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prokaznik6 – :
The dry down is a pure Arabian Incense (aka bokhour)
It’s a grand velvet blend of beautiful patchouli and ambergris. It hits harshly at first with a dry patchouli and some leather floral, then softens to reach pure Arabian incense with melted patchouli and creamy texture.
Impressive blend for those who adored the creamy patchouli. Harsh tough and beautiful.
BUYINGCARISOPRODOL – :
right off i get a gorgeous leather with maybe a hint of patchouli, followed by floral notes. the leather seems to be the strongest player on me, along with the florals, at least at this point. this scent has a vintage feel to it, or a modern take on a vintage perfume. it reminds me a bit of DSH’s pandora, but without the oakmoss. this scent is neither noir or patchouli, but it is a great floral-leather, at least on my skin. a keeper.
gub782elipseskism – :
Did someone mentioned Aromatics elixir?Definitely…it was my very first impression when I tried it.As a male,I will consider buying(wearing it) it,as my very good female friend wears it as a signature scent.Do I like it?Yes,it is very nice and pleasant,but as i said,it reminds me of the female friend.
masyanya1986 – :
Noir Patchouli is almost straight up soap on me. If I bring my wrist right up to my nose, I can distinguish the patchouli and leather. The soap diminishes a little over time, but not enough to make me enjoy wearing this. I find that I prefer patchouli as a base note instead of having the entire fragrance centered around it, but maybe people who really love it would appreciate this more. I will pass my sample on to someone else.
Ptaxa112 – :
I just got this; Another great fragrance from Histoires de Parfums! Wow, this is not just another Patchouli fragrance! It’s the leather and floral notes that make this warm and magical. Love the coriander spice as well. If you haven’t tried it yet, put it on your list.
buydrugsii – :
This is a lovely, warm, deep, familiar scent that lasts a long time and stays close to my skin. I apply one spray to one wrist under my layers of winter gear and take a sniff now and again.
ice2281 – :
I get the patchouli, leather, and musk.
That is with my slight bit of allergies… I bet I could otherwise pick up more notes. As always, another nice fragrance from Histoires.
I am beginning to become familiar with the backbone of histories, I’ve enjoyed all their fragrances. There haven’t been any must buys for me yet but they are all very good!
This is not a buy for me but it smells good quality and all notes are present. True rendition on patchouli. I feel there are better options though.
I’ll rate this one. 6.5/10
Gurelena – :
Wow it is the best Patchouli-Leather composition I smelled.
Dark ,bitter , deep ,classic and so beautiful scent.
I love it.
Bravo Gerald Ghislain.
9/10
LEOns93 – :
Very medicinal smelling. Smells the way an old folks home does. The patchouli isn’t all that pleasant and there isn’t much to bring out it’s good side here. There is some nice evolution with leather and vanilla which is nice. I don’t get the cardamon at all. For me, it’s not enough of something, not earthy enough, not floral enough, not spicy enough. It needs to be pushed to an edge, and it’s not even close where it is now. Not bad, but so very simple. Needs more of something that it doesn’t have. 5.5/10
Rogermix – :
Yes, Noir Fleur de Musc. Just like many reviewers mentioned.
Let the leather and green patchouli note dissipate for an hour or so then the real theme of Noir Patchouli becomes clear: leather, a hint of sour bergamot, and some ambiguous floral (rose?) notes. The mix of creamy green patchouli and supple leather at the beginning is very intriguing, however I find the dry down unexpectedly musky, and is not something I look for in a patchouli scent. This perfume lasts well though, and I can still smell it 6 hours after clearly on paper.
The patchouli note here is very clean. If you usually have trouble with patchouli in perfumes this might work great. But if you’re one of the 1) gourmand patchouli, 2) earthy patchouli, or 3) cacao-infused patchouli followers, don’t bother.
AllaPrelest – :
In the top, there was smoke and an almost sweet fruity note that dried down to 1. Musk 2. Light florals 3. Patch. The player here is the musk.
Shpak73 – :
Where is the “NOIR” ?!
Patchouli? Yes! But a bright floral one mixed with heavy musk.
Somehow it reminds me of Aramis. Like Aramis it could have been a masterpiece of the ’70s, but for these days? I doubt it. It ‘s rather old fashioned, however with good projection and longevity. I do love patchouli, but dark and earthy. Happily I ordered just a sample instead of a full bottle; definitely not my cup of tea!
outlock – :
Noir Patchouli is a one of good perfume who contains patchouli . it has a strange and dark character and also has a formal scent. i like it .
combination of patchouli and leather make a warm and bitter smell for winter and autumn . i think it’s suitable for mens not women’s
scent of perfume is rough more than enough because of that i don’t recommend for womens.
زمانی که اقدام به تست عطر نواغ پچولی از برند هیستوری کنید، در همان ابتدا بوی گس ، کمی الکلی ، کاملا تلخ و گیاهی اش تمام وجودتون رو فرا میگیره
عطر کاراکتر شدیدا جدی داره . رایحه کلی عطر کاملا رسمی خودش رو نشون میده و فقط میتونه مناسب آقایون باشه. گرامی عطر بسیار زیاده و به جز پائیز و زمستان به هیچ وجه در دیگر فصول استفاده نکنید.
در مقعطی از تست این عطر یاد جوهر نیمه خشک روی کاغذ افتادم. اگر با یک خودکار روی کاغذ چیزی بنویسید و بلافاصله قسمت نوشته شده رو بو کنید یه بوی جوهری خاص رو حس خواهید کرد . در این عطر هم خیلی کم همین حس رو خواهید داشت . قدرت پخش عطر و ماندگاریش واقعا راضی کننده هست و یک روز کامل رو پوشش خواهد داد . به نظرم جزوبهترین عطرای حاوی نعناع هندی میتونه باشه.
اگر علاقه مند به تست این عطر بودید ، رویال عطر رو در گوگل جستجو کنید.
kriwobrodsckij.v – :
Noir Patchouli has top notes of patchouli, coriander, and cardamom, heart notes of patchouli, a bouquet of flowers and juniper berries, and a base of patchouli, musk, vetiver, foam, leather, and vanilla. And please don’t ask me what “foam” smells like; I haven’t the faintest idea. It was created by Histoires de Parfums by the perfumer Gerald Ghislain.
This seems to be a real sleeper in the community, especially on YouTube. While I occasionally see something by Histoires de Parfums mentioned, not many scents from the house have videos fully dedicated to a review. As far as I can tell, this will be the first review of Noir Patchouli. It’s a shame that this is so uncommon. I happened across it on Decant Shop once, and was very pleasantly surprised, so then I ordered the $18 sample set from the company, which introduced me to yet another scent from the house I fell in love with (which I plan to review very soon).
The top is almost non-existent here: it presents with a highly intoxicating peppery, spicy, coriander. It’s gone within a matter of seconds, but nevertheless has a bite that draws you for the ride. The middle is so wonderfully complex: patchouli continues to lurk in the background, but what I think is rose and perhaps iris is there as well – something to dust a really sophisticated dusty, powdered, slightly aromatic effect, which I absolutely love. There’s a small possibility, although it’s not listed in the notes, that some of the powdery effect is from cocoa, though this is very far removed from a gourmand scent. As it continues to dry down, a really nice suede-like leather starts to come through, which I just find to be the ideal end to a beautifully composed fragrance.
This is sensual, beautiful, and just lovely. All that being said, I can’t say that it’s truly unisex; the floral and powdery bits certainly make it lean femme. However, I would wear this all day, every day – and frequently have! The overall sensory impression is dark, powdery florals can really take you back to the heyday of Guerlain fragrances; it wouldn’t be the first time I’ve seen this compared to Shalimar online. There are enough “noir” components here to keep things interesting and contemporary, but the whole composition can really come across as having a “vintage” vibe. If powdery, alluring, leathery floral scents sound interesting to you, I can’t recommend this highly enough. This is, at least for me, very full bottle-worthy.
IdiomsIsoky – :
7/10
RACE – :
I don’t speak Fragrantica talk fluently, so I will just stick to what I know. The one thing I am sure of is that this is a gorgeous scent. When I first smelled it, all I could smell was Clinique Aromatics Elixir, and I hated it. I tried it again for three days in a row, and just fell in love. It is so unique. To be honest, I am not quite sure what I am smelling, but I know that I love it. It is delicious. I don’t think it’s “dark”. It is totally wearable and unisex. I am glad I purchased it.
jcbr – :
I’m not sure about my sample, but it is supposedly authentic.
However, my sample smells very reminiscent of Guerlain’s Mitsouko EDP. My daughter wears Mitsouko all the time so I’m pretty familiar with it. Its very strong and definitely feminine to my nose and has massive longevity and sillage.
No hint of gourmand notes here!
Myta6op – :
This is a good perfume. I can smell a beautiful blend of Patchouli and Leather mixed with Musk. It is a perfume for Cold seasons. The Longevity lasts a lot and the projection is good.
dqoojfwj – :
I thought patchouli was an anathema on my skin. If I spray something on that contains patchouli, within minutes i can smell it breaking apart in rank decay. Not sure what possessed me to try this.
Noir Patchouli is a revelation. Remarkable opening, trumpet fanfare, bright and alive. Big floral projection with something delicious and mysterious.
After a half hour there’s a palpable decrescendo, actually more like a hard left into some dark, skulking, brooding nightscape.
Projection stays strong, but it’s *completely* different and very heavy. I’d compare it to Datura Noir in feel as they both have a dark edge, definitely for nighttime wear.
Mixed reviews may be from people who get to wear all those other patchouli-based frags that die on my skin. This one’s for folks who’ve had trouble wearing it elsewhere.
Shipilov9 – :
This really is a beautiful Patchouli fragrance. Fresh, spicy and sensual. For me, it’s a little too masculine, I don’t get the floral note. I may wear this with Bvlgari Rose Essential, I think they would make a great pair. This would be SO SEXY on a man!! Women would just want to snuggle and smell the warmth of exotic scents and skin…
HardRain – :
Patchouli at his best !
Aflisun – :
I wore it yerterday night and I fall in love with this perfume. I totally agrre with @nexangelus. It is really big perfume and there is dark musky effect with dark wood. I can imagine that i walking in the dark forest with all of its mystic atmosphere. Longevity many many and sillage is huge. Expecially patchouli perfumes could be difficult but this is real divine.
MixTapeMe – :
Mossy, musky, earthy, spicy patchouli. Oh and the leather…this is exquisite patchouli. This is a big perfume. It feels classic and classy. Wonderful old school chypre structure. It has a green bitterness humming in the background. It smells vintage. It smells divine. Thumbs up Histoires de Parfum, I have yet to be disappointed by you.
MkMs – :
@Casavulva Perfume, @MaraDraffnon – absolutely agree with you, nothing else to say…
Brilliant job, monsieur Ghislain! Bravo!
tuq236bedyWelty – :
Patchouli noir. Fitting name to the scent. To me patchouli is a bit of a weird smell, and I included this in my notes (each to their own. If you love it please read on as I am trying to do a decent review even though its not to my taste). Yes, it is strong and more suitable for night time.
Looking at the name of the scent and the notes, I would think I would really not like this scent. I was right! Sometimes you cant quite tell from the notes or to you personally (we all have different noses and slightly different body chemistry -though this is a matter of debate) it smells different to how the nose/s who made it describe. Also, the order of the voted notes are not always what I smell but its fairly accurate to my experience here (other than the ‘floral bouquet’).
I know how patchouli smells and have smelt the essential oil and can say that this definitely smells like the real thing. If you like or love patchouli I cant see how you could not like this.
The patchouli smell gets stronger after a few minutes. I could imagine someone sophisticated wearing this and someone with confidence.
It has a bit of a dirty smell to it and is a bit ‘musty’ (not an old sample). Vetiver is listed in the description but is not in the notes you can click on. I would say I could smell vetiver as well (Ive smelt the essential oil). Quite aromatic. Perhaps not quite as spicy as you might think.
I know some people dont like defining perfumes as masculine or feminine but I did have to check on here after a few minutes of trying it that it was aimed at females – and saw it was a unisex scent. This makes sense.
Im interested in the suede note but so far leather and suede seem to smell different in different perfumes – obviously it will be a combination of ingredients and a synthetic note.
I actually had to wash it off after an hour or so as I couldnt stand it longer. However the scent lingered still and it died down to a slight musty, musky smell. Not as bad as the beginning for me.
I feel some of these notes would make good base notes if there was a very small amount of them in another perfume, to make it more interesting. The next day I could smell that musty smell (I actually wondered if there was something mouldy around).
Definitely one that lasts. My sample was a dab on vial so not sure about sillage.
I have only tried one other perfume that is patchouli dominant and that is thierry mugler angel. That was a strange scent, also quite masculine, more powdery than this.
I have a sample vial if anyone wants to swap for sample /small decant/v low price (uk only).
digishock – :
If Habanita and 1740 had a child, it would be Noir Patchouli.
It has the exact same leather accord as 1740, but without the aromatic immortelle. Add to that a very nice powdered floralcy, and you’re done. The patchouli is only lurking in the background on my skin, more as a supporting actor for the powderiness.
Noir Patchouli definitely has a vintage style, beautiful, elegant, strong-willed and sophisticated.
guigniche – :
I like this scent a lot, feeling it’s almost transparent, airy and a little cold to the touch thanks to its patchouliness. My nose feels like leather is also here, the thin and soft kind. I enjoy wearing this scent.
Toiniamawq – :
Amazing patchouli perfume from amazing perfume brand! If you love the patchouli scent you should try this. I’m totally captivated with this perfume. Noir Patchouli really dark, mysterious, enigmatic and something from atmosphere of Stephen King’s world. One of the best patchouli without cloying and overwhelming.
brabus-sti – :
this reminds me of a cross between Zino and TF Noir
jk – :
Great stuff, to me a remake of 1740.
Main players are patchouli and leather, with some spices (coriander, cardamome), flowers (don’t know), juniper, vanilla and mousse blended in there.
The leather accord is to me similar to the one found in the great 1740, but here toned down and therefore not so confrontational. More a sidekick to the patchouli. This in turn is helped towards the romantic side by the vanilla and mousse.
If 1740 is a fragrance for dominating your surroundings, noir patchouli is more of a quiet alphamale romantic. Not so loud, but very noticable and longlasting.
9/10
Kseniya – :
Noir Patchouli is something else! The opening is a smack in the face with a patchouli plant that’s wearing a new leather jacket and leather shoes! Patchouli Noir indeed! This great opening of patch & leather with a hefty dose of spices make for a remarkable & dark prelude. Soon the “floral bouquet” chimes in, I get mostly rose, and it is here, where we begin to slip into ‘vintage chypre’ territory (some are labeling it ‘old lady’ which isn’t nice), that some people seem to be encountering a problem. Is it too feminine in this stage? Not in my opinion. There is a sweetness not unlike those pink musk stick lollies in there, but it’s short lived. Soon that patchouli/leather accord re asserts itself and the ‘noir’ really kicks in. It almost dries down to more of a leather than a patchouli fragrance, as other reviewers have noted below.
This is a complex, evolving and really different take on patchouli. Rejecting that chocolate and earth vibe for a leather & floral combo that I haven’t come across so far in my experiences with patch scents. Longevity is fantastic – 8hrs plus on me and it projects just enough to make you a tad self conscious (not necessarily in a bad way). This review is based on a 15ml decant, and I’ll definitely use it up & consider a full bottle, which from my investigations, are fairly reasonably priced. A thumbs up from me for sure!
cooler698 – :
I am on the quest for the perfect patchouli and so I sent away for a tester of this juice. I will keep this short and sweet.
On me, it begins with something that I am sure is a patchouli note but nothing that really impresses me. Its like MOST of the patchouli scents that I have tried that overlay that note with a dry, wood incense and spices. The main difference with this juice is the heavy presence of rose/floral note. The incense died down very quickly and left the spice and florals (mostly rose to me) emeshed with a green but not notable patchouli.
I won’t be buying this and will search-on.
AIrAT – :
I was turned onto Noir Patchouli by my friend Steve at ScentBar who knows that I love Aromatics Elixir. With no other intro than a laugh and a smile he said, “You have to try this.” As I smelled it and he saw the recognition light me up, he just said, “Right?!”
Absolutely right.
I’ve always had a question. Why has no one copied Aromatics Elixir? Why has no one tried to imitate it? Aromatics Elixir is a huge patchouli rose-chypre. It’s a tribute to patchouli, but you would never mistake it for something that you would find in a head shop. It juuuusst barely reins in the patchouli. Bernard Chant went as far down the patch path as he could go when he composed Aromatics Elixir. Fortunatley, he didn’t balance patchouli with lighter notes. He matched it with thick balsams, woody notes and a dark, dense rose. One of the few things he didn’t add was syrup, so contemporary perfume wearers will need to find a new Rosetta stone to translate it to fruitchouli-speak.
Noir Patchouli is a great homage to the old gal. It doesn’t have the rose or the moss, but it is the same loving take on patchouli. Bernard Chant recognized that patchouli doesn’t need to be cut or cajoled. It simply needs the right context and proper lighting. In the same way that Bernard Chant let patchouli speak its own mind, Gérald Ghislain of Histoires de Parfums hands the mic over to patchouli. Noir Patchouli is as deliberate as Aromatics Elixir, but it replaces AE’s forcefulness with partial transparency. Where AE is earthy, Noir Patchouli is smoky. Noir Patchouli is almost as heavy as AE, but it’s not nearly so dense. AE has an bitterness that reads as herbal. Noir Patchouli comes off like a spirit, not quite whiskey, not quite brandy. This liquor-like tone is what brings the smokiness, the camphorous sweetness together.
Noir Patchouli comes off as very composed and self-assured. Or maybe that’s how simply how I feel when I smell it.
If Noir Patchouli had come out earlier, it would have been the perfect solution for the wearers of Givenchy Gentleman who were fucked when a car-wreck of a reformulation deprived them of their fix. Noir Patchouli holds its own in a competition among niche patchoulis. In fact, it beats most of them. It has a straightforwardness that ‘clean’ patch lovers would like, but the gravitas that most patch enthusiasts seek.
If you’re looking for a real twisted scene, get together with some fumie friends and try back to back to back samplings of Aromatics Elixir, Aramis A900, Aromatics Elixir Perfumer’s Reserve and Noir Patchouli. If you get out of the room alive you’ll have some stories to tell.
from scenthurdle.com
kamin97 – :
Well, this is disappointing.
Opens up with some promise: the patchouli present and accounted for, the spices are sharp and inelegant, but that’s only the first sniff, isn’t it, plenty of room for improvement, and yet. The scent quite suddenly changes tack into a powdery rose concoction vaguely livened up by the merest, barely perceptible hint of patchouli. At this point, the coming drydown could be masterful and I no longer care. A good point of reference for it would be old-fashioned rose scented face powders. If you’ve ever had or smelled one, you have also smelled Noir Patchouli. Speaking of, the name is a false lure. Boudoir Rose would have been more apt, but I don’t imagine that would sell well. Very much not a unisex fragrance. That is, unless you are a genderless burlesque dancing android.
Okay, edit. After I was done with the entire sample, I realized that this is perhaps one of the few powdery fragrances that I can wear comfortably. Not me, but a nice change – perhaps precisely because of it.
fralgamma – :
Give this one a half hour after spraying on your skin. It blooms wonderfully. It starts off harsh but softens into a highly complimented patchouli. If you are not used to a strong patchouli, it will be a shocker. Trust me, put it on your skin and wait. 🙂
zacardo – :
Intensely great. Like some lost masterpiece restored and showing at theaters now.
Twin – :
What I get out of Noir Patchouli are of course Patchouli,Rose and a very subtle vanilla in the background. The opening of this is very similar to Montale Black Aoud but as it develops, the Patchouli/Rose Combo that are highly detected in Black Aoud fades and the Patchouli gets stronger….so far I do believe it is very classy,mysterious and I do understand that some people might associate HDP Noir Patchouli with being a little ……I hate to say it…. “Vintage” or “Chanelesque” not that it smells like the old Chanel fragrances but generation wise, I will keep an update later in the day but as far as the smell is going, I am not going to initiate a buy due to the fact that it is highly similar to Black Aoud in the Rose/Patchouli combo…minus the oud!
Sillage 8.0/10
melindastilesvm – :
beautiful and certainly unisex.
It’s a very very mysterious perfume, green but dark, almost toxic in a wonderful way!
theres some “mitsouko” thing in there.
Got to have it & you got to try it!
Obs: night time use only!
longevity on skin is moderate, but if you spray it on clothing it lasts forever
monty 32 – :
Totally agree with Ameda, this is way to feminine. Initial blast is very nice but 5 minutes later it smells like a funeral home loaded with flowers and that really turns me off. The fragrantica description does include Bouquet of flowers and, YES, that’s about all it is. Scrubber after 20 minutes for me.
leopolbd – :
Opens with a strong showing of deep dark rose and violet florals but settles down quickly. A bit too quickly! After five minutes the deep flora have faded, making way for lighter indistinct floral notes hovering above the very round natural patchouli. I do get leather and dry vetiver in the heart,(not as much as others it seems), but no spice or musk. Sillage seems decent. I’m washing it off after about 40 minutes and so can’t comment on longevity.
I have been known to layer rose geranium essential oil to sweeten masculine fragrances, but I find Patchouli Noir too overwhelmingly feminine for me. No matter what it does in the drydown, there’s too much ‘old lady’ up front to make this worth the wait.
boom_7 – :
Deep, dark deliciouness; Noir Patchouli is the best patchouli that I have smelled so far. A dash of spice and leather keeps it interesting all the way to the end. And that end is far away because it lasts easily 12 hours and than you are still surrounded by the rich, eathly and masculine smell of this scent. They avoided the sharpness some pachouli scents have and where able to make this one smell very comforting and familiar, yet deep enough to hold you attention. Worth every penny!
AdmSmsTelss – :
Gentle, comforting and old-fashioned. Balmy, soapy and powdery on me, and within minutes it has faded to just a whisper.
In the 80s I worked in a shop where they always had Cussons Imperial Leather soap in the bathroom and the drydown is just like the smell after I’d washed my hands. Uncanny.
playpeOsteosy – :
On my skin this is not Noir Patchouli at all, is more something like Noir Leather as it is all I am getting. It is a very dark, powdery leather remind me of metal heads in a crowded bar jumping around while hardcore black metal is on. So, here we go – on me it does smell animalistic and aggressive even though I do get a tiny bit of flowers. It does smell even a bit like body odour and motor oil combo, but please don’t mind me, I’m not saying it’s bad, I actually find this kinda sexy.
I am not able to pull this off though, it might do wonders on a guys skin making him smell like an uber bad boy, so give this a try.
pauntewshunse – :
Quando l’ho sentito e acquistato ho pensato che era un capolavoro ma non lo trovavo molto “wearable”.
Ora dopo molto tempo quando apro l’armadio e annuso una manica della giacca marrone di velluto a coste spruzzata anche mesi prima di questo prezioso elisir di buon umore sorrido e annuisco e penso a che fortuna è avere l’olfatto…
НИКОЛАЙ64 – :
A heavy dose of patchouli and leather is what I’m picking up in the opening. The leather in this smells like new leather shoes and goes well with
the patchouli. This is a dark fragrance though I am now picking up the florals which have started to overpower the new shoes leather accord.
These florals smell like Pot Pourri and have started to overpower the patchouli and leather accord after the opening goodness. (bring back the leather and patchouli).
After a good while a white musk accord starts too take over from the floral pot pourri and you get a little bit of the leather and patchouli back, too little though.
I love the opening of this fragrance as the patchouli and new shoes leather accord give you a dark and mysterious promise of things to come. Then the show is spoiled
in the midnotes with that floral pot pourri which drowns everything out. Its downhill from there for me which is a damn shame as this fragrance held so much potential
from its opening accord.
To sum up a missed opportunity where the great opening is spoiled by floral pot porri notes. I get severals hours longevity from this one.
agasiko – :
My first encounter with patchouli was when I bought a patchouli plant for my garden years ago. If you’ve never crushed a patchouli leaf in your fingers, you really haven’t smelled and appreciated the deep fragrance that is patchouli.
This is the first perfume I’ve found that really captures that freshly-crushed scent. I can understand why Le Nez decided to call this ‘Black’ because it is a deep and velvety scent. Alfarom and Sherapop give excellent reviews of the scent (yes I also agree it has chypre AND leather elements to it…). I’d only add that you can really ‘feel’ the juniper and coriander here – warm and really delicious.
My favorite part of Patchouli Noir is the dry down… oooh, this matures like a fine wine… such a gentle but potent trail of floral and (what appears to be) orris root.
This is a unisex fragrance; I think it’s right on that edge of masculine and feminine, almost tipping into the feminine. Personally I wouldn’t like to go more floral than this, but the dry down is very deep and masculine, so I think it works well for us guys, too.
Ironically, patchouli lovers might not really ‘feel’ the patchouli in this, and patchouli haters could REALLY love this… Histoires has done something wonderful by using patchouli as a catalyst for something great and iconic.
mmd658speagoessenda – :
A different take on a overused theme. Noir Patchouli opens with an hypnotizing spices and patchouli combo that serves as a fantastic example of how to treat patchouli leaves avoiding the “head-shop” effect. Floral patterns add a “classic” vibe and some complexity while a slight dose of vanilla works as a perfect refinement. As the fragrance evolves a remarkable chypre structure emerges from the back leading this composition to a dark, leathery/woody drydown that’s at the same time misterious and extremely wearable.
Once again Histoires De Parfums confirms its status as one of the best outfits in modern/contemporary perfumery while Noir Patchouli jumps directly at the top of its genre with no esitation. Great!
Rating: 8.5/10
Tokun1111111 – :
A triple threat of patchouli—featured among the top notes, the heart, and the base notes—in Histoires de Parfum NOIR PATCHOULI makes this a patchouli-lovers-only perfume. Serving to intensify the patchouli madness is a fairly hefty dose of leather, making this a rather hard-hitting composition to my nose. Although the house lists “Bouquet Floral” among the heart notes, I must say that I have difficulty detecting any florals whatsoever, drowned out as they are by the patchouli and the leather.
As NOIR PATCHOULI dries down, its noir aspect begins to dominate to the point where I’d classify this more as a leather than an oriental perfume. I would recommend this to hard-core leather lovers, but they obviously must also enjoy patchouli in order to wear this Easy Rider elixir…
n1kanor – :
My reference for patchouli always goes back to being in junior high school on the Upper Westside of Manhattan where all the cool hippie guys and gals sported the head-shop bought oils. And because I lived above the 96th street divide, I would also smell my uptown brothers wearing–what I’m sure was the same head-shop oil. The difference was the junior high school kids smelled like unwashed bodies with a week’s worth of patchuoli oil. While my neighborhood fellas smelled of a concoction of many other essences on top of the patchouli. So Patchouli Noir is trying to style itself to the later.
So I spray some on a cotton cloth and some on my wrist. And then that’s when the Upper Westside starts fighting with the above 96th street crowd. The fight was on like Donkey-Kong! A fast fists-to-cuffs explosion. First up: spice and soap. Then, soap fell flat and spice and citrus were at it. Citrus stumbled and metallic-static- electricity popped up briefly for a victory shout but was quickly over taken by a little poopie smell. Finally everyone calmed down and decided to get along to sit and listen to some old vinyls in someone’s slightly rank bedroom.