Fleur Noire LPDO

"...then come 'Se ma mit!" :-)

Fleur Noire starts off fresh - fruity, but also floral - creamy.

Our dear perfumer "Elbchen" sent me her sample, giving me the opportunity to test this fragrance, for which I would like to express my sincere thanks.

First, you can sniff out the floral and very pleasantly creamy black gardenia, which was new territory for me in a fragrance and positively surprised me.

The black gardenia smells to me like a beautiful powdery iris, combined with the floral - opulent Bulgarian rose.

The bergamot, with its citrus - herbal nuances, forms a nice connection with the zesty - fruity, mandarin-like tangerine, and both are responsible for keeping the gardenia wonderfully fresh.

Unfortunately, I couldn't detect any of the citrus notes, which I don't find troubling at all, as I can very well imagine that they were used solely to support the gardenia with its fresh notes.

This constellation can be detected on my skin for 20 minutes before the heart note unfolds.

Thanks to the slightly sweet orchid, the heart note remains pleasantly floral - creamy, where I actually had an orchid with purple flowers in mind.

There is also a very generously used jasmine that is noticeable, which in my opinion does not harmonize quite as well with the orchid, as it overlaps too much with the orchid and doesn't give it any real space.

And yet, there is something bright, floral - woody to sniff out, which comes from the lotus wood and is a good counterpart to the jasmine, bringing the orchid a bit out of its shadow.

The ylang-ylang, with its heavy floral scent nuance, is also very strongly noticeable and adds floral opulence, amplifying all the scent components of the heart note.

Fleur Noire is a very heavy, creamy, and floral fragrance that I can truly only imagine on a perfumer, as the scent has distinctly feminine traits, which should not deter our other perfumers from testing Fleur Noire as well.

The heart note can be detected on my skin for 5 hours before the base takes over.

Thanks to the bourbon vanilla, the base is pleasantly sweet, but also full, and receives a very nice creamy depth from the sandalwood.

There is also something very slightly balsamic, slightly sweet, which in this case comes from the frankincense and integrates wonderfully.

Far in the background, the patchouli with very soft earthy tones forms the conclusion and ensures that the base does not drift into stickiness.

Overall, the fragrance can be detected on my skin for 8 hours.

The sillage is designed in the first hour so that one is perceived very clearly at arm's length and then settles to be well perceived at half an arm's length, which is maintained for 3 hours before it gradually reduces, until the fragrance finally fades completely.