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uhc958Diobtetty – :
Sales Associates at Bergdorf and Saks told me this is available ONLY in the middle east. Bummer.
Artur4ik – :
Superb upgrade of Guerlain’s Santal Royale, with better longevity and projections. Winter stable.
VIK-T-OR – :
“Sandalwood is a sacred wood with warm, milky and comfortable nuances. I’ve shaken it up with potent Ambrette, which blends hints of fruit, liqueur, amber and musk. It gives this round, enveloping wood a good dose of energy, emphasized by a highly expressive Turkish Rose Essence.„
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FRANÇOIS DEMACHY,
Dior Perfumer-Creator
Mr. Demachy outdid himself with this very spiritual creation, It reminds me of being in a temple or in front of the Taj Mahal!
The Ambrette seed and the Turkish Rose is to die for…
It has been an absolute pleasure and Spiritual experience wearing Santal Noir…
yamschikova – :
Elegant, smooth, sophisticated and long lasting. Not entirely unique, but still very pleasing and well done. If it smells familiar to you, that’s because it smells super close to Guerlain’s Songe d’un Bois d’Ete. Fantastic fragrance.
dukva – :
Just wow! Big, rich, rose spiked with enough wood-resin notes to make it interesting and with a sweet rich undertow of amber. To me the rose is extremely dominant – at first I didn’t really detect sandalwood at all. Yet, somehow, not super-feminine, more an unusually unisex and individual kind of rose scent. This is the end of the rose spectrum I love – dark, pillowy, not choke-you-out femme, though certainly strong. The sweetness is floral, not sugary, so it doesn’t leave the garden for the kitchen to go full gourmand. Projection is strong though it dies back hard and longevity is impressive. Really glad to have tried this, but as a fanatic for real sandalwood, it’s too flower-laden for real love just for me. But this is lovely, luxey stuff.
ETA: tried again and loved the overall scent more (deeply classy, impressive sillage, great longevity, and even more delicious than before.) This time around I got a leetle more sandalwood, but also a much much stronger presence of leather too. Why no note pyramid on this page? I’m a bit tormented and wonder if I’m getting all the wrong things from this. Anyway – it’s pretty damn gorgeous no matter what’s in it.
velyn – :
The poster that claims this smells like Guerlain Santal should honestly have an asterisk next to any further comparisons.
They have absolutely no similarity in any way shape or form. It’s disturbing some of the misleading posts people make on here…oh they both contain the word ‘santal’ Yeah that’ll do I’ll click that they smell similar and include it in my review.
SEREGA75 – :
Santal Noir: A semi-gourmandish sweet jammy creamy slightly rosy sandalwood.
starts off sweet and jammy. i get an orange jam with a slightly creamy vibe that gives me an image of orange jam with cupcakes. its not a full-on gourmand though neither is it too sweet. The rose is there and its jammy but its not too prominent. the sandalwood appears more and more as it dries down. its not a sharp/medicinal sandalwood though.
Both projection and longevity are excellent. a few sprays filled the room and lasted on my skin more than 12 hours.
Overall score: 8.0/10
lqj510speagoessenda – :
A very strong projector! The fragrance itself didnt come across as unique to me. I am getting more of a ambretta and ambergris type of mixed accord. The juice is on some serious steriods, that makes it a bit annoying. Even after hours people comment me on one spray that the smell is strong. It’s this potent.
I don’t think this is really sandalwood centred. As such I didn’t like it much. A lot like Guerlain Santal. Guerlain Encens d’orient is a better contented in this genre. Pass here.
stann – :
Dior Santal Noir
Christian Dior’s foray into the world of niche and exclusive perfumes began in 2004 with a trio of fragrances that interpreted in a very abstract way the concept of a Cologne. Gradually the brand realized the commercial potential of its product and has been expanding it over the years, making it certainly one of the most successful collections, creating the Collection Privee. With 14 years of life, the collection now gains new airs and a new name: Maison Christian Dior Collection, which is now organized in a way similar to what Serge Lutens does with its perfumes, dividing them by olfactory tendencies.
Within the Orientals there are currently two exclusive perfumes for the Arab public, something which is a trend of virtually all brands at the moment. Santal Noir is one of the bets of the brand with a known aroma appreciated in the Middle East and the brand celebrates in its description the sacred aspect of the wood and its comfortable, warm and creamy nuances. On the official website of the brand is emphasized the use of ambrette, with its fruity and liqueur nuances, and the complement with the beautiful Turkish Rose
It draws me the attention that the description that made in Santal Noir emphasize as potent tbe aroma of ambrete seed, because those who have already felt it personally know that its olfactory profile is very delicate and silky due to the predominance of musks in its chemical composition. It is not an essence that stands out in Santal Noir and even the sandalwood here is not exactly as expected. The perfume seems to me a kind of conceptual test of the brand, something that I still do not know if it is a trend but that I have already seen in another recent perfume. I see here the transformation of agarwood and leather into a single entity that is complemented with the scent of sandalwood.
In this sense Santal Noir makes me think of another perfume with the name of sandalwood and aroma of agarwood, the Guerlain Santal Royal. The difference I see is that while in Santal Royal it is very difficult to see the idea of sandalwood here it always appears in the background no matter how much the agarwood and leather are together with it. I see something less aggressive, which is potent yet balanced.
At first you feel a more medicinal and rustic scent of leather and something that distantly reminds you of oud; accompanying it is possible to perceive the woody aroma of a sandalwood that looks more like australian sandalwood. The rose takes longer to appear here than usual and is not a rose loaded with the nuances of honey and fruit, but a rose that emphasizes its greener nuances. It comes with a light powdery aspect that sits between iris and violet and a fruity touch that does not appear to come exactly from the rose. The creamy side of Santal Noir is interpreted with a resinous gourmand accord that stays in the background and balances the perfume well. In general, it is an interesting work of the brand, more complex than it seems at first and that somehow it resumes, even if punctually, the more conceptual and abstract exploration that started the collection.
DokuchMaN – :
My top favourite from Maison Christian Dior lineup. Excellent performance and a beautiful fragrance. 10/10
melvi – :
Santal Noir is a member of Dior’s newly-branded Maison Christian Dior collection, formerly the Dior Privee collection, and it’s a new release, not a carryover from the Privee. Its official description on the Dior website includes notes of sandalwood, ambrette, and Turkish rose. Unsurprisingly for me, the rose takes center stage initially, it being a note that I tend to sniff out rather easily, as I love it. Certainly there’s a wee bit of sandalwood, but the ambrette is the wildcard for me, providing a creamy, sweet, slightly biting, almost liqueur-like vibe, as the Dior site itself states verbatim. I’m not sure I fully rasp ambrette as I’ve only smelled it prominently as part of a handful of fragrances, but it’s surely a significant modifier in Santal Noir as it seems to represent a whole lot of what is going on beyond the sandalwood and rose.
Its performance is strong, boasting what I perceive as a few feet of projection for several hours, and lasting hours more, still to be determined, but it meets the high expectations of cold-weather-leaning Dior Privee Fragrances that have led the way (Oud Isapahan, Mitzah, Feve Delicieuse, etc.).
At $220 for 125ml, the MCD collection’s new members are fairly priced, a great value for superb fragrances. While I’d put Santal Noir in the “love” category, it’s on the low end, and unlike Balade Sauvage, I’m not keen to go out and buy a bottle after my first wearing, though I’ll continue to try my decant more.
Santal Noir has the distinction, at least for now, of having a listing on the Dior website but not being for sale online. Other entries, like Purple Oud, don’t seem to present on the website at all.
Santal Noir has a useful place in this collection, a fragrance that’s not strictly rosy or sugary or nutty but perhaps somewhere at the intersection of all of these, and I imagine it’ll be reasonably popular, perhaps attracting some for whom Feve Delicieuse or Oud Ispahan do not satisfy.
8 out of 10
ocjlxfkb – :
Lol at average performance, you clearly don’t own it
sasha6282 – :
A dull offering.
Average performance.
Rose. Sandalwood. Yawn.
Nothingness
korus72 – :
Dear all,
I hope everyone is doing well. I would like to give my own opinion of the latest 10 Dior products from the private collection includong Purple Pud and Santal noir. I respect everybody’s opinion and i am judging based on my nose.
Starting with both Purple Oud (PO) and Santal noir (SN). They are both smell differently and i would say they are almost new to dior collection especially PO.
Purple Oud smells definitely Oud and no one can mistake that there is an orange note there. This fragrance smells new to dior collection, but not new to the market. This product resembles one of the best selling in the private collection products in Chanel. I would say 70% resembles Sycamore. So, i would expect the selling could be high for this product.
On the other side, SN is not really new perfume smells, although it seems new only from the opening notes. Santal noir contains sandalwood and musk. There is also a very sweet component which i would expect to be Amber. I feel Amber is being overly used although i like sweet perfumes. I am an experience man on musk component and i feel the musk is used in this product “”may”” not be in very high quality. This product seems to be resembling a combination of “”” Ambre nuit and Feve delicieuse”. I would expect this product will be selling high because many people prefer ambre nuit.
Both product I just mention have longer longevity compared with the 8 products released 2018. However, they do not last long like Oud Ispahan.
Talking briefly about the new 8 products.
In my humble opinion, they are not my cup of tea. I feel that Francois is repeating himself. Each new fragrance is inspired from an older version from dior products with small manipulation. For example Tera Bella is a repeat of portifino with some alteration in the notes. Lucky is a repeat of diorsimo but maybe more bargemot is being added. Dioramour is a replication of Dior home. The only new fragrances from the 10 new products I would say ( purple Oud, Sakura “ cherry” , and savage balad “ fig” ).
I was expecting more from Francois, but I still respect his work. He already created many perfumes that stayed in the market since 1947.
My expectation was a bit high because:
1- I was expecting to produce new scents that they don’t exist in the market.
2- i was expecting to produce 1 or 2 new fragrances instead of 10 at once. ( it seems to me producing 10 different perfumes at once can cover many people’s taste. It also seems to be profitable idea in the market. “ Louis vouitton launched 10 perfumes at once in the market, and I don’t like companies copying others ideas and deliver it to people.
3- if this is the scenario of producing 10 at once, at least I was expecting to produce 5 lighter scents and other strong scents , so many people can enjoy.
“ I guess Lancôme and Tomford were the first companies who produced scents that contains chestnuts. “ that kind of idea I am looking for.
I am suggesting to start simple and produce Yalang yalang with “ new item that haven’t been explored in the market”.
Or Oud, cardamom, rose, amber and a signature “chocolate”. Or add milky creamy component. Sometimes if we want to go with normal repeated scents, then we should talk about higher quality.
I am planing to start my own small scale perfume collection by next year. My ideas will be different than today’s designers. I am going to produce perfumes characterized to 5 features of each different person. It’s more like personalized perfume. Hope i can succeed and deliver my ideas.
“ I still respect designers work, but recently I am against competing with others in the market, just to get profit”.
The idea of producing different versions of one perfume is really based on marketing. Dior homme the classic is super nice and unique perfume in the market, why do we need to make sport, cologn, and intense version? The only thing I can think of is to widen th range to cover more people taste and increase the marketing of that successful products. The other thing that comes to my mind, is that it is easier to manipulate a scent and twist it instead of creating a new fragrance from the scratch.
For examples;
Dior sauvage.
Chanel coco madmoisel intense,,, etc.
Chanel blue intense “ coming soon”.
And many other exampels …. etc.
Sorry to make it long, and excuse my spelling.
I hope my description is helpful to many people.
Thank you,
Prot_T.
igoryan – :
Seems like this and purple oud are exclusivly sell in middle east.
Destiny_fromAD – :
This one was my favourite of the new private collection, an instant buy. Definitely sweet, very long lasting, easily unisex. It smells like Dior’s version of Lutens Santal Majuscule
Армагедон – :
I smell it Dior poetic city walk in Dubai I love it. It has good projection and it’s very long lasting.
10/10