Nuits Indiennes (Indian Nights)

25. may 2012 Holy Moly! Finally i have a chance to test a pure parfum version of this fragrance as well. Now i have EDT, EDP and pure parfum. And guess what? They are all different. Very different. I have experienced it also with Scherrer 2 fragrance, that EDT and EDP are not alike, but have quite drastic difference and it seems to be with this one as well. You can read below about my experience with EDT and EDP, but today my praises go for the Parfum concentration. This is magical stuff! When i opened the box i already could smell the amazing alluring scent. It is strong. It is spicy. It is bold. It is very classy. Very sharp in the opening, i was even scared that there is not a real perfume inside but just a coloured spirit. So when i have aplied it i was sceptical for a while. Well, after the über-sharpness has gone off in about 15 minutes, that ́s when it opens up. Spices and fruits. This one is really strong on a civet, i can feel it, and that ́t what i like about it. There is nothing liek the real civet, you can ́t not notice it. A LOT of sandalwood. Surprisingly i don ́t see any spices amongst the notes, but i swear they are totally present and one of the nicest spices ever. At first they are really strong, but then they are softned by ylang-ylang and heliotrope. Just a hint of heliotrope and that ́s good, since it doesn ́t become so intoxicating. Though fruits are prominent here they don ́t make this fragrance fruity at all. This is oriental in full it ́s beauty. Fragrance full of luxury and super elegant. Definitly for special occasions and is best worn during colder time of the year IMO. But this is Pure perfume. EDP is more creamy and somehow i smell nutmeg there, or at least get the association of it. The EDT is my least favorite, it doesn ́t come close to EDP, not to mention the parfum. It has only the sharpness of parfum, but spices here are not pleasant. It is very synthetic.

13. august 2011 I must admit, that my nose must be making some tricks to me (so strange, since i don ́t smoke). Lately i have tried once again the EDT version of "Nuits indiennes" and i must admit that while it is still very close to the regular "Nuits de Scherrer", they are still not complelty the same, especailly after opening notes. While being a bit too harsh after applying it, the "Indiennes" version has more of that "milky hazelnut" feeling to me. I guess it is the tonka bean, which in EDT version of this fragrance is not that dominant like in EDP version. In EDP this one is actually more prominent, especially on the drydown, but in EDT i can smell a lot of musk, jasmine and also some bergamot (all combined together which give me an aplle vinegar feeling at the beginning). No rose to my nose in this fragrance, o heliotrope that my nose can detect, BUT a lot of sandalwood and cedar!!! Still the mandarine orange note at the beginning distracts me a bit, i would really prefer it not to be in the composition, since it distracts this beautiful scent a lot in the opening. To me "Indiennes" developes more than regular "Nuits" and i still must confess that i love it much more. Especially in EDP version of it.

07. february 2011 This is very oriental fragrance and i smell a lot of spices and wood in it. First impression (sniff from the bottle): I do not like it, it is too deep and heavy for me, but then after application and few minutes later it all settles down and you feel a spicy note dominating with some wood note. It becomes very pleasant and intriguing. The drydown is more in opposite is more wood than spice. I wold say if you wear that fragrance, then wear velvet clothes, they will fit together perfectly! A lot of gold (!)jewerly and heavy make-up with glamourous hair-do is a perfect accessory for this fragrance. Somehow i see a picture of woman from 1920-s wearing that fragrance. I do not think in any way that it is old fragrance, this is a rich fragrnace!!! The picture above advertising this fragrance is perfect for this one! And this one smells nothing like "nuits de scherrer". This is not a renamed version of "Nuits", but completly different scent!!!! Do not get cheated by some sellers who say that!!! Update: as it dry downs, it reminds me of an very pleasnat sweet men ́s parfum. I wouldn ́t mind if my man would spray it on a little and i could sniff him, this scent drives me crazy!!!

The way that I discovered Nuits Indiennes (or rather, the way that it discovered me) is someone gifted me a few eau de parfum samples of this magical stuff years ago. I was blown away. It was like, "Where have you been all my life?". Eventually I went and treated myself to a fairly pricey full sized EDP. How shall I describe Nuits Indiennes? It's like someone took a wealthy snobbish Madison Avenue doyenne in a Chanel suit and pearls, mushed her together with a drunk bikini clad twenty-two year old with loose morals on vacation at Daytona Beach for Spring Break, kneaded them together in a ball, let the ball ferment in a wine cellar, then inserted the ball into a special steam distillation apparatus which extracted the perfume essence. What resulted was a fruity peachy powdery delight set against a gentle aldehydic curtain, with just enough civet to give it a slight animalistic kick, but not enough to make you want to hurl (i.e. Chanel No. 5). It continues to amaze me that Nuits Indiennes hasn't garnered more popularity. For anyone who loves Flowerbomb but is tired of smelling it all over the place and wants to try something different yet in the same vein, please check out Nuits Indiennes.

08. may 2011 Well, i am a bit confused now. My first rendez-vous with this fragrance started with the mini in EDP concentration and i really liked it. So i bought myself the 50ml bottle but in EDT concentration AND it smells absolutly the same as the regular "Nuits Scherrer"!!!! I have 50ml of regular "Nuits" also in EDT concentration and don ́t like it (see my review for it), so i was really dissapointed when i realized that they are completly the same fragrances (at least for my nose). But then i have found a big bottle of EDP concentration and it has everything what i liked it for. The woody factor with spices. The EDT concentration lacks the woody note that makes me go crazy. So now i am totally confused, could it be that "Nuits" and "Nuits Indiennes" are indeed same fragrances only renamed? I haven ́t smelled the EDP version of regular "Nuits" and afraid to purchase it since i might not like it and it will be a waste of money....... Can anyone help with this quest? Does anyone have regular "Nuits" and "Nuits Indiennes" both in EDT and EDP versions so can compare them all? A help is definitly needed! SOS!!