Chemin d'Amande Une Nuit Nomade 2025

I was lucky to be sent a free sample back in March and have been eagerly awaiting the release date to receive my preordered bottle. Finally it arrived today. I love Une Nuit Nomad. It’s always a mini adventure opening the packaging they clearly put soo much attention to detail and thought into. This is currently my favourite perfume in my entire collection. It was an instant love for me, and one that will be on my “scents for life” list!

Chemin D’amande opens with a very realistic crushed almond scent, a little bitter and a little sweet. I get the almond blossom as it dries down and the scent becomes sweeter and creamier. The vanilla and woody notes then join in, followed by a delicious oat like vibe. This is a soft, cozy and comforting embrace on a cold, dreary day. It lifts my mood and makes me smile when I wear it. It’s part of their Extrait collection, and I find the sillage and longevity both very good. Im obsessed with this scent and the scent bubble this creates around me. Perfectly unisex and well suited to spring, autumn or winter. It’s also light enough to be worn any time of the day. 10/10

If you like scents like Sulmona Essenza Confetto or Harvest Mouse, I think you’d enjoy this. This is what I personally wanted from Harvest Mouse, although I’ve also since layered these together. Definitely worth checking this one out if you enjoy sweet almond/oat/vanilla or even hay fragrances.

Chemin d'Amande (literally, "Path of the Almond" or "Almond Path") opens with the eponymous almond, but not the amaretto/marzipan benzaldehyde variety, more just nutty and dusty. It reminds me of the opening of Pegasus, but then Chemin goes down a different road. While Pegasus gets woody, aromatic, and musky, Chemin d'Amande goes more gourmand. A sort of waxy, plasticky, bready vanilla that stays pretty constant throughout. This one lasted quite a long time and projection was great, so not sure about the low performance ratings. Not sure if the complexity is there for a $3/ml extrait, but if you like nutty almond and bready vanilla this one might be for you.

Sampling Une Nuit Nomade Chemin D’Amande, a release in the Extrait collection from 2025 that’s a spicy, boozy, dark, sweet blend with principal notes of bourbon vanilla, wheat, and almond, all of which track quite well, as there are powdery, hearty, and nutty tones to the largely boozy center. This seemed to be one of the standouts of ScentXplore and I can see why after doing a proper sampling today. It has a great density and richness to it, and I do not feel that any one element is used excessively, giving the feeling that it has been carefully considered as a composition. It provides a bit of an amaretto vibe, too, via the interplay of the three main notes, and there’s a vaguely woody varnish aspect underneath what is largely a gourmand experience.

It’s priced at $310/$195 for 100/50ml and sold in the US at various boutiques like Luckyscent and ZGO and performs very well. Overall, I love it, it’s right up my alley, and I will have to put some thought into a bottle after trying it out a bit more

8 out of 10

A beautiful, creamy, gourmand almond greets me at the door. I'm immediately surrounded by warmth and comfort. The dreary thoughts slowly fade away as I'm swept up by this glorious, divine and beautiful composition. The almond is soft, elegant and rapturous. She's backed by a subtle vanilla. Not the overpowering, sweet, sacharine one we've seen in modern gourmands, but one that blends and mingles well, giving it subtle refinement. The wheat is grounded, refined and present, adding depth and complexity to an already beautiful composition. Warmth and comfort are the two major points to this scent. As it moves on, it becomes spicier, without going into the masculine territory and the sweetness becomes softer as almonds and vanilla make me think of a marzipan-like treat (without being too over the top).

I think it's hands down the best almond fragrance my nose has smelled (as of now) which is why it was an immediate yes to me. Almonds aren't too powdery and their creamy aspect is so enticing! I've since had the occasion to test it again on myself and my yes has further been strengthened. I do find that my skin chemistry gobbles up this scent as it becomes a close-to-the-skin scent after a few hours (2-3 hours), but since I still can smell it really well when I bring my wrist to my nose, the sillage isn't a problem for me. Will definitely be adding this one to my collection soon!

I've been on the hunt for a comforting scent that is overly gourmand and I came across this scent when I was exploring almond scents. After a few wears, it's an understatement that Chemin D'Amande makes my top 5 favourite gourmand scents of all time. It's a gorgeous, almond scent with whiffs of wheat and vanilla that is the perfect amount of sweet, airy and addictive.

"Toasted sweet almonds on a flaky, buttery croissant with notes of oat milk" is how I'd describe Chemin D'Amande. Creamy without being too cloying or sickly sweet. This scent shines especially during colder months and I am falling in love with it a little bit more at every wear.