Nuit d'Issey Pulse Of The Night

Today I'm heading back to the renowned house of Issey Miyake to finally take a look at a super-hyped, discontinued fragrance: Nuit d'Issey Pulse of the Night. This is a fragrance that I have spent a long time looking for—the better part of two years. Around the same time I started my fragrance journey, I heard this fragrance mentioned along with Polaris as being one of the best fragrances Issey Miyake offered. Polaris proved a bit difficult to find, but I was ultimately able to scoop it up from an online discounter when it came up for sale one day. Pulse of the Night, however, took searching, digging, and waiting. Now that I finally have it in my collection, it's time for a true blind review. Let's get into it. Opening: The opening is a masterful blend of wood, deep earthiness, and rich balsamic accords. The primary notes I discern are amber, tonka bean, Kyara incense, and vanilla, with the Kyara incense and amber being the most prominent. When I first sprayed this fragrance, I got the unmistakable aroma of oud. It was dark, earthy, and woody—all accords I've learned to associate with the note. However, I was confused as oud wasn't listed in the note breakdown. Upon research, I learned that Kyara is apparently one of the highest and most prized grades of agarwood, or oud. In this fragrance, it seems to be mixed with an olibanum note similar to what's used in Hugo Boss Bottled Elixir to create "Kyara Incense," giving it a bit of a balsamic and spicy tone as well. Behind the Kyara incense is the amber, adding a deep, rich, and resinous balsamic accord. Next is the tonka bean and vanilla. The tonka bean gives the opening a familiar, warm, powdery sweetness. Lastly, the vanilla adds more sweetness in the background but is differentiated by its inherent creaminess. I have seen this fragrance compared to Parfums de Marly's Herod, and I somehow get that. This is odd, since Pulse of the Night doesn't have any tobacco in it, but the likeness is undeniable. I even somehow get some of the unlisted cherry accord that Herod has. Dry Down: The dry down is defined by its balsamic, sweet, and woody character. The primary notes I get are still Kyara incense, amber, vanilla, and tonka bean. However, the strongest of the notes are now the Kyara incense and vanilla. The Kyara incense is still the highlight in the dry down, but the oud element of the note has tapered off, leaving the olibanum element to carry most of the note with an amplified balsamic spiciness and just a whisper of the dark, earthy woodiness from the opening. Meanwhile, the vanilla has come to the forefront to provide an increased dose of the creamy sweetness that lingered in the background of the opening. This is followed by the amber and tonka bean. The tonka bean still plays a supporting role in the dry down and is discernible by the same warm, powdery sweetness it held in the opening. Lastly, the amber has stepped into the background for just a touch of added balsamic richness. That similarity to Herod persists into the dry down as well, albeit without the mysterious cherry accord. Performance: The initial projection is very robust and can easily fill a room. Sillage matches that intensity with a dense and heavy scent trail. After a few hours, the projection was still at least six feet, and the scent trail was still very heavy. At the seven to eight-hour mark, the projection was still holding on at around five to six feet, whereas the scent trail was lighter but still discernible. The fragrance faded to a skin scent approximately 10-12 hours later. When to Wear: Pulse of the Night is a fall/winter fragrance that is best suited for evening wear. This is the type of scent profile that is a knockout for special occasions like date nights or anniversaries. It also has enough class and depth to be worn fittingly as a formal fragrance. However, I wouldn't wear it casually or to the office. Blind Buy: If you appreciate warm and sweet fragrances in the style of Herod, this is a safe blind buy for you. Final Verdict: As I stated, many people consider Pulse of the Night to be the pinnacle of the Nuit d'Issey line. After having finally experienced it myself, I am inclined to agree. From opening to dry down, the fragrance is a rich, woody composition that commands attention and exudes masculine confidence. The performance leaves nothing to be desired either and will project and leave a scent trail long enough for whatever your needs may be. With it being discontinued, it is going to be difficult to find. However, if you ever run across this gem, buy it. You will not be disappointed. Scent: 10/10 Longevity: 8/10 Sillage: 9/10 Versatility: Average Mass Appeal: Average Gender: Masculine Value: Fair

Nuit d'Issey Pulse Of The Night by Issey Miyake --- After watching Fragrance Reviewer Ashton Kirkland's video on Youtube named, AMAZING FRAGRANCE | ISSEY MIYAKE NUIT D'ISSEY PULSE OF THE NIGHT REVIEW, I was immediately compelled, instantly considered a blind-buy, quickly proceeded to grab a bottle on eBay, considering only a handful were left by one particular seller. Besides Ashton's compelling, impressive review, I'm providing my own observations and opinions. The fragrance opened with some subtle incense, quickly followed by tonka bean, with a vanilla accord to create some level of sweetness, and right there, I was puzzled, wondering if vanilla is comprised of the top notes. Then, the amber made its grand entrance to intensify the sweetness, and I'm not talking about anything too sweet or cloying. After about 15 minutes, the noticeable sweetness started to dissipate, paving the way to a powerful trio among the tonka bean, amber, and patchouli, a trio that's quite comparable to a tight interplay of a piano-trio in jazz parlance, lasted for approximately 45 minutes. Each note perfectly performed its intended supportive role, harmonized to deliver greatness. The base notes, leather, woodsy notes, vetiver, sandalwood and vanilla, then started to heavily command the scene to an outstanding finale. I find this scent to be quite alluring, playful, captivating, flirtatious, daring, and sexy. Needless to say, it's the perfect date or romantic scent. The bottle design is similar to all the other flankers, but this one, in particular, is absolutely beautiful, black with gold stripes, and the feel is quite smooth, superbly crafted. The cap (snuggles) snaps firmly, so you won't need to worry about accidental unsnapping and spraying while in a bag / backpack / luggage. According to what I've also noticed, its overall nuance, characteristics, and developments, not identical aroma, are quite similar to Yves Saint Laurent's La Nuit de L'homme. They're different fragrances in their own rights, but they do possess some similar traits, which might have to do with the word, night / nuit, as in French. Both fragrances are magically blended, and they deliver power-punches of aromatic flairs. In being silly, perhaps I will claim it's Nuit d'Issey Pulse Of The Night's version of the much-talked-about, popular La Nuit de L'homme. Once again, the scents are not similar, just some (styles) nuances. This fragrance is upscale Designer level. As for performance, it's outstanding. I got approximately 10 hours of longevity, huge projection for approximately 2-3 hours, and enormous sillage for approximately 6-7 hours. In conclusion, Nuit d'Issey Pulse Of The Night, eau de parfum concentration, is an extraordinary release for 2019. I have some strong feeling that it will be quickly sold-out upon official release, and it “might” possibly become in-demand / sought-after. Now, I hate saying what I'm about to say, but grab your bottle early on, whenever you can, in order to avoid any possible reformulation nightmares, or the usual, frustrating reformulation discussions.

I've had this since early on in my interest in fragrances, so I've been able to eke it out whilst I buy and try others, even though it's still one of my favourites. I feel it has changed a little, over the 3 years. The incense isn't quite so forward and seems to have subsided or melded into the ambery accord. It's not better just different. I just layered it over some pure Iso E Super I got from Éclat and it goes really well. I remember I wore this, once, in a local Asian grocer's shop, where their daughter was helping out around the shelves, out on the shop floor. I could tell that she really liked it it. She started pottering about closer to wherever I was. When I was taking a while at one place, she asked if there was something I was looking for and offered to help. Sometimes, when I'm wearing something nice like this, or Prada Black, I think I see it affecting how people are, towards me. Not in a cheesy 'making me attractive, Lynx advert, kind of way. Just affecting moods when people smell something extra pleasant, or something like that. Making people happy or chilled that you're the kind of person who makes an effort, like that and they like it; maybe putting them at ease or brightening up their day, a little, with something interesting and pleasant. Or maybe, in the case of shop staff, they're just glad you're not another one of the customers who stinks, ha. Anyway, in my experience, this does that and Prada Black used to do it, too. This is, sadly, discontinued and if I knew of a good dupe I would definitely buy it. P Black, I feel, has been reformulated and diluted up the wazoo, so I buy Éclat 'Ambery Angelica' dupes of that and eBay oil dupes of it and 'Midnight In Paris', instead. Trust me, if you like any of the three I just mentioned, (not that they're the same) you will love both the other two, too.

So, I just bought a bottle today for about $65 (yes it’s authentic) and it is a 2019 batch as well, it was sealed and it was just sitting there at the shop and the box was just collecting dust and this fragrance has been on my radar for a while so I finally got it. The opening to me is a ton of zingy and sweet cherry? Which is not listed at all and barely any people point it out except for the guy below me and that makes me feel great, it also does have a nice oud essence to it and i’m assuming that’s from that Kyara Incense. And of course it has sweet deep vanilla and leather and it smells very gorgeous. But I really hope the performance is actually good during the winter, cause right now it was pretty underwhelming. It also took me a REALLY deep sniff to smell any of that sweet sweet vanilla. I might be coping but, i hope the fragrance “finds itself” or “wakes up” again lol, cause it’s such an old bottle and it has just sat there for such a long time and maybe since it hasn’t been sprayed or moved or shaken i hope now that i own it and use it, it becomes how it once used to be (probably BS). So i sprayed a good amount of sprays of it today, i shook the bottle a good amount, hoping everything would get better about it in a matter of time. Even if it doesn’t change the way i want it to It’s still an 8.5/10 EDIT !!️!!️!!️ It’s now november, and the fragrance is absolutely awesome and PERFECT. It has changed a bit, i can now smell more vanilla and leather and the cherry smell has toned down, and there is a small amount of smokiness in the background, DAMP AND EARTHY Absolutely perfect, i was always pulled to this bottle for some reason whenever i saw it, glad i got it.

This is to me a better performing, a bit more ambery and dark version of Herod. I love the smell of Herod but i get terrible performance from a lot of different, recent batches i've tried. This opens totally different from herod, it's very ambery, a bit boozy and woody. After a few minutes the spicies, the vanilla/tonka and the tobacco (not listed) become more prominent and develops into a Herod like fragrance. The frankincense plays a big role in this fragrance, it gives that smokey, tobacco feel and makes it dark and alluring. This has amazing quality, the main differences to me from herod are that this is darker, has a more prominent note of amber, less vanilla and has leather. The performance is amazing, 10+ hours longevity with good projection. This could be worn mostly fall and winter, it's better suited for evenings and nights. To me this is more masculine than herod, because of the leather and the woods but a woman could pull this off. Overall, i just love this!! This is the great performing Herod i was looking for and i got it for the 1/4 of the price! It's not 100% the same fragrance but i dare to say that i like this a bit more. I guess that it will be discontinued, like noir ambre and if you want to get it don't sleep on it. I am intrigued to try more of the Issey Miyakee's cold weather offerings!