Nuit de Feu Louis Vuitton 2020

What a beautifully dark and rich scent. The aptly named Fiery Night is a wondrous experience. It reminds me of a Moroccan bazaar. Incense is king in this fragrance. The longevity is great, it lasts the whole day and more. Same goes with projection, people will know you've entered the room.

Personal: 6.5/10 - I really respect the artistry, but it's way too dark, resinous, and smoky for me.
Mass appeal: 4.5/10 - Most people are going to find the smoke overwhelming. Polarizing.
Performance: 9/10 - This thing projects like a beast. Sticks around and makes sure you know.
Value: 5/10 - LV pricing is steep, and though its quality is undeniable, it's too hard to wear.
Uniqueness: 9/10 - A masterclass in incense and smoke with resins. It's extremely unique.
SCORE: 68/100

Full bottle buy? NO, it's more art than wearable.
Blind buy? NO, absolutely not. The darkness is too polarizing, along with the high price.
Recommend? YES, only to people who want to smell like the color black. Or a church.
Date night? NO, it's too dark and mysterious to feel alluring. It's almost off-putting.
Office safe? NO, unless your office is in a vicarage. Or if you want an email from HR.

Pros: Incredibly high quality artistic perfumery. As good as smoke and resins come.
Cons: Overhwleming, expensive, and basically unwearable. Not for everyone.

Look, I don't love it, but I love what it IS, if that makes sense. It's very unique and very polarizing, which I actually kind of appreciate about it. It's unapologetically dark, and though that makes it hard to wear, I do think some people could totally pull this off. Not me. But some people could! I want to love it, but I can't, and that's okay, because its role is to be appreciated, not loved. It's unique, artistic, and one of the best blends I've smelled. And for the price, I'd hope so! But, it's still far from something you could reach for, even once a week.

I strongly recommend smelling it, but I do NOT recommend buying a whole bottle. Unsurprisingly, this LV fragrance has yet to be cloned, haha.

*Review #27 in my fragrance journey - this fragrance I own as a decant*

J ai découvert ce parfum en faisant un achat a l aveugle le nom et la bouteille me faisant envie.

Et je n ai pas été déçu ,enfin un excellent parfum pour cette marque après en avoir testé 8 qui se sont avéré être minable et qui étonnamment ont de meilleures notes que lui.

Une odeur orientale avec l encens un peu fumé et une touche un peu sucré peut être du caramel .parfait pour l hiver et la nuit .plutôt masculin.

A masterpiece
Clearmy underrated
Congratulation lv for this fragrance

Sacred woody notes such as olibanum and incense gently spread, instantly transporting the mind to a world of tranquility. It's dry and evocative of a desert landscape. Layered with leather and oud, it creates the impression of a fiery, passionate bonfire illuminating the darkness.

By shunning the strong spices common in Middle Eastern fragrances and lavishly using the finest woody notes, this fragrance expresses a "harmony of the heart" that connects the beauty of nature with the history of mankind. Accents of leather and oud add a cozy bonfire-like passion to this tranquility.

I'm gonna preface this with saying I initially hated this fragrance, but something clicked

It opens with a barn smell, a very sort of animalic and slightly fecal scent. Then the barn begins to burn away as you're inside it.

You get this leather scent originating from that previous barn funk, and then this very creamy oud that layers on top. Incense smoke rises from the heart of this fire and almost calms it all down.

The thing about Nuit de Feu is it layers base notes one atop the other, and base notes are typically more complex and nuanced, at least in my belief. This in turn creates a fragrance that's hard to just review and experience off of an initial smell and use.

The smell is more of an art, but not something you'd really wanna wear.