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MariyaS – :
Not a bad fragrance. opens up a little plastic, but dries down nicely to a spicy vanilla that is pleasant. good longevity.
igor-mirik – :
Firstly, I’m judging off of the 2017 version which is pictured above. I’m not sure if the past ones were a different formula or not. Personally, I think Noir is one of the worst of the already limited B&BW colognes. It’s way too powdery, feminine and non-complex to me. It gives me hints of a powdery vanilla, a slight hint of sugar and musk. With that being said I tend to love Suede from B&BW because it gives a lot more mature and fancier scent than Noir can. I think Noir isn’t for a classy occasion nor the thing to wear on a first date. It’s quite pricey for $35 but you do get 100ML, but it ended up being mostly a waste since I couldn’t buy a smaller bottle. Considering you can get Versace Pour Homme for around the same size and price, I’d save the money to buy something much classier and sophisticated. Despite my hypercritical review, I will admit that this could easily be loved by other people as it’s a very non-offensive scent, I just personally tend to go towards more citrusy, aquatic and woody scents rather than powdery scents.
vasilev3103 – :
Noir wasn’t exactly discontinued. It was re-bottled and perhaps reformulated similar to Guerlain scents. The core notes are there and it still a lighter Armani Code scent (in projection,) but performance is good. I like the uniformity in the bottles but the old bottles had a little bit of a better sprayer IMHO, though this is more ergonomic.
kuuum93 – :
Smells similar to Pure XS by Paco Rabanne.
reifunsefep – :
Noir is basically a cheap smoky vanilla brushed with a hint of burnt sugar on top, and a smidgen of leather in the base. It’s an amiable scent but if you like this sort of thing you can spend just as much and get Givenchy Pi, the same scent done better.
konditer – :
I had a coupon for a free item.at BBW and wanted something for the fall/winter season for my hubby. I decided on the Noir since it didn’t gag me when I tried the lotion, and soap. I thought I’d try the shower, shampoo gel on myself first. Wow….amazing! Beautiful scent from the get go, and the next morning I still had wafts of the smoky, spicy vanilla thru my hair & left on my skin from the lotion. I told my hubby it was a gift to him, and funny, I’ve gone thru 2 bottles of it in 4 months. Now I’m planning on getting him the actual cologne, if only I can stop myself from using it! Great scent for a guy or lady!
Ales44 – :
Noir no longer sells at Bath & Body Works as far as I know but I’d become dissatisfied with the few options men have for fragrances at B&B Works so I looked online for some of their discontinued men’s fragrances.
Noir comes in the cologne and the body spray. The body spray is available on Amazon.com and the cologne can be purchased on ebay. Comes in a simple black packaging. The fragrance equipped with only three notes of cardamom (ginger) musk and vanilla is not as long lasting or full bodied as I like my colognes but it’s quite pleasant.
It’s a feel-good fragrance, comfortable and comforting, sweet but not delicate, a tad leathery, a touch powdery, something to wear when you don’t know what else to wear as far as fragrances and definitely meant to be sprayed in the morning after your shower.
Opens with a distinct spicy note, but not in an aggressive or even an Oriental fashion. It’s a gingery cardamom laced with light black pepper. The theme is supposed to be black with a name like Noir but this has a lighter texture and it’s definitely more Blanche than Noir.
The musk and the leather come through as it starts to dry. The latter stages are vanilla notes with a warm creamy body. Noir has soft but detectable sillage especially in the body spray which smells as good as any Axe body spray. This is a very good fragrance for starters getting into colognes.
Very youthful in my opinion and not for a more mature man although it can easily be worn by both. This is more along the lines of a vanilla based thinner fougere and not an Oriental at all even with the spice notes.
Lastly this is a day wear casual fragrance nothing formal about it good for spraying it in the morning after your shower, a good one to bring at the gym if you want to spray this on after you’ve sweated like a pig working out. A simple but easy to wear and easy to love scent. And I wish B&B Works would bring it back. I haven’t seen this at my local B&B Works or any in other parts of my state. Wonderful fragrance.