Messer Cuir Noir Moonchild Perfumes 2025

As a regular perfume lover who likes exploring independent brands, I was really excited to test this creation. According to the pyramid, there’s a lot going on here- from a bright lemonade and lavender opening to a massive heart of various roses and iris.
Skin chemistry is wild thing- the fresher and floral notes get instantly swallowed up on my skin. What I get instead is a huge, uncompromising wave of smoky frankincense, dark Assam oud, and very prominent animalic notes (civet, hyraceum, and castoreum). It feels deeply oriental, leathery, and smoky.
To be completely frank, it’s just not my vibe at all. But even though it's not my cup of tea, I cannot deny that this is a brilliant piece of perfume art. It is incredibly unique, complex, and clearly made with passion and high- quality ingredients. It’s a hidden gem for the true hardcore lovers of smoky, animalic niche scents, even if I’ll just be admiring it from a distance.

Interesting scent. I can see that all of the notes and "ingredients" are of a good quality. It smells very animalic, and I couldn't ever complain about that - I'm all in for civet and castoreum, you all know that. What makes this scent interesting, anyway, its its way to preserve the lemonade note: something fresh yet pissy (but in the good animalic way, I'm just fond of the stinky civet nowadays). It is never sweet - another point for it. Very quirky perfume, I'm liking it more in the dry down than in the opening, for it lose the peppery feeling and you keep on your skin this first quality scent. Oud is well used, not too much, not too faint. It has some depth. Slightly resinous feeling by frankincense and opoponax, but not in a unwearable way. It probably smells even better in cold seasons.