Lumiere Noire Pour Femme Maison Francis Kurkdjian for women

LUMIERE NOIRE POUR FEMME is my first foray into the house of Francis Kurkdjian, and it is a felicitous one! This perfume is one example of what may be my current favorite genre: floral chypre, of which LA PERLA and La Prairie LIFE THREADS PLATINUM are two other scrumptious examples. The patchouli is less prominent in this composition than in most other representatives of this genre.

In LUMIERE NOIRE, the new twist on the rose-patchouli floral chypre is the addition of narcissus, a flower also beloved to me, and the result is magnificent. Like other reviewers, I do not find this perfume dirty, nor do I find it very spicy. To my nose, LUMIERE NOIRE is a beautiful modern chypre with enough depth and darkness to add a touch of mystery.

Think LA PERLA meets NARCISSE NOIRE, and you'll get something of the idea.

To me this smells a little similar to narciso rodriguez for her (pink bottle), which i think may also have been created by francis kurkdjian.

A strong aristocratic scent, but not going to kill people around you, which is not so formal, you can wear it for everyday use, day or night. Suitable for formal occasion too.

Make me think of Eau Du Soir or Soir De Lune, classy taste.

I have a sample from the store.
Elegant and glorious. Amazing quality actually, smells like it came out of the 80's in the sense that it is sophisticated, well made, and has awesome staying power. You have to like patchouli because this is in essence patchouli and the flowers. So my guess is lumière - the light, are the flowers, and noire- the darkness, is the patchouli because the patchouli is a very true to life, dark like it should be.
It's very likable and easily worn in the daytime in my opinion. On me it's mostly a spiced (cumin) patchouli and a narcissus. I feel that in my case the narcissus sort of kills the rose :( If the rose came out more on me, I would have considered purchasing the bottle. I also think it might be a bit austere for my taste.
This fragrance is quite sexy in the dry down with the rose coming out more, like salted skin in the sun, very feminine.

Lumiere Noire Pour Femme is a dark, somewhat sexy-in-an-elegant-way type of rose.

It starts quite sweet, rose-y, watery in a lovely, pretty girl-next door way. Somehow it reminds me a bit of roses from Juliette Has a Gun. Noire Pour Femme is like a cross between Miss Charming for the fruity juiciness and Lady Vengeance for the darker patchouli feel.

After a while there’s a quite significant whiff of Narciso Rodriguez for Her type of patchoulli-musky smell, which blends quite well with the sweet and a bit woody rose. When the patchouli-musky scent is gone, a really tamed, sweet, not water, yet not gourmand rose is what I can smell left there.

Towards the end the patchouli becomes a bit dominant, and dried out. I know I have a problem with too much patchouli in a rose-y setting, well here comes the end of my quasi-like relationship with Lumiere Noire Pour Femme.

Nice perfume to try, especially if you like rose-y patchouli, feminine yet have some strong personality kinda perfumes.

A scent in the same vein as Aromatix Elixir, a very warm and rich oriental which lasts a long time without degrading. Possibly not for a very young woman. Ignore the daft name; I think we all know there is no such thing as black light outside the bubble of the marketing department, but fortunately it smells beautiful anyway and that's what counts.

I didn't get spicy rose out of this at all. On my skin, it came across as a sweet rose with other light florals onboard. On dry down, it was very like Guerlain's Insolence. Too bad, the idea of a spicy rose was entrancing...

I love this! Very classy and elegant. Not a scent that you might wear to party, but rather more of a romantic evening dinner kind of scent. It is a clean but also has a mysterious quality which is just breathtaking.

This is just beautiful-clean but not clinical, interesting in the best way possible. The rose is subtle, the narcissus perfect, the patchouli gives it warmth. I get no skanky notes-it smells classy and different and the staying power is impressive..love it! Not a casual scent by any means.

It is a modern masterpiece - aristocratic and sexy at the same time. It has got something in common with "Eau du Soir" and "Nikki de Saint Phalle", but more wearable for any occasion.

I read the notes for this one and knew it was for me. And it is truly gorgeous: deep, dark, winey rose and hot narcissus, a wisp of jasmine, a hint of spice, some very smooth patchouli and something I can't identify but reads as fairly animalic. (A dirty musk? Some civet? Not sure. And it's nothing unpleasant - like Kterhark says, it's like the warm skin of your beloved. Mmm.)

If you're worried about the patchouli, relax. It's definitely there, but it's neither dusty nor very pungently green, but very smooth, smelling most like an aromatic garden to me. I'm quite sensitive to it, and can usually smell it even in small doses, but I find it pleasant in this case.

I usually get about 3 hours from an edt, but this one lasted six hours, and even persisted after a bath.

Overall, this fragrance has the weight and gravitas and sexiness of a vintage perfume. Wear it and feel like a femme fatale...

I too think it is really, really gorgeous. Narcissus is one of my favorite scents, and in this fragrance it is wickedly interesting (I don't know why that adjective came to mind, but there is something about this scent that is kind of naughty to me)

OK- on another note, I'm finding this line reminds me of body smells, and this scent, to me, smells like your lover's body after he's stepped out of the shower and dried himself off. (See the naughtiness creeping in?) I'm afraid to find out what was the inspiration for this fragrance...

I will update this tomorrow when I have a better idea of how long it lasts. Even if it lasts for an hour, however, I'm buying it.
((Update))
This lasted all day on me, which I was very pleased with. I **strongly** suggest when sampling to use a light hand, because too much makes it sharp and nasty. Light is the key, at least with my chemistry. Also, give htis a few wearings before making up your mind, because it is quite different and your brain will have no reference for it. I love it, and wish it came with a personal kiss from Francis Kurkdjian :-)

I've been searching for the "sexiest" perfume and this is it! I'm not a huge fan of rose perfumes, but this one is a masterful dark rose full of mystery. It's like being wrapped in dark crimson velvet.
The opening reminds me of Sublime Balkiss (another favorite) without the citrus. Yet the fragrance is along the lines of Soir de Lune but more lush.