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Nuit de Noël Caron 1922 Parfum

7.8 / 10 179 Ratings

A popular perfume by Caron for women, released in 1922. The scent is spicy-floral. It was last marketed by Cattleya Finance.
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Main accords

Spicy

Floral

Powdery

Chypre

Woody

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Citrus fruits

Heart Notes

Ylang-ylang Jasmine

Jasmine

Orris root Rose

Rose

Base Notes

Oakmoss

Sandalwood Vanilla

Vanilla

Perfumer

Ernest Daltroff

Ratings

Scent

7.8179 Ratings

Longevity

7.8129 Ratings

Sillage

6.9120 Ratings

Bottle

8.2119 Ratings

Value for money

7.910 Ratings

Submitted by DonVanVliet, last update on 07/31/2025.

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Reviews

9 in-depth fragrance descriptions

11/07/2012

jtd
484 Reviews

jtd

Very helpful Review 6

Ho, ho, ho

There was a television commercial for make-up that aired when I was young. It tried to sell the viewer on the notion that nobody would even know you were wearing make-up! Not too bright, I took this to mean that make-up did nothing whatsoever. I thought if nobody notices, why wear it? To this day, I’ve never understood make-up.

Nuit de Noel strikes me similarly. It smells identifiably ‘perfumey’ yet on the level of perfume, it comes off as forcefully non-descript----intentionally under-recognizable. It is a soft chypre, soft like a seat-cushion filled with marshmallows. It doesn’t evolve over time so much as it fades into the skin. Once on the skin, though, it doesn’t disappear. It gives the impression of of something ostensibly hidden but easily found. It’s the person playing hide and seek who heads for the nearest tree, then hides behind it, peaking out often to see what’s happening.

Low wattage, low sillage, if you close your eyes, it might smell like either a tiny spritz of perfume or a whole lot of make-up. Great for a man if you’re willing to accept the implication.

12/24/2014

10
Bottle 7.5
Sillage 7.5
Longevity 8
Scent

GothicHeart
85 Reviews

GothicHeart

Helpful Review 5

A frame in time...

It's a freezing and dreary day. Not just every day however. It's Christmas Eve. And a proper one I might say, since there's a lot of snow around. And what's more, I got all lucky in my "thematic" shopping this morning. I stumbled upon a near mint antique bottle of Nuit de Noël in a flea market, complete with its jade shagreen case, tassel and stuff, and since I've always thought of it as one of the most elegant packagings ever made, I grabbed it without further ado. I guess that wishing it was full too, would be sort of pushing my luck.
With a solid piece of history in my coat's pocket, I think that having a couple of drinks while sniffing it wouldn't be such a bad idea on this cold winter day.
So, pretending that it's 1922, I enter an old bistrot in the city's most popular square, and order a glass of fine cognac.
From where I am, I can see a girl sitting on the stairs of a building's entrance, lying opposite to the bistrot's side windows.
A cascade of fiery red hair is bursting from her beanie.
She's like a torch burning in the snow...
She has placed her bag on the cold and wet marble and she's sitting on it. She holds a small paper bag in her hands and looks excited. I wonder what the cause of her exhilaration could be. I take a sip of my cognac and smile.
What she takes out of her small paper bag makes my heart miss a beat. I recognise the plain black-capped rectangular bottle. Or, to put it better, I recognise its label. She opens it and dabs a few drops on her wrists and on the sides of her neck. Now if this is not a coincidence, then it has to be fate signing at me.
Encouraged by the spirit of the day, I decide to be a little more daring than usual and find out which of the two.
...
"I'll show you mine if you show me yours."
Her amber eyes widen with surprise.
"What?..."
"Your Christmas Eve."
"What about it?"
I sway my bottle in front of her eyes.
"Hey! This has the same name, but it's so more beautiful and looks so old. What is it?"
"The grandmother of yours. Care to meet her?"
She accepts my offer for a drink. After all it's freezing outside.
...
"Oh my God... This is magical..."
Although the perfume is long gone, its soul is still lingering. And sometimes an echo can be louder than the sound itself.
She remains silent with her eyes closed for quite a while. Although I suspect where she might have been drifting, I ask her anyway.
"I was trying to imagine some of the hands that once held this bottle and some of the words that were whispered because of its content being worn. Anyway, my bus leaves in four hours. Can you stand me being ecstatic for this long, oh my noble stranger?"
"Noble stranger" is how we agreed calling each other, to maintain some of the mystery that is weaved with this special and magic day.
But in any case, I tell her that I could possibly stand her more likely for four years, if she could be that dramatic the whole time.
She smiles.
"OK, my turn now."
Although she has it dabbed also on her wrists, she lifts her hair, tilts her head, and invites me to sniff her neck. This upretentious and impulsive gesture warms my heart. But I guess this is what this girl is all about, warming people's hearts.
I go for the sniff, and...
I don't know if it's her gesture, the perfume itself, the surrounding festive atmosphere or any combination of them, but what I smell almost brings tears in my eyes.
I struggle not to kiss her neck, but it's my apparently cold nose tip that spares me the struggle, cause it touches her skin slightly and startles her a bit.
She steps back and sees my nearly teary eyes.
"Hey you dummy... Stop spoiling me! Do I smell that good?"
"You smell like the angels working in Heaven's pastry shop, while a forest wood fire is roaring in its fireplace..."
...
She won't stop giggling and laughing heartily for the whole three hours we'll spent together. She won't stop sniffing her wrists either. She looks so happy and carefree.
It's time for her to leave and catch her bus.
We walk outside and we stand for a while, staring at each other.
I don't know what to say.
She doesn't seem to know either.
She hesitates for a moment.
Then she leans towards me and with her frail hand tracing my cheek, her lips brush mine for an instant.
And by this fragile token of affection, I know that her scent will remain on me forever.
She turns her back and starts to walk away.
After a few steps she stops and turns her head back.
"I'm Maria!" she shouts, before vanishing in the crowd. I stand still among hundreds of people who are walking around me hastily. I light a cigarette and lean my back against a wall.
I close my eyes and try to imagine what she might be thinking when she went outside for a couple of minutes to buy a pack of cigarettes.
I close my eyes and try to imagine her surprise when she'll discover the flacon in her bag...
...
I hope you're happy beautiful Maria, wherever you are.
I never saw you grow old. I never saw you become distant. And you never saw me either.
Your icon remains immaculate in my mind, just like this little wonder that made our paths cross, that cold winter morning, 28 years ago.
Your laughter is still ringing in my ears.
And like a friendly and beloved ghost, you shall visit me once more this year, on the same day that I will allow myself a dab of the perfume that is you.
Forever young... Forever happy...
Forever my Maria from the Christmas of 1986.
My beautiful Maria of Nuit de Noël...

02/03/2012

5
Bottle 0
Sillage 7.5
Longevity 10
Scent

Lola82
361 Reviews

Lola82

3

Nuit de Noel

A softer less urbane version of Chanel no 5 this fragrance has a certian country elegance to it picturing oak
trees lined side by side riding in a open horse drawn carrige to an elegant
southern plantation full of white magnolias or going to a ketucky Derby wearing your finest.

The opening has a aldehydic note next
is the scent of bergamot and at it's base is rose gives it a powdery texture
unlike chanel no 5 caron's nuit de noel
avoids the clinical amount of Aldehydes
and sharp citruses and adds a warm amber note that is inviting.
this is perfect also winter and christmas eve parties.

08/22/2015

9
Bottle 8
Sillage 9
Longevity 10
Scent

DorothyGrace
106 Reviews

DorothyGrace

3

Smokey Whispers

The Nuit de Noel I am today wearing is the most recent Eau de Toilette (in the bottle with a current bun top and purple box with gold dots - from somewhere around 2008 - 2010 give or take a couple of years). I am frugal with this perfume as the Eau de Toilette is no longer made; only the Parfum concentration is available. From my fragrances Aromatics Elixir is most like it in character with Aromatics Elixir (from the 1990s) being far more dense, strong, longer lasting, and a touch herbal.

Nuit of Noel is the smokey whisper hanging in the room from an open fire, Christmas oranges and brazil nuts heaped in cut glass bowls for the children to dip into as they wait for tea; the dry sweetness of sachets hung between the curtains filling the room with rose, jasmine, oris; the scent of a single languid tuberose as it mingles with sweet wood; the quiet hours before dawn, happiness and contentment.

Yes, I am frugal with this one; I simply don't want to be without it.

Still lots of scent on my skin some 12 hours after application.

04/06/2025

10
Pricing 10
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 10
Scent

Misca
11 Reviews

Misca

2

Christmas in Spring

Nuit de Noël was created in 1922 by Ernest Daltroff for his lover, Félicie Vanpouille, who loved Christmas Eve. Don't be fooled by the name though, as the fragrance evokes so much more than christmas nostalgia. I would even go so far to say that this a must-have for vintage lovers. Not easy to find, I was lucky enough to get this one in a sealed box and bottle, that preserved the beauty of this essence over the decades.

It has a generous overdose of real mysore sandalwood, that, in addition to moss, adds a beautiful creamy balsamic touch to the typical Caron spice, mxsks and subtle florals. This has a woody, sensual warm, sort of exotic vibe to it, which makes it a great accessory for a night out or special occasions.

Cleopatra's Boudoir found this beautiful reference"

In his book, The Essence of Perfume by Roja Dove mentioned that " Guy Robert is believed to have said of it "that you could be sitting in a theatre with some of the world's most beautiful women sitting to your left, right, and in front of you, each wearing one of the world's finest perfume creations.... But, if a woman were to enter wearing Nuit de Noel, all the other women would become invisible."**

Notes according to Cleo:

• Top notes: jasmine, ylang-ylang and rose absolute
• Middle notes: violet leaves, lily of the valley, orris and tuberose
• Base notes: civxt, ambergris, mxsk, sandalwood, vetiver and mousse de saxe

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