Nuit Etoilee

First of all, a very good scent, even though it took my beloved a while to start appreciating it as much as it deserves. After she did, the bottle became empty much too quickly. It was my first Annick Goutal scent and I liked it from the first sniff. At the beginning it is a blast of citruses (more lemon - or citron as they say in the notes - than orange) and mint with a slightly sweet vibe. On me the citruses are gone first and the remaining mint becomes mixed with the pine forest smell. It is a beautiful combo. After the mint flies away, the forest stays there, but to me it smells very light and close to the skin. It seems my nose is getting old though, beacause other people could smell the conifer trees on me from like a meter away and did comment on it (they liked it). Tonka bean is listed in the base notes. Ususally I can easily detect this particular note. I don't say there is no tonka bean in Nuit Etoille, but I think it does not characterise this composition at all and is not important to this frag as a note on its own. Maybe it supports the conifer, I don't know. As for the longevity and sillage, from the beginning I felt I needed to spray it a lot over me (5 sprays at least). The atomizer here is unforgiving, you can't control the amount of perfume sprayed and it's always generous. So the bottle I had became empty all too quickly, like I mentioned at the beginning. As I think of it, I haven't yet encountered another 100 ml perfume flacon with such a short lifetime, at least in my hands.

I am new in my exploration of fragrances from house Goutal, but despite the great number of fragrances they produce, they will have difficulty excelling my experience with Nuit Etoilee. This sample is doomed and will be quickly consumed by my unslakeable thirst for this fragrance. I normally dislike lemon scents in my perfume, but this one opens with a mildly bracing lemon/mint that thrills me. The fragrance then broadens into a forest of conifers. This is rather like drinking limoncello by a campfire on the first nippy night of the year. Vie Cafe's description is wonderful, and she invokes the cleaning product vibe, though in a good way. I'm amused she said this, because when I wore this, I thought "if God had a pine tree freshener hanging from his rear-view mirror, it would smell like this." So would his urinal cake. NOT that I know what a urinal cake is or have ever seen one, since I'm female, but... On that note, I would be thrilled to be in the company of a man wearing this, but I think worn with confidence by a lady, it will be to the enjoyment of all those around her, as well as herself. This scent is a marked departure from my usual penchant for spicy and floral orientals, but what a wonderful departure it is. This is on my short list of perfumes I vow to own very, very soon.

I like the evocative or suggestive fragrances of moments, sensations, environments, trips or places, since these types of fragrances have more value, power and personality than others that simply smell good. That happens to me, among others, with Nuit Etoilee. From the beginning I perceive that nightly freshness, powerful, of a breeze of air: citrus and mint accompanied by the woods that contributes all that character that has this fragrance: a forest of spruce and pine mixed with each other raising that menthol character even to balsamic of NE, thus increasing even more that nocturnal character evocative of the aroma. The drying, although does not last long, has a woody point more balsamic and sweet tinted by the angelica that recreates an atmosphere of calm. In this case, I clearly perceive that walk through this landscape, wooded, calm, cool, even nocturnal, with only the lighting of the powerful light of the stars, diluted colors, intense blue, marine, green greens and white lights that blink all around peace and tranquility. If it were not for the moderate duration and weak wake would be a sensational fragrance because the composition and the aroma itself is excellent. Rating: 7.5

This is just so beautiful. this one brings me straight into winter wonderland. whit crisp snow. Cold air.a walk in the forest just breathing in all the beauty off this presuos moments off peace . joy and happines being out and free off all burden.. A realy calming fragrance for shure.. This i just new i wanted a bottle off as soon as i tryed it. I did not think in a million year that this looking at the note whit pine and al would be somthing for me.. boy was i wrong.. This is the moste exciting experiance i have had white a fragrance in a long longe time .. I was just blown away by its beauty ;) . Yes i had to try it a few time thinking can this realy be true ,is it to masculin.. do i realy want somthing like this whit this notes .. And all my heart an soul sayed yes .. i retested and retested his and could not get enough off it;) A real gem at this time off year . whit cristmas coming up and for this moments you want to remember all the memorys off crisp winterdays and christmas times ;) Offcourse not everybody will feal the same do to different kind off memorys and such . but this to me hit home big time . Want a bigger bottle off this for shure .. Bought a 15 ml but nead more ;)

Nuit Étoilée is one of the notable creations from the period after Annick Goutal’s passing, and it’s impossible not to mention the perfumer Isabelle Doyen here. She was Annick Goutal’s close collaborator and had been working with her since the very early days of the brand. In fact, most of the house’s well-known fragrances were created by her. After Goutal passed away in 1999, Doyen continued working with her daughter Camille. Nuit Étoilée is a fragrance they created together. The opening begins with mint and citrus. As expected, both are highly volatile materials, so the cooling effect arrives quickly and fades just as fast. The heart soon reveals the resinous character of conifer trees. Pine needles and fir bring a cool, slightly dry resinous woodiness, and there’s a faint herbal spiciness drifting through the air. In the base, angelica and immortelle introduce a gentle transition of herbal tones with a hint of soft sweetness. Overall the fragrance maintains a cool, green profile throughout. Projection and longevity are relatively light, like a night breeze passing through the forest, carrying a touch of cool woodland air.