Datura noir (Eau de Parfum) by Serge Lutens

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Datura noir Serge Lutens 2001 Eau de Parfum

7.6 / 10 489 Ratings

A popular perfume by Serge Lutens for women and men, released in 2001. The scent is floral-sweet. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Floral

Sweet

Powdery

Gourmand

Spicy

Fragrance Notes

Datura

Perfumers

Christopher Sheldrake, Serge Lutens

Ratings

Scent

7.6489 Ratings

Longevity

7.8375 Ratings

Sillage

7.0350 Ratings

Bottle

7.7323 Ratings

Value for money

7.074 Ratings

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Interesting Facts

In 2006 a limited bottle collection, "Les Fauves Royaux", was released, attaching the design Panthère to this scent. A bottle collection with card game design followed. The scent was attached to the design of the suit Spades.

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Reviews

56 in-depth fragrance descriptions

12/25/2015

MasterLi
376 Reviews

MasterLi

Top Review 5

Sweet, Honeyed Floral...

There is something so intoxicating about this one. Like a narcotic flower which seduces with it's sweet decadent aroma. Datura Noir reminds me that Serge Lutens knows how to make astonishingly rich, decadent floral compositions. I'm taking about A La Nuit, the jasmine tuberose powerhouse, and my personal favourite, Fleurs d'Oranger, a heady mix of orange blossom and tuberose.

Here, the main flower is tuberose, coupled with almond, heliotrope and vanilla (a trio which compliment each other perfectly) and coconut, which adds an exotic touch to an already deeply exotic perfume.

If you are a fan of heady, tropical florals, then in my opinion you cannot beat a Serge Lutens perfume like this one. Why? Because not only does it smell fantastic, it actually smells natural too. It is as if you are in a tropical greenhouse full of rare, indolic, organic tropical flowers in full bloom, and you put your nose up to a huge white flower, and the smell knocks you off your feet. If you like sweet, green, natural and tropical (not to mention realistic), then give this one a go!

05/14/2013

jtd
484 Reviews

jtd

Very helpful Review 7

how to look at datura noir

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If I squint exceedingly hard, I can sometimes make out an individual part of Datura Noir. Almond, tonka, tuberose.

Simply focussing shows me some combinations. Oh, that was that creamy-coconut/green-tuberose sort of tuberose. Hhmmm. That almond was a bitter-almond/cherry-sweetness pastry gestalt. Nice. The drydown isn’t so much hazy as a vanilla/tonka/musky sweetness rolled loosely together. Lovely.

But Datura Noir is best seen through a unfocussed, half-hypnotized stare. It slides you into the true experience of this perfume. Datura Noir is a perfectly placed suggestion. It’s an impression of imagined summertimes, warm breezes and sweet-talk. It’s a steady, unyielding persuasion. You’re not so much seduced as you simply give way to the undertow. And when you do, it gives you that dreamlike sensation of standing beside yourself, experiencing something and observing yourself experiencing something. It’s as if you’re able to cast a spell on yourself.

Tripping. Lucid Dreaming. Depersonalization. Hypnagogia. Call it what you like.

Datura Noir. Cheaper than hallucinogenics, fewer negative side-effects than religion.

03/24/2021

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Elkay
14 Reviews

Elkay

Helpful Review 6

The revenge of the white floral

This is the perfume that mermaids wear (in my imagination). Mythical creatures of narcotic beauty, but get too close and the dream becomes a nightmare!

It's a feminine white floral with the masterly touch of Mr. Sheldrake, who can do no wrong. But there's a catch: It's poisoned. The white floral (I don't know how datura smells but I smell strong, metallic tuberose here) is injected with bittersweet almond, giving it a mesmerizing but borderline headache-inducing charm.

This is not a sunny, happy, tropical white floral but a mystical, dizzying one instead. Wear it if you want to feel dangerous!

09/06/2022

Mlleghoul
468 Reviews

Mlleghoul

Helpful Review 5

moonflower pudding for sleepy Thumbelinas

Serge Lutens Datura Noir, as far as noir-anything goes, is not noir at all. This is a milk glass fairy spell, cast in the delicate light of dawn, calling for pale blossoms soaked in milk at midnight. Heady aromas of honeysuckle and heliotrope combine with buttery floral vanilla fantasies, a flittering whimsy of bitter almond dream fuel, and a diaphanous reverie of powdery coconut musk. This datura-inspired fragrance is less deadly devil’s flower-induced euphoric hallucinations and more moonflower pudding for sleepy Thumbelinas.

07/31/2015

9Scent

ScentFan
336 Reviews

ScentFan

Helpful Review 3

Flirting with Death

I decided to risk killing myself and bought Datura noir--datura being angel's trumpet, favored for suicide in many parts of the world. In consolation in case I die, SL sent along two miniatures, two samples, and two cards of their solid perfumes. Fair enough. I love Datura noir. If it were the last thing I smelled before exiting earth, I wouldn't mind. It has some of the bold earthiness I adore in Slumberhouse perfumes, here rendered by masters of scent. Mentally, the notes don't compute, but the fragrance thrills my nose and emboldens me. Anybody planning to rob a bank? I'll be your getaway driver. Want to kidnap a handsome guy and ravage him? I'll go. [Guys, stop lining up, this is just talk.] Something about Datura noir makes me want to get in my car at midnight and drive toward the rising sun. Or go to a perfume counter and buy out the stock...then buy a house in Paris to put it in. This is the smell of extravagance and danger. I feel my heart beating strangely. Am I dying for Datura noir? I can't blame Serge Lutens. On his website he warned us: "Like a diabolic trail of smoke left by Satan in Paradise. Some say this fragrance will enthrall you; others that it will make you crazy. Others still that excessive exposure will kill you dead.."

Just in case, I'd better wash it off and live to be outrageous another day.

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