Cologne Pour Le Soir Maison Francis Kurkdjian for women and men

A valid option for anyone who's into softer, lighter, close to the skin fragrances but got sick and tired of "unscented", detergent-like smelling perfumes.

A sophisticated and elegant blend of honeyed rose on a slight smoky frankincense base. Masterfully balanced, consistent but discreet and with a remarkable personality. Good work.

Rating: 7-7.5/10

Very subtle leather; rich and powdery but dries down very close to the skin. I'm getting the honey and incense as well though they are not cloying or too powerful..there may be a gentle patchouli at the base. Very nicely done but would probably be more suitable for a man.

Honey and burning pine incense dries to a sweet smokey vanilla with hints of incense. Lovely and gentle and a must-try for incense or vanilla lovers.

Cologne Pour Le Soir doesn't give me any leather smell at all, thank goodness!

On paper, it smells sweet, subtle and reminds me a lot of Sage's Amythest in the begining.
Then it smells of ink in a good way, with a little bit floral hint. It gives me the impression of cleanness.
Then the dry down is a little bit muskier than before. All in really good harmony. I just loved it on paper.

However, on my skin, it smells sweeter and even closer to Sage's Amythest, and the dry down has some weird sweet notes comes and goes, which smell a little bit like Play-Doh to me.

In Mark's review on the home page he compares this to Bois D'armenie. Since this sits on a pedastal next to my bed, I had to compare the two for myself.

One could make a case that the drydown is similar, but imo this is not as strong and does not have the oomph that BDA has (but it is also a different strength)

When I first applied this I thougt of wet hair. In general, the two samples I have from Maison FK remind me of body smells; I don't know if this was intentional or not, but if it was then FK is pretty darn brilliant.

This is a scent that slips right off me after about an hour and a half. Overall it is not meshing with my body chemistry, and after 30-40 minutes turns into wet body smell that never had a chance to dry. This is really unfortunate, but since I have a full bottle of Bois d'Armenie I don't care much.

I should also add that it is hard for me to wear leather in general, and I suspect other fragrances from this line will be a better fit.