Belle de Nuit Fragonard for women

A beautiful oriental fruity floral. The flowers are intense and the plum is the perfect touch of sweet, juicy, ripe fruit without being syrupy and sugary. I smell a beautiful bouquet of flowers, not necessarily one flower in particular. This perfume has excellent projection and lasting strength. For being a fruity floral, it's quite rich and luxurious. I typically don't wear fragrances with such strong florals, but I'd make an exception for Belle de Nuit. Like the caramel in Mugler's Taste of Alien, the plum in Belle de Nuit makes strong florals completely wearable for me.

(Towelette sample)
I put this on before cleaning and thought, "Well now, if this isn't better than bleach!' Then I found myself liking it a whole lot, and as soon as I took a peak at the notes I knew why.

These are my favorite florals, and plum (and blueberry) are my favorite fruits. The only thing a perfumer can do wrong with this combo is mess it up royally, so thank goodness Fragonard is a master perfume house.

this is a buy.

Belle de nuit is full of gardenia and rose. A little too sharp for me. For warm evenings, nothing for the winter.
Much better than Diors J´adore.

Very nice. Almost decided to buy, then remembered...I have something like this! Reminds me of Estee Lauder, Beyond Paradise. Warm, tropical, white floral...
Top: mirabilis, ylang, gardenia. Heart: violet, geranium, rose. Base: Plum, woods, musks.
Predominately, gardenia, I do not pick up on rose, unless I rub my skin and then smell something more sweet, melodic.

A j'Adore clone. Don't get me wrong, i love the Fragonard house, but prefer their older offerings such as their original Vanilla ( which is completely different to their current Fleur de Vanille btw ), vintage Emilie, Lune de Miel, Moment Vole to name a few. They make good quality fragrances, but do tend to copy the succesfull scents around ( Diamant = Angel, Miranda = Casmir, Lune de Miel = Tresor )and this one in particular smells like j'Adore to me.

Belle de Nuit is a very beautiful fragrance. Smells like a garden, with the scents of flowers and fresh green grass mixed together and also something I can't quite identify. Very fresh, sweet, soft, ladylike. A quality fragrance - smells more like a natural organic niche scent than a typical synthetic modern fragrance, probably due to the quality of ingredients. Some mention a similarity to J'Adore, and I agree.

Incandescent and bright composition. Dinamic and irresistible.The Midnight Sun.

Plum, violet and rose are dominant in the opening with light soap touch. The geranium gives a bit slightly- bitter green undertone to this energetic and sublime accord. Musk and rose aromas sweeten the finish of this georgeous scent.

Luxorious,elegant royal essence for womens with honour who forces the men to their knees.

Lovely! I didn't know this before but I was enchanted at Fragonard in Grasse! I had Fleur d'Oranger instead, but this one could be a nice online purchase in fall! I see many compares this one to J'adore... Mmm, not really so. They have something in common, but J'adore is one of my least favourite fragrances! Belle de Nuit smells much better with only some resemblance. Plum is gentle and violet is soft and blended in. It is extremely feminine and happy, also sensual and intense without being heavy or cloying. It really has a French ladylike vibe and it's not too serious at the same time. It lasted about 3-4 hours on my skin becoming better and better. A beauty!

I have been wearing "J'adore" for a few years and Belle de Nuit EDP is quite similar, but there is something tarter in Belle de Nuit which disturbs me a little. It is certainly fresher than J'adore. Yet it's a good alternative beacause it's much cheaper than J'adore. However I'd like to point out that there is a big difference between the EDP and the EDT. I bought the EDT this spring, and I was really disappointed...no character, superficial, just sharp, agressive, whereas the EDP seemed more sophisticated and sensual.

Yes, I too bought this in the Opera district in Paris, this March actually. It does smell like J'Adore Dior and it is very soapy, but in the best way. It is not very expensive and out of my 18 perfumes, this is my boyfriend's favorite - he likes fresh, floral, feminine scents and hates gourmands.
1-10: 7

Belle de Nuit is my treasure from Paris. Every visit to Paris is also a visit to Fragonard, near to L'Opera Garnier. This fragrance is just amazing! Heavenly beautiful. I love it. I agree that it has a lot in common with Dior's J'Adore wich is also one of my favorites. I love the bottle and of course the box. Treasure it is ;-)

Thank you Kastehelmi for this beauty! It is indeed an upgrade on J'Adore. J'Adore has this note, really turning me off, but this one certainly is perfect! I would not type it an oriental floral though. More is it a floral to my nose, maybe with some fruits too, but mostly floral.
LOVELY!

My best friend brought me a bottle of Belle de Nuit as a present from Eze. At first smell, I thought "This is a scent I know but which..." then an hour later I got it: J'Adore. It smells a lot like J'Adore but I like Belle de Nuit better -because J'Adore gives me headache, it's too cloying and it reminds some unwanted memories :). In Fragonard's site, headline for this fragrance says :"Belle de Nuit is an original, deep rich harmony of flowers and fruit on a warm velvety bottom note of musk. A precious fragrance, as magical as an Arabian night!" Well, they got it right because Belle de Nuit is a strong floral musk which reminds you of that hot, sand-coloured and sun-washed places and the oriental air of their women. %76 volume edp is -of course- quite durable, it basically lives with you. It feels very feminine; it's not like overly trying to be sexy but knowing yourself and your charm and appreciating it. Confident, warm and rich. In short, beautiful :)

While I do find this fragrance pretty, it's a little too soapy for my liking. It smells like an expensive bar of old-fashioned, floral soap.

The floral notes aren't as pronounced and as creamy as I would like them to be. The geranium tends to be quite prominent, adding a strange tartness to the scent.

Initially Belle de Nuit smelt grassy on my skin, and a little sharp. I found some similarities between this fragrance and Pure by DKNY. However once the scent had developed into the heart, the florals became much more balanced, with a slightly rich and juicy plum note.

In a warmer environment the gardenia, rose and violet really tend to shine, however in this cold weather in which I'm testing it now, Belle de Nuit smells literally like soap and musk. Due to this observation, Belle de Nuit is better suited to the delightful Spring weather.

Belle de Nuit lacks sweetness and powdery-ness which is something you often expect with florals. It does however have a very 'perfume-y' feel to it.

I'm young, and unfortunately I don't think that this perfume suits my age category. Belle de Nuit is more for a mature woman with a very clear approach to life. This fragrance is classic, a little old-fashioned and clean. Nothing in this composition hints at anything particularly sexy or daring.

The lasting power is impressive and the sillage is delicate and intimate. This fragrance, although it is not really to my taste, is something that I can imagine a caring mother wearing. Belle de Nuit is a scent that I'd like to remember a role-model in my life smelling of.

dear guest, about your question: I m not sure if that perfume is unisex. I have it and it smells really feminine to me and on me! Its a common truth though that as in all perfumes it depends on the skin of the wearer, so its actually a matter of the comments you get when you wear it! Hope thats helpful :)

hello everyone.
can anyone please explain to me if Belle de Nuit perfume, is unisex? because I am a Male, and the woman who presented the fragrances on the fragonard perfumeria, said that Belle de Nuit is Unisex perfume, and I just bought it before 2 weeks :P please somebody explain me if it's only for women or is it Unisex?

this is great!!!!to my nose it smells like Jadore by CD.i am in love with it

i believe i need to get my hands on a tester/sample of this...it sounds intoxicating!

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This is extraordinary perfume. For special occasions. I love that after few hours after spraying it on the scent is still clean, unlike a lot of perfumes that turn to scent dirty after some time

I bought this while on a tour of the Fragonard perfume museum in Paris. It was a cute walk through, which ended in a large gift store full of Fragonard products. Of course I had to buy stuff for both me and my husband. I got a little set of 10 fragrances, and some regular frags. My husband got 2 frags complete with shower gels. This was one of my scents. I love that they're in gold metal bottles so they don't degrade. I agree, it's VERY much like "J'Adore" by Dior.

My absolute favourite evening fragrance, always leading to positive comments, love it.

i found a set of ten mini fragonard fragrances and this is one of them. Ultra feminine and exquisite scent and it lasts almost all day! My fiance loves it.

I want to try this! The previous man's review right before me has me sold...as well as the notes and of course being FRAGONARD :-)

There is nothing that makes my knees weak like Belle de Nuit on my wife. It is as wonderful now as the first time my wife used it. I was overtaken then and I am overtaken now when I draw in the wonderful fragrant that is made by the perfume and my wife’s aromatic scent. It makes for the most romantic allure.
jean-pierre_langlois@bdec.learnnet.nt.ca

Irresistible! My favourite.

This is a night fragrance indeed. The floral notes make an expression of white intensive night blooming flower, which is so unnatural in the daytime, and irresistible in the night.