chenge_gord07 – 2022-06-06:

3 out of 5

This has been a favourite for many years. I’ve hesitated to review it, because I’m not sure I can capture it’s beauty in a few words. First of all, yes, it’s expensive, and yes, the bottle is stunningly beautiful in my opinion. But it’s the magic inside that captured my heart and keeps me coming back for more. This is a perfect balance of reality and fantasy. The woody notes and the warm cassia (and it is is cassia, not cassis), a subtle spicy base, holding up delicate iris and violets but never overpowers.
The violets and iris hold a central powdery stage, but never too airy or gone in a puff. The blending of the hard and the soft make for a lasting unisex scent. It’s an all season beauty and it never fails to make me smile. It makes me feel feminine and warm at the same time. Sexy, nuzzly and unlike anything else I’ve ever worn. It’s something I wish I could spray with abandon, but my wallet will not allow. I wear it when I want to feel pretty and pampered, or need a bit of fragrant courage to face a harsh world.

Keeper12 – 2022-06-06:

3 out of 5

Firstly, the cost… it’s not worth it for something that lasts this little. The annoying thing is, I actually like how deceptively weak it is and how long it lasts. When I go for Iris scents, I don’t want them to overwhelm me or go on too strong for too long. This doesn’t do that. Pierre de Lune knows exactly how long to stay at the party, and departs with grace and elegance. It’s perfect for staying at home and unwinding for me. Or just going out for a romantic dinner or lunch. Works better in the day time for me, during spring.
It’s a vaguely wooden scent that is dominated, however slightly, by the beautiful violets and ever so delicately powdery iris. Imagine if L’Heure Bleue had a baby with Apres l’Ondee. It’d smell nothing like this, but you’d see how they could be comparable.
Just the perfect scent at a price that’ll make it very hard for me to purchase it… however, I’ll be glad when I do and it’ll feel like more of an accomplishment. This is something worth working for. Very unisex and very beautiful.
10/10

met15 – 2022-06-06:

4 out of 5

A very soft, delicate, pretty iris-heliotrope-acacia accord. Too muted for me to want to invest in a bottle, but well-crafted, like a tiny, perfect miniature.

sergey19811 – 2022-06-06:

5 out of 5

My favorite since many years. Really comfortably to wear, melts into my skin, there are no single note which annoys me. Just perfect. Sexy and expensive. CAn not really imagine how it smells on men.

VormaLaraccug – 2022-06-06:

3 out of 5

Lovely woody, green and powdery iris/violet. I love it. It’s very feminine and elegant. Soft and fresh, very aromatic and gentle. My husband particularly loves this one, Pierre de Lune, and so do I. It’s so caressing and gentle, and comforting. Beautiful.

kisalove – 2022-06-06:

4 out of 5

Celestiale!elegante e buonissimo.
Unica nota negativa il prezzo!
Di breve durata sulla pelle.tiene duro invece sulla mia pashmina per diversi giorni e reindossarla e’un piacere!
Terapeutico!
10/10

Vitas – 2022-06-06:

5 out of 5

This fragrance is a lovely but it’s too weak. I wish it would be more intense…

kafyapyafkova – 2022-06-06:

3 out of 5

This fragrance is a lovely but too simple powdery iris-violet with basenotes of woods. There is nothing really special about this scent to elevate it above Balenciaga’s or Guerlain’s famously beautiful and chic violet-centered scents. It lasts well. It’s nice but I don’t think it is worth the 260 USD retail price which I believe summarizes the Armani Privé line: all nice scents but none original in concept and not worth the money.

latuza – 2022-06-06:

4 out of 5

On me, it’s more woody-green with a touch of citrus, than strictly powdery. Non-sweet, refreshing woody-floral, smells unisex and expensive. Much better than the powdery mess of Cuir Amethyste, imho, but to each their own. If you are looking for a good iris-violet scent that doesn’t smell like a lipstick, then Pierre de Lune is perfect.

ole3156817 – 2022-06-06:

3 out of 5

A very elegant perfume – slightly powdery but fresh and pretty. I thought there might be lily somewhere, or a white floral but not according to notes above.
I do get the powdery iris/violet, but this also has a greeness, maybe due to violet leaf? It’s calm, collected and ladylike though contemporary too, lovely for spring and summer. Someone below mentions it’s cassie – acasia, not cassia (cassia being a cinammon note) I get no cinnamon here at all so I’d agree.
I have a feeling that those who (like me) enjoy perfumes such as Infusion d’Iris and Eau des Merveilles might enjoy this. It has the same light elegance that’s contemporary yet classic
People have said it’s too light, I find the sillage light to moderate, longevity quite persistent though, I’ve had it on for a few hours and it still very present.
Later edit: a friend said this reminded him of Anais Anais! Which echoes my thought that it has a white floral feel. However, he did say it’s more ladylike, less ‘innocent and girly’ than Anais Anais, which I happen to like, but find too girly for me at my age! So yes, Pierre de Lune is great for those who liked Anais but find it now too young and innocent.

Igor976 – 2022-06-06:

3 out of 5

Smells like hard candy. It leans a bit feminine. I like it, however.

djtech – 2022-06-06:

3 out of 5

This is such a beauty
It starts of with blackurrant leaf on my skin ,green almost a bit smokey, and lots of Violets mixed with this smokeyness makes its abit on the dark side ,Iris adds a little dryness and powder to it also the woods lingers and adds to this beautful scent.
It stays this way for a few hours on my skin then it changes to a bit more sweet violett and iris scent, more feminin then the opening .
This is realy unik and different then any other Violet and Iris scent i have tryed .
This is also very long lasting on my skin and radiats beautifuly not to much but enough to get notised.

xboxemu – 2022-06-06:

5 out of 5

This is a weird one for me…but a grower. It’s instantly powdery but silky smooth and beyond the normal realms of perfume for me.
They say the most instant and effective trigger for memories is an olfactory one…well they’re not wrong!
Certainly Pierre de Lune is to me reminiscent of a very specific memory and it’s of playing at a friends house. These two lads called Mark & Matthew (it’s so odd remembering them as I haven’t thought about them in over 20 years) who lived down the street from my mum but never went to my school. I used to hang out with them in the holidays and their house smelled ‘EXACTLY’ the same as pierre de Lune. Was it a type of fabric softner their mum used or an air freshener…or even a perfume?
Anyway…It’s a combo of sweet jasmine & orris root, with powdery floral notes which creates a creamy smell which in my mind matches the name and the coloured stopper in the bottle.
Not sure I like this, it’s certainly unique but I wouldn’t wear it.

Soadayendom – 2022-06-06:

3 out of 5

As one of the last Armani Prive’s I tried I have to say that I was oh so pleasantly surprised!
What a wonderful and whimsical fragrance to dedicate to the moon! Pierre de Lune is quite multi-facetted despite the constant references to ‘clean soap’. It definitely has a French soap aspect to it but it has oh so much more going on than just soap!
I detect all of the following in no particular order (than what my mind has naturally ordered them in) grass, violet, iris, cinnamon, talc, jasmine (or something similarly just as indolic!), and of course a type of ambergris or similar.
This is the best darn white soap smell that I’ve ever had the pleasure of smelling!

GELOPPOES – 2022-06-06:

4 out of 5

First time, I smelled it, it was very very Gorgeous and Gracious Powdery Scent. remind me noblewomen.
But today i smell it again, it’s very dissapointed. lukewarm sweet scent, just little powdery.
I don’t know why changed my feeling SO MUCH.
I just want to smell its Great Powderness again.

xViziterx – 2022-06-06:

5 out of 5

When Ｉsniffed the spout,I like it immediately,it’s floral and beautiful,can’t wait to wear it as soon as fast.
When I really try it ,it confuse me:What?How come it just smell like SOAP???
I used it on my skin and cloths,keep sniffing again and again,tried to find something I like in this perfume,it end up with I feel myself in my tub,with some rising bubbles 🙁
It totally fade away on my skin in a few hours ,guess it’s my high temperature effect on it.It become not so soapy on the cloths,a bit green and natural.Though the last note is good ,it doesn’t compensate my sufferring from soapy smell for hours .
I want to rate it 6/10,considered it’s Armani Prive with extremely pricey,it’s a 5/10.
Now I call it SOAP CLASSIC lol ：-）

subtedcousats – 2022-06-06:

3 out of 5

this perfume is my favorite and im using it since 2006. on skin after a few hours i cant feel it but on clothes it stays for more than 10h. i love it

mironrus – 2022-06-06:

5 out of 5

The first thing I get is Neopol, the furniture polish, but as with many utterly fabulous perfumes the opening belies the overall fragrance. I am a novice when it comes to Iris and have yet to try Hiris, although it is on my list. Pierre de Lune is lovely but I don’t enjoy it as much as Cuir Amethyste or Eclat de Jamin.

noniertiast – 2022-06-06:

4 out of 5

Despite the fact that I don’t like that much the violets, this fragrance is really beautiful.
It opens with a hit of iris and violets. I can’t smell nothing else even hours after the first spray.
Well…7/10

romdemon – 2022-06-06:

3 out of 5

Several weeks ago I stopped in the Armani boutique in San Francisco but already had fragrance on (several in fact as I had been testing all afternoon at Barney’s and Saks) so I settled for smelling it on the paper strip. It was lovely and I carried that small piece of paper with me all evening.
Yesterday I went back in wearing nothing since I had been obsessing over it for weeks. I almost bought it since tax returns had just come back but decided to test on skin and see how it worked with my skin chemistry and how the longevity was…
So glad I did. It was spectacular for the first 30 minutes…a beautiful Violet and Iris combo with a subtle and dry woodsy base. The Violet is natural, velvety and slightly sweet but not sugary. I love Violet but more often than not I end up getting this candy note mixed with artificial grape in the Violet frags I try. From the Iris I got both the floral aspect as well as a healthy dose of Orris, rooty and a little green. The wood was like a cross between Oak and Birch, very lovely. I was not able to sniff out the Cassie (Mimosa/Acacia Farnesiana NOT Cassia aka Chinese Cinnamon) but did detect a not quite Violet/Iris powdery note that I’m guessing is due to the Cassie. Sillage was moderate but I would have liked it to be a bit stronger.
But then about 30 minutes in is went to an almost skin scent and turned to very simple, soapy, still with a bit of the wood base, boring scent. I could not believe that what started as such a spectacular fragrance in less then an hour had turned into…well something so disappointing. I mean, it was still pretty but nothing unique or amazing. It smelled like the dry down to a dozen other common department store juices. Very sad but so glad I tried it on my skin before dropping a rather large chunk of change on this…
Because of the awesome opening I will leave this as a like because if I could afford to I would buy bottle after bottle and just keep reapplying every half hour…
Back to my “perfect Iris/Violet” hunt!
Try before buying and don’t trust the tester strip.

Витюха – 2022-06-06:

3 out of 5

Love the name of the fragrance, but the scent did not live up in any way to what the name conjured up…This opened on a loud, brash note of purple-grape candy, which lasted long enough for me to consider an alcohol scrub. Eventually, the dry-down revealed a much smoother, vaguely powdery violet-iris note. The dry-down is nice, but no more than that, and would certainly not be enough for me to live through the first part of the experience.

vcs723Unlogrere – 2022-06-06:

3 out of 5

I really like this. It is somewhat similar in the iris note to no 19 poudre and infusion d’iris but there is something more round in there too. I know I should love 28 La Pausa, Inf d’Iris and their likes,, but for some reason I don’t. This one I like. And as could be expected, this is clearly the most expensive of the bunch…

jookms – 2022-06-06:

4 out of 5

Armani prive fragrances are not like
Tom ford private blend collection which i prefer
As a niche house for uncommon fragrances.
I can’t deny that there are two scents
From Armani prive collection blended very well
And they are unique fragrances like pierre de lune
And cure amysist , I have sniffed Pierre de Lune
At Harvey nicols today and it was very comfortable
Scent and I can call it “the heaven scent “,light,
Bright and elegant at the same time.
My rate is 9/10

earlSL – 2022-06-06:

5 out of 5

I love it at first, sweet and warm but then it goes soapy. Alas.

bob2143 – 2022-06-06:

4 out of 5

It could be me but this is exactly the same as CDG’s Avignon, just less of “burned wood” in it.
9/10

full-files – 2022-06-06:

3 out of 5

INCREDIBLE. I can see this becoming my signature scent (male).

wergard – 2022-06-06:

3 out of 5

So lovely ,the violet is beautiful and it is subtle without being weak.

katya – 2022-06-06:

3 out of 5

I got lots of violet and no iris. On me, this creates a subtle “lipstick” note, and it reminds me of L’Artisan Drole de Roses, without the rose note. Very nice, just not for me.

vola-83 – 2022-06-06:

5 out of 5

Thanks Sara! I was trying unsuccessfully to find the cinnamon. On the Armani beauty website, however, they do indeed name the ingredient as Cassia, not Cassie. I have emailed them for a clarification.
I do agree with Veruska that it is flat in a way, as Iris-focused scents can be (Think of Hiris by Hermes). In this simple, dowdy, and decidedly unisex scent I find Violet Leaves, powdery Violet Flower and Iris (I note Iris only in the form of Orris, the aged root used as a fixative; I get no fresh Iris). Orris can create a soft powdery floral, as well as woodsy fixative notes. I do not classify this a a Floral scent in modern terms. The Armani site deems it “Sensual, Floral, & Woody”. It is a little dreary, but very comforting, like a rainy day.
Interestingly, PdL’s drydown is eerily similar to a bottle of vintage 40s Narcisse Noir pure parfum that came in a coffret I received as a gift, although the two bear few note similarities. I will do more research.
2/10/09 Update from Armani:
February 10, 2009
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Prive Cologne Spray in Pierre De Lune contains cassie with Florentine iris.
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