Lumiere Noire Pour Homme Maison Francis Kurkdjian for men

The best rose for Men. MFK is Genius.

10/10

There is a note behind the rose similar to the principal note of Gaultier². But this fragrance is much better. I feel it's unisex and I think it would be perfect for an elegant woman, office wear!

this juice is good!

A beautiful ethereal sexy fragrance for a man to wear. It's not like you are smelling a rose up close but smelling a rose mixed in with something sexy on the breeze.

It is refined and Sophisticated and smells like the feeling of been in love has been captured in a bottle. Simply wonderful and a true delight to wear.

This is very nice and pleasant. A dusty rosy smell, clean and strong.It slightly reminded me of ysl opium BUT only the spray deodorant version of it. Besides that it is a fragrance heavily based on a "greener" version of rose and of course it can be unisex.

Let’s go in reverse, because I’d like to end on a positive note. Lumière Noire pour Homme winds up a tidy, sweet musky rose. If you like it, you’ll recognize that it comes from thoughtfully designed succinctness. If you don’t, it’s a bit matter-of-fact. I won’t say that this fragrance loses steam or loses track, but it loses me. To Francis Kurkdjian’s credit, the ride from the beginning to the end is wonderfully designed, and like a well worded short sentence. One idea, clearly stated, perfectly understood. It’s just that everything I love about this fragrance is up front and fades by the quick-to-arrive drydown.

But, oh, that beginning. There are countless patchouli roses out there. This ain’t like any of them. The rose smells like wine, the patchouli smells mineral, and the cumin smells like cumin. This cumin is not a replacement for animal-based ingredients. Not that pouty-growl, wanna-be animalic cumin. It smells like freshly ground roasted seeds and perfectly inflects the rose/patchouli pairing. The three pieces together feel like hot, dusty sandpaper, and smell like temptation. I smell this opening and think, this could be a solution to the chypre/oakmoss dilemma that’s haunting us. This accord is that good.

I just wish I could run LNpH in reverse. But unfulfilled expectation is classic disappointment.

To hell with my disappointment. Thumbs up for that opening accord.

Sweet woods, patchouli and a hint of spice is the initial impression Lumiere Pour Homme gives me. It has a rather generic feel to it at this stage, it’s like a glorified Gucci by Gucci or something along the line.

Soon after the transition starts, the scent becomes flatter and easier on the nose plus an additional cooling sensation. However, a sharp sour animalist note comes and goes for a bit, which makes me feel nervous when wearing it. The good news, the animalist sour notes doesn’t make to much appearance; bad news, as the frequency of smelling animalist notes goes down, a watery stale spice orange smell comes and becomes more and more dominant to the flat background.

The dry down is rather nice, cosy and slightly vanilla and musk infused , plus the sweet watery background, the scent is quite comforting in a strange and more independent way (in comparison with foody or vanilla perfumes).

Lumiere Pour Homme changes quite a lot and I guess on the right guy it might smell great, however, on me I don’t think I’ll keep my hope of share this (Somehow this reminds me a lot of Hugo Boss Orange for men, on a man it smells quite alright and on my skin it just went watery and stale).

simply put.....exquisite!

I'm often skeptic about things people talk too much about and lately I've heard / read many words on the latest project by the young talented Francis Kurkdjian that I decided to momentairely re-direct my curiosity to other perfume houses and face Mr.FK's own line creations in a second time in order not to be influenced by the huge marketing campaign surrounding this launch. Then I went to Berlin where in a big department store they were promoting the whole Maison Francis Kurkdjian range by giving away discovery sets made of four vials at your choice. I had Acqua Universalis, APOM pour Homme, Cologne pour le Soir and Lumiere Noir pour Homme.

I found Acqua Universalis beeing quite inconsistent. One of those perumes that perfectly fits the concept "fragrances for people who don't like them". Then I moved to Lumiere Noir and I got positively surprised. This is the Francis Kurkdjian we're used to. A super-modern and very complex reinterpretation of the spicy fougere. Potent, rich and superbly orchestrated. In the whole fragrance I get a rose note that is always evident but never overwhelming as it's perfectly setted to react with others ingredients. A big dose of animalic-musk, spices, orange and patchouli. Lumiere Noir smells potent, dusty, dark, sweet, rich, mysterious and tremendously elegant. One of the few rose-scents that I really love.

Rating: 8/10

A very good fragrance with unbelievable silage and longevity. It is so powerful it lasts for sure more than 16 hours after little application. The fragrance can change only on your skin but not on fabrics. In my opinion related to Rose 31 by Le Labo but is deeper and more mysterious. I can compare LN to the typical oriental perfumes based on rose with animalic edge. There is very very little sweetness few hours after applications and little hint of powder characteristic for Francis Kurkdjian (e.g. Custo Men). According to description it is male fragrance but IMO it is also wearable for woman. I enjoy it very much.

This is a great perfume for those men who like rose. I can smell a little bit of Narciso Rodriguez for Her in this gorgeous fragrance. The drydown is powdery with amazing longevity.

I really fall in love with this scent and can't wait to buy other frags from this relatively new niche perfume house. Again, two thumbs up for Mr. Francis Kurkdjian.

This to me is completely unisex, a little quieter than pour femme, but just as lovely. The two scents pair so well I really cant decide witch i like better.