Christian Lacroix Nuit

According to Avon's MALTA website Carlos Benaim "nosed" both this beauty...and also the men's version. According to the PR there is a men's version, Nuit for Him (in a purple flacon similar to Noir and Absynthe for Him) and it has notes listed only as: "A passionate potion of rich tobacco, black violets and seductive woods." Both scents from this pair are described as: provocative, uninhibited and passionate... As of 10/13/11, no word of this is online nor in any of the What's New representative brochures here in the US. I have it on good authority (my AvonUK rep) that this will be available for anyone to order in THEIR Campaign 17 or 18 brochures. When my advance samples get here...I will review them (his AND hers) in full. WE might see the women's version here in the US but if it is ANYTHING like Absynthe for Him; I will, no doubt, have to order this from London. If THIS is anything like the previous pair were/are it should be stunning!

To me this starts off with a blast of quite bitter dark fruits; black currant, blackberry and plum...then it softens with a light muskiness and a hint of heady jasmine/ gardinia...don't get me wrong, this is not a sparkling white scent, it has the very purple depth indicated by the bottle. I find it improves with time, and can still smell the residue on clothes even after a wash..it just gets more delicious with time. On the skin it lasts a good 12 hours and will dry down to a lovely warming woody scent in this time. I don't know what the winning formula is, but these Lacroix fragrances for Avon have nailed it, not a bad one yet....although I did used to love C'est La Vie in the early 90's as well!

According to the Avon PR (in the UK online brochure for Campaign 17, 2011) the OFFICIAL NOTES ARE: HERS Top-bergamot, neroli and honeysuckle Heart-jasmine, tuberose, narcissus Base-amber, incense, musk and woods *like it says above* HIS (not yet added here) are... Top-bergamot, lavender and intense FRESH tobacco Heart-cypress, cardamom, black violet Base-sensual iris, woods and resin EDIT: Carlos Benaim nosed the WOMEN'S version... and Pascal Gaurin nosed the MEN's Still waiting on the AVON UK rep to send me my samples and it looks like (as of What's New for Camapign 1) the US has no plans to release either. I hope I am wrong!!

I have never had such a nostalgic perfume. Looking early childhood and teenager years from a more classy but lonely- wise 30 year old moment. Dusty, musky jasmines all around the achromatic photos of past, some incence feeling- actual note is coming to nose, after all. Very linear but so sensual, deep at emotions. Even depressive i can say. Like a more depressive less sexy version of mugler alien. Alien, has been forgotten in a young womens room, then 30 years passed with some fictional ' freeze' . 3-5 hours longevity, mostly to you. If it comes back i ll stock it madly.

Very nice perfume from Lacroix and Avon. Can easily compete with other known Orientals since is very long lasting, excellent packaging and afordable price. I have a wonderful experience with all of the Lacroix perfumes. This is an incensy/jasmin perfume with real depth and at the same time very aromatic without being at all heady. I use it even in summer. Please try and will not be dissapointed!!

After putting this perfume on, it's strong and powdery- reminds me of Givenchy Amarige (not by smell, but by strength and aura), but on my skin it only lasts 2-3 hours so I'm bit disappointed. But still, it's cheap and interesting perfume and worth it's price.

I love it! It's very floral, on me smells just like fresh tuberose, it has a great staying power and it's very sensual as well! YOU should definitely try it!

a very good perfume.smells delicious well.i sell avon and since i lready had tried christian lacroix I decided try it again.definitly worths all the money

O melhor perfume que o avon já criou, sem dúvidas!

I love this one .. It's good for day and night

Remember Dior Adict, hot and sweet. Great.

Christian Lacroix Nuit - Saw it on offer and i couldn't remember what my it smelled of , but i knew id put it on "like " list here , so bought while it was going cheap. Quite happy with this buy it has something of TM's Alien about it , the jasmine/amber/wood in both frags. Nice bottle and packaging too. I say im only "quite" happy as the let down is the longevity , after only 30mins i couldn't smell even a trace on clothes or skin , so i cannot comment on basenotes ect. Disappointing , but they do say that the perfumes that suit you best are not detectable to the wearer after a short time..... if anyone knows if this is correct or an old wives tale , then please let us all know!! I shall wear it tomorrow and see if friends can notice it after 30mins , i hope they can as its a really sexy evening frag , and very much my cup of tea, as i love jasmine/amber/wood combos , orientals and big "dark" frags. I just wish these "Modern" perfumes had the tenacity of the 80s powerhouses. So no more bloody avon for me! OK , it seems a cheap "treat" and a "fix" for a perfume habit , but like all cheap goods its a false economy in the long run. ( the only 2 avons that last on me are far away and FA Exotic - those i will repurchase) Just totted up my avon expenditure for the past 3 months , 3 orders total £137 !! Eeek , i will be disciplined from now and save up for ONE btle of something quality , or a good vintage ebay splurge. As from now i need a cheap quick fix it will be one of the many £3 arabic attars available. ( been reading up on those and keen to try) If this scent lasted as long as "alien" "poison" "opium" "obsession" "chanel no5" ect , it would be a winner . I recall the vintage avon scents like "Jour De Kashbah" lasted really well , so its not like its out of avons budget restraints to make long lasting scents...hmm , food for thought. I suppose its all about profit over quality and repeat custom these days. I was going to buy Christian Lacroix "Absinthe" next but if its going to be as frustrating as this one , i wont bother. Sorry for the moaning , complaining tone of this review , but this scent is a big let down so ive just typed up mu honest opinion . Hopefully i might save someone else wasting money as most people are having to really watch the pennys at the moment. :) PS - Ouch's review is spot on "could be poisons younger sister" ..yes it could , and it would be so PERFECT if its lasting power was even a fraction of the legendary Poisons.

I wanted to like this as I am a big fan of Rouge, and I bought the full box set. I tried the perfume once and it made me nauseous. I thought it was me or the weather (it was a warm day) so I used it last night and I felt exactly the same. It is a pity because it smells good - and I have the full set! - but I can not use it. Also the silage and longevity are extremely poor. My friend said she smelled it when I got into the car but she couldn't smell it 10 minutes after. I love the bottle though! Edit: So this fragrance has sat on my (dark) drawer for over a year and I took it out to give to a colleague. Well today it started cold and rainy so I sprayed Fancy nights on. But by midday the sun has come out from behind the clouds, I feel warm in my car so I though, I might try Nuit now since I remembered it was light and floral (I felt too warm for respraying FN). I don't know if FN underneath makes a difference, to my nose it had disappeared when I sprayed Nuit, but what a surprise! I love Nuit! I don't get nauseous and I can see the slight similarity with Alien. But I can smell a fine woody floral that I am liking so much that on the next traffic light I apply some more on my neck and hair. I might not give this away after all!

I like Christian Lacroix Nuit, but I don't think it will replace C'est La Vie or Absynthe amongst my faves. I might even place it behind Rouge, which worked well for me but still seemed a little rough around the edges somehow. Nuit seems to be aimed at a younger market than the previous Christian Lacroix/Avon collaborations. It was much sweeter than I expected. There is a definite purple fruity vibe--grape? plums? berries?--to this fragrance that I can't quite pin down, based on the notes listed in the description. Lots of florals, too, rounded out by an overall sweetness that becomes a little woodier on the dry-down. Nuit is a youthful sweet oriental, very typical for scents aimed at the younger consumer today. It is equally suitable for day or night, in spite of its name. Longevity is not bad but is on the lower end compared to the other Lacroix scents I have tried--about six hours. (Absynthe lasted a good 12+ hours on me.) The sillage is excellent and on par with all the Lacroix perfume I have tried. It's nice, and I love the purple packaging, but it is probably not one for which I will pursue a full bottle.

Had a sample of this laying around and it was screaming "long time overdue review!"... lol - so i gave it a shot My first thoughts of this were masculine and sorta 80s powerhouse womens perfumes - a strange combination of both. The more time passes and the deeper into the scent pyramid we go, the more this scent makes me picture old ladies in a beauty salon getting their perms done and gossiping about their next door neighbors niece... lol sorry, back to reality =) But yes, in all honesty the smokiness of this reminds me of old school waxing (the one where they used a dirty burnt pot on a an electric range and spackled it on u with a wooden handle), layering that with retirement home old lady powder smell topped with a sweet cheap hairspray... what more can i say...i just got catapulted back to being 4 years old and hanging out with my grandma lol. I don't hate Avon and this is not me bashing this perfume its just very old lady like and not something that is remotely palatable for me personally. Sorry =( U can follow me on YouTube @ BeautyOnSale

I have been given a sample of this and have since purchased the full sized bottle and lotion/body wash, now from first glance I thought they were trying to go down the estee Sensuous noir/Dior Midnight poison/Versace Crystal Noir route, and to be honest they have but have come up with something slightly different. Smells quite alot like Avon Herve Leger but a bit darker, definitely some daffidol like notes in there, something vaguely 'grapey' and I get some patchouli. Theres alot of gardenia.The Narciscuss really makes it something a bit different to today's candy syrup releases. I love this scent but sadly it has no lasting power. The lotion is to die for it smells alot of Estee Beautiful love for some reason and the shower gel is quite potent also, shame the same doesn't go for the edp but it does make for a good work scent as it dies down pretty quickly and I don't fear offending anyone. If they intesified the strength of this one it would be an amazing night scent.

This was a blind buy for me. I was very sure I would like it as the combination of all notes were very inviting...I was right!!! It smelled a bit different from what I expected...I actually expected a deep, dark seductive scent, what I get is a sultry nice soft and sweet scent! I love how the opening notes; flowers transform into incense and then the woods come out...on my skin it smells a bit like Monoi oil...neroli, jasmine and incense give this scent the exotic flavour. I wish it was more intense...It smells so nice just like a very watered down version of Alien as some one earlier mentioned here... I am disappointed with the staying power and projection...Absynthe had better sillage. Still I like it very much....will definately buy a second bottle if this one is finished, that will be soon as I use a lot of this now...its so light that one can use it during the day and even for work... Nice one by Avon...hope they dont discontinue it soon...

Nuit Eau de parfum from AVON, is an unusual heady mix, with intoxicating florals, it is fairly strong. Although longevity is maximum 3 hours, which is average and as it is quite heady I would not want to offend too many people with this strong fragrance. This is quite a strong fragrance from AVON and I would not say it is my favorite from AVON though. This fragrance does not provoke an immediate feeling or response, to me it is a decent fragrance that is average. I would rate this a 3/5 and points are deducted for longevity and price, but overall it is not bad. Great branding strategy though with the designer which makes a first impression to buy and the bottle is lovely design.

Whenever I see tuberose in the note pyramid, I proceed with caution. Tuberose is one of those notes that can overtake all the others in a fragrance, at least on my skin. What a relief when I sampled this one. This tuberose is fresh and cool, and part of the overall floral composition of this scent, rather than the domineering note. The tuberose is about equal to the other floral notes, and I think I smell the jasmine the most. I also smell some subtle incense which is always a lovely touch. There is a bit of a sweet powder scent in the drydown as well. With the combination of florals, incense, and sweet powder, I find this to be quite pretty and wearable for day or night.

Today i received it, was a blind purchased and i ́m satisfied. I agree it remainds me a little bit to Alien but very diluted and more sweet as Magnetism like another reviewer said. I spray on my wrists and on a paper this one smells grape fruit for hours. Fortunately I don ́t smell the same on my skin the beginning is an anise liquor mix with amber that can be confused with grapes then lead to a woodsy and spicy jasmine like Alien but not as strong or powdery I would like to feel incense but is a lovely white floral scent without the gourmand note so common these days.