Description
“All hail The Holly King! Joseph Sagona returns to House of Matriarch for another creative collaboration with our Perfumer Christi Meshell. During the darkest night, in the darkest hour, The Holly King emerges from the timeless enchanted forest to anoint us with the ancient purpose of the “holly-days/ holy-days” – to draw us close to one another. Holly is a theme rarely explored in High Perfumery. For all the legendary beauty and inherent magic it possesses, the tree itself has a very mild aroma – the berries none at all. Christi and Joseph offer this tribute to the Holly King with a special holiday fragrance release that will warm your heart and bring hope to the SACRE NOIR – that darkest night of Winter Solstice. Naturally, SACRE NOIR begins as a dark forest scent. The heart of noble woods, resinous incenses, exotic spices and warm balsams evoke feelings of comfort and cheer while a single drop of Oak represents the seed of the King’s lighter side, now concealed. Christi’s special “Sugarplum” accord (a key element of The Longing) provides a familiar hymn of gourmand beauty to this otherwise dark and resinous holiday fragrance.” – a note from the brand.
Sacre Noir was launched in 2017.
grigorii32 – :
If you love the experience of a aeromatic forest woody experience with spicy resins and sugarplums…. It doesnt get much more holiday than this. Its excellent.
rusbratpr08n – :
This is a very beautiful forest-type scent, with a touch of sweetness for balance. I get minimal longevity and projection, but I’d say it’s more of a scent you wear for yourself than for anyone else. A real treat to wear in the winter months, but don’t expect people around you to notice it.
alienlll – :
The opening of this scent is like snapping a pine tree twig off the bough…brilliantly evergreen and with a touch of sweetness from the sap.
The dry down reminds me exactly of a Midnight Mass…the smoky, woody, incense captures Christmas perfectly…this scent was like extracting my memories into a bottle.
Meiii960JeomiWogkig – :
This is the newest bottle I bought for my collection.
Love this one, I get a photorealistic dark green Holly accord.. Amazing, very dark green and life like. That accord lasts a long time in the dry down, but is combined with warm spiced resins and dried fruit, with a natural air of incense..
The spiced dried fruits and sticky resins remind me a little of mince pies at Christmas time, it’s really cozy and lovely, and in combination with the dark green Holly is beautifully done, not too sweet, not too spicy, just perfectly balanced!!
On my skin it’s around 6 hours, but I can smell it faintly as a skin scent 24 hours later