A La Nuit (for women)

Vickalena

A La Nuit is aroma of hot southern night on the peak of summer, with annoying whistle of cicadas, a night of stuffy sleeplessness before long-awaited thunder-storm, when, longing for the fresh air, you open a window and all the madness of night flowers is rushing into your face - sensual sweet jasmine, bewitching tuberose, honey-spicy petunia...

This scent is very dense, sweet, intoxicating. Its intensity comes to the limits of possible perception, pushing you off, not allowing to distinguish every delightfully-intimate nuance of aroma. Only one drop would be enough!

"A La Nuit" is like my favourite poem by E.Evtushenko, here is fragment:
...
Вымаливала молний ночь,
Чтобы самой себе помочь
И руки к небу возводя
Дождя - шептала ночь - дождя.
Был от жасмина пьян жасмин
Всю ночь творилось что-то с ним
И он подглядывал в окно
Где было шорохно, грешно,
Где чуть мерцая простыня
Сползла с тебя, сползла с меня
И от слиянья наших тел
Жасмин зажмурился, вспотел.
Друг друга мы любили так
Что ты иссякла, я иссяк
Лишь по телам во все концы
Блуждали пальцы, как слепцы.
С твоей груди моя рука
Сняла ночного мотылька,
Я целовал еще, еще
Чуть-чуть соленое плечо
Ты встала, подошла к окну
Жасмин отпрянул в темноту
Сползали волосы на грудь
И прикрывали как-нибудь...

Auguszta

This is totally out of character for me, so I've no idea how it happened, but I fell madly in love it.
The previous reviews have decribed the scent itself so well. All I can add is that apart from it's obvious, stunning beauty I love it for its intoxicatingly bright, sunny, cheerful and optimistic nature. I sometimes feel a strange physical urge to go and have a sniff, even when I'm wearing something else, just to cheer myself up, it's that addictive.
If it was a sound, it would be the high and clear note of tinkling glass.
True, it is a bit difficult to wear since it's incredibly potent. A tiny drop really goes a long way. Surprisingly, its staying power is only average.

ferrari

Jasmine bomb. White, bitter and sweet jasmine with soft green note into the honey and alcoholic tincture.
Realy beautiful and bright, rich and heady smell, but I can't to wear it.

Petula30

My ex used to say, it´s like sitting under bloody jasmine bush .Very true,it´s bloody good jasmine.But I can´t smell any clove at all.

elgab89

Hi Coco76, definitely you should feel the benzoin in this one. I cannot detect any lily-of-the-valley in it, so you may try it again from a different source as it does look like you have the wrong sample.

coco76

after reading the reviews for this fragrance and checking out the notes, i eagerly ordered a sample....boy am i disappointed! in fact, i wonder if i even have the right sample! all this smells like to me (from start to finish) is lily of the valley. strange, no? i cannot smell any jasmine, and certainly no benzoin. has this happened to anyone else? did i get sent the wrong sample?!

elgab89

It does smell like jasmine and lilies blooming at night. A little overpowering if you like soft perfumes, however very feminine.

zoka

I adore Serge Lutens jasmine in this fragrance.

sniffygirl

Sex in a bottle for me, but in a romantic way. It's a purely sensual, creamy, intimate jasmine -not sharp or unpleasant in any way.

Can be smothering if you put too much on though....

noor_jehan

i love jasmine, particularly egyptian, and i am delighted with this fragrance. the various jasmines emphasize each other beautifully in this fragrance. the greenish sambac revives the tame egyptian jasmine. it is so sensual and light, really feminine and appealing. another favourite of mine. :)

jeca

Pure oriental jasmine, weightless and delicate, very gourmand for me, I like the vine character of this flower in it.