Boucheron Quatre Absolu de Nuit Pour Femme

Lovely - almond & tonka, with vanilla & candied pear - some candied almond too (& just a little lime at the beginning) Almost a hybrid of Burberry Brit Eau De Parfum & Black Opium Eau de Parfum minus any coffee notes; but otherwise that's exactly it. Lasts about 6 hours, quite concentrated, present & lasts well but not overbearing - works well in all weathers except the hottest days of Summer, but this is a 1 spray perfume - or 2 smaller sprays at because it is potent, any more would be far too much, I find this rather lovely, certainly sensual, borderline sexy but not unsubtle, lightly sprayed - & is good for Date Night, Dinner & Christmas or Birthday Parties & any evenings but tbh I think it's not too much for Brunch, Lunch or Afternoon outings, at all, even though it is called "Nuit" & the v elegant bottle is dark smoked glass (great packaging all of it, really - definitely French Elegance) Boucheron make lovely bottles & packaging, & you cannot go wrong with this if you like sweet perfumes & Gourmandes, & are looking for something not "too mainstream" - to me, this is much nicer than the Brit EDP/B Opium EDP it resembles - & much more elegant than the heavier, (& thicker) more simple Elie Saab Girl of Now, & is more complex than that perfume, but not too complex. This EDP is never "too much" as some of the gourmandes can be, espc the sweet ones, this is beautifully balanced, sweet but not too sweet, & real a blind buy win it's really pretty, but in a sophisticated & grownup way, a gourmande for ladies not teens, but not too "mature" - it's fine for young ladies too, though - a good all-rounder. Interestingly created by the nose who created Burberry Brit EDP also though - so this really is almost that + also similar to YSL Black Opium, too, kind of like a hybridof both - & with some other details to make it just a little more than the sum of those 2, (this also has the not too sweet, candied almond of Burberry Brit EDT that is sadly missing from the Brit EDP - & so a very good choice for sweet but not too sweet perfume lovers. Comforting too, in cooler months & Actual Winter; I like something like this, sometimes if it's a bit chilly & I crave something like this, quite sweet but not too sweet. Love!

Sticky-Sweet, Golden Gourmand Spiced-Pear Pie with Almond & Tonka-Bean... I came back to this scent after awhile, and it's evolved a lot as the vanilla aged. Before it was almost a bit thin as other reviewers have mentioned, or like a thinner pear-tonka scent. But now everything is drenched in a creamy-sweet golden vanilla that leans near caramel. Opens with a burst of bitter-almond, bergamot & pink-pepper and already you can feel the creamy-sweet vanilla, tonka-bean & pear coming through. The overall effect here is of a sticky-sweet golden gourmand of vanillic, spiced (faint cinnamon) & caramelized pear pie with almond-extract nuances and soft spice being evoked by the tonka-bean & pink-pepper. Has above average performance for year round wear, but the denser, vanillic sweetness will make most find this best suited to fall and winter. It's a love for me. I do love a good gourmand: 10/10. Enjoy! Update 03/23/25: Sprayed this on today. Up close, pear is coming through more prominently today, with the pink-pepper accent and tonka-vanilla base. In the air I get mainly a tonka-vanilla scent with an illusion of caramel. I was hoping for more of a woody almond note today, but maybe that will come forward if it ages a little more. The almond is more of an almond extract note, but it does get woodier as it dries down. Not a dupe of anything, but reminds me of scents like I Want Choo Jimmy Choo, Fancy Jessica Simpson & Gold Rush Paris Hilton. I think it must be the tonka drydown accounts for the similarities to scents like Good Girl Carolina Herrera etc. Love it still.

I wasn't convinced at first, but the weird thing was that I kept thinking about this perfume and wanting to smell it again. Luckily I had a 2ml sample. Tonka is a note that can ruin any good scent for me, and while it's quite heavy in Quatre Absolu it somehow works! Pear is not really a note I find particularly attractive either, but the sweet fruity aspect in this is nice. It doesn't smell much like pear though (nothing like the realistic pear note Miller Harris created for Poirier d'un Soir), it's more like the synthetic pear scent of an ice cream or a candy. Quatre Absolu starts out a bit spicy and very "perfumy". It smells very contemporary, but also quite grown-up for the type of scent it is. At first it did indeed remind me a lot of Mon Guerlain (I'm sure this could harvest the same amount of compliments) - they do not smell identical by any means, but there are similarities and a good chance that if you like one you'll like the other as well. In the drydown it morphs into a gorgous creamy vanilla that is slightly fruity and maybe even a tad balsamic? I think I smell benzoin! The drydown resembles the discontinued Untold Absolu by Elizabeth Arden. I do believe the reviews that says this grows on you. It seems like one of those you'd reach for. It's not linear and boring. It must certainly smell pretty to others and it's more unique than you'd think when you first sniff it and think you've smelled this before. Seems easy to wear as it's not annoying in way. I am certainly getting a bottle!

I was looking for a really sweet vanilla fragrance and this turned out to be PERFECT! It is very winter appropriate warm nutty vanilla which kinda reminds me of Elie Saab-Girl of now, and I am genuinely suprised no one's ever compared them. They have a lot if similar notes but this one is like a vanilla flanker and a bit weaker (well, Girl of now is a beast). I wear Quatre de nuit at my office and I can smell it all day. It is not a simple fragrance, not JUST sweet vanilla, it has some interesting touch and depth. But it doesn't change, it is the same from the beginning throughout the whole day. 5/5 would recommend for what it is!

didn’t choose this, this one chose me. This was my first Boucheron and at first I was disappointed. This wasn’t that kind of thick almond, tonka bean vanilla what I was looking for. But the more I learn about scents and my own preferences, the more I admire and appreciate this Boucheron's scent. Quetre absolu de Nuit is enough of everything and not too much of anything. Basically, on my skin, this is a just pretty long lasting, quite good sillage, lovely resistant nutty pear scent with a pencil chip kind basewood including little medicinal twist. That is all what I need for my signature. And Boucheron, they know that.