been searching for a beautiful evening perfume that combines sensuality with elegance – something that feels classic and timeless, not dated. Most evening perfumes with sillage and heft can smell a bit obvious, or the best ones made in past decades feel a bit dated at times. Or there are some perfumes I love, such as Cuir de Russie, which other people can find harsh amongst all the fruity gourmands.
When I first tried Lumiere Noire I was mostly aware of the rose/patchouli combination, it seems odd now that I wasn’t struck immediately by narcissus, because it’s this heady yet luminous floral that most affects me now when I wear it, it’s absolutely dark yet light as the name suggests, sensual and verging on richly animalic yet brightened by rose and pimento
There’s also a subtle fruitiness which reminds me of bramble jam, which complements the rose/patchouli beautifully, and if you’re a bit sensitive to patchouli have no fear – it’s balanced perfectly and doesn’t knock you on the head like a clod of earth from a gothic cellar, as patchouli sometimes does.(the reason why I can’t totally love Portrait of a Lady for example, though I admire it).
In short, when it comes to the perfect dressy evening perfume, Lumiere Noire is ‘the one’ for me. As mentioned it has a classic feel which makes you feel ‘dressed’, well groomed, dare I say lady-like?!
It’s not a light scent, and it’s not exactly comforting or relaxing, but it has warmth. I find it difficult to describe, which is why it’s intriguing – something elegantly femme fatale about it that appeals to some aspect of me. Not that I walk around with a pearl handled revolver in my purse (though I have shot the centre out of a £2 coin from thirty yards with an air rifle, I’m not sure that counts!) somehow though, when I wear Lumiere Noire I feel ready to sail with insouciance through any eventuality!
The sillage is perfect, and it’s noticable. I’ve been complimented on this one a few times and I don’t wear it often. Longevity around 8 hours.
alkash1k – :
I usually can’t stand patchouli, but this is a different one. It has a nice, fancy, elegant discreet patchouli along with roses. For some reason I imagine someone very elegant, wearing all white clothes using this perfume lol! This is too elegant and polite for my style, but I can totally see someone very classy wearing it. I would buy this if it wasn’t so expensive.
2017 update: Tried it again and I still think it’s very elegant and pretty, however it’s not for me. After a full day wearing it I realized that this is the type of fragrance i would get sick of very fast. Like I cant imagine myself wearing this for an entire week and not being over it. Just a note to myself in case I ever want to buy this.
Xeroxobenm – :
This is the most intoxicating floral I’ve ever smelled.
There is for me nothing quite like the heady beauty of narcissus. It spe