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.

I've had the pleasure to test this in avant-premiere at my local luxury perfume shop and I'm wearing Nuit Etoilee on my wrist as I speak. I can tell it's a beautiful, fresh, nature-inspired fragrance that on my skin develops into a bit more citrus (lemon in the forefront) rather than fir or pine. The conifers are there too but they keep in the immediate background and together with a very leafy mint (definitely not the toothpaste type here), they bring an authentic outdoorsy air to the composition. There's also a specific dryness that's apparent as the perfume dries down, that's none other than my lovely friend the immortelle flower. Works very nice in here. Overall, this is a beautiful, cool night in a forest indeed, I do get the cracking cones metaphor in this scent (something crisp, woody, dry), but there's also a lot of citrus going on that turns it into a very summery scent. Nuit Etoilee is perfect for hot weather, perfectly unisex as well. It's very beautiful, but I still think I prefer Ninfeo Mio for my citrus, woods and nature fix :)

I have fallen in LOVE. Nuit Etoilee is a perfect example of the depth and soul of Annick Goutal's fragrances. I was initially only attracted to the beauty of the frosted midnight blue bottle. My first encounter with the fragrance found it too sweet. I didn't know how to appreciate the pine and fir balsam notes at the end. However, the salesperson gave me samples of it (after I have purchased another AG fragrance). Wanting to give this dark blue beauty another chance, I used Nuit Etoilee over the next few days after getting back home from work. It grew on me. Like an evolving relationship, Nuit Etoilee got under my skin, and I found myself anticipating getting home after work so I can spritz it on my shower-fresh skin for the evening. I started to really BE ABLE to imagine the magical world that is bottled in this fragrance. The pines and firs in the frosty Siberian night started to beckon. And I am hooked. This is a very comforting fragrance. It may not let you into its magical fantasy world easily, I am warning. But give it a chance.

I don't know why there aren't more pine fragrances out there. It took me a while to find the perfect one. Velvet Forest Wood was too watery and I'm not meant to wear Quorum or Pino Silvestre. Eau de Merveilles was nearly perfect with it's strong elemi note, but it was very changeable on my skin. Sometimes it was ORANGE, ORANGE, ORANGE and sometimes ambergris and sometimes lovely piney smelling elemi. I hesitated to try Nuit Etoilee because of the mint note. I'm just not a fan. Well, luckily it is very mild and natural smelling on my skin. Nuit Etoilee is definitely, for me, all about pine with a bit of orange and tonka. It's a bit sharp, but never reminiscent of car air freshener or cleaning products. Drydown is deeper, more resinous with a bit of natural sweetness coming from the maple syrup vibe immortelle has. Highly recommend this to anyone seeking a pine dominant scent that isn't ultra masculine Burt Reynolds style.

Oh my god I love this. First blast is something almost alcoholic, citrusy and minty and not altogether pleasant, but it quickly burns off and settles into something coniferous and green. It's a pine forest on a crisp winter morning, sans dirt, but for once, I'm okay that this scent is missing the fresh dirt, the moldering wood, the mossiness that I generally want in my forest perfumes. This isn't an atmospheric smell. It's far from realistic - I've never smelled the woods like this, so clean and perfect - but it's still beautiful, an Impressionistic painting of a forest somewhere, still under a layer of snow, with oranges. It's entirely fantasy, and I'm okay with that. Nuit Etoilée doesn't make me think of a starry forest night. This was an attempt to bottle the winter morning sun that comes slanting through the branches of the trees: pine needles, sunshine, nose on edge with cold. Peace in a bottle.

Masterpiece .... hit my soul, this perfume was able to bring me back in the woods when I collected mosses, resins ... there were pine, fir, pine needles, my hands smelled like this, everything was this smell ... all around nature. Nuit étoilée Evolves slowly, has a complex parfume, and it takes days to interpret. After about 20 minutes it turns into full-fledged starry night in a forest .. I love this scent, and I think that will buy! One And Only! It 'the first perfume I try Annick Goutal, and I was surprised! :) My soul thanks .. ♦♡ Sillage: 5/10 (it is light on the skin, but just reapply after a few hours) Longevity: 8/10 (Takes about 6-8 hours on me) Scent: 9.5/10 (Perfume divine, unique, magical, majestic, captivates the senses and do not let them more) Overall 10/10 According to my taste is a timeless scent, so you can wear in Summer, winter, spring and autumn. Suitable for any occasion :')

Ethereal poetry: a lazy walk on a chill late afternoon in an enchanted forest. Leaves under your feet, remnants of morning dew drops glistening on the grass while a shy setting sun is peeping through the rich foliage. Annick Goutal's scents are rarely scents only, they convey feelings, emotions, states of mind. Here we are transported in a calm, soothing place where there's no room for hatred, negativity, blue thoughts. Mint, fir and pine gift this scent with a rich freshness with the addition of a stupendous lemon which never fully takes the stage. Ethereal, I said, but not ephemeral or too light: the night is still ahead of us (we are only in the afternoon, remember?). Wait, please, wait for the night to reach its fullest and you will be gifted with a sweet drydown by the fava tonka smoothing the initial blast of freshness: the scent becomes deeper, stronger, riper. A MASTERPIECE

This is just-sublime and criminally underrated, masterfully blended, atmospheric but wearable. I grew up spending lots of time hiking on the East Coast in the US and this transports me to that time and place. For reference-I tend to love citrus and aromatic notes, spices (but not too pomander-centric), green notes, fig, naturalistic forest scents, pretty much any floral as long as they're not too bubblegummy sweet and cloying, tend to not love sticky plum notes or fougeres (but there are a few exceptions), ambers as long as there's not too much amberwood sticking out, agrestic and haylike notes, and patchouli as a tool but not as the main star (except Diptyque Tempo for some reason), and have a soft spot for some gourmands. All of that is to say-If you share those preferences, give this fragrance a shot. I daresay you'd even be happy blind buying an entire bottle.

This is quite beautiful! On my skin I smell the mint, pine and citrus notes the most. I'm not usually a big fan of things that smell of mint but the mint in this is so refreshing. They sure named this fragrance right. It reminds me of a cool summers night where the air is fresh and picks up hints from the forrest. The scent smells "expensive" and I'm sure the ingredients within are high quality. I also have to mention the bottle. It matches the scent. Very lovely indeed. My only complaint is that the EDT version sits very close to the skin and doesn't project very well. It seems very light. Maybe the EDP version is stronger? I'm not sure. It's not enough to deter me but I thought it was worth mentioning. Bottom line, I absolutely love Nuit Etoilee and I'm sure this is going to become one of my absolute favourites! Classy with a capital "C."

In my opinion, another masterpiece by Goutal. I needed time to understand it, but what a beautiful scent to wear, when you want and where you want, althought I think it deserves better than an office use. You can find in it its Family DNA : Sables, Mandragore, L'eau d'Hadrien, even Ninféo Mio... If you like mint and citrus for the bright freshness (les étoiles), if you like pine and immortelle for the depth (la nuit), this one is for you. Average sillage and good longevity. A nice trip in forest, under a "nuit étoilée". [...] Mon auberge était à la Grande Ourse. - Mes étoiles au ciel avaient un doux frou-frou Et je les écoutais, assis au bord des routes, Ces bons soirs de septembre où je sentais des gouttes De rosée à mon front, comme un vin de vigueur ; [...] Arthur Rimbaud, Ma Bohème.

I cannot say anything that hasn't already been said about Nuit Etoilee. It is magical, it feels like a breath of fresh night air, when the wind loses its heat from the day and it starts to get cool outside, and you can smell the firs, and the woods, and see the stars. Those nights, and this perfume, can make you feel kind of crazy and happy at the same time. Balsam fir smells a bit minty/citrus/pine which they've conveyed beautifully. Nuit Etoilee I think would wear well any time of year. The only reason I don't love it is because I wish it was stronger and lasted longer. The strength/longevity are not bad for an Annick Goutal, but I really wish this projected more and lasted all day vs. wearing close for 4-5 hours. Still I highly recommend this.

For few reasons I love it: it reminds me of what my son smells like when we come back from a walk in frosty forest. Nuit Etoilee brings this association to my mind - of a crisp, biting air around in the coniferous forest hidden under the snow. Other association is rather summery - sometimes I pick fresh, aromatic mint leaves in the heart of the forest, they smell and taste much better than the garden ones. But this again brings winter to my mind - I use dried mint leaves to make a tea in the winter. And there's a smell of a heated pine forest cover in the summer during the drydown in Nuit Etoilee. Such a realistic interpretation, I really adore it. Like I adore northern coniferous forests in my country.

I didn't expect to fall in love with this. But I have. This is a little gem to cherish...just lovely. It takes me to Estes Park in the winter after a snowstorm, the kind that covers the pine trees, the sky full of stars, then coming inside by the fire to drink hot peppermint tea. Yes, Christmas in a bottle. Then there is the drydown. It is just heavenly.With a vintage feel. I get powdery, could it be the tonka bean and angelica? Because it cetainly is angelic. The pine and mint stays softly in the background. This is my first experience with Annick Goutal, and I have to say I am very impressed. It now tops my must have list...it's just lovely! This for me, is a Rocky Mountain Christmas! Exquisite.

It is not discontinued, unless this new one is entirely fresh on notes. Seems like it is to my nose , reading notes. This comes off of the skin for a good 2-3 hours, and around you floats a soft, yet grown tomatoe leaf. Green, earthy, FRESH vines. The mint drifts in as a companion to this leaf, and tonka aswell, 20-30 minutes in. Awesome day time scent. Absolutely magical. That said, idk when to wear this. Pure vacation scent. For how well blended and beautiful this is, 9/10. The performance does leave a bit lacking, 6.5/10 but that is kind of standard now. This is a perfect fresh weather day. It carries a vibe about it that screams "I cook, I dress well, and I'm here to feel good!"

Ok, so I must admit I am not a great fan of Goutal scents, they just don't work for me but this one...well this is one is a different story. I sniffed it in the store first and thought 'yuck' but I got a little sample today and sprayed it on my skin and...WOW...this reminds me very much of Hermes Eau des Marveilles only less citrusy and more resin-y, love the pine-y citrusy/herby dry down very much. It's meant to be a unisex fragrance but I would lean more towards male fragrance because of all the pine/herbs etc. Having said that, I would quite happily were it myself. Think it would work particularly well in winter time as somehow I associate this scent with Christmas.

Really lovely. Subtle fresh gentle and deep. Only thing is citrus is a bit too much. I think this can be countered with like a body oil to accentuate any other note you personally want to highlight more. It’s the kind of scent that cooperates well like that. But yeah it imparts a beautiful sense of serenity upon me it’s almost poetic just to have this cloaking my body. And the bottle is stunning. The blue one pictured above. I will keep it to use when I run out and fill it up with something else Edit: the dry down is seriously gorgeous....once that citrus smooths down its impeccable . An angelic immortel hugs me glittering with a slight tang from the citrus leftover

one of my recent purchase ONE WORD I LOVE THIS SCENT from goutal its very refreshing. It does makes you think of a cold weather snow flowing walking on the road with pine trees all around for me this scent very relaxing and calming reminds of childhood. I really love the pine note here the top notes are somewhat very common but does not last long as the pine kicks in right away making the scent more brightly or cooling as it dries down the scent becomes greeny with just a small kick of sweetness all notes blends together very nicely performance 5-6 hrs moderate projection. I got mines for 62usd niche quality, smell wise, performance wise, average.

I love mint, and there are a lot of good minty perfumes out there, but unfortunately most of them are manly-unisex.Nuit Etoilee is a different story, it's feminine. To my nose it is definitely an all-about-mint perfume,pine is very-very subtle as well as citruses, they are just a frame for a beautiful soft and creamy (tonka bean, angelica, maybe orange)mint. It's a very Annick Goutal perfume. I guess people, who like Mandragore like myself should try NE, they definitely have the same style. It also reminds me of the Eau D'Hadrien (which I don't like), I would call them relaives, but NE is a more sophisticated one.

I am getting a slightly different experience with the Annick Goutal Nuit Etoilee but an equally beautiful experience nonetheless. From first spray to dry down, this is a real gorgeous and creamy scent. I don't know why but I am getting a lot of freshness from the mint yet it remains luscious with hints of milky sweet nuts which I can only imagine is coming from the tonka beans. Wow! Such a scent that could evoke visions of dreamland. It stays close to my skin but still quite easy to detect its subdued but appealing presence. It is now my favorite scent from Annick Goutal.

Review is for EDT Wooden open terrace is lit by lamps from the kitchen and real green-tree is standing there, waiting when last icicles will drop and melt down, so the tree will make it's fragrant way into the living-room. The house will start to smell like winter forest, fir aromatic needles and resinous aroma with droplets of galipot that cover the bark. Nuit Etoilee will fill the hall, the dining room and climb upstairs, to change the real world into surreal. Definitely bright, minty fir with teeny-tiny touch of citrus.

Simply GORGEOUS! I am totally in love with this fragrance. All together I get the scent of potpourri, but by the notes I do get how some can pick up mint, citrus, and woods; for some reason it just reads as one thing to me. One thing is for sure it is very feminine IMO, and Im not sure why but it makes me think of lace. I cant really imagine a man (who wears only male frags) wearing this comfortably. The only drawback to this one is that the longevity lasted about 5 hours on me.

A forest fairy perfume (or an elf). Freshness from the mint, pine, then citruses. Smells natural to me. After 15 min It's really like if I rubbed myself with sweet mint and pine needles. The citruses are prominent after 30min or so. Overall an unusual and smart perfume. Not girly, nor manly. Only downside.... it's not long-lasting. I need to reapply every couple of hours or so. It's wonderful if sprayed heavily in hair though. I cannot believe they discontinued that one, again.

I tried this one in a boutique and at first remained deluded because I expected pine to shine sooner. And it does not give you the pine at first. But then it really starts to shine, and this is really great - it's not a flat simple perfume at all. Very well done. For me it's an August perfume, because it delivers the same contrast: hot day and chilly dark night, when pine trees smell so wonderfully radiating their natural woody scent with the heat accumulated during the day...

This edt smells like zesty lemon tea to me. Very very happy lemon tea. I feel like it cleanses my lungs, and clears my head. It's more like aromatherapy or a mood booster for me, than a perfume really. It's just something I would wear for my self on a day I'm feeling down and need a little lift me up. EDIT: tested the EDP too, but I actually prefer this one. They are very similiar, but this one is has a balmy smooth feel to it that i miss in the EDP.

Minty freshness, mixed with a pineforest. And somewhere in that forest there is a house with a whiff of smoke coming out of the chimney. Is there anyone else who can smell smoke in this scent? Lovely by the way. I think I'm going to try/buy the edp too. Intriguing. Edit: should have stuck with the edt, the edp is smoother, and has less edge than the edt. So, if in doubt: pick the eau the toilette (in the square male bottle it is often lower priced).

Very lovely spring summer warm weather fragrance that actually works well in any season for that matter...opening is very citrus minty and then pine & fir enter the scenario with orange & angelica presenting also...the warm pine and immortelle drydown smell remarkably similar to Serge Lutens' Fille en Aiguilles' drydown...a very enjoyable & versatile casual all season EDT fragrance. Sillage: moderate Longevity: moderate to long-lasting

Lovely. Bought blind from TK Maxx 100ml for £30.Read the reviews here before I opened it and am not disappointed.I really like it and sprayed it on my husband too. He came downstairs to tell me he loves it and will be borrowing. It reminds me of Herba Fresca by Guerlain. What a bargain. I'm not worried about projection or sillage because am just happy to smell this on myself for a few hours and if I have to reapply thats great!

Lovely. Bought blind from TK Maxx 100ml for £30.Read the reviews here before I opened it and am not disappointed.I really like it and sprayed it on my husband too. He came downstairs to tell me he loves it and will be borrowing. It reminds me of Herba Fresca by Guerlain. What a bargain. I'm not worried about projection or sillage because am just happy to smell this on myself for a few hours and if I have to reapply thats great!

A cool, starry night, old growth trees with thick bark, mysterious moonlight, tramping on dried pine needles and leaves, sweet scents carried on night air, having no particular place to be but here. This perfume is one of the few that moves me to tears, I love it so much. For once there is truth in advertising.

Annick Goutal - Nuit Étoilée Eau de Toilette Pine needles + mint leaves. I live at the foot of a mountain range, and just before the dawn breaks I would rise up to hike its wooded slopes. "Nuit Étoilée" reminds me so much of those mornings when the air was brisk and the forest floor littered with leaves.

I just love this scent! I wore it to a summer evening wedding under the stars, and it was exquisite. This scent now takes me back to that night, full of loveliness and promise. Nuit Etoilee is warm yet cool, soft and sparkling, magical yet approachable. And apparently discontinued. Grrrrr.

This is unlike anything I've ever smelled and it's very unusual, I can't stop sniffing. It's woody and sweet and it really does evoke the feeling of a starry night in the woods. It's one of those reminiscent smells that brings up all sorts of memories that you can't quite place.

Dont judge this by top note.very very lemony at first, but shortly turns to pine. :) I bought this because I thought it seemed like coloradoe, and it does! Very piney. I honestly don't detect much mint.this would be a sexy guy scent.not sure about women's.

Nuit Etoilee - absolutely stunning. Perfect forest perfume. Cold and wet, yet warm and cozy somehow. Crisp and elegant. Gorgeous! And the most beautiful bottle and colour. It's just how the perfume feels - cool and warm and comforting. Perfection.

Like a peppermint flavoured stick of rock with a touch of pine. Lovely. The only thing I don't like is the bottle - beautiful blue colour with gold accents, but it's too clunky. Not the pretty, elegant bottle I expected.

I got my blue-wonder-bottle today and I love it. Smell a little bit like a orange-peppermint-chewing-gum... I can smell also pineapple, its not listet... maybe because of the Siberian pine??? ;-) LOVE FROM LOUVE !

I smell citrus, mint and pine needles. The notes sound as though they would be harsh, but they are soft and sweet.

Sexy and relaxing and the same time. Great for a cozy fall day !! Love it , not over strong just right !!!

Unique and tranquil, just as I had imagined. Cooling, refreshing contrast to Texas three digit heat.

The perfect winter/Christmas scent. Cold, crispy, but somehow warm inside. A real masterpiece.

One word: winter Christmas in a bottle love this ❤️

I think this is a very natural smelling fragrance. It opens up with a very prominent mint note that eventually fades into a very realistic pine and fir (maybe a bit too realistic) dominant fragrance. The transition is quite interesting to me because the fragrance shifts from an initial minty fresh opening into a very green, piney base. It doesn't Smell like pinesol or any kind of cleaner though. It smells like someome chopped up a pine tree then heaped all the logs, branches, leaves and chips into a corner of the lawn. Imagine sitting by a window, or on the patio while the scent of that felled tree moves in your direction. I think the pine note also has a resinous woody quality to it...almost the same vibe I get from varnish if that makes any sense. I didn't get it before but after a few wearings, I actually detect, in a more than subtle way a very present tonka note. I think I've smelt it before but have only now realised what it actually is. I think the tonka adds just a tiny bit of flavor and sweetness to the woody pine facet that dominates the latter stages of this fragrance. I actually noticed it because I own a bottle of viaggio d'Africa which has a very prominent tonka note that I think is used for the same reason as it is used in this however, in VDA its used in tandem with the vetiver to a much greater extent. While these two fragrances are very different, I think the tonka is very similar. They both smell like tonka seeds after the fibrous fruit was consumed and left to dry. Let's say after heaping the pine tree together you throw a few tonka seeds in the pile. The seeds may not over power the pine smell but they add just enough to take the sharp edge off the pine. I think that this fragrance is more a work of fragrance art than it is a mass produced crowd pleaser. It's not bad at all but I don't think its everyone's cup of tea. despite the name I think it's best suited for daytime and works best as a casual fragrance. I think it'll do well in warmer or cooler climates. longevity and sillage are okay but could be better. I haven't received any compliments as yet. Will I finish my bottle? I most certainly will. Will I purchase again? Maybe not. Am I intrigued enough to try other fragrances by AG? Yes I am. Do I recommend? I recommend that you at least smell this if you like minty, woody, resinous, natural fragrances.

Nuit Etoilee is a magical, aromatic composition inspired by the scents of nature. There is the sweet warmth of the woods and the fresh coolness of the night, brightened up by sparkling citruses. I really love the concept behind this fragrance; the bottle, the name, the colour – all match the scent perfectly. It truly resembles a cool, starry night in a forest...The dense, soothing aroma of dry pine bark is truly intoxicating, and the cool freshness of mint and citrus – invigorating. The mint, although quite prominent in the opening, isn't too cold or sharp. It's soft, sweet, and smells very true and natural, like a real mint leaf; rather than synthetic and 'toothpasty'. The drydown is sweetened by the immortelle flower, which has a thick, syrupy quality. There is also my beloved note – tonka bean, which is only slightly present in the base, but enough to give the overall composition some beautiful warmth and depth. My boyfriend always says that Nuit Etoilee smells like a really good air freshner. Although I can see where he is coming from, I think there is far more to this fragrance than just that. This is a very rich, complex and unusual composition, and I think that it takes some time to truly understand it and appreciate its originality. To me, Nuit Etoilee is very special and unique, so special that I often cannot think of an appropriate occasion to wear it... Sometimes I like spray it just before going to bed, and wrap myself in its sweet, soothing aroma... But I think it could work quite well as a refreshing day perfume for the summer. Overall, I'd say that Nuit Etoilee is one of the most unusual and interesting fragrances that I have ever come across. I really appreciate Annick Goutal for their quality and originality, and Nuit Etoilee is by far my favourite creation from this niche house. ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ

woody aromatic heavenly starry night. i concur - this is a masterpiece. don't fear the mint. it works. doing a side by side EDT / EDP: I did a 1000 piece jigsaw of that Van Gogh painting. it took me days and by the time i finished i had ended up studying every brush stroke and every hue of blue, gold and green. Both perfumes share the blue mint, the golden citrus and the evergreen woods. there is a sweetness and a touch of powder. EDT is brighter, more airey, more "perfumed", outdoorsy, less sweet. i am sensing more angelica in this one, or perhaps it shows up more, because this base has no amber to cloud it. EDP has the EDT structure, over a thick chocolatey amber, that to me smells rather like Elizabeth Shaws after dinner chocolates (both the orange and the mint flavours). this version heads towards edible and of course is stronger. the EDT remains light, fresh and airey. greener. the EDP's more golden, sweet amber wafts under my nose from the start. i sense more woods than i expected in both dry downs, beneath all the green needles. both silky smooth and uplifting. the EDP is walking indoors from the snowy night, shaking off the boots and opening the door to a warm room, lit golden by the xmas tree. warm dark embers in the fire, a blue armchair, with a decanter, a glass and that choc for Santa. the EDT is leaving this cosy room behind and taking that starlit walk in the cold forest. i prefer (and so does my 6 year old) this one, the EDT. and that's perhaps is because the woods is my favourite place to be. i would recommend them both. both are beautiful. try the EDP if you love the sweetness of amber and prefer that touch more oomph that an EDP gives.

The word ethereal seems to be such a good descriptor for Nuit Etoilee. I could hug a man returning to the cabin smelling of this pine. Not grandpa’s pine tar soap, but the lingering caress of green needles against plaid. I can smell a flesh-and-blood forest faerie bathed in the essence of Nuit Etoilee. I can even smell the sweet head of a little forest babe in the gentle, perfumed air. I lived in Minnesota for seven years and know well the smell of the Northwoods. Nuit Etoille evokes impressionist memories. I was reminded of a North Shore hike with my uncle, a legendary hiker who had me sampling old man’s beard and rubbing the needles of coniferous trees to identify their olfactory imprints. Here my experience meets Nuit Etoilee. I don’t smell sawed wood like the cedar cabin or the pine chest or industrial logging. I smell the essence of one who has arrived home after a day in the forest. I smell the oil of the needles like delicate breath exhaling into Minnesota’s starry night sky. Nuit Etoilee introduces itself in a strange way...an intense, almost-nothingness almost like atomizing witch hazel, lemon, and mint. When I say mint, I don’t mean spearmint. I mean basil encroaching on black licorice. Nuit Etoilee maintains that licorice standoffishness probably halfway through the day, and then I begin to pick up a sweetness in its movement. It stays true to itself throughout the day, without sillage yet ready to exhale once more as I move. It’s the impression of a forest world with no literal trees or essential oils. More importantly, a reminder that you were there.

Annick Goutal perfumes have a mystical quality to them -- they call to mind forest fairies, nymphs, and unicorns. Nuit Etoilee certainly fits into this imaginative landscape. Strangely, the notes here don't seem like they would work: peppermint and pine would not be my first choices for favorite fragrance notes (I don't want to smell like toothpaste, and I don't want to smell like a cleaning product). BUT...I find myself enjoying this immensely! The mint in the top note is quite prominent, but it is tempered with a bit of sweet orange, juniper berry, and fir needles. This exudes a cool freshness -- what I would describe as "crisp." As the crispness settles, a hint of spices comes into play. I smell cinnamon and nutmeg (though not listed on the official notes). The honeyed, syrupy wonder of immortelle begins to unfold after a short time and grows more prominent and more seductive after a few hours. This mingles with fresh wood notes of pine and fir. This is not an intense, rich wood, but rather a bright, cold wood covered in snow. I most often associate winter with rich, sultry, exotic scents, so to find a winter/holiday perfume that is refreshing and crisp (yet still cozy) is unexpected. As with most Goutals, the sillage and longevity is not great, but I think this fact adds to the mysticism and elusiveness of the AG fragrance experience. If you've always wanted a signature cold weather or holiday perfume but don't like heavy orientals or gourmand scents, this would be one to consider.