Nuits Indiennes

Indian Nights

Jean-Louis Scherrer 1993 Eau de Parfum

This fragrance by Scherrer is a find from a so-called "flea market shop." There, a lady has set up a true collection of perfume bottles and offers, among other things, perfumes that are older and no longer produced in this form today. This included "Indien Nights" or "Nuits de Indienne" (both are written on the green packaging with the golden speckles). Mine is from 1993. Full-bodied, oriental, powdery, sweet yet bitter, and a bit animalistic. Thanks to the well-measured civet... When I sniff this Eau de Parfum, I am somehow strongly reminded of a sultan's palace with fragrant harem ladies, as often described in many old tales from 1001 Nights. An inviting, foreign ambiance draped with many tapestries and colorful fabrics. There is a rich but good-natured sultan who enjoys having beautiful ladies around him, and sometimes rewards them with lovely scents for their services, treating them to splendid baths, like those Cleopatra might have taken in even earlier times. Moreover, the good sultan has a huge garden where all sorts of oriental spices and balsamic woods thrive, which he and his ladies tend to lovingly. And it smells... strong and of all kinds of flowers. Roses... lilacs... jasmine... and many more. The large cedars help the blossoms with their fine woody scent, while vanilla rounds everything off. And the hint of civet promotes a very intimate impression. The sultan and his ladies are already looking forward to... in the evening... at night.... "Nuits de Indienne" is a beautiful fragrance, perhaps for going out..., but I wear it only rarely because it is simply a bit too "heavy" for my nose, and I am not the type for such "full-bodied orientals." It certainly suits other women better than me.