Last Light

The thing about Henry Rose fragrances is that the ones with patchouli are starting with an absolutely beautiful patchouli; rich, sweet/salty, woody, dense, balsamic. No hint of sweat or dirt. So anything they do after the patchouli is at least interesting. Last Light is a sort of turnaround of Mitsouko and a restatement of 24 Faubourg: What if you used the iconic light wash of peach and that Guerlain opening gambit of bergamot. And you kept Mitsouko’s heart note of jasmine. But instead of the base combination of dry vetiver and oakmoss - the spine making Mitsy so heartbreakingly evocative of drying brown leaves and a slow-dying world in Fall - you used patchouli. And not just any patchouli, but a resinous, living, exuberant patch with a clean-skin note of musk? This is Mitsouko before she despaired. And the nod to Hermes’ 24 Faubourg? Beautiful and classic in presentation, 24 Faubourg opens with and maintains a formal orange blossom and iris draped in leaves of green hyacinth, and grounds this with an old-school French patchouli-sandalwood combination lightened a bit with amber. In Last Light, the counter-turn is to a lighter bergamot/jasmine top, a heart of clean-skin musk, and re-imagined with a sweeter, fresher patchouli base. The formal Manhattan upper crust hostess of a museum gala (24 Faubourg) wrapped in hyacinth, orange blossom, and French amber-sandalwood turns and embraces the exuberant, huggable neice with all her fresh and resonant patch and clean musk and jasmine. Striking and beautifully made fragrance. A man in this... nuzzle bomb

I just received the entire sample set, and I was immediately drawn to this. It has a beautiful opening and dry down, and was one that was classy, sexy and was not a heavier vanilla scent. I adore this and must have a full bottle immediately. It is classy and to me it leans a bit to the feminine side. This is perfect for the last light of day. Calming, beautiful and memorable. It initially reminds me of Pas Ce Soir with a somewhat fruity opening and with some sweetness, but the patchouli and woods send it a bit more spicy side in my opinion, and apparently it has fruits but they are not listed here. Pas Ce Soir is heavy on the quince and I love it - this is just a bit more spicy but still very sexy. I am going to rock this all summer long, and into the next season. To me this is good for anytime, any place and can move from casual to more formal - it also won't choke someone in close quarters at a show or dinner. Very well done. This is my first experience with this line and I am impressed.

Last Light is the one I ended up picking from the discovery set. On my skin, this works the best out of the 7. From the notes, I thought I would dig Jake’s House the most. That one ended up being one of my least favorites (I’m very picky about my fresh scents), but this one is right up my alley. Along with the fruitiness and fantastically smooth, slightly earthy patchouli, I get a bit of lavender as well. The woody accord adds just the right amount of depth and warmth to the fragrance. Finally the soft musk just blends perfectly with my skin as the scent dies down. For a second, I thought Torn was going to be my jam, but that one just ended up being too floral for my taste. But I really dig this one! Definitely not a room filler, but fantastic quality. A treat for the wearer and anyone who gets close enough to smell it. I get a good 6-7 hours out of this. Can’t complain for it being a “clean” fragrance. I recommend getting one of the Henry Rose sample sets. Really classy stuff!

No one is more annoyed than I am how much I enjoy many of the releases from this house, a celebrity line of "clean" fragrances. Blease 😭😭😭 But I really do; Last Light and Torn are my two favorites, and they feel like two sides of the same coin, except what Torn does in vetiver, Last Light does in patchouli. And this patchouli is really nice. It has enough earthiness that it will turn off patchouli haters, but it never falls completely into head shop territory. The fruity notes at the top and the musk keep it somewhat elevated, youthful but refined. The sillage is really lovely, and I can catch whiffs of it for hours, making my mouth water. Wear this with a gauzy floral dress and heavy combat boots. A taupe suede moto jacket completes the look. ETA: the person downthread who said it smells like the light blue Mr. Sketch marker is right on the money! Also Fragrantica please fix the notes or make it so users can suggest notes because this is ridiculous.

This fragrance is a spicy, woody, slightly floral peach scent. It is well blended and a scent that is very safe and comforting. It smells very young to me and I am not a young woman anymore but I still bought it because it reminds me of that feeling of youth, the freedom, the sweetness of life, just like the sweetness of a peach in the summertime. The woodiness of this fragrance is light, not heavy, it just shows there is depth just under the surface, waiting to be discovered. It is a very innocent and light perfume, easy to wear and easy to be around.

Wholly cow, this one is just great ! Especially the dry down is awesome like a baige/ white paper, or wood-like cleanliness, something expensive (I'm assuming it is a musk), used to smell that part in costly men's cologne. Stayed for hours for me 1x on each side behind my ears. I cannot smell it, as soon, as I spray on, that is a good thing for me, otherwise I would get nauseous, if I smell any perfume for too long (I guess it is a good chemistry with my skin. And brain cells 😉) but people can smell it on me for the whole day.

If you’re a fan of musky fragrances, than you must try “Last Light” from the house of Henry Rose! This is a gorgeous fragrance that is simple yet its scent speaks volume. It’s musky, woody and floral with a touch of smooth sexiness. Perfect for hot summer evenings and whenever you just want this feeling! Thank you for the creativity Michelle Pfeiffer!

Last Light was my signature nighttime scent for a while. On my skin it smells deliciously peachy, and the patchouli and musk keep it from being too sweet. It has a great balance. It’s been out of my rotation for a bit, but I’ve been layering with different body mists to bring it back into the fold. Goes great with Phlur’s Peach Skin or Vanilla Skin!

I absolutely love this scent the peach and patchouli together is heavenly. It's a sexy earthy and musky peach. My only complaint is like most other Henry Rose the projection is minimal I have to stick my wrist to my nose to smell it. Love layering it with Peach Skin from Phlur as somone on here had suggested! A hit for date night

I bought the discovery set of 10. This was my favorite. It starts off floral but that fades within a short time and the musk comes though. It does feel like the end of a busy day with your floral perfume lingering on your skin mingled with random smells from your adventures.

Nice. I get grapefruit, peach, black pepper, patch, and musk. Clean and sophisticated; I like it.

(Ignore the listed notes on Fragrantica for Henry Rose fragrances. For some reason, they’re wrong on all but maybe one of them. Instead, go to the HR website for a complete and transparent ingredient list.) Corrected Last Light fragrance notes: Top: peach and bergamot Middle: jasmine and white woods Bottom: patchouli, musk, and amber woods (Additional background notes from HR ingredient list: lavender, vetiver, vanilla, apple) When I first tried Last Light, I found it unique and refreshing. The light, fruity top notes gave it a fresh and lasting presence. The peach really stood out on my skin. There was a distinct Henry Rose DNA in the base (patchouli, vanilla, and vetiver) that was familiar yet given new life with the fruity opening. That was my first impression, and I was excited to own a bottle. After wintering with a couple of the perfume house’s different fragrances, my love for Last Light has waned. A number of their perfumes carry the patchouli and vanilla DNA in varying degrees, mixed with different, distinguishing notes. Yet, I find that familiar base stands out. Annoyingly so. Dark is Night, and Char are the biggest offenders. Yet, even my one-time house favorite, Fog, is now somewhat ruined by pervasive vanilla/patchouli. I'm truly sad that these notes have become an issue for me. Thankfully, Last Light is a lighter take on the familiar DNA. I'm optimistic that I can use it as a layering fragrance and make it a little more bearable.

The notes according to Henry Rose's site are: PEACH & BERGAMOT / JASMINE & WHITE WOODS / PATCHOULI, MUSK & AMBER WOODS Last Light is a very sophisticated, musky, yet simple scent. I get quite a bit of fruit, prominent and natural-smelling jasmine (weirdly, I don't get a lot of jasmine when I put my nose to my wrist, but it radiates subtly and gorgeously), and lots of musks and woods. The fruit isn't bright; here the impression is more like a Cézanne still life of a bowl of fruit than it is bright and freshly-plucked. I've not gotten along with peach notes historically, but its dark muskiness is really pleasing here. It works well with the dusky, sensual feel of this fragrance. It's just a beautiful scent that reminds me of a fine dining al fresco. I'm very curious to try others from this line. The notes according to the website: TOP: Peach & Bergamot MIDDLE: Jasmine & White Woods BOTTOM: Patchouli, Musk & Amber Woods

The classiest boba shop in the downtown art district. There’s an unspoken uniform of an asymmetrical fringe and a colorblocked jumper, the chairs are actually interlocking sculptural pieces, and the patrons will either sneer at you or ask for your number—no in between!, but goddamn it, the boba’s too good to give up to the art student mob. By all of which to say— jasmine, peach, and bergamot give the impression of high quality tea, there’s a delightful milk-sweetness, and a warmth from the amber. And maybe the patchouli is giving me the art student vibes, ha, but I don’t consciously register it or the white woods. This is one of my favorite fragrances. Comforting, photorealistic, a little sweet but not cloying in the slightest.

This does wear as more unisex or masculine on me, but I get almost no detectable floral notes whatsoever (I would've never thought there were floral notes in it if I had not looked them up) and the peach, while gorgeous and realistic, lasts all of 30 seconds before becoming completely undetectable. It smells like a warm, slightly powdery, patchouli and musk on me. I do like it a lot, it's a really wearable, calming, uplifting/happy, and grounding scent, but I'm a huge fan of Dark is Night, Torn, Queens & Monsters, and Char, so I guess this was slightly disappointing because I had high expectations. It also fades very quickly on me compared to other HR fragrances, and wears like a skin scent.

Last Light is a creamy floral, with touches of peach and vanilla. At times it reminds me a bit too much of an early aughts Body Shop outlet, and sometimes I think I can discern a whiff of fresh sugar cookie or Love's Baby Soft. On me I find this fragrance clean and inoffensive, but not exactly captivating. The musk scent, while apparent, isn't too heady. After a pretty short time, this fragrance stops having any real projection and starts being more of a skin scent. More what I'd call comforting and cozy than alluring or intoxicating.

What is wrong with the notes list on Fragrantica? This is described as a peach fragrance on the official website, and it is very obviously a peachy-musky fragrance if you smell it. But somehow the "notes" here has no peach. It is a very pleasant smell but seems a bit too obviously fruity and a bit feminine for me personally.

Bright and beautiful. It is as if Narciso Rodriguez For Her and D&G Light Blue Intense had a baby, and the baby inherited both their characteristics, though toned down. I don't look like Narciso Rodriguez For Her because of too much musk, but I love this. I also like Light Blue Intense.

This really has the best peach note. Its short lived but so so good. Definitly recommend buying when its on sale or at a discount store. I see the light and am racing towards it, bathing in this sweet peach bliss. I smell of a radiant peach in a holy white light as I am raptured away.

Wait, do I like patchouli? I always thought I hated it, but I'm really digging the earthier notes in this scent mixed with musk. On my skin the peach is very distinct, with a a soft floral background. It oscillates between a subtle feminine and masculine scent, very switch.