Midnight Jasmine

So this one started out as a like and slowly transitioned to a love. I'm a male and I found myself so intrigued by the use of jasmine in the fragrance. Typically my nose refers to Marc Jacobs and Elizabeth Taylor because their use of jasmine in fragrances is top tier in my opinion. This is yet another top tier use but in such a dramatically different way. The jasmine as it's used isn't just the flower but rather the whole plant. It's the green edges, it's the scent before it blooms, it's the indolic essence that lingers afters it died. All together gives this jasmine a complexity that makes it lean a bit more unisex and wearable for me as a man. I'm learning this brand enjoys juxtaposition. They take notes that are sweet, smooth and calming, combine them to evoke a boozy scent and combine it with a sharp and complex Jasmine that is completely the opposite. I enjoy the risk and exploration of this fragrance. This is great for cooler and cold weather. I could detect it on my skin around 6 hours with a strong arms length bubble for the first 2 hours. If this catches a breeze, it beautiful in the air.

Sexy, heady jasmine smeared with plum jam and drizzled with honey and served up with generous dash of a cinnamon sugar on a bed of roses... BLACK roses I might add because this scent is so decadent in its dark, syrupy, near-boozy sweetness and indolic to the point of carnality that it reads gothic. I am floral gourmand fanatic and this is quite bold and explicit in a way I don’t typically associate with floral gourmands. I love the subversive aspect. It is intoxicating and addictive. It makes my mouth water. Edginess aside, the cinnamon and preserved fruits make this a very appropriate choice for winter holiday festivities and December is easily is my favorite time of year to wear it. If anyone out there has been searching for the perfect gothic Christmas scent, look no further!

I love this. Yes, it is similar to Rose All Dae, but a bit softer and more floral with the added jasmine and toned down patchouli (which isn't listed here but is on the Gallagher website), and I think I enjoy Midnight Jasmine more. I had ordered samples of Midnight Jasmine, Rose All Dae, and some other scents, and ultimately decided to purchase RAD, and although I do enjoy that one, I sometimes wonder if I should have gotten MJ, but to also get MJ would be redundant, I think. But I do plan to order MJ in the future.

For me, this opens with a burst of delicious fruits mixed with strong cinnamon and some honey. It's really delicious. As it dries down I begin to get a little more of the florals, creating more of a powdery feel. The gourmand feel is still there, it's just toned down a bit by the floral notes. This leans feminine so I'm not sure if I'd ever wear it, though some men absolutely could. I would love to smell this on a woman though; it's a fragrance I want to keep smelling over over.

This fragrance is simply gorgeous. One of the best jasmine creations I know. The opening is distinctive, sweet, and deep. The sillage is strong and gradually becomes more intimate. The longevity is a few hours, during which the perfume definitely calms down while still remaining sweetly jasmine.

Brown sugar, plum, indolic (not overly so) jasmine in a flormand perfume. It doesn't feel as boozy as Rose All Day, but it's just as attractive and perfect cold weather, although I use it in warmer weather, just a bit less of it. A little goes a long way in the heat. This is a big love.

This one is rose all dae without the metallic note, a bit less boozy and a lot of Jasmine. If you like fragrances like L’Interdit, you’ll probably like this one! It’s dense, honeyed plum apple sweetness with Jasmine added. It comes off a little grape soda like sometimes but I love it!

This is easily be a flanker of Rose All Dae with prominent jasmine and honey notes. I actually prefer this, as it’s smoother, balanced and more wearable. Well done!

Decadent jasmine with lots of fruit, honey, & tonka—Not your average fruity/gourmand floral—at Love, don't be shy (by Kilian) level!

I love this smell. Sadly no way I can wear this as a guy.

This is very good--kind of like a fruity black orchid.

This is thick, it projects. Sweet!

A jasmine charged Rose all Dae

The most recent release from Pearlescent Parfums, Midnight Jasmine, is a sweet white floral that really hits the sweet and floral balance well while not being too sharp or powdery. It pairs a lovely jasmine (and supporting rose) with an ensemble of sweet complements—apple, plum, pear, cinnamon, honey, brown sugar, tonka—and a base of amber, musk, and sandalwood. It lands pretty sweet overall, and I think that makes it more of a comforting and resolute fragrance, whereas something less sweet and borderline gourmand-like may seem more formal but more fleeting and (perhaps) sharp. And as implied, it performs very well, with a dense, rich, covering and seemingly pretty solid longevity, as with the other fragrances in the line. Scent-wise, Midnight Jasmine may be my favorite despite my love of gourmands like Baklava. This is an impressive release, though, and even though it’s a little more floral than what I usually wear, the arrangement of notes and overall product is very pleasing here. Midnight Jasmine has the same pricing and concentration as the other two offerings in the line (Aquarose and Baklava), $175 for 60ml in extrait de parfum concentration. To those that do not know, Pearlescent is a line launched by Daniel Gallagher of Gallagher Fragrances. 7 out of 10

Very sweet and bubblegummy jasmine. I can see the plum for sure, but altogether this is like if Lush’s Lust and Rose Jam had a baby. A smooth yet heavy, incensey baby. Definitely spicier and woodier than Lush if you inhale deeply, but the character you get from afar is very similar to me. After settling, the florals fall into the background and the incensey plummy wood really comes out on my skin. It becomes more antique wooden chest with the slight stink of ancient things.

I predominantly only smell floral notes. It is a Jasmine bomb, with a bit of plum and rose in the backend. Occasionally you can pick up on a few of the other notes, but those 3 are the only notes that consistently come to mind. I am not one who normally likes floral fragrances, but this is quite intoxicating. It also definitely leans more feminine, but I could see a confident man wearing this as well.

Agree with previous reviewers, it is just like Rose All Dae by Gallagher, with jasmine added. It would be a nice rich jasmine scent, but cinnamon ruins it for me... Not a fan of that combination. Thus if comparing similar scent, I much prefer Rose All Dae. The later actually has a bit better performance... Although both are super great in terms of performance.

This is just a muted version of Rose All Dae with a bit of jasmine (which comes across as tiare to me). I was hoping for a night-blooming jasmine scent, but I get more sickly sweet rose than jasmine in this.

Smells like an old Calvin Klein brew mixed with apricot. What I’m really smelling is driftwood, rose and aquatic notes. Had a makeup essence. Not good.

An indolic Jasmine with vanilla and plum. at moments it registers a bit like tuberose. Sweet.