Reine de Nuit 2019

The scent is nice, but not complex enough to live up to its name. The original splash definitely is a mix of blackcurrant, bulgarian rose, saffron, and maybe some smokiness but the notes dissipate after 30 min - 1 hour to the point where the rose and the saffron overpower everything else. The longevity is quite poor, I had to spray some more perfume on after 3 hours to go on with the night, so I would consider this overpriced. Also, as a sidenote, another user commented on the colour of the extract - I checked the ingredients and it contains colour additive. UPDATE: Well, the perk of having decants is you realize which fragrances you end up going back to... It might not transform me a queen of the night as I expected, but definitely into a High Priestess of the Night, which is equally as unique. About the blackcurrant, well, the original major note doesn't really disappear, but goes into the rose, makes it into a slightly syrupy, sour rose, reminescent of the sour fruit syrups my grandmother used to make with overripe garden fruit. It marries beautifully with the saffron/incense. What I'm trying to say is that I somehow need to find 250 euro in my budget to buy a bottle, hide the bill from my boyfriend, and then find more to buy a second one.

reine de nuit is dirty, spicy rose. first let me say, i love byredo. gypsy water is my everyday fragrance so for me, a special occasion/nighttime/date night scent. my boyfriend loves this one, whenever i wear it he compliments me and smells my wrists all night. i live in new england, and i’d say it’s a really beautiful fall/winter scent but i’ve also worn it on a sticky summer evening and it’s so sexy. a little goes a long way — i can still smell it on my wrists and in my hair the morning after a night out. have others done amber rose? sure. are they less expensive? maybe. but i just think there’s something really special and exquisite about this one. for price, i do wish this was in the mid-$200s vs $300s but i feel like between the longevity and it not being an everyday scent, and the compliments i get when i wear it, i’m getting my moneys worth and it’s lasted me a year+.

I've tried this several times but the price made me hesitate to get a full bottle. So I ordered two samples to get a few days' worth and finally decide. This turned out to be a very good move. The samples, which obviously have sat for a while with the juice maturing inside, now give me an entirely different performance. While the bottle in store gave me a wonderful, levitating rose, the samples are so patcouli-heavy, the rose , and beauty, is gone! I expected the complexity to fade with hours of wear, I expected the longevity to be problematic, as usual with Byredo, but this? This, I didn't expect. I wear several fragrances, so I go through bottles very slowly. This matured juice is a complete flop for me. If you wear one fragrance at a time and go through it quickly, then this is beautiful.

Another amazing fragrance from Byredo. I got this as a sample when I bought another perfume, and I’m falling head over heels in love. It’s a dark, mysterious and beautiful rose. I wouldn’t call it jammy, it’s more of a realistic garden rose scent with beautiful spicy incense, and some juicy freshness from the black currant. The Patchouli is completely in the background and not dominating at all. The rose is the queen in this court and the other notes are her loyal supporters. Longevity is good and projection is amazing. I’m currently wearing one spray on each wrist, and my husband complimented me when I walked in the room. I also smell it very well on my self for hours, which is very important to me. This is on top of my Christmas wish list 🤞🏻

Today I wanted to wear something dramatic. I'm on a dramatic-state-of-mind since I heard Madonna's latest interview on a podcast, she said that as a Leo and as an Italian she is such a dramatic personality. Reine de Nuit is a bold choice for a man to wear - and it is so sad that this pefume is axed forever. I am not sure about the way Byredo (or should I say Puig) is going to take, even the founder is long gone, night veils got reformulated and got new bottles as well - which I don't like AT ALL. Roses, roses and more roses and incense and patchouli - oh dear I'm in heaven. I feel so confident to pull this, to be a part of my aura. Farewell Reine de Nuit, I will keep my last ml of yours as a treasure.