Musc Nomade

Musc Nomade by Goutal Paris (0282A/48, USD 85) Musc Nomade was a blind buy for me, as I was collecting Goutal. I familiar with all the note listed. However, when I sniff for very first time I am not sure. It is dry woody ambretty musk, I doubt. I test on my hand a few time. I don't get a concept of the name "Musc Nomade either" After Leaving this for a big while and when it is about to go to decluttering. I decided to wear this for the last tine, I remember that I never really full wear this one. Just for a laugh but I discover something greatly in return. I spray heavily, around 30 sprays as this is really soft fragrance. Both Fabric and Skin, and I understand this why so call "Musc Nomade" Because Musc Nomade blends seamlessly into your skin. It like you skin but smell much better, sweet and floral. It smells like natural goddess skin. I think this fragrance must introduce with moisture. That why I am not successful when I test on my hand. Because that area is dry. But when I applied on more damp area of skin. It becomes translucent, sweet Musc that really enjoyable. I think, This will be another keeper in my collection. As this layer also well with other scent and on it own. If you appreciate 2nd skins scent. I think this will be so wonderful. It calls Musc nomade because it blends so well to your skin. Score : 9/10 Longevity : 8 hours Projection : Very close to the skin Classification : Unisex Summary : God/Goddess-Skin ===== Extension 1 on May 2, 2024 (Shake of back and fort) “In the Orient of 1,001 Nights, princesses perfumed their bodies and hair with a divine mixture of musk and refined essences. Like a trip through time, Musc Nomade invites us to join the caravans that carried the precious ingredients used in this perfumed ritual.” To be honest, I am quite back and fort with Musc Nomade.. I now collect all 3 fragrances from Les Orientalistes collection (the new one, not OG with myrrh). Musc Nomade was the new replacement. Yes, they do smell Oriental to me. Especially the incense one and the amber one. But the Musc.. I have no idea. This might be the interpretation of ancient princess skin smell like (?). I can’t see that vividly, the translucent dry powdery-woody but sweet moist medicinal musk (?). I don’t like the smell of sprayer, to be honest. It is unlikeable woody musk, I bring out to spray on my skin yet I fall in love when perfumes bloom on my skin once again. This is one is so tricky to really appreciates the quality of it. When I get a whip in the air of sweet woody moist musk. It so natural to my nose and smell wonderful but when I put my nose my elbow nook... it just not as good as when I get a whip of it. It might be quality of amber kind of fragrance after all. I could see a neat, polite person wear this. If their is 1 step up from Molecule 01/02 this should be it. The wried point that I now start to don’t care for Jersey or No.18 (both are Chanel fragrances).. but this one I still comeback to it. The transparentness yet good in longevity is the key I think what make Musc Nomade beautiful. Please allow me to reflex true score for this fragrance, consider how hard to understand. I will reduce score to 7/10 for now. ===== (You make skip the below paragraph, I just actualize certain thought but it is not part of Musc Nomade) I was messy with my Chanel fragrance collection a big while. I own 11 of them, I can cut to 10 (Sorry, Misia) but my cabinet can put only 9 but I can’t decide which one I wanna cut further. I mention somewhere in one of my Chanel’s fragrance review about 3 musk offering from Chanel. 18/1957 and Jersey so I can’t decide what to cut.. right after I put extension review of Musc Nomade. Then I realize I quite like No.18 in the way it merge to skin using “Ambette seed”, Champagne party skin, I may say. Then I actualize, that.. Jersey even it is musky.. it is not really musk fragrance. It’s green vanilla with Lavender. If 1957 is epitome of Industrial white musk, No.18 is other hands Human musk with floral tint. It on difference side of spectrum. Jersey, it somewhere in the between, twist and go in other direction. I gonna kept Jersey in storage now. Maybe I reunite or maybe I will pass it on. I appreciate musc nomade as corner stone for my actualization. But for fragrance itself. Tbh, my thought remains the same. For another beautiful usage of Ambette seed, you may try no.18 too. For actual 1001 princess interpretation. Try Aerin amber musk, or slightly rougher interpretation “JML Midnight musk & Amber” ===== Extension 2, June 11, 2024 I am sick for a week already. My body is weaker than usual. I know, because I can’t use majority fragrance without feeling uncomfortable. Good thing, I can spend more time with lighter fragrance. In my collection... I have just sniffed Jovoy’s musk pallas which a beautiful blends of Ambrette and white musk. I think Ambrette really add dimension to the musk fragrance. The oiliness, thick body mesmerizing musk, soft wood with dusty quality. My nose, changed.. I can perceive through the texture of Ambrette and behind the Ambrette. In Musc Nomade, is beautiful blends of woody powdery, natural sweeten. Like you take powdery the heart of Cologne Blanche (Almond Powder) mix with older interpretation of sandalwood (Powdery) lightly and green edge become scent of soft actual powdery. Non descriptive scent of skin after bathing in unwritten beauty elixir. I finally know the interpretation of 1001 night princess, should smell something like this. Naturally musky. Damn, finally, at long last, I know how beautiful.. Musc Nomade are.. I believe, only handful of people. Will be able to dig this deep, to enjoy something like this. It takes me almost 1 full years after many tests to truly understand. It is a bit hard to suggest musc nomade as first option. But Musc Nomade, I believe is use Ambrette musk front and center ad star like no else fragrance.. can do. 9/10 Projection : closer to skin Longevity : long lasting Classification : unisex Summary : best Ambrette without Iris, goddess skin.

Musc Nomade presented an interesting wearing experience for me. This perfume is, in my opinion, very different from many other Annick Goutal fragrances in that it defies a traditional open/middle/bass sequence. The first blast of Musc Nomade is bright, fruity, rosy. A lot of notes rise from the skin, things like pomegranate, blood orange, figs, grape leaves. The musk is bold and only slightly creamy the way many other musks are. To my surprise, the musk becomes stronger very rapidly (within 30 seconds on me) and it's a very animalic and slightly bitter musk. As a point of contrast, I thought of Kiehl's Original Musk, which is far creamier and sweeter. Annick Goutal's Musk in Musc Nomade has an almost acrid quality which reminded me of turmeric and hiacynth which was just about over-ripe. My first try with Musc Nomade wasn't a success. It was too harsh for my skin and too linear. It didn't change much from the moment I put it on. At some stages it seemed to have disappeared, a moment later it was loud and bold. Something wasn't right. I gave it another try a few days later, and my experience was very different. It was a much warmer day, about 20 degrees warmer. I sprayed it on early in the morning... there was something about the way the scent reacted with sun and air, and it mellowed into a far more gentle and mysterious creation than my first wearing. A few sprays and settings later and I figured it out: This is most definitely a warm-weather scent, best worn in the morning or daytime. Completely unlike Amber Fetiche, this Orientalist is a creature of sunrise. For some reason, I'd thought that musk scents were primarily for the cold months and for evening, but not in this case. As I was driving in my car with the windows down and air pouring in, and sun on my skin, the scent was fascinating. Suddenly there were grapes and peaches and vanilla, gentle oud and potpouri roses, and a salmon-colored musk so different from the golden-hued honey-type musks I've been used to before. Musc Nomade has been a great fragrance 'event' for me because it's one of the few fragrances I've owned that really needs to be applied only at certain times. I have so far gravitated to over-all perfumes that can be (pretty much) worn at any time without worry. I've since learned that this isn't the case with them all, nor is it necessarily a great asset if a perfume can be worn all the time. Certain scents are going to show their finest elements in certain light and temperature, and Musc Nomade is clearly one of them.

This is a 5 star musk fragrance. I don't really know any other way to put it. It is absolute perfection - for a straight forward musk that is slightly more on the dirty side than typical white but still remains clean. If you like white musk, this may frighten you a tad so PLEASE do not see the "white musk" part and think this is going to smell like Musc Bleu or Clair de Musc or anything like that or you will be disappointed. This has an amber and woody base that "dirties" it up a tad. It isn't a monster by any means, it isn't on the order of Muscs Koublai Khan or anything like that...but it is probably slightly too animalic for some people. It is much less sweaty beast and is a safer bet for most but maybe a little too much for others. Musc Nomade starts out nice and stays nice but you still get a full on musk fix without it being TOO dirty or powdery. There is no hiding in the house for an hour until you stop reeking and start smelling amazing thing going on. You can put it on and head out and wild animals will not start head butting your car or anything. And nobody will think you haven't bathed in a week. If you are looking for a PERFECT (but slightly more dirty than soapy white) musk that still remains rather soft, fresh and clean...look no further. Because for this style of musk, it simply does not get much better. But you do need to reapply it or spray your clothes and hair to get any staying power of it. (Note: AG only highlights "synthetic" (musk) to let people know that animals were not killed or tortured to create this fragrance. Synthetic musk is pretty standard in all fragrances now and has been for quite some time.)

Musc Nomade is at first deceptively diaphanous, a discreet complement to the skin, a personal enhancement. I had nearly forgotten that I was wearing it just an hour or two in on the first day. Then, after a walk in the summer rain, opening returning home and relaxing after the work day, there were these wafts, lactonic, animalic, but also slightly herbal and sweet, hints of angelica root and tonka. Mind you, they are wafts, but they are just so hauntingly beautiful. Subtle transmutations can be detected within these facets, and the somehow, the delineation between me and my bed seemed to disappear, is this my own skin, my body odor (it never smelled this great!), my bed sheets, is there something else in the air? What puzzlement! I think this might be Musc Nomade, its alchemy, both sensual and comforting. As I nuzzle into my skin eight hours into the wear, there's the tell-tale aroma of ambrette seeds. There it is! Just like the essential oil and absolute I have in my possession. But then there's also dark woods that weren't noticed up until now. The ambient impression, away from the skin, is so different, a different 'vibration', for fear of sounding a bit too cosmic. I really look forward to experiencing this in different environments, different temperatures and times of the year, because I can tell its fascinatingly mercurial. Mind you, I have a bottle with the older classic Annick Goutal label as pictured that should have never been updated, perhaps from around 2012. . Musc Nomade is groovy, man...

I really enjoy this scent as a base to layer with other fragrances where I want the musk to shine through, but on its own this fragrance seems a little unfinished. Like a room with no furniture. The musk is sheer and slightly like salty skin, but not dirty or veering too far into animalic territory. If I had to describe this musk it’s nude or slightly tan, not white and sterile. When I layer this with other scents it breathes life into them, but on its own it’s only a mere shell or ghost of a perfume. This smells like those remnants of fragrance that are left behind after a shower, but without having to actually shower the scent off to get there. And I quite enjoy it but find it lacks the tenacity and honestly, the performance to be a standalone scent on my body chemistry. This is almost what I expected out of those Narciso Rodriguez fragrances everyone talks about that I’m anosmic to. So far I’ve layered this with Hermes Eau des Merveilles and Cashmere Mist. Can’t wait to try out more combinations. This is also the first fragrance in my collection I’ve been excited to layer with and accepted keeping for the sole purpose of mixing with other scents. Musc Nomade is a nomade no more, she is here to stay in my wardrobe. Like a white t-shirt or camisole of the fragrance world. Could pair with anything, and is high quality yet basic enough to ensure endless combinations.

The magician produces his beautiful assistant, glittering and radiant, he draws her close to him, shrouds her in his cloak, then poof! She's gone.. A musk is a little like the assistant, a moment of utter wonder that shows us her beauty and then vanishes into the air. As with most high quality musk scents, they are subtle and fleeting, in fact some of us cannot detect their grace and presence at all, something scientific to do with large molecules that betray our noses. However, Annick Goutal has offered us a musk of greatness, that although similarly fleeting, gives us a little more molecule to hang on to. To do this, there is an inclusion of dense woody and resinous notes. Rosewood and Papyrus imbue a deep, smoked wood quality with suggestions of dry incense. Perhaps this is where the 'nomade' element lies, alike campfires in the desert. Labdanum brings an element of softness, a creamy quality to compliment the dry wood smoke. These additional woody notes add a gravitas and staying power to the delicate and elusive musk. I am eager to try this on a warm day as I feel that in winter it is very much a 'skin scent' that does not project into the air around us. I imagine that with heat and humidity this extraordinary scent will radiate a profoundly sexy aura of musky humanity and a sense of the exoticness of the Orient.

Musc Nomade was a blind buy and at first application I couldn't even smell alchool, nothing at all. But one must think no producer would make something out of just water, and like some have said, not everybody smell the musc molecule the same way. So, I tried it for a few days at home nd after a while I could smell something very clean and suave, soft but persistent. Musc Nomade gives off a certain clean atmosphere without smelling of something in particular. Is that the invisible musc? This sense of smell stays around for about 5 to 8 hours, and it is comforting to get winffs of MN now and then. So, I started to wear it with association with other clean scents, in special Prada pour Homme, which smells the same with a extra powdery facet. Note that I apply them on different areas so not to overlap. and sometimes I think all I smell is Musc Nomade, with Prada slumbering in the back ground. Well, as said before, it is not the most exciting ilfacotory experience, but i am trying to make the most of it. Is it whorth? I am afraid not.

Quite simply a perfect musk, with powdery and smoky facets. Beautifully balanced, and it’s both comforting and cerebral. A few reviews mention saunas or hot stones in relation to this fragrance. I totally get that! I’d take it further and say this could be the smell of a purifying ritual performed by nomads in any given century. The description from Fragrantica says it was inspired by the scents of Quatrain princesses who use musk and rose essence to scent their bodies and hair. Well, two problems with that. I don’t know what Quatrain refers to (do they mean Qatari?) and there’s no rose here, thankfully. I do like the visual of “aromatic agar wood smoke from the princesses’ chambers” though. That captures the duality of powder/smoke, that allows this fragrance to occupy a space between clean and dirty, without being soapy or animalic. Light projection, medium to high longetivity. Ubiquitously marketed towards men online, but leans more feminine imo. I have the largest size. Maybe I’ll get the lotion too!

Musc Nomade by Annick Goutal is a perfume of contradiction. Well, first of all, you are greeted with a blast of alcohol. Lovely. After that dies down, it smells ever so slightly dirty, a bit earthy and animalic in the beginning, and yet still quite soapy. Later - soft, milky, nutty. Ambery lactonic sweetness. Of course, lots of musk, which dominates the later stages and is quite a clean one in itself. It smells strangely vintage, like it was created for different, less complicated times. I'm sure there are a lot of people, who will just smell a bar of soap. That is one of the ways to describe it. Personally, the soap aspect is somewhat repulsive, but one can look through that. I missed the angelica note when I first tried it, now I feel I can sense a bit of greenery, but it feels a little weird with the sweetness. I don't really even know if I like it. It's a strange one, it feels 'old' in a way, but it might grow. Edit: Nevermind, I love it now ;)

This scent is very hard to describe because of its uniqueness. But to me, this makes me think of fresh air, clean skin, and soft smokiness. I'm someone who typically goes for strong, beast mode scents but I gravitated towards this and now feel like this may be my new signature scent. This is perfectly unisex. I've been wearing this every day since I brought it and I had a client tell me that I smell good despite its soft sillage. So I'm sure people will smell you when they're near you. This scent is so perfect for every day and a scent you would have to smell on yourself to determine whether you enjoy it or don't Edit: 1/28/25 I can't stop talking about this. I feel that the older I become, the more I gravitate towards these type of scents. If I had to keep only one scent for the rest of my life it would be this.🥰

While I find the other three 'Les Orientalistes' quite potent, evocative, smouldering, heady- like richly-embroidered brocades, this one contrasts by being- overall- light, airy, and clinging close to the skin like a fine undergarment of organza. If 'Ambre Fetiche' represents "gold", for sure 'Musc Nomade' represents a secret gift of silver- or perhaps the light of The Star itself to guide the three travelers to their destination. I sometimes use it for layering underneath the other three; it adds a lovely, filigree'd richness and depth- and extends longevity for all involved, but most-often I wear it alone: it reminds me of some kinds of incense I've smelt burning, quiet from a corner of an empty head-shop- fruity-woody-musky, brushstrokes of transparent reds, deep browns, silver-grey suspended in the air.

Musc Nomade, like L’Air de Rien, is among the most lived-in scents I’ve ever smelled. There’s a cozy dustiness to it, as though you’re inside an old house that hasn’t been cleaned in a long while. That house isn’t unkempt because it’s vacant or because its residents don’t care. Rather, the inhabitants have grown older, and it’s become more and more difficult to keep everything as immaculate as it once was. Imagine opening some long-shuttered curtains inside, dust dancing in the sunlight that gleams through a window. Each of those motes carries whispers of ambrette, angelica, resin, and wood. You inhale deeply, and your nose tickles from pleasure instead of a sneeze. This must be what nostalgia smells like.

Herbal-aromatic lingering incensy musk. It has slightly tart, lemony-sweet top layer, like happens when resin mixed with angelica seeds, subtle, but pleasant, also that papyrus-woody note is very distinctive on my skin, like in Fancy Nights of JS. The fragrance sits close to skin, but so all white musks, they rather your own skin scents, not for projection in radius of ten miles, but for own enjoyment and peacefulness. I wonder if the name Nomade means “wandering musk”, because in many angelica-centred fragrances the qualities and layers are wandering all over the place, like nomads, but I give thumbs up, because I get the feeling of relaxation, peaceful feeling, very centred and positive.

"Vegetal musk" it is, indeed. The opening is a little herbal, a bit of angelica, a bit of non-sweet amber. For me, there are two distinctively separate stages to this scent (with a strage overlapping bit in the middle), and it's the latter part I love. The middle part is a little strange but still addictive. The herbal and cozy mixes to crate a strangely shiny smooth impression that's a bit... plasticky? But it's not bad, at all! The second part is all cozy, warm, comfortably sexy and skin-like. Absolutely beautiful! I got the body cream as well and that goes straight to the second part from the get-go! :-) Love this.

Just got a really cute 15 ml bottle of this. It was a blindbuy and I couldn't be more pleased. It's a very natural earthy, musky, incense fragrance with a little bit of sweetness (the amber probably). It stays close to the skin but is noticeable and very pleasant. It's a very interesting fragrance because it's almost like it's alive on my skin and as it dances around I get a little different note each time I smell it. Sometimes it's more earth and other times more smoky or musky. When I have used this little bottle to the last drop (of which I'm sure I will ) I'm definitely going to buy myself a large bottle!

Soft, sweet, and subtle perfumes are my favorite kind of perfumes because I mostly only wear fragrances to sleep. This is really beautiful. It captures the wispy yet intense sweetness of taking a tiny puff of fruity cotton candy and placing it on the tip of your tounge. As the sugar melts you can feel the dopamine releasing in your brain like Pop, pop, Pop! This perfume is delicate and innocent. I could wrap my infant daughter in a blanket spritzed with this and she would smell lovely: capturing her innocence, her sweetness, her perfection. I'm a big fan!

nutty sweet soft... the rosewood here is superb. nice combination with the musk. i agree with most ppl here that the musk is not animalic. its rather soft. this really reminds me of a discontinued gem from crabtree and evelyn called nomad, both are clean musk. despite the softness, i received a compliment from a collegue today saying that its too strong. when me myself couldnt really smell it. i guess its true that women are able to smell musk better than men. oh well... its still a 10/10 in my book. a really underrated gem.

I receive a bottle today - which i bought it online from eBay. I bought a 50ml size. It smell wonderful, soft and silky. it stay close to my skin. The opening is fresh floral musky notes. then the i can smell roses plus musk. Not strong, but very nice smell. Great to be wear at cold season. on my skin, it last for 5 hours, but i hope it more intense because it EDP for God sake. then i realize there is 100ml bottle, and i want to try it too. I dont know the different. Does anybody know?

I just don't know what to think but suddenly Musc Nomade became very strong and very pleasant to smell. At first i couldn't smell anything and now it seems that I want to wear it at all times. All my scents are kept in a closed and light protected cabinet but when I open it MN is all I can smell mysteriously and it is not a shy or weak "personality", it is a very hungry beast. I love it. Cold weather is not the best of times to try a new scent.

Update : after years of collecting perfume, I do realize that few of my perfume smell almost identical and almost similar to each other, including this. This is the perfume that I mean : Bvlgari Rose Essentielle Lanvin Rumeur Annick Goutal Musc Nomade Narcisso Rodrigues For Her EDP Sarah Jessica Parker Lovely Don't you think they share the almost same smell??? Gosh, I have each of them!!!

I was lucky one to find AG MN eau de parfum in small 15 ml edt.I ordered 3 bottles of them,just in case... Very Human Perfume,I mean ,natural ,does not dissagreed with my body chemistry and radiates natural energy . It is just better me,in smell ,I mean..Hehe I tried to put some drops of perfume into my body lotion and the result was amazing ...Love

WOW!! This is an angelic fragrance,delicate and pure. It evokes something I had never heard, innocent perfume of other worlds. The white musk is divine and is always present in the background.... it is wonderful, and for me is a masterpiece by Annick Goutal. Thanks for this! Sillage: 6/10 Longevity: 8.5/10 Scent: 10./10 Overall: 10./10

This musc is hard to describe because it smells so fuzzy, unique and authentically musky. It is a clean musc but also smells like real skin. I always get compliments when I wear this despite its subtle presence. It’s not oppressive or offensive. On me, it smells like a perfect blend of incense and Castile soap.

On my skin Musc Nomade startet light, pure,oriental fresh, like something from Etro.And I feel notes of cytrus. Next is more oriental like little Opium , Etra, Yvres. Very elegant and light. Is very interesting scent. Very personal.Very good for woman in spring, summer,fall.

Such a gentle comforting breath of a fragrance! Like the person stirring beside you in bed in the early morning, or a ray of sun trough a silent room when you ́re lost in thought. It ́s gone just as fast as that. But beautiful while it lasted.

If Laphroaig Single Malt peated Whisky, which is said to smell like hospital bandages from a burn victim, created an Eau de Parfum, this is what it would smell like. My new signature scent. I LOVE IT!

I have to say that so many of the reviews here have made me chuckle to myself- so entertaining! And I'm feeling grateful beyond words that I can still smell this fragrance on myself the day after...

It smells warm and cozy. Perfect smell when you feel a little cold. It's a comforting smell. The musk is simply amazing. I really love it, but I would've prefer that the scent last longer though..

This one smells like the person who sleeps next to you. Sometimes nice, sometimes different, but always lovely and just human. My favorite clean musc.

Immortale semplicemente magnifica fragranza peccato che duri poco nell'arco della giornata.....io l'adoro!!!!!!

lighter version of Ambre Fetiche; goes on amber and musk; lovely but doesn't last; close to skin and natural

elegant and minimalist, yet very much present. the most beautiful musk in a fragrance in my opinion....

This is what angels smell like after sex...

Just rediscovered my little 15 ml bottle of this. Almost empty and easily forgotten among them bigger bottles. Re-smelling it makes me smile. Musc Nomade is a beautiful and very comforting vegetal musk. When I first bought it many years ago, I didn’t like it at all. I was in love with the bottle, which is not the new one pictured here. To me it was too musty and old “stuffish”. Today that is exactly what I like about it. It smells like visiting old antique markets on a cool autumn day. The outdoorsy ones, where you stroll a long with a warm drink in your hand and plenty of time to just be. Long coat, big wollen scarf, chunky boots browsing through old books, drawings, glas christmas ornaments, antique jewelry, heavy crystal flacons, silver cutlery on worn out porcelain plates and intricate hand-decorated fabrics from an era of craftmanship that is long gone. It could be anywhere, but most likely one of the european capitals. Pouces de Saint-Ouen in Paris, Portobello Road in London or the Vrijmarkt in Amsterdam. It kind of fits the same space as Miller Harris’ L’Air de Rien. They are both cosy earthy muscs that smell very human. Slightly powdery (with L’Air de Rien being more so), dry and warm with a hint of either incense or papyrus. The difference to me is that L’Air de Rien feels like cosying up indoors in an old library or a “downstairs” kitchen with a gigantic old stove, whereas Musc Nomade is more outdoorsy. They are both intimate fragrances, but with excellent lasting power and highly recommendable if you like this type of muscs.

This is a sad, sad day. After a long day at work, I arrived at home to find a delivered package containing Musc Nomade and Ambre Fetiche. With a wagging tail I tore open the package and eagerly applied Musc Nomade to my wrist and started huffing away. Snort. Snort. WTF? Snort. Oh no. I am not able to smell parts of this composition. The musc note is incredibly faint and I think I’m detecting ambrette, but otherwise only pale amber with a touch of chicken soup fades in and out. As such, I will refrain from rating Musc Nomade because, sob, I just can’t smell it! Take my advice: do not blind buy Musc Nomade!!!! Next day edit: OK, this is completely perplexing, but now I think I can smell the composition. The musc is almost a texture, not a discernable note. I’m finding the MN experience very subtle and almost spooky. It’s like the ghost of someone’s flesh lingers in the air, but it is difficult to really describe what that flesh smells like; it’s sort of like a faded memory that keeps snuggling with you. This is hands down the creepiest review I’ve written and I’m going to stop typing now. Two days later: Yes, I can definately smell blackberry-musc accord, but the problem is that I need to dump half the bottle on my head to detect the whole composition. Final verdict: MN is a unique, comforting musc with an almost haunting beauty. It is, however, wimpy beyond belief.

This is probably the fragrance i like the least from Les Orientalistes (line that i LOVE) and also the one that is more distinctive. As i said in Myrrh Ardente this line of perfumes evokes fallen civilizations of ancient times, all adorned with the glory of their history, the exotism of such an ancient time and mythology, etc and they make us imagine a nubian queen sitting on her throne with one of those incese cones they used to use that melted slowly over their hair filling the air with luxurious exotic deep fumes, this Musc Nomad reminds instead the ruins of such civilizations. its cold, it is mineral, instead of the clean aspect of most musks, this one has a dirty touch to my nose, kind of the scent of stones...avobe all, mineral, very mineral. Maybe that's why i like it the least...it is an interesting fragrance, yes, but it lacks the voluptuosity, sensuality, warmth, exotism, and at the same time mithological, deep ancient touch that the rest of the line has. If Myrrh Ardente, Incense Flamboyant and Ambre Fetiche (my fav) are like traveling in time and visitng Cleopatra in her temple in the warmth of Egypt, covered with jewels, rich ambers and icnenses purifying the place, her magnificent presence distant yet alive...Musc Nomad would be like seeing her statue now in our time....

well i have tried this so many times. i have two different bottles now and two different experiences with them. the 15ml bottle (2018) seems clean and musky, a dash of incense, a faint angelica. no woods particularly. something sweet and clean. I'm thinking baby's head here for some reason. the 100ml bottle (2012) is full on skanky. there is smoke and civet too. warm skin. incense. woods. labdanum (very background though). the nozzle actually smells of clean washed saddles. it somewhat reminds me of less scratchy L'Air de Rien, yet lighter and sweeter. i prefer this to the Miller Harris, which to me, often just smells rather strongly of scalp. ok, the two bottles smell very similar, but up close, one growls, the other doesn't. what an odd experience. love them both. i really enjoy Les Orientalistes collection by Goutal and recommend anyone to try all of them, if you like incense and intrigue. they really are very beautiful (to my nose anyhow). my favourite is Myhrr Ardente ,which actually reminds me of toasting marshmallows beside a camp fire.

Musc Nomade is a delicate, quiet, earthy musk. Kind of reminds me of being alone in the wilderness at twilight, when a bit of night fog is still swirling around in the air. The big word with this perfume is SUBTLETY. There are many notes, but they are so subtle it took a long time and many tests to figure out exactly what I am smelling and when. It has odd top notes, an unlikely combo of something waxy vegetal blended with a hint of leather. I get the same impression every time I wear it. This combo soon wears away completely. A slightly powdered musk appears, but mostly I notice a lot of amber and woods, more so than musk. There is also a vanillic note, which adds a little something sweet. In the drydown I smell something a bit like dried herbs, which luckily aren't tangy. Definitely an interesting musk, but this would not be a great choice if you are looking for a sillage bomb because, again, it's very subtle.

MUSK!! I love the sweet/sweaty/powdery/fatty smell of dirty musk. My favorite. I have as yet to meet a dirty musk that I don't like. Musc Nomade is unique for the vegetal qualities lent by ambrette, angelica & Bombay wood. Somehow that contrast makes it even dirtier. I appreciate that the modest sillage allows me to wear it out and about. Powdery and slightly herbal/green-ish. I get a slight smell of aloe? Fresh aloe. Not body lotion aloe. Weird confession: I like to apply this to the back of my boyfriend's neck / spine before bed so I can fall asleep smelling it. I am the man spoon. He absolutely hates the stuff but he obliges me because he can't smell it back there. Thanks, boyfriend!

This is a very special musk concoction. It's not a clean musk one would perhaps expect, but it doesn't fall into the dirty animalic musk either. It's balanced somewhere in between. When your loved one wakes up earlier than you in the morning and leaves into the bathroom, when you roll on their side of the bed, the sheets are little worn in, slept in, slightly damp and warm. That's the kind of musk this perfume has. It somehow stays close to the skin, it embraces you like a spectral figure with angelic wings. It's soft, powdery and slightly woody. Very pleasant and almost with human-like attributes. Simply beautiful.

elegante e delicato, questo muschio che sulle prime ricorda il musc di reminiscence per la sensazione animale e per le fave di tonka, vira presto su un muschio bianco lievissimo (per fortuna) sostenuto da mandorle e legni. a me pare proprio che sull'assestamento si tratti di un muschio che fa da sfondo ad un evidente sandalo, che però non compare minimamente nella piramide olfattiva. sarà il palissandro? non so davvero. quel che resta dopo un paio di ore, e che si mantiene a lungo, è uno skin-scent delicatamente dolce, un muschiato non invasivo, che a piccole dosi potrei usare finanche io.

I just got a sample of this and have to say it's a delightful fragrance. A semi-sweet luscious musk, amber and wood aroma. The tonka note reacts with other notes to simulate a kind of blackberry essence. This reminds me of something Frederic Malle would create. Very unisex. Longevity seems a bit lacking. But for half the price of a Frederic Malle fragrance (also known for fleeting longevity), I am seriously considering a bottle. Oddly, it seems this fragrance is very reactive to skin chemistry. Reading the reviews I see a strong polarization. So definitely do not blind buy this.

kioflare nailed the scent description, so I will not reinvent the wheel here. Aside of musk and ambrette, after 30 min or so, all I'm left with is amber (probably myrrh and vanilla, similar to Ambre Fetiche). A good scent, even if not groundbreaking, and would choose Ambre Fetiche any day over this one. Also, the poor performance, both in projection and longevity does not convince me in buying a full bottle, but I will enjoy the 15ml mini bottle I have (that is currently dirt cheap online). Spring/Fall days, unisex leaning a bit feminine, 30+

I blind bought a tiny bottle of this and it just arrived, oh the joy! It is a simply lovely musk, soft, powdery, walking in an Elizabethan garden, that's the vibe I get from this. It's light and delicate on me in the dry down phase, a good thing as the opening blast was somewhere between pure astringent alcohol and Tabu on me but that disappeared very quickly and it settled into a delicately skin scented light musk with floral undertones, almost a hint of a Victorian violet vibe here, even though flowers are not listed. Just lovely.

Soft, soft powdery woody/nutty/incense and Tonka bean, this is probably the least liked of Les Orientalistes, but I bought a small bottle because it's utterly unique. Not as medicinal as Myrrhe Ardente and no sharp, dry tang like Encens Flamboyant - but layering this with a rose or heavy floral would be tremendous. Try it before buying! My nose finds it comforting and calming, a soothing musk with no corners, it makes no demands. Musk fans may like, but if you want bite, this is not for you. This is a creamy-brown pillow of a scent.

Nice fresh laundry dryer scent with out sharpness of philosophy Clean. Slightly powdery, sweet and a touch animalic, like Dzing!, in the opening. Nice safe, easy to wear perfume. natural> UPDATE: My daughter asked what smells so bad? What is that gross poopsmell? In the opening the animalic smell is a little gluey-pee-ish on me, I guess. Tried again scent just doesn't wear well on me. After it settles a bit has a creamy musk that I really like but not worth waiting to get to it.

A gentle, natural musk. It's as if a warm breeze carrying earthy smells lingered on the skin. Everything about this fragrance is soft — softly woody, softly smoky, softly sweet, with a very slightly creamy undertone. There is a touch of floral, and also a certain green facet. Clean, but not a modern, sterile type of clean. It's warm, skin-like, and a bit mysterious. Very pleasant, but quite subtle.

I was hoping for more from this scent based on what other members here have experienced. On my skin, I dont get any herbal or bitter sweet nuances. From first application Musc Nomade is a soft, cozy, slightly sweet, skin scent without any projection. Its warm and pleasant yet very light. There are others to be had, with the same qualitiies for half the price.

Beautiful musk that is both clean and warm. I suspect it might have been reformulated, as the current version is slightly cleaner (it is much less ambered and rooty) and slightly fruitier than before. It is still really lovely though, with an incredible longevity on me of almost 24 hours, even after a shower.

❀ Musc nomade is a gorgeous transparent, almost crystal clear scent! It is herbal, dry & almost bitter. Its wonderful notes work perfectly when being layered with floral perfumes adding a touch of powder. If you are looking for a musky perfume quite different from any other in the market, this is for you!