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.

I was sceptical when I was gifted a decant of this. All of the Elizabeth Taylor fragrances I've smelled have been too perfumey for me. This one gets close but manages to stop short of overpowering. The opening starts with some spice and a vintage feel. The jasmine, amber, and sandalwood come to the foreground and as it settles the freesia gives its wet and creaminess and combines with the jasmine. I do wish the flowers weren't so blended and I was able to focus on one or the other, but the combination isn't unpleasant. The resins are smokier now and it contrasts well with the clean freesia. The end result is something akin to dryer sheets balanced with spices and I'm really loving it, but after a few hours its' hard to detect. After several wearing some I realize I didn't want to like this. It smells just enough like classic white diamonds to make me hesitate when sniffing the bottle. Sometimes the silliage is a bit too loud for me. Yet, I totally love it. The clean freesia is perfect for chilly early spring days. The resins give the perfect contrast for those of us who don't like too clean of a scent but want that laundry fresh feel. Someone pointed out to me that the freesia is similar to Jo Malone's Pear and Freesia and they are right. If you liked that you may like this. However if you found that too soapy, like I did, you may still like this because the balsamic contrast makes it shine in an exceptional way.

Update #2 I am appreciating this melange of sweet, fruity, rich with the resin/musk/patchouli base. Today I noticed a salty nuance, which I don't always like, but in this fragrance it's balanced and buffered with the overall richness of the other notes. ------------------------------------------ Update #1 I think I'm getting used to this and becoming more open minded about the possibility of wearing in daytime. Maybe it helps that I've been trying more of Liz's fragrances and appreciating the richness of them. It's very nice. ----------------------------------- Just trying this one. I find it interesting that some people think this is suitable for daytime, though clearly to each their own. Maybe it's a generational thing with all the current fruity fragrances. For me the fruit and level of boozy sweetness makes this iffy for daytime. I'm still evaluating it but it's quite sweet by my standards. --------- Drydown stage is rich and pretty. Easier for me than the opening. Not feeling comparisons to Black Pearls, but I do get the echo of Fancy Nights.

Such a beautiful, smoky, kind of exotic, wispy perfume that smells wonderful on me. I would never have tried it if I hadn’t received it as a gift, because the iconic and beloved White Diamonds absolutely screams FIRE in a crowded theater and reeks so awfully on me that I wouldn’t have given the rest of the line a chance. WD Night, on the other hand, is quite interesting, surprising in the way it develops, and a little arty in a good way. Soft, woody, and sweet, but with distinctive notes - you will not smell like everyone else. It’s not heavy, but it does have body and 8 hour longevity. It doesn’t reach out and inflict itself on everyone - on me it stays well within arm’s length. I really like it very much and wear it often, day and night, whenever I feel like it. I purchased a back-up before it’s reformulated or discontinued or the price goes up exponentially. This is a lovely, somewhat complex, different scent that is an excellent value for now.

This is not the sort of fragrance I thought I would love. I'm not a gourmand person and patchouli is a note that I don't get along with. But because I'm on a crusade to try every Elizabeth Taylor perfume, I went with this one, and the balance is greater than the individual notes. I get the drunk apricot, and even though not listed, a hint of coconut/vanilla/chocolate. But the resins and the glorious sandalwood deepen the composition into dark mystery. This is rich, like a boozy fruitcake swimming in cream. It's also rich like velvet and jewels. I love it. BUT. The fatal downside is that the sillage and longevity is extremely weak. Very disappointing and not on par with her other powerhouse perfumes. This one would be impossible to over-spray, whereas a little bit of the original is more than enough. And speaking of the original--I don't know that this has anything in common.

I really like this! It seems like a very unusual (albeit very pleasant) fragrance--to me at least. My husband is very picky about fragrances but both he and our young daughter like it, too. I am not good at identifying all of the notes (not yet, anyway), but I get the fruitiness throughout, and I really love that. It's fruity yet spicy at the same time. I think the name suits it perfectly, as this very much feels like a nighttime fragrance. It is only for fall and winter, in my opinion. It has a darkness and a little bit of mystery to it...kind of like Magie Noire, though it doesn't smell anything like that fragrance. It's just kind of in the same vein. It smells nothing like any of the other White Diamond fragrances...definitely not like the original (which I also love). I think it's elegant and sophisticated, and it's very reasonably priced for what it is.

This perfume is so beautiful, I wear it for all occasions. It doesn’t strike me as a night-only fragrance and it doesn’t have massive sillage, it’s pretty subtle and you get the occasional waft as you go about your day. That being said it still garners many compliments, especially from men. I thought with all the resinous notes it would smell very mature and serious, but the sweetness makes it modern and the creaminess stops it from being too cloying. It’s so affordable that you can get a gift set with the matching lotion and shower gel for around 20$ and layering really improves the longevity of the scent. I am now going to try more ET scents, I already have Forever Elizabeth which I enjoy but is a pretty generic inoffensive shampoo type scent. WD Night is a better match for my personality, style and skin chemistry. I hope it’s never discontinued.

After a thoroughly unpleasant experience with Diamonds and Emeralds, I'm pleased to report that White Diamonds Night is DELICIOUS. Someone described it as a rich, boozy fruitcake swimming in cream, and that's about right, and for me there's also a dash of Fracas in the cream. The apricot, mandarin and freesia are probably what's making it sweet (and there's GOT to be vanilla in there!), and it *is* sweet in the most delightful way, with a sugared Nag Champa incense vibe – probably the resins and sandalwood. I do wish the top would last a bit longer – there's something really magical and unusual about the fruit vis a vis the citrus – but all in all I'm extremely pleased with this fragrance and will definitely buy a larger bottle soon. A must for sweet and gourmand lovers. 9/10 because the longevity could be better.

This is so gorgeous and delicious; a wonderful addition to the White Diamonds line. This is a resinous, floral, fruity and powdery concoction with some sweetness. To my nose the woodiness is very soft and rounded, with the sandalwood and patchouli adding more of a powdery goodness than anything else. I can also swear there is vanilla in this, even if it's not listed. I could definitely see Elizabeth Taylor loving this and wearing it, so I think they did a very nice job of staying true to her tastes and vision. I also sense an homage to vintage perfumes in this scent, albeit as a modern interpretation. Perfect for evenings, but imo, also wonderful as a cooler weather scent any time of day. When I wear this, I am constantly smelling my wrist or the inside of my shirt/sweater...it's that good!

This is only MY personal experience. Everyone opinion and chemistry is different. I think this is the most beautiful,sexy,alluring,intoxicating,delicious fragrance. On me it's smells almost gourmand. I usually don't like peachy smells but this one is so syrupy that it's like candy coated peaches and just turns it so addictive to me. My husband absolutely loves it on me. I get several compliments from both men and women every time I go out. The smokiness to me is just enough to add that boozy seductive sexiness but not so much that it turns masculine. The floral fruitiness keeps it still playful and fun. The silage for me is moderate and longevity is 6-8hrs. Just gorgeous. I love it.

I really love this perfume. I get pure syrupy peachy goodness with a GIANT splash of deep and gorgeous incense. The incense would totally overwhelm this if it wasn't perfectly balanced with the sugary fruity notes- neither overpowers tho. It actually reminds me of that popular incense from the 90's -Nag Champa or Sex on the Beach- maybe a cross between the two but toned down about 3 notches. Very beautiful. If this one leaned any more on either side of the spectrum (incense or fruit syrup) it wouldn't work but it certainly does. The lasting power is quiet nice as well and it definitely gets a bit smokier the longer your wear it. Projection is a hugs length. Very very nice.

This is what I wanted Spellbound from Estee Lauder to smell like. I never smelled the vintage Spellbound but I blind bought a reformulated bottle and was disappointed in it and now it is air freshener for the bathroom.. WDN opens w/ a ripe apricot covered in cream and spices and it continues that way throughout the time you wear it. I don't get the florals so much, they are a nuance. This perfume is all about romance and seduction. Men would love this perfume! If you want to impress a guy on a date or get your husband to take notice of you wear this. I'm telling you there probably isn't a man alive that wouldn't love this perfume. It is very creamy, lush and seductive.

Beautiful scent. I don't like the original version of White Diamonds...but Today I have sampled "Night" for a first time. Next to: Passion; Black Pearls and Night are my fav. So rich and dark. I see a beautiful woman... walking dressed in black...at night... she is a very mysterious...and has this type of aura.. not every woman has... Absolutely ... amazing... perfume...I saw it today at Sears it was expensive- $42 for a bottle. I have checked... ebay.. and it's the most expensive from all Elizabeth Taylor collection. It's truly...rare I am glad I have discovered it today. Def. on my list. Will blend so well with freezing weather during the winter.

I was gifted this during the winter, and it was love at first sniff. Definitely a cold weather fragrance, but I still like to wear it on warm nights before bed. There's something about this scent that instantly relaxes me, and I've never experienced that with a perfume. Call me crazy, but it has a Parma violet kind of vibe to it, and my partner has said the same. It's just gorgeous. I can't really say anything more, other than it's heavenly. This is my second favourite in Elizabeth Taylor's line. It's not the strongest, certainly nowhere near as strong as white diamonds, but it's far superior in my opinion because of how it makes me feel.

Mega fruity woody scent like ambrosia from the heavens! The apricot is creamy, like it’s been stewed in cream, and sweet and almost boozy, and I adore the woody base. The scent reminds me a lot of Mauboussin (another that I LOVE), though White Diamonds Night is more fruity and has the patchouli-ish quality dialed down. Lasts a long time on me with a pleasant scent bubble that I never go noseblind to. I really adore this one for fall nights and the winter, though it has a sort of retro quality, so definitely test first before buying. The price point is amazing, once I’m done with my travel spray I’ll pop for a big bottle.

I love this fragrance. It's such good value for money and unique fragrance. To me it smells like soft patchouli/sandalwood incense with a touch of fruit and some jasmine in the mid-notes that makes it very feminine. No screechiness to this fragrance It has a smoky, hippy vibe to it. Well done for the perfumers who blended this lovely long-lasting fragrance. Might not be a good blind buy unless you like stronger fragrances that stick around. The dry down is very addictive but with this fragrance you will never complain that it can't be smelt after a few hours because its staying power is fantastic. 7/10