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Nohiba E. Coudray 1978

8.2 / 10 45 Ratings

A popular perfume by E. Coudray for women, released in 1978. The scent is spicy-oriental. The longevity is above-average. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Spicy

Oriental

Floral

Woody

Resinous

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Coriander

Bergamot

Lemon

Pink pepper

Heart Notes

Ylang-ylang

Carnation

Rose

Jasmine

Base Notes

Musk

Cedar

Patchouli

Sandalwood

Ratings

Scent

8.245 Ratings

Longevity

8.039 Ratings

Sillage

7.536 Ratings

Bottle

7.942 Ratings

Submitted by Kankuro · last update on 06/01/2025.

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Interesting Facts

The scent was re-released in 2009 and 2016 in limited quantities.

Smells similar

What the fragrance is similar to

Opium (1977) Parfum

Sarabé Eau de Toilette

Habanita (1924) Eau de Toilette

Youth-Dew Eau de Parfum

Reviews

7 in-depth fragrance descriptions

05/17/2012

7Scent 7.5Longevity 7.5Sillage

Michali
13 Reviews

Michali

Helpful Review 4

Oriental -Woody spicy

My husband says it is very sexy.
It is oriental,strong,some says it
reminds them of Opium.
Not that new-an old formula renewed.
There is something vintage in it.

I LOVE the opening but the dry down is a bit
masculin and smoky on me.
Starts fresh and happy.Carnation,a tiny bit of Rose.
Dry down -Sandal wood and smoky spices.

I like it better layered with with the
Jacinth Et rose -My faivorite from this line.

04/14/2013

7Scent 7.5Longevity 7.5Sillage

Sky
24 Reviews

Sky

Helpful Review 5

Holographic love-child of old-school Opium & the original O de Lancome.

Uncompromising classic.

Nohiba transports you back a fair few decades with her fiercely aldehylic & mock-moss opening but wait, there is a plump & pillowy “perfumery” perfume lurking below the radar. She is dated yet mutable and as contemporaneous as nature herself. She is meaty & voluminous yet light enough to shimmer with a golden heat-haze. You will either love her or loathe her, but take a while to understand her (as you would a painting) & you will be rewarded with an interesting, unfurling romantic scent journey.

When your nostrils have become accustomed to the dry, stripping bergamot you are aware of a fine, ivory soap with a hint of triple milled powder. It is herbal & clean not in today’s modern sense (all ozionics & solars) but in that of the past, almost as nature herself. Not sweet, almost savoury, definitely dry – a sage green with a touch of terracotta.

When the arid rawness of the start subsides, the warm, spicy desert-heat of Nohiba arrives. Light, sour Roses – not fresh, but pot-pourri petals left out in the sun. If there’s any lemon in there, it is the bitter pith & peel. Coriander & old store-cupboard savoury herbs add a dash of dust, but the true stars are sun-baked carnations & ylang-ylang. Big! Bold! Ablaze!

As the heat-haze wears on, Nohiba softens to a sun-warmed, spicey-sweet, woody-oriental harking back to a bygone era. Her last gasps are of smoky woods, old pine cones & salty skin.

Nohiba is very distinctive but there are moments where she swings towards scents you recognise. This grande dame wanders through the garden of perfumes-past, picking at the petals of once famed fragrances: a snippet of Sisley, a dash of Aromatics Elixir, a handful each of Cinnebar, Opium, O de Lancome, Guerlain’s Terracotta Voile d’ete ……on & on she travels…a scent ship in full sail.

Nohiba truly is a bosomy, well upholstered fragrance. She is as tough as a corseted matron but remains voluptuous & womanly beneath. She is a William Morris woman - a mix in time of austerity & romantic fantasy.

To sum up: the holographic love-child of old-school Opium & the original O de Lancome.

06/21/2012

7Scent 10Longevity 10Sillage

Sherapop
1240 Reviews

Sherapop

Helpful Review 4

Something of a Necker Cube

Coudray NOHIBA is a strong, ylang-heavy woody oriental perfume to my nose. It smells like some of the orientals from last century and has fantastically fabulous sillage and longevity like those ones, too!

I wore this perfume twice and discovered that it has a masculine woody facet. In fact, I vacillated between thinking that this was an old school oriental and a new school masculine woody. What never changed was the potency, whether it's the ylang and the carnation or the woods which are dominating at a given moment, this potion is very potent!

I have smelled a number of perfumes which combine ylang and carnation, and I must say that it yields a distinctive scent which is probably going to polarize people into "yes" and "no" camps. For me this is a serious wintertime creation, and I wonder whether I need it, given that I have Guerlain Aqua Allegoria YLANG & VANILLE, which is super ylangy and also very strong.

Well, in any case, NOHIBA is certainly worth a try by lovers of bold oriental perfumes!

07/13/2014

9.5Scent 7.5Longevity 7.5Sillage

Catwoman
7 Reviews

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Catwoman

Very helpful Review 13

Finale !!!

Nohiba is not a fragrance that I can or want to wear every day; it is too special for that. I use it on cool, unfriendly days when I feel the need for a protective layer. The preparation begins with a bath, of course with Nohiba Bath Gel, followed by the Nohiba Body Lotion, and so prepped, I spray myself generously with Nohiba Eau de Toilette.

After this luxurious act, I already feel a bit like the Queen of Sheba.
She surely used her fragrant essences lavishly as well.
My cats show no signs of falling into a Nohiba coma, thank God.

I prefer to retreat to my bed or the couch to immerse myself in a nice audiobook, diving into the stories from 1001 Nights, for example. The rest of the world, with all its problems, can then be damned.

The scent starts off fresh on my skin, a bit unruly, bulky (maybe it's the coriander, which I really like, both in perfumes and in the kitchen), so I have to engage with Nohiba first.
I am always particularly intrigued, not just with perfumes, by the unconventional, the rough, definitely not banal!
I like to take my time with myself and the scents to find out whether and why I decide for or against them.

After the first impression, COOL flowers with a fine powderiness emerge, without any sweetness. The same carnations - pink, fine, and spicy - that still grow in my balcony planter to delight me daily are at the center and are very noticeable. The other flowers are so well embedded in Nohiba that they do not reveal themselves to me individually, but that’s okay.

The base is versatile, beautifully woody, spicy, and the patchouli adds a tarry note that makes it exciting and a bit dirty.
I think "men" could wear this too.

In conclusion, Nohiba is an unusual, expressive, not subtle fragrance, with a certain challenge for its wearer.
The longevity is very good, the bottle is designed femininely, very beautiful and handy.
So that was my first comment; I made an effort today on the day of the World Cup final, and now it’s going into extra time, and I will dedicate myself to the rest of the game and hope it finally works out.

04/01/2010

8Scent 10Longevity

DeGe53
560 Reviews

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DeGe53

Helpful Review 11

Strict Governess

After testing my first fragrance from E. Coudray, Musc et Freesia, and still remembering this delicate fairy-like scent, I approached the next sample completely unsuspecting. The ingredient list sounds quite harmless.
But, wow! What a contrast to Musc et Freesia this is.
The clove in the heart note is a SPICE clove. And what a one!!! Hardly have bergamot and lemon said hello in passing, the spice clove rushes past the coriander into the room and stands there sternly. Anyone who handles spice cloves in the kitchen and has ever smelled a full bag of these powerhouses knows what I'm talking about.
It's not unpleasant, but very spicy.
This remains for a while, cautiously surrounded by something softer that is not yet clearly identifiable.
It takes about an hour for the flowers to finally dare to emerge slowly from under the long black-gray striped garment of the governess clove. But they flatter the old aunt so sweetly and nicely that she no longer seems so strict.
A lovely powdery hint develops now, roses on a spice-wood bed. Not as balsamic as some heavy rose scents, rather herbaceous and scruffy, but in its own way very interesting. A great blend that still seems strict, but no longer so extremely authoritarian as at the beginning.
If Musc et Freesia is the little fairy flitting here and there, Nohiba is truly the strict governess who brings everyone to reason and demands respect.
This scent is definitely suitable for men as it has nothing sweet about it. I wouldn't wear it in summer.

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