White Diamonds Night

Two thumbs up for this patchouli beauty! A not-too-sweet burst of sparkling apricot-fruitchouli opens this baby and transitions through a powdery make-up & cocoa middle to a patchouli-sandalwood dry-down with touches of leather and chocolate. (note: this is after 7 sprays and 6 months of dark storage). Comparison to Rogue Rihanna: Very different scents however the opening of White Diamonds Night is similar to Rogue Rihanna in that fruitchouli vibe, with Rogue being sweeter and more strawberry aligned. Comparison to Fancy Nights Jessica Simpson: These are very different scents but the drydowns are similar IMO, White Diamonds Night has the sparkly fruity floral aspect in the opening that I don't smell in Fancy Nights. The sparkle fades after the opening but remains in the background nearly throughout. Comparison to Rebelle Rihanna: Although these have been compared I find them quite different, although there is a similarity in the middle of White Diamonds Night where you get a powdery make-up and cocoa vibe that reminds me of Rebelle. Performance: I'm not going to lie to you - this needs ~7 sprays (3-10) followed by dark storage for 6 months before really blossoming to have average or slightly above average performance. Any earlier and sadly I found it frustratingly ephemeral for an already ephemeral medium (couldn't notice much of a middle or drydown). At the 6 month point the juice has some juice - I'm getting arms length-6ft projection with a soft scent profile for 2-3 hours which then gradually contracts over the next few hours to a skin scent for a total of 6-7 hours. Great value if you don't mind storing it! Update 09/22/24: This is a special fragrance. Coming back to it after a long while, everything is so well blended now. From the first spray I get a sense of a patchouli-based fragrance with a slight vintage feel, and I get the comparison to Visa Robert Piguet. If I didn't have the notes in front of me, I would say that in the opening there's a rose-patchouli blend with hits of coriander and oakmoss, and also a slight jamminess, which could be apricot or a jammy rose. As it's drying down, it turns more earthy & woody with patchouli-sandalwood, and the patchouli has some soapy & licorice-y nuances which could be the night-blooming jasmine. Still an absolute love.

The House of Elizabeth Taylor has introduced another perfume for 2016 called White Diamonds Night, an absolutely beautiful and sedately warm, resinous perfume, quite unlike her original White Diamonds. Do not confuse this perfume with her others if you didn’t like her former bodacious presentations. White Diamonds Night is so completely different you just might become a fan of Elizabeth Taylor perfumes if you’ve never worn them before. This presentation is warm with resins and sandalwood that stay the entire length of the perfume. The initial spray gives you a slight citrus feel with a hint of apricot, not a fruity feel at all, just a hint of warmth to start the perfume. The sandalwood comes into play almost immediately and brings the resinous feel right into the heart of the perfume. Jasmine and freesia are two flowers that are notes in White Diamonds Night, but I could not pick up on them with my chemistry. Patchouli is in this flanker also, but it’s very light, barely noticeable. Musk is also listed in the drydown and it’s faint but enough to mellow the perfume. This is a familiar smelling perfume and highly pleasant. If you like vanilla-scented perfumes, you should enjoy it. The resins reminded me of a burnt, creamy vanilla along with the woods. Three sprays lasted 4 hours, altho the last two hours were a skin scent. I wear mine anytime, and especially love it wearing it to go to sleep. It's a perfect perfume for the cool nights to cozy up with and drift off to sleep. Wearable day and night, basically anywhere. The bottle is the same as the others except for the black glass. The name might confuse people tho. It is definitely nothing like White Diamonds at all. This can be cozy, seductive, warm and sensuous ... it's a delightful perfume that wraps itself around you with such a delicious gourmand-like aroma wrapped in woods. Available only at either Macy's, Boscov's or Belk's now at full price, I'm sure once it hits discount stores, it will become a perfume you'll smell everywhere. This ET is that good.

White Diamonds Night: Have just been bought a bottle of this by my lovely Husband, as he already knows how fond I am of all Elizabeth Taylor's Perfumes,& have every single one in my vast Perfume collection!! Firstly the box is very up market with it's shinny black back ground & embosed diamond bow around the top part of it!! The bottle is absolutely gorgeous!! Again gloss black with the most beautiful Rose Gold accents & ring of diamonds around it keeping very much in line with all the other Elizabeth Taylor Diamond Perfume Bottle design's!! Totally stunning & very up market & expensive looking!! Now the actual fragrance: One Word - Absolutely Gorgeous!! It opens with a Citrus/Orange refreshing blast,which after a few minutes changes to an Apricot/Jasmine fruity aroma, & then the most beautiful Musky Creamyness!! I Also get a very soft all most Coconut aroma on my skin with a subtle hint of Vanilla!! The base has deffo got Sandalwood & soft spices in it when it reaches that stage after many hour's of wear!! Although this beauty is called White Diamonds Night, I find this is absolutely perfect for day time use as well!! This deffo is the more softer option to the original White Diamonds which I happen to also adore & wouldn't be without ever & it's certainly not an old lady kind of smell at all!! I find ALL of Elizabeth Taylor's Perfumes to be very well done,& extremely classy!! I'm sure Elizabeth Taylor would be absolutely delighted about the way this perfume has turned out!! I've already received so many lovely compliments when I'm Wearing this including my extremely fussy Husband!!

I just got a great deal on a gift set at Khols, with the lotion, body wash and 1oz bottle of perfume for like $20, and I will most defiantly buy a 3.3oz when I use this up because I LOVE it! My Husband LOVES it! You get a hint of citrus in the opening, with the freesia giving a sweet peppery-ness in the background. Once it dries down a bit you get more of the floral on top of the incense-y base. The patchouli is not too much, with the musk, resin and sandalwood it is a balanced smoky-sultriness. The notes trick you a bit, there is a dark chocolatey sweetness my nose picks up. Upon awaking the next day, its a delicious ambery musk with woods. The whole evolution from first spray to nose to skin scent is enjoyable for me. I even like to walk back into the room I sprayed to smell it in the air. I really adore how this smells in chilly weather, or even on a cold rainy day. One of the times I sprayed on to test it was chilly and misty outside and oh, the wind was sort of wafting this awesome smell that I was just getting to know at me with the cool burst smell of rain. I was just waiting to get a deal and almost bought it at a higher price because to me it smells that good! I highly recommend you test this one out and see if its for you! Its new enough that there are testers but the price is very affordable. Did I mention my Husband loves it??? This was created after her passing, but I believe Ms. Taylor would have absolutely adored this fragrance. If you like Passion, or the Original White Diamonds, this fume should speak right to your heart.

Another "Made for Male As Well" scent from the ET line. Granted this was after her involvement of course but I applaud they way they have kept her spirit in these flankers and continuations of the line. I've been careful to not to get the too feminine ones, though there's not many, I of course stay clear of Gardenia, but in honesty that's about the only one men cannot pull off. Perhaps a few others may be borderline, but with my skin chemistry they all work fine. I've always said 8 husbands made her the expert to a point she couldn't even make perfumes without men on her mind. :-). I've worn White Diamonds since stealing my Grans in High School. Diamonds And Rubies, Black Pearls, and White Diamonds Lustre as well as this new entry work so well on me it's not even a question to anyone who smells them on me to ask about their gender label, so I take it it works fine as male scents. I've even worn Violet Eyes, Forever Elizabeth and Sapphires without question. I have always believed people get way too hung up on thinking people can tell scent labels to the extent they believe, I really don't from my experience of wearing almost exclusive "her" labeled scents all my 50 years of life. (Extremely obvious notes are exception of course, gardenia, water lily, magnolia, rose and perhaps a few other white flowers CAN be dangerous according to how they are formulated but that's where your nose knowns and can give you the best advice). In the end, BD Night is an amazing scent for men or women and continues the grand ET line with perfection.