La Notte

[tziporra]

Black plum, dolorous vetiver, tobacco absolute, bourbon geranium, white sandalwood, ambrette seed, and Terebinth pine.

Despite that long and delicious looking note list, on my skin it is all about the plum.

This is a dark, plummy scent. With plums. And darkness. And a teensy whiff of Bourbon Geranium for good measure. It smells a little like Blot Upon the Earth, but without the Opium. I already have Blot. Ditto Blood Countess.

I like all of these notes immensely, and I like all of them on my skin, but I already own so many similar scents that I really don't need this one.

If you are short on dark plums, and you really like them, please try this!

Tzi

[nineveh]

I'm having a very odd experience with this one. I love plum, vetiver, and tobacco. White sandalwood and pine are okay but not something I gravitate towards. I still don't know what bourbon geranium or ambrette seed smell like.

 

Wet: carrots? Then piney carrots. Then pine and vetiver, but faint. Then the plum comes out, but it's also charred and rubbery. On top is a watery vegetal scent (is that the geranium?) that's washing out everything else. What the hell is going on?

 

As it dries, La Notte seems to be mostly a thin, shadowy scent. The plum here is definitely not the hard candy of Bordello's plum. The rich sweetness of the tobacco is finally detectable, but still in the background. I was hoping for something more "solid" I guess.

 

When completely dry, it settles into a somehow distant tobacco tinged with plum and just the slightest bit of vetiver. I'm not sure if I'll ultimately keep my bottle but I think La Notte will be appreciated by fans of tobacco and somber nighttime air scents.

[milo]

Ooh, the black plum is glorious in this one. It reminds me of The Witch Queen, only this one is blended with more complimentary notes. I found TWQ rather bland, THIS, is stunning, it is very well blended, and after a bit, I don't know where the plum begins and the other notes end. Further on, though, the sandalwood seems to take over somewhat, though it is a lovely sandalwood as well. This is really nice, though I wish it stayed less sandalwood dominant near the end phase. I don't know, I'll see what happens further in, and I may be upgrading, as it's pretty close to a win for me.

[strahlend]

In the decant, mostly incensey plum.

 

On the skin the pine really pops out first and is nicely backed up with some tart sweetness. I assume the tart floral counterpart is the geranium, but the tobacco absolute is playing a part in rounding it out, which makes it distinctive. The tobacco seems to be pushing forward, which is fine because I like it.

 

It ends up smelling very much like a sweet chewy tobacco with the feeling of opium, which I mean as a rich, hazy, musky sort of scent with a sharp edge to it.

The tobacco and hazy musk become so intense and sweet that the scent has become cloying and just too much for me after a little while.

Reading my own review I would buy this scent, but actually experiencing it, it was just too sweet and too loud. One of those scents I think I would rather get a whiff of off of someone else rather than be in the middle of it all day long.

[zankoku_zen]

Incensey plum. In alot of ways, this reminds me to Diable en Boite, but its more tobacco plum + vetiver. Occasionally I get whiffs of geranium.

 

This is a dark, incensey blend. If you like plum, give this a whirl.

[vthesiren]

I tried this at NEWC last year and was utterly fascinated by it, but didn't get a bottle. Spent ages tracking down a sample and have finally found one!

 

This is like RPG Evil taken up a notch. In the vial, it's all about the plum. Wet, it's a beautifully blended mix of plum, tobacco, and pine - the vetiver and I /think/ sandalwood intermingle with the plum on drydown to create a smoky, malevolent scent. A gorgeous dark scent with character.

[tinyvulture]

Plum, where are you? You too, vetiver...where are you hiding? All I'm getting is tobacco and geranium.

 

Tobacco and florals are never a great combination on me. Tends to smell like hairspray. I can't believe I'm not getting any plum or vetiver. Huh.