Dark is Night

I lean toward femme frags, but I do like complexity. For example, Nishane Ani was too masculine for me. If you review my collection, you'll see I own other complex vanillas like Diptique's Eau Duelle, Guerlain SDV, Guerlain Angelique Noire, M. Micallef's Note Vanillee, etc. I love interesting vanillas, but they do need to skew feminine on my skin. Opening: Dark is Night gives me the same feeling of luxury vanilla as some of the above scents, a lot of sweetness and a touch of powder, but a general sense of boozy, warm, Mexican/cooking vanilla. The patch here is a light touch (frankly, I don't smell it), and if someone told me this, instead, contained angelique or another floral in that vein, I wouldn't be surprised. It's missing some notes--there is more here than what's listed. I also get a bit of green quality, and I love that here. Heart: In dry down some powder appears--like a sweettarts vibe and I'm losing some of the initial booziness, so that's disappointing. It's also leaning into the secondary floral note (reminds me of angelique) a bit more. Close: After a few hours, I'm stuck with the sugary and Sweettarts vibe and all vanilla is gone. What a shame. This was really only admirable for about 30 minutes on my skin. Verdict: I wish the boozy vanilla opening stuck around. I'm testing in warm, Texas weather.

I can across the HR house after weeks of research in search of a perfect unisex perfume. Dark is Night is by far my favorite from the collection. Initial spray is very heavy patchouli, this seems to be a common theme with several HR fragrances. They open very green. Dark is Night gets rounded out with the vanilla note and it turns into a dark fantasy—an alluring, mystical experience without being too gourmand, too incense...too anything. This is a unique perfume to my nose, with only 2 detectable notes. A beautiful, simple perfume that complexes itself by nature. Beautiful, yummy, sophisticated vanilla. I hate overly gourmand, sweet, amateur vanilla’s/ambers. My mom hates patchouli but she didn’t mind this... which is saying a lot. Signature scent worthy, I’m thinking of purchasing full size but I still wish to venture out into more femme fatale, unisex, mysterious scents—but this is up there. Unpopular opinion but not just a night time, date night fragrance... this requires attitude and confidence. Not a girl next door, plain Jane parfum. TMI—this fragrance almost arouses me, perfectly unisex but I dare say more male, still... just a slight touch of femininity that carries seduction for the male gaze. I love this a lot actually.

This is an earthy, moody, syrupy scent with an addicting quality to it. You can't be patchouli-shy with this fragrance, but if you don't mind it, the patchouli in this is excellent. Fragrantica doesn't list some notes, including green grass, vetiver, and freesia. At first, I felt the combination of everything smelled vaguely like a "church perfume"--think incensey, waxy, cherry undertone, in a gothic way. And now that I've sat with it, it's really risen in my list of favorites. There is something about it that makes me want to smell it all the time. It's cozy and comforting, but has an edge to it--one or the combo of some of the "plant" notes smells almost minty at times. I don't get anything powdery about it, and I don't think it's limited to night time, but I definitely reach for it more on cooler days or with darker colored outfits :)

Another beautiful perfume by Henry Rose! DARK IS NIGHT is a sensual (think silky) vanilla-patchouli perfume leaning more vanillic. Other notes that are not listed here in fragrantica are as follows: Top- Green grass Mid- vetiver, freesia Bottom- patchouli & vanilla Don’t really get green grass in the opening, but I do get the velvety freesia and the vetiver gives it this kind of dryness! Overall the perfume is very approachable, soft and sensual. Think casual yet cozy fall date nights. I don’t see wearing this for formal occasions or fancy nights out... more cozy, comfy, cuddling-by-a-fire with a glass of wine kind of vibe! Longevity is pretty good, about 8 hours. This is my 3rd bottle from the brand. I also have Queens & Monsters and Windows Down— Q&M being my favorite!

Awhile back I ordered the sample set rich from Henry rose. I fell in love with Queens and monsters and ordered it. Well yesterday I was going thru my samples and put on Dark is Night. OMG I love this! I used almost the whole sample over the day and I was obsessed with smelling it. It is heavy vanilla, the patch isn’t overpowering, I don’t like when it smells dirty, it’s a little spicy, I don’t feel it’s too masculine, more female, and it projects and lasts! Still smell it this morning. I rushed to Henry rose site and ordered a bottle, I can’t wait for it to get here! While I wait I will get reacquainted with Queens and monsters, it got lost in the back of the perfumes lol. And yes I agree it is along the lines of TF black orchid which I also love, but more vanilla.