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vo1an – :
Scent – sweet salted musk.
Season/Time of Day – I prefer to use this one in the colder months, day or night.
Projection – I didn’t get noticed, I didn’t get a compliment.
Longevity – I get 8hrs consistently.
ibukin – :
Transparent salty cedar that is unisex bordering on feminine for this style. The first impression is blinding white light, like the sun reflecting off white painted houses in the mediterranean noon. It’s salt lifted up and ensconced in white florals creating a fresh air feeling and also the salty sweet mark of great fleur de sel. Then comes the cedar in the base, more robust than the pencil shavings in many compositions, a real wood almost like cedar incense. In the same family as Jo Malone Wood Sage and Sea Salt but with greater density and presence, more of a proper perfume. Prismatic around this triad, and radiant. Really nice.
gsvsuper – :
I love hinoki and often wear it as a solo note, but to me, it’s like a dressed-up cedar. Nox places hinoki at the center of the composition, but blurs the focus in a way that neither transforms the note into something larger than itself, nor features it in the way that draws out its best points. The leads to a perfume that smells a bit Declaration-cumin to me — which isn’t a bad thing, but doesn’t strike me as the greatest treatment of hinoki.
Essentially, what this scent does is to adds greenery to a note that’s best served dry. There’s a patchouli in there (earthy and green) and some coniferous / herbal items that are too subdued to register as anything specific. The result is almost like hinoki through a green filter — the image tinted into a slightly unrecognizable state. Fortunately, the scent is quite airy so you’re not getting clubbed down with heavy notes, but the overall effect isn’t holding my attention in the way I wish it would. It’s not as confident a composition as others in the line, and personally, I’d rather wear the hinoki by itself. Nox doesn’t smell bad, but it is a tad uninspired and a bit uninspiring.
Hedgehog_ – :
Another aspect that’s immediately noticeable while exploring this line, it’s its diversity. Ciampagna’s offerings cover several themes in perfumery and all of them with a very personal quote and style. Nox is what I would probably describe as a woody aromatic that relies on an original mix of notes.
There’s the hinoki’s kind of cypress / dark green quality as the main player and it’s paired to an ozonic mix of genderless white florals, other astringent / pungent green notes and a remarkable salty vibe (which is present in several other fragrances from this house). Other smooth woods and clean musky notes serve as a base. The overall result is pretty original and charming if not a tad *bizarre*. A light / transparent woody thing with a remarkably modern twist. Could easily be an hypothetical love child between an Hermessence and a Comme Des Garcons but with that certain italian / mediterranean je ne sais quoi which is typical of this firm.
Nice but not amongst my favorites.
Rating: 6,5-7/10