L'Heure de Nuit

This scent really fulfills the brief of modernizing L'Heure Bleue and making it more accessible to a contemporary audience. All the things that make L'HB itself and quintessentially Guerlain are there--jasmine, orange blossom (orange flower being maybe the most dominant floral note), orris, heliotrope/coumarin/vanilla, and some resins and musk in the drydown--but all just calibrated and tuned in a different way. It still has that hazy vanillic Guerlain goodness in the background, but the thick and sticky heliotropin note is tempered a bit (Vanilla is really present though) and the floral core made a bit more transparent and luminous. Whereas L'Heure Bleue is really spicy, L'Heure de Nuit has some sprinklings of the clove, cinnamon, and whatever other spices live in L'Heure Bleue. I saw someone discussing the rarity of the Fol Arome re-release, but saying that L'Here de Nuit scratched the itch just enough and I actually have to agree smelling them both together. Fol Arome, itself, feels like a more transparently floral and herbal/agrestic version of L'Heure Bleue and L'Heure de Nuit definitely shares some DNA with that vintage unicorn. I get some of the Fol Arome peach and a sort of Citronella-like rosy note, and I also feel both L'Heure de Nuit and Fol Arome rely less on the doughy coumarin/heliotrope pairing that is more prominent in L'Heure Bleue. If scents remind me of each other, I like to smell them side by side to detect the differences...and doing so with L'Heure de Nuit and the Fol Arome reissue is interesting! There is actually a lot of similarity--so it looks like Thierry Wasser was inspired by Fol Arome even before the reissue of it--and therefore the distinctions really stick out. Some distinctly herbal notes that read as sage and carraway and a deeper animalic growl stick out from Fol Arome, and L'Heure de Nuit wallows in its vanilla a bit more. L'Heure de Nuit is rare too, but now that I have a big decant of it, I'm not nearly as sad that my last sample of Fol Arome is running out.

I just bought this beauty! This is what happens whenever I go to Montreal: I am so excited about being able to sniff some niche or higher end perfumes that I just cannot exert any cool self-control. It's the equivalent of the "now or never" deal. Do I regret it? Absolutely not! So what do I love about it? It starts bitter and powdery which is something I happen to adore. It may be the heliotrope (although there is no vanilla effect at this stage) or maybe some roots iris. Maybe there is some hidden violet? As it develops, the iris, musk and sandalwood become more present. It still is dry and powdery, with little or no rich or high pitched floral notes. Frankly, the listed jasmine and orange blossom are lost on me. But then... The dry down... It is simply magnificent. A very delicate yet present guerlinade. Iris and heliotrope are clearly present and so is sandalwood. No vanilla per se, but one gets the dry soft vanilla feeling. As for comparisons: yes I can smell a bit of l'Heure bleue... minus any spices. Since my skin just projects spices, l'Heure bleue ends up smelling somewhat like Mitsouko, which itself ends up smelling like dried moss and spice (and I mean dry... as in stale). So for me, l'Heure de nuit is like how l'Heure bleue should smell: tender, beautiful, a bit nostalgic, without the old arid desert scent of dry and unforgiving spices. But mostly, I find L'heure de nuit to be a more a approachable (and likeable) Après l'ondée... Less violet and green, but still delicate, dry and powdery. In fact, L'Heure de nuit is the most perfect combination of two perfumes I loved from afar, but could never wear... Spices and violets are not for everyone... So thank you, Thierry Wasser.

Maybe we should get this straight... When Thierry Wasser reinterpretated Jacques Guerlain's Heure Bleue in 2012 for the centennial after the initial release in 1912, he reconstructed it completely and initially called it Aurore. Aurore is the hour before sunrise (dawn) whereas Heure Bleue is the hour after sunset. So no surprise that Wasser's creation differs a lot from the one of JG. He privileged again the floral scents (mainly Iris and Heliotrope), still while limiting the powdery side of LHB. In 2012 the Guerlain house made a very few of "transitional" numbered special collector sets with each set containing 4 flacons of 30 ml (sold for 3000 €...): (1) LHB extract, (2) Zenith (Midnight) EdP (never reedited since then - something supposed to be in between LHB and HDN), (3) Aurore EDP (which was renamed Heure de Nuit thereafter) and (4) Aurore Extract. This was done to show the differences between the original LHB and its reconstruction by Wasser. In the end, Guerlain kept both creations and released Wasser's interpretation as Heure de Nuit (and dropped the name Aurore). On my skin LHB sometimes turns sour after a few minutes because of its powdery base (like quite a few other parfumes), whereas Heure de Nuit develops for many hours into a firework of scents, making it by far my preferred parfume of Guerlain. It's always useful to take a look on the transparent sticker fixed under the flacon: if you have a flacon of Heure Bleue with a sticker labeled "Aurore", it's a precious collector bottle, especially if it's the extract ... and it's Heure de Nuit!

Guerlain L'Heure De Nuit is an elegant lady wearing a demure pale blue dress without anything 'prissy' about her. She is nice, but not overtly so. She is classy but not arrogant. She is beautiful, but she doesn't show it off. I can describe this perfume as something vintage and classic, yet very pure and soft. At first impression i thought it smelled very clean and similar to baby powder. How I was wrong! It opens with a slightly citric white musk, mixed in with a bunch of gentle florals - iris, rose, and heliotrope. The heliotrope is not vanillic, nor almond-like, seen often in typical gourmand fashion. It bears a powdery undertone accompanied with the musk. Let it settle and breathe in its sillage. The flowers become more subtle eventually and this leads to a soft floral-woody-musk. The overall feeling I get is calmness and contentment. L'Heure De Nuit is suitable for a lady with a sense of self-assurance and inner confidence. She knows that she is nice, classy, and beautiful. She does not need you to notice her perfume. She is happy in her own peaceful aura.

I sampled this nearly by accident when purchasing something else... and it won my heart at first sniff. It is now one of my most used Guerlains (my favorite brand). I truly love this perfume because I can smell its resemblance to L’Heure Bleue, yet it has some citric notes that uplift it up and make it more optimistic and wearable. For context, I am a 30 year old woman. I own and adore the legendary classics but in all honesty I do wear Thierry Wasser’s modern versions of the classics more often than the classics themselves. For example I wear Shalimar Parfum Initial more often than Shalimar, and Iris Ganache more often than Après L’Ondée. So L’Heure de Nuit is really perfect for my everyday life. I wear it for myself, not for others. It doesn’t project that much and I have never gotten a compliment on it. But I am floating on a heavenly cloud every time I wear it, I feel at peace and very much myself. I have L’Heure Bleue Extrait but for a different kind of occasion, like an elegant soirée. Long live Guerlain 🤍

***I’m not sure how this is only lasting minutes on others skin. I wore a few dabs from my bee flacon in the 100 degree Texan heat and 4 hours later it’s still going strong- I have dry skin. My beautiful fragrance friend sold me 125 Ml flacon of a 2018 bottle. To my nose, this is L’heure Bleue with carnation and anise removed from the opening and mids and balsamic and amber notes removed from the base. I can’t believe there’s no Violet listed in the notes because it’s reminding me of a marshmallow powder puff version of insolence and by extension Apres L’ondee without the watery vegetal notes. LdN is smooth, sweet and mostly Iris, heliotrope and orange blossom but I also smell vanilla and something that smells of incense. I can’t wait to spend more time with her.

Fun fact number 1: It's incredible how fragrances can evoke associations and memories instantly upon smelling them even after more than a decade has passed. I had the pleasure of visiting the Guerlain boutique at the Champs-Elysees in Paris in 2006. It is 2018 now and I recently acquired a bottle of this fragrance. Well, let me tell you- L'Heure de Nuit is so "Guerlainesque" (yes, this is a word!!! :D) that I was instantly teleported back in time! This fragrance has that unmistakable powdery Guerlain women's fragrance DNA. It must be the combination of heliotrope and iris. Fun fact number 2: I can't wear this fragrance because I'm not a woman but I still have a bottle of it because I appreciate its quality and presentation!

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that I believe this scent could be a legend in the making. I got a bottle for my 50th from a best friend and as soon as I have the cash, I'm going to buy another bottle to hoard. Scents change and are reformulated, discontinued, disappear. I wish I had savored my bottle of Apres L'Ondee perfume more and allowed it to last now that it has become the holy grail and I only have about a quarter of an ounce left in a bottle I can't open because I broke the glass top off the stopper. I won't make that mistake with L'Heure de Nuit. It's no Apres l'Ondee, but it's good. Very good. Coming from an Apres L'Ondee devotee, I will say that' it's pretty lovely, alright.

This is basically L’Heure Bleue Eau Legere lol. It’s LHB with the medicinal vibe and heavy powder cut out, simplified and modernized and easy to wear. Thus it also reminds me of Apres L’Ondee and Esprit d’Oscar (which too is like a modern LHB, but very citrusy in comparison to LHdN), and more distantly, another heliotrope-centric frag: Ellen Tracy Bronze (much fruitier though). I can sense that classic distinct anisic opening that defines LHB and ALO but it’s toned way down here. The drydown is dominated by a sweet luscious heliotrope that’s definitely not PlayDoh-y to my nose, nor too almond-y or too vanillic. Good sillage and great longevity. A lovely delicate and powdery scent.

I think it hasn't been discontinued yet because it's available in the bee bottle as ordering directly at the boutique. Surprisingly, it's available at Guerlain boutiques at big department stores in Japan...(there are so many Guerlain obsessed people in Japan, so maybe prioritized?). But, you should wait the bottle since it's refilled in France so, ask specific info there or Guerlain customer service. I asked the boutique in Paris for the bottle of Chypre Fatal but, I was told that it's unavailable (no stock). It's really unprofessional while it's available in Japan but, not in Paris. Nuit d'Amore, Mon Precieux Necter, and Baiser de Russie? also available as well.

This is definitely the younger, prettier and more approachable sister of L'heure Bleue. It lacks the depth and guerlainade that is present in LHB, also the longevity isn't as good. It's a very lovely fragrance, it does feel like a more modern guerlain (along the lines of mademoiselle and petite robe noire). I don't think it's a love from me, I'll stick with LHB for now but I can see why people love this and may prefer it to other guerlain classics. EDIT: the longer I wear this the more I actually like it, it's almost identical to LHB in the dry down which is a bonus. If I didn't already have LHB I would probably consider getting a FB of this.

Anyone who curious how this smell just try Oscar de la renta it’s almost identical on the mid till the drydown.I just dont like Oscar opening way too sweet just give me a headache only if I smell close to the area tht I just spray.must be the tonka and the citrus overpowered the opening notes.lucky the lheure the Nuit opening till the drydown is fluffy,creamy and powdery just enough sweetness not too much is just done beautifully .definitely worth the price just hate the spray atomizer u need to spray lots of times to get enough perfume that u need it.sillage and longevity is good

This has to be brought back, together with Iris Ganache. They are so timeless, elegant, beautiful, something Guerlain is known for. We need this back at Guerlain. I am so not a fan of some of the latest launches, such as Florabloom and Neroli plein sud, as they simply lack elegance. Edit: I bought the discontinued as well Violet Blonde from Tom Ford, which is similar, in order to satisfy the craving for this makeupy profile, but honestly I feel that L’heure de nuit was better. It was a true Guerlain, unlike the boring money grabbers coming out of the house lately.

its exquisite. Soft powdery not too sweet vanilla violet. I'm a guerlain lover so purchased it as a blind buy and i am delighted. I have always wanted to love l'heure Bleue and kept going back to it in the hope of it growing on me but there was a note that just did not please me or quite fitted my taste. This is slightly reminiscent of LB but is softer and modern. its romantic, powdery yet clean, yes the longevity is not great but keep applying it!!! it is not a sexy perfume in the overt way but it has feminine charm and i shall enjoy wearing it in spring summer.

This is my most expensive perfume (bought with Christmas and birthday money from several kind people). I find it soft, comforting, melancholy and extremely well-rounded. It stood at the end of a long search in which something seemed to disturb me in nearly every perfume I tried. Finally - nothing disturbing here, only goodness and nostalgia. This was a few years ago. I still love this scent, also the bottle and the colour. It's a very safe scent for me. Sometimes I find the dry-down a bit too sweet.

The beautiful Iris fragrance I have been looking for. Soft sweet and timeless. The sweet I smell isn't gourmand but a floral sweet from orange blossom. The star is Iris with smooth vanilla unique to Guerlain. Great longevity and soft steady sillage while on clothes. I suggest spraying this perfume directly on your blouse, shoulders, chest, back of the neck and you'll be in heaven all day. I decant the fragrance into a small atomizer and I avoid using the bulb atomizer included.

L’Heure de Nuit is a magnificent powdery fragrance. To my nose it feels like a purer, cleaner and more refined interpretation of the L’Heure Bleue universe. The heliotrope here is extraordinary creamy, buttery, musky and beautifully powdery in a way I have rarely encountered before. The composition feels smooth, elegant and perfectly balanced, with a soft warmth that gives the perfume depth without ever becoming heavy. Sophisticated, luminous and quietly luxurious

Ethereal in its nature, L'Heure de Nuit is an ode to Queen Elizabeth II. Exuding a delicate grace and whimsical elegance that she so very much did. Though I heard that she wore L'Heure Bleue I still associate L'Heure de Nuit with her instead. I need not say much more as the fragrance itself can speak a thousand words, more fluently than any other can. Today, I wear this for her. Rest In Peace 🕊

This is soooooooo lovely! This lasts much longer on me that LHB does on ANY day. Some of you are very angry about this fragrance. I can understand being disappointed, but *brrrrr* no need for anger! lol "lalalovesroses" said it best (for my opinion anyway) out of the reviews I read. Lovely, powdery, floral...classy. Right up my alley!

This smells to me a little like my older sample of LHB, decanted before the current terrible reformulation. This restores something of LHB's beauty and softness, though not its full anise-vanilla depth and plush. I appreciate what TW tried to accomplish with this. Not LHB, but LHB refreshed and reborn. I think it's lovely.

I loves me a high quality Guerlain. I got my sample from the Perfumed Court, and it seems samples are increasingly difficult to come by. Do try it, as a powdery iris is rare to find in this quality. Like others mention below, it's sad this was discontinued. I hope they bring it back, and with a stronger iris note.

@ Onitron, go ahead and wear it! I wear all kinds of masculine fragrances and hey, Sean Connery wears Jicky, Michael Jackson wore Bal a Versailles. Men even wear Angel and Chinatown. You wear it, sir!

Gorgeous. Can't believe this was discontinued. Very soft sillage and average longevity. Edit: this lasts quite a long time, especially on fabric.

I enjoy very this scent from early evening onward. It is very much like L'Heure Bleu but so much more wearable. Sexy in a coy way.

Blissfully lovely. It is a bit strong at first and reminds me of LHB which I don't really like that much, but after a few minutes it settles down into a much lighter scent that is ultra cozy, soft, sweet (in feel, not literally-it is not sugary at all), and cool and breezy unlike LHB which is very warm and spicy on me, almost pungent and just far too powdery. This one definitely had a powdery vibe to it but it does not smell like literal powder. There's something airy,cool, and breezy about it which keeps it from ever getting suffocating and makes it wearable in almost all weather (excluding maybe very hot, humid weather) but it is also so soft and comforting, like a hug, making it suitable for day and night. LHB has a bit of an oriental vibe to it, this does not. I get mostly musk, heliotrope, iris, and violets, with nuances of fuzzy but not sugary vanilla. As it dries down the vanilla becomes more prominent and balmy, and when the cool iris dies down a tad the composition warms up, but all phases are equally excellent.It's almost like Malle's L'eau de Hiver, but with a healthy dose of guerlinade and a more vintage vibe (although it is timeless, and ageless). This is one of those "anytime scents", relaxing-meditative even, refined and sophisticated, innofensive yet unique, and sweetly romantic. It is as beautiful as the bottle and the color really matches the feel of the scent perfectly. If you like Apres L'ondee but find it a little weak, and want to like LHB but find it too strong or cloying, you MUST try this! It's definitely the perfect OG guerlinade scent (the other older/older smelling Guerlains that I love are all chypres) for me ♡

Update: I do love L'Heure de Nuit but the more I wear L'Heure Bleue EDT the more I prefer it. L'Heure de Nuit is nice for a relaxing evening but L'Heure Bleue brings the drama when I need it and I would rather have it in my rotation if I had to choose. I like to layer them. I have had my bottle since 2021 and it is still fresh and beautiful. I am going to try to use it up though. My Goutal La Violette from 2019 has gone off and become stale. It does work nicely though as a room spray. L'Heure de Nuit is quiet contentment in a bottle. I enjoy wearing it in the evening when I can sit and enjoy its company. For a special treat, I will wear L'Heure de Nuit and drink a cup of hot tea with lavender in it. If soft purple had a smell, I think this would be it. I love L'Heure Bleue and Apres L'Ondee also. I think L'Heure de Nuit is my favorite though. Heliotrope takes the place of violet in L'Heure de Nuit and adds just a slight touch of almond. Blended with the iris it is smooth and powdery. Neroli brings an edge of bitterness and keeps L'Heure de Nuit from being sweet. It is so beautifully blended. I wear it sparingly because it has been discontinued. I hope someday to find another bottle. I join the chorus in asking Guerlain to please bring it back.

As a continuation of L’Heure Bleue, this fragrance keeps the soul of the classic while making it lighter and more in tune with a contemporary pace of life. It’s a good example of using modern techniques to reinterpret that elegance. Thierry Wasser, the successor chosen by Jean-Paul Guerlain, truly understands the heritage. He preserves the sensual powdery texture and floral outline of L’Heure Bleue, while removing some of the heavier, more classical elements such as anise, clove, and dense musk. In their place, he introduces more transparent notes like orange blossom, iris, and vanilla, giving the fragrance a more modern feel. The opening is light orange blossom and bergamot. The heart moves into smooth iris, rose, and mimosa. The drydown is built around vanilla, white musk, and a gentle trace of orange. Together these elements create a soft lilac-toned atmosphere, like the faint light just after nightfall. The most distinctive quality of this fragrance is its quiet softness. It wraps around the skin like a sheer veil, and its powdery warmth brings a sense of calm and comfort throughout the day. Very suitable for everyday wear.

It is softer, creamer and sweeter than L'Heure Bleue. It is more loud, warm and dense than Apres L'Ondee. I feel the violette here, which is not in the official pyramid. I also feel vanilla, toffee and amber in the base, but it might be sandalwood creaminess and warms and fleur d 'orange sweetness,

LOVE love love. This is to LHB what Shalimar parfum initial is to Shalimar EDP. It maintains the same spirit and even smells pretty similar but can be worn anytime, anywhere. LHB is so beautiful but it has its time and place (usually meaning formal for me) but this I can wear whenever.

- I received this fragrance in a swap from a generous fragrantica member. Beautiful perfume that smells like the color blue to me somehow. Delicate heliotrope and iris. Creamy musk and sandalwood. This fragrance is lovely and feminine!

Beautiful sweet blue floral, with iris and sweet heliotrope dominant. Lovely but I don't get many of the other notes in the composition. Good for any occasion day or night, any season.

To my nose and on my skin it is a strong jasmine/rose with a bit of powderness and peaking violet (or something like it). On the dry down it gets muskier but unfortunately not very long lasting on me. A nice perfume which once again has been discontinued.

A gorgeous opening of heliotrope, iris and orange blossom. The affinity between this and L'Heure Bleue and Après l'Ondée is evident. Sadly in two hours the whole thing is drowned in a generic nondescript vanillic white musk overdose. I suppose we have to thank Ms Sylvaine Delacourte for her obsession with white musks. What a waste of this gorgeous opening.

Heads up! This is currently available at the London boutique in Covent Garden as a Guerlain Exclusive, including Mon Precieux Nectar, Baiser de Russie, Nuit d’Amour, Elixir Charnel’s Gourmand Coquin and Floral Romantique. So, if you’re in town and you never had a chance to try Les Parisiennes, now’s the time!

its soft perfume but never ever last more than 30 min

People--connoisseurs, enthusiasts, and general perfume lovers and admirers--have unfairly slammed this creation. "Ew the liquid is blue;" "OMG they've destroyed l'Heure Bleue." Fine, we're all entitled to our opinions. And for me, l'Heure de Nuit (I agree with its detractors that the name is stupid--it invoked l'Heure Bleue, but doesn't have the special, faceted meaning of the name) is a true masterpiece if ever there were one. I always liked Apres de l'Ondee, and always deeply admired l'Heure Bleue, but even if I were a woman I could never picture myself wearing either, except the EdP formulation of l'Heure Bleue, which ditches the dusty provincial medicine cabinet of the EdT and Parfum arrangements for a buttery, leathery, smoothe opening that calls to mind Creed's Royal English Leather. And l'Heure de Nuit, as many report, accurately recalls both Apres de l'Ondee and l'Heure Bleue. It is as if Wasser wanted to lose the damp gravel of the former, and the dusty aloofness of the latter. As a result, it is not terribly innovative. I don't normally like Wasser's work and never found him innovative or very "Guerlain" in the first place. But I will happily credit him for this. He did something profound for the House of Guerlain: made two of its most famous, classic, iconic fragrances wearable, in one perfume, for all those who couldn't wear either before. And to top it all off, he managed to bring it into the 21st Century WITHOUT compromising the nature of either Apres or l'Heure, or make it smell cheap, thin, awkward, or fruit candy-like. Which given the reformulation hits many House classics have taken, is something special. Every note given for l'Heure de Nuit, I can make out. And while it lacks the melancholy of the Apres and the aloofness of l'Heure, there is a remarkable quality to it that silently says "I'm a classic masterpiece." Incidentally, it is probably one of the very, very few feminine perfumes that doesn't speak the words "I am woman" to me. I smell this and think "hrm, I could wear this." I rarely experience that with many other "male wearable" women's perfumes. If you can hold your horses through the opening of Pinaud's Lilac Vegetale for its gorgeous, soft, plush, powdery lilac-barbershop dry-down, connect with Neil Morris men's soliflores, or enjoy Fleur de Male, you can comfortably wear this. A gorgeous blend of heliotrope, iris, violet, tonka, Grasse florals, blonde woods, and a plush, not particularly synthetic smelling white musk. One caveat for me is that it seems to come across differently depending on one's mood. Sometimes, when I'm feeling particularly annoyed, upset, tired, frustrated: I get more of the sweet and powdery purple notes. When I am in my favourite state of being--cerebral, intellectual, pensive: I get more of the plush, less sweet, grey and mauve notes.

Reviewing from a decant, which I decided to purchase only *after* almost dropping $300 on a FB from the Guerlain website. Something (perhaps my bank account) told me to test it first, even though I was entirely convinced that I needed this in my collection and could never possibly regret the purchase. I might have, though. It's just a muted, gauzy L'Heure Bleue. Like L'Heure Bleue, brought directly to it's late dry down, forgoing the beautifully complex "storyline" and the majority of it's intrigue. Yes, I can definitely see this as a more wearable, modernized version of it's predecessor. And it's so pretty. The fragrance, the bottle, the juice. Such a lovely THING to have. But is it necessary? (Is perfume ever necessary? Let me think on that and get back to you...) Is L'Heure de Nuit necessary? Not if you already own and wear L'Heure Bleue. I only have a decant, so I can certainly make a case for purchasing this reimagining. BUT...I don't wear L'Heure Bleue often enough to have ever replaced or replenished my original decant. It's gorgeous, occupying a very particular time and place, evoking a very special mood...but it's not an everyday fragrance for me. I don't reach for it often at all. And neither would I reach for this. At least, I don't believe so as of now. I'll continue to test it though, and see how it behaves on clothes, in the heat, at different phases of the moon... Maybe this is full bottle worthy in a way that L'Heure Bleue could not be for me. But at the moment I have too many other perfumes that command my daily attention (including a few "why-did-you-spend-that-much-Guerlains"), and my wallet will thank me for taking a more practical approach. But I will admit, the lovely L'Heure Bleue flavored marshmallow that this became on my skin in the final hour or so of it's lifespan was so ethereal and soft that I went to bed mentally calculating my budget, to make room. Also, today is my 33rd birthday. Maybe a fun but "unnecessary" treat is in order?

When I read what @SkylarMia described, I felt that the missing jigsaw piece had fallen into place! I had to try this. L'Heure de Nuit is a soft, rich haze of violet, almond and heliotrope that makes me think of walking out into a warm, flower-scented summer night, the scents caught in the stillness of the air, with a rainy bitterness of stormclouds massing on the horizon. Magical. It is clearly a relative of Apres l'Ondee and l'Heure Bleue, but richer than the first and smoother than the latter. It is almost like experiencing the same perfume on a different night or in a different country. You enter a garden, fresh and aromatic after a shower of rain on a June night and breathe in it's perfume, with the heliotrope beginning to bloom. Later, at the end of the summer, you return but the freshness has faded and a warm August evening has brought out dusty, resinous notes. It is still a beautiful place. The same flowers will combine to make a subtly different perfume, but the notes they share are the same. Apres l'Ondee was one of the first perfumes that i just adored when I tried it. I used up all my sample, and then craved every day until i could get a FB. With l'Heure Bleue, I didn't warm to it as quickly. I loved its almondy, floral richness but I felt a slight sourness, a little dusty note that didn't appeal to me. I saw their similarities and felt frustrated that I couldnt enjoy l'Heure Blue more. L'Heure de Nuit falls perfectly between the two; rich, smooth, floral and haunting, with a soft almondy Guerlainade that I adore. Gorgeous.

To me this lovely fragrance reminds me of a mash-up of L'Heure Bleu and Après L'Ondee. While I do appreciate the history and heritage of LHB, it always felt melancholy to me, a fragrance for introspection. I have to be in a particular mood to wear LHB or it makes me rather sad. LHB is a heavy velvet curtain you wear to shield yourself from the world. And ALO is beautiful, but extremely seasonal and fleeting. It is great to wear on a particular day, but feels jarring and jangly when worn out of turn. L'Heure de Nuit is badly named, but the fragrance itself is a wearable masterpiece. Supposedly designed to be worn at "Le Zenith" or midnight, to me it feels like an endless summer twilight. The lovely time between a lazy summer day and the coolness of a long summer night. You can still smell the plushness of orange blossoms and the lingering scents of summer roses and jasmine. But the coolness creeps in, in the form of soft heliotrope and Iris. And the fragrance unfolds for hours, the unmistakeable Guerlinade casts its long shadow of vanilla and soft musk. The scent of lived in summer skin. The fragrance itself smells blue, like the softest, babiest blue. Like the twilight. I find its longevity and wearability to be worth the price tag. It is a nostalgic nod to Guerlain's past, while incorporating modern features. I will definitely be seeking out backups of this as it feels like "my" LHB.

L'Heure De Nuit is another nostalgic scent from Guerlain that I adore. I am not talking about L'Heure De Nuit being an old fragrance because it is not, but the feeling it arouses on the wearer. It is when you spray something on you and it brings this conscious awareness of classic glamour. I love the hypnotic aura of powdery flowers and sandalwood that this fragrance oozes of. The musk is soft and so is the whole scent but that appeal is magnetic. Since I saw so many comparisons made by others, I decided to spray each wrist with L'Heure de Nuit and L'Heure Bleue and although I understand the association due to the floral notes, to me the similarities are minimal to almost none, both are totally on a different level of greatness. I have both but I know I will be wearing this powdery beauty more. The pleasure it provides is almost endless, I got a good 10 hours from 2 spritz.

Amazing presentation for a juice that can be totally forgotten. This is a new L'heure bleu, softened, simplified and watered down. For the first 1h more or less you can totally smell L'heure bleu there, as said, softened, and the Iris and a note that to me smells like violets are more prominent than in it's bigger sister. It is also slightly more powdery. Then the downfall begins....it starts to fade rather quickly an it turns bitter..i don't know which note it is, but it emerges as something totally bitter..the violet/iris is totally gone by that time. Exquisite opening (but not necessary as L'heure bleu already exists), pitiful drydown, even more pitiful projection and sillage....4h and it is totally gone..and we are talking about a perfume that costs 200€.....ridiculous...for that price veter get Tonka Imperiale, Mon precieux nectar, spiritueuse double vanille.....

I really wanted to like this because it is a tiny bit reminiscent of my lovely L'Heure Bleue but it stops far short of being anywhere near as good as the original. I wore it on my skin for many hours today so I have given it a good trial. This is worse in my opinion than Chanel's forgettable new 1932. And here's why. Although there is a faint signature of L'heure Bleue discernable in this juice, there isn't any of the gorgeous warm amber, spice and vanilla that warm the original and make it so beautiful. This is a watery medicinal smelling cologne like mixture. This scent is so unfulfilling and almost bitter- it feels empty. None of the notes listed above can really be discerned at all and I think I have a pretty good nose. Please don't even think about spending all this money for L'heure Nuit without trying a sample first.

At the very first look it looks amazing. As I saw the picture I thought that was blue the glass of the bottle, but please, give a synthetical & strong colouration to a liquid is more suitable for a cheap bath foam/soap dish or for a Coty-Gaga fragrance than a Guerlain. Moreover L'heure bleau means: the blue hour, that hour of light without an actual sun in the sky, before the night. Pure poetry. L'heure de nuit doesn't mean anything, everybody knows the night has many hours. Pure rational business choice. And let people come close to a difficult masterpiece like l'heure bleue with a rebuilt fragrance into a big bottle of 270 dollars sounds pretty provocative. No. Rejected. P.S.: And what about the addiction of Wasser for carie's perfumes? It' seems here we are again!

Well this is a wild ride. The open, on me, is a love child of Apres l’Ondee and Insolence, which was very exciting as I thought I may have stumbled upon a stronger Apres that might actually last longer than 20 minutes. Alas, it turned to POWDER. BOMB. about 30 minutes in. Mind you, I love a powder bomb, but only certain kinds. This one in particular is Olive, the oldest and wealthiest member of my childhood church. Olive was always dressed to the nines, extremely classy and highly revered. Olive is old money, and never married in her ninetysomething years. Olive, although lovely and classic, is just not my kind of powder bomb. After the powder bomb wanes, sweet sawdust is where this ultimately landed. It was all over in about two hours.

I have L'heure Bleu and L'heure de Nuit and I love them both. I had LB for a couple of months but has only recently started to appreciate its complexity and melancholy. It is a beautiful fragance but it feels very private and not somethng I can wear all the time. LdN, on the other hand, first caught my attention with the gorgeous bottle and distinctive violet juice. When I first tested it, I didn't detect any resemblance to LB. it's soft and comforting. Only as it dries down then I get faint notes of LB. I fell in love with it because of its subtlety. It's warm, comforting and familiar, it's almost like wearing a veil - it gives me a little privacy but I can wear it anytime. Needless to say, I convinced myself I needed it. :)

This is a lovely fresh, modern version of L'Heure Bleue. It lacks the depth and complexity of the original, perhaps some of the "powdery makeup" notes that some find hard to wear. I believe that L'Heure de Nuit is mis-named, I do not see it belonging to the night at all. To me, it is fresh, clean, airy - fresh musk lingering at the base, making it perfect for work or casual days.I find it has surprising longevity, and sillage is polite but present. This beauty was my gateway into L'heure Bleue. I associate L'Heure Bleue with an introspective, contemplative mood whereas L'heure de Nuit feels bright, cheery, optimistic and playful. I am very glad that both versions exist. Definitely worth sampling at least.

I understand this is the update of L'heure Bleu, which I own and love, but seldom wear because the heavy incensed amber/iris can be too much for a work day. L'Heure Nuit goes on very much like the L’Heure Bleu it is remaking, but dries to a much lighter scent with candy flower overtones. I love it just as much as LHB but it’s a totally different mood. The heavy warm spiced resins of LHB are absent in HDN, which instead presents the bright flowers that both share in a sheer, more crisp fashion. I wish it cost less or was more easily obtainable because I could totally wear this to work. I have a tiny decant I have worn to work and it's been complimented. Love this one.

This is beautiful!!! Not as complex as L'heure bleu. This is more like an introduction to a new Guerlain afficionado. I am considering to buy it instead of L'heure bleu. Why? Only to "be more modern" or not to offend too many noses. But if I want to really be true to myself, I should go for the real thing. L'heure bleu is amazing and so layered. I have not appreciated it in past times. Now revisiting past memories I discovered its true beauty. Let me ponder on this one.... but I think I am voting for myself, against the "fashion"!!! :) That said, by no means I want to call this a "cheap" compromise. This is a beautiful modern rendition of a classic!

No wonder this one has been brought back, this is absolutely delightful. This is what we want from Guerlain, timeless and insanely beautiful scents with the poetry that they can inject in their compositions. If you wear L'Heure Bleue and Après L'Ondée, you will definitely wear this one, which is like their sister. There's also a reminiscence of Insolence and Shalimar Souffe de Parfum. This is the perfect powdery fragrance for autumn-winter. This is available in the bee bottles at some Guerlain stores, if you need help to source it, you can contact me.

The initial top note is a tribute to L'Heure Bleue, which lasts about 30 minutes on me. It was a little disconcerting to be reminded to the Original Oscar de la Renta in the next part of the dry down, however I think Oscar itself was a tribute to L'Heure Bleue, so maybe that's not as strange as it seems! The "Oscar" phase passes and this continues to dry down to a powdery floral of orange blossoms, iris and heliotrope. I think this is very wearable. I'm not really reminded of Apres L'Ondee.