Description
“With unique insight Bertrand Duchaufour has thrown a noose of light around the fragrance of Queen of the Night. The flower that famously blooms for one night a year and dies in the dawn is simply one of nature’s most beautiful, most fleeting scents. Yet here it is; a captivating mix of memory and desire, of love itself without regret” — press release of the brand.
Queen of The Night by Grandiflora is a Floral Woody Musk fragrance for women. This is a new fragrance. Queen of The Night was launched in 2016. The nose behind this fragrance is Bertrand Duchaufour. The fragrance features syringa, orange blossom, jasmine, aldehydes, lily-of-the-valley, incense, pink pepper, bergamot, mandarin orange, vanilla orchid, lemon, juniper, red berries, sandalwood, musk, woody notes, amber and cyclamen.
oqh409Bessinepome – :
The notes are so well blended, the Syringia is captured perfectly, this is a stunner! On the drydown, it gets very woody, spicy floral it is a very alluring animalic floral that is so unique, I cannot think of another perfume like this. This reminds me on my youth, summer nights where Queen of the Night is blooming, night blooming white flowers, burning incense .. it is atmospheric for me.
glyanenko – :
The dominant note of this floral mish-mash to my nose is stale orange blossom. There is also an unrelenting, sickly synthetic (aldehydes/musk/juniper?) note(s) that give the entire composition a plastic, artificial smell.
ccr222InsuffBooni – :
Wow! One heck of an amazing floral that hits you between the eyes. I couldn’t tell you if the aldehydes hit you first!! It’s so rich and deluctable. It is sweet yet it smells natural.
It is not like any floral I am familiar with but I do so want to be present when QotN blooms on that single night in july. I’ve got a plant in my greenhouse and I managed to miss the event!!
It’s a beautiful white floral bouquet with a touch of chewing gum that although intoxicating floats around you and never overwhelms you. It softens and rounds what could otherwise be screechy white notes. It’s blooming hard to pick out individual notes as so well blended.
The florals recede with time and then I am more aware of the cinnamon and musk on the dry down. I get an image of marshmallows in my minds eye. I think that’s because of some powderiness.
It closes with the musk, pepper, orange, cyclamen and juniper now much more evident. Sadly I am not so fond of this stage so probably I will pass on going fb. I don’t know what my chemistry does with these notes but it’s almost skanky.
I get very good longevity and sillage.
Jek180286 – :
This one packs a punch ladies.
Not for the faint hearted, this may be the perfect daytime fragrance for a femme fatale.
It boldly announces your arrival yet is spared from being overtly vampish with a heavy touch of floral powdery innocence.
The aldehydes scream “me first” as usual.
I get a lot of powder (although Orris musk or violet leaf aren’t listed)
Its a heady dry floral with great Sillage and longevity.
One spray of this unique well crafted blend is plenty.
Best tested before purchasing as it is rather unique.
serega2985 – :
This would be such a gorgeous, lush floral if not for the blast of Iso E Super. I really wish companies would disclose when they use this ingredient so that those of us unfortunate enough to be sensitive to it wouldn’t have to waste our money on samples. Floral lovers who don’t have a problem with Iso E Super should certainly give this a try.
dovs160681 – :
This is not light floral, rather a heavy gigantic jasmine cloud that just intoxicates you. Very cloying. Not office friendly in any sense, just a bomb…
Definitely not for me…
Do NOT blind buy it.
sovsemkookoo – :
I used to witness the bloom of queen of night (that only last one night) once when I was child. Surprisingly, this fragrance does remind me of the real flower to some extent even though it is achieved more likely through composition.
tvogqtedxd – :
White and midly sweet floral.
This is a combination of sweet and white floral. The dominant is the Lily of the valley with big doses of ylang, aldehydes, and orange blossom, with some slight jasmines, cranberries, sandalwood, and orchid. However, the musk comes quite clear after 10 minutes leaving the Lily of the valley and orange blossoms conquering the scene.
I just despise the Lily of the valley and musk blend and this fragrance is presenting the LOTV and musk blend in the right way for the ones who love that 2 notes in particular.. so it’s not for me but I recommend the ones who loves white floral to try it.
Penka – :
This is adorable. And addicting.
It really smell like a real fresh big fat white flower.
Actually smell a lot syringa, and jasmine, with that trace of milky sugary gardenia/thiare I also notice in the other Grandiflora: Madagascan Jasmine. Here that jasmine/thiare/gardenia combo is even more almondine praline vanillic, very gourmand. This perfume really make you breathless, maybe to someone can be disturbing. I can’t stop sniffing.
I do not sense a lot juniper, just that sort of green lymph effect you find in real flowers.
I have got Queen of the Night plant in my house. I can not say this is exactly the same smell, because the flower smell half like white lily and half like a cadaver, but I love this scent.