Amour Nocturne

THIS IS LOVELY . Review of official carded sample and then original, gold cap bottle (they smell identical)- THIS is what I thought BACK TO BLACK By Kilian was going to smell like! On my skin I get smokey, honey carmel with a darkness that stays silky smooth at every step. SO Sexy! THIS is more befitting of the memory of Amy Winehouse! (Rather than the sickly sweet honey without any grunge or depth that was my experience with B2B.) THIS wonderful creation brings to mind classic winged eyeliner, a tough leather jacket, and a gun... target practice in the woods with a flask of honey whiskey after. (Which might be unreasonably special to me considering I'm an Alaskan). An intriguing, sweet, seductive scent with a note of danger. Perfectly unisex. Completely addictive. Sweetness with an edge speaks to my soul and AMOUR NOCTURNE calls to me. P.S. Full bottle is on the way. Due to the unique composition I will try this as a signature scent but will have to find a place for it to shine. This is richly layered and intriguing, it would garner too much attention to be professional. This might be best during off hours. Will update. UPDATE Even my 4-year-old niece, who is my harshest critic when it comes to fragrances, really likes this one and says it's "yum". Pairs perfectly with black leather jackets which are staples in my wardrobe. Bought a back-up bottle. NOTE I'm not sure why this is compared to T.F. BLACK ORCHID as I find that one to be a patchouli bomb and this one has NO PATCHOULI at all (thank-goodness). This also has very strong smoke and honey notes that are completely missing in BLACK ORCHID. Though I can understand why they could inspire a similar rebelious mood. I totally agree with PeachK, this does NOT resemble Tokyo Milk Dark BULLETPROOF, although that is another one I enjoy. It's an unusual scent that has a bit of a bite or bitterness to balance out the sweetness while successfully staying smooth. If you like that one you might also enjoy this one. PERFORMANCE NOTE Speaking of lasting power, I can still smell it on my skin when I wake up in the morning, which can be 10-12 hours after I put it on. I wonder if the original, gold cap bottles have better longevity than the newer style black ones. Mine are the gold cap, special edition, shorter/rounder yellow glass bottles from the Explosions d'Emotions collection, before they added AMOUR NOCTURNE to their main line. Hope this helps. I have not tried the current formulation in the black bottles.

This was a blind buy and I could not be more happy. Ever since I smelled ELDO's Fin Du Monde, I determined that gunpowder was a unique note that I liked a lot and needed more of. It lacks the BBQ or incense element a lot of smoky fragrances have. Too many times I was drawn into trying a perfume because it listed smoke as a note, but just got artificial bacon or backyard smoker. On me, Amour Nocturne opens with cedary pencil shavings that are immediately balanced with an unobtrusive flower and milky, salted caramel. I like when flowers play a supporting or tandem role rather than trying to steal the show. The gunpowder is subtle, but still adds a memory of kettle corn that instantly conjures a summertime carnival. The caramel is not a sickly, saccharine one! This is far from scented candle territory and is very similar to caramel made from scratch on the stove. For a split second, I whiffed the dreaded dill pickle note some other have mentioned. Luckily it disappeared as fast as it came. But I see you stealth pickle! A little gourmand, a little edgy, I am supremely digging this almost skin-scent that feels very natural and soft. Instead of a night-vibe, I am getting more "lazy Sunday morning" (MMM's fragrance, which is more laundry based). To compare, ELDO's Fin Du Monde is spicier and harsher. The carrot seed, cumin, and pepper penetrate the buttery gunpowder, where this one languishes in creamy sweetness. I wonder how they will do layered? Ultimately, what tipped me over the edge into purchasing this was another reviewer's mention of one of my all-time favorite perfumes: Mariella Burani's Mariella Burani. I totally get what they are alluding to when they say there is a similarity, but it is hard to articulate what exactly that is (it is probably the tonka, rosewood, amber, vanilla, sandalwood, benzoin, and unlisted powder notes that are combining to create such witchery). I disagree, however, that: 1. You can find MB: MB for $20 on the internet (you can't) 2. MB is a caramel scent (it's not) 3. Amour Nocturne isn't intriguing (it is) This is truly a unique and lovely fragrance that I am glad is not discontinued. It is a perfect daily driver and special occasion perfume all wrapped into one. I love it.

For a gourmand lover like me, a caramel note is a good sight at first, but it can become cloying quite fast. However, here it stands together with a milky feel(I don't really enjoy the smell of hot milk and here I felt only a glimpse of it, fortunately) and a slightly powdery combination of orchid and vanilla - or maybe it's the orchid itself, I'm not sure. This combination is an unusual opening for sure. It gives a feel of a thin-textured cloud with the just right amount of sweetness and powderiness. The allmighty gunpowder note arrives a bit later. Now, I have no clue what gunpowder smells like, but the note I get is metallic and dry with a somewhat smoky quality. The interchange between pastry-like opening and the ground metal is unlike anything I've smelled in my life and I like it very much. The drydown is rather familiar as it adds a slightly synthetic cedar note which overwhelms the rest, but, honestly, I do not care about the drydown when the earlier phases are this special. The longevity of Amour Nocturne is very solid on my skin, with a nice projecting wave to follow it. This is a definition of a unisex scent, either gender can wear this one with equal success. I see this mostly as a midseason scent, but it can be worn whenever, with adjusted application. The scent itself is more linear than complex, but it cannot be put into any of those two categories. The one thing I'll never learn to like about this scent is the different-than-usual L'Artisan bottle, but I guess that's just me, and is more because I love the iconic look of a standard bottle than because this one isn't nice. Also, it's quite expensive, both compared to other L'Artisans and generally speaking. However, this is a magnificent scent in my book, a very unusual gourmand, and certainly the best of this Explosions d'Emotions collection. 9/10

Amour Nocturne would be on the shelf of my top 5 all time favorites if I could bring myself to demote any of the beauties already there. And since my stupid-large collection now exceeds, ahem... 700 bottles, I'd say position #6 represents a pretty darn good recommendation. No question about it, it's gunpowder that makes Amour Nocturne so special, so unique. Without it AN would still be a delicious, milky caramel gourmand treat and a MUST HAVE for every gourmand lover. But the addition of gunpowder to the "recipe" moves AN out of the kitchen/sweetshop and into a delightful nighttime summer vacation experience of enjoying a big bag of caramel corn while watching a brilliant fireworks display. Delicious, gooey caramel with a surprising pop & bang of tangy smoke. Pure pleasure! Every time I spray it on my eyes close with happiness and I'm not only sniffing my wrists, I'm tempted to lick them. I vaguely, but only vaguely sense a bit of cedar that seems to serve as a solid foundation for all the sweet & tangy bits but orchid is too elusive for this nose to parse out. No way would I have guessed orchid was in the mix if I hadn't seen it in the notes pyramid. There are still many of the discontinued 4.2oz bottles available on line. I've got my back-ups already so all the rest are there waiting for you! Don't miss the chance to have this marvelous summer evening in a bottle for your very own. Edit: In warm weather I couldn't parse out the cedar but on cold, winter chilled skin the cedar note jumps right to the forefront with the caramel and gun powder. And I mean it really, really JUMPS out. No matter how much you might love caramel if you cannot abide cedar then AN will simply not work for you.

Okay, how to put this together. To me, this perfume is so poetic, I cannot even describe it. In Sicily, there are these tiny streets, full of people, screaming and dirt. You can feel a bit lost or even threatened there, something so lively is in the air. And at one point you come to the spot where you have funeral service on one side and baby equipment shop on the other side of this tiny street, opposite one another. It is bizarre, yet so poetic. This perfume reminds me of this. Especially at the start, the gunpowder and smokiness dominate, which smell very churchy and cemetery to me, a bit edgy also. And then the sweet milk comes in, creating something so safe, so innocent, a bit nostalgic and mostly, beautiful. Everything, death and birth blends together and stays blended till the end. I love every single note in this one, like someone would create a scent only for me and I can smell every single note listed. Wow. Like the first reviewer said, the notes here feel as if they weren't smells, but thoughts or feelings. This is true. To me, this perfume is so alive, so inspirational, so poetic. I am an actress and I work in theatre. I often find fragrance for each character and I was thinking which one this could be. But then I figured out that this is not a character fragrance, this is a theatre itself fragrance. This is how theatre smells, how it feels. An old theatre, full of memories, full of inspiration, poetry, life, death, boundaries, hard work, laughter, hedonism, stories, tears, full of everything. Like I've said, I cannot describe it. This is not a perfume, it is an artist.

Amour Nocturne is imho the most interesting and unique out of this line. That doesn't necessarily mean my favorite. It is a very nice gourmand, with this interesting bitter-sweet side that makes me think of Aomassai... a bit of Dzing!... and still very recognizable on its own. It is definitely a shock producing fragrance when you first try... it shows mastery and has a very defined wow factor. However, it is not the one I'd go for since I feel it leans towards feminine (like most of the line btw). If worn by a guy, it gives me the impression of a very elegant and well dressed one (not me lol). I think it really fits the bill if you are looking for a reliable gourmand and and among my friends it has been the "this is it". I personally think you have to check if it doesn't end up bothering a bit your nose with its gunpowder and strong personality. I received my pack of Explosions d'émotions and I admit my first impression of it all was: "How bad this is!!!!" After a few days I started liking a loooot most of the offerings and even if I could well live without, I think it is a well thought collection. You have very well made summery scents... 2 intriguing wintry ones, an animalic but wearable one... a playful chewing gum one and in the whole a sense of group that I respect. If they weren't so feminine for my style I'd definitely would love to have most of them. The coffret with all the collection in 7ml vials is a superb present for any lady friend, so don't miss them when they get on sale!!

I like this one. I'm reviewing from a carded 1.5ml sample. I have unforgettable, which is a clone of black orchid by Alexandria fragrances, and I find amour nocturne has similarities. Possibly just the orchid, but the feeling when wearing it is similar. What I get mostly is the orchid and the gunpowder. I'm almost positive what I'm smelling is this gunpowder note, it's a bit ashy and metallic. Where black orchid to me leans a bit more floral and my opinion also has this beach vibe to it that kind of gives off a coconut like smell, amour nocturne leans more earthy/gourmand (if those 2 could even go together), with some subtle sweet smoke and ash and maybe a bit of a powdery thing underlying. But the orchid for me is very prominent in both fragrances. The smoke with the very subtle sweet note possibly from the combination of caramel and milk reminds me of just almost burnt caramel (if you've made caramel before, you know what that smells like). Mostly I get this just in the opening. I like this scent quite a bit, what I would like is for it to last a bit longer and project a bit more. I wore it to work today and it lasted about 5-6 hours, sprayed probably 10-12 sprays from the sample on clothes and skin and it was just ever so present for about 5 hours then pretty much vanished. Longevity and sillage could be not as good from the sample? I don't know. Overall it's a nice scent, would like to possibly find a bottle if anyone has one they don't like it wants to swap or something.

Another subverted gourmand from L'artisan. This one is absolutely special. When I first applied it I got some sweetness with a strong, bitter, rough note that reminded me almost of pepper or some other bitter spice. After reading the notes I totally recognize the gun powder accord. Yknow on the 4th of july, when the last few fireworks are launched off and theres just a slight haze over everything with that smoky smoldering scent? bingo. Shortly after the firecracker opening, a warm, smooth, sweet caramel note starts to wake up. It grows and grows, and then right before it gets too sweet I suddenly notice that theres a nice, peppery cedar note. Was that there the whole time? I don't know..but it keeps getting more and more prominent. Eventually I was left with a slightly bitter cedar caramel scent that I could not stop sniffing. This is not a fragrance for everyone, its definitely unisex and a little strange at first. But I think if you're not afraid of cedar or gourmands this could be a love. I also imagine it would greatly appeal to fans of Dzing who are looking for something else from the 'strange and sweet' corner of L'artisan. It definitely is not worth the ridiculous retail price but seeing as how it can be found at discounters for less than the normal l'artisans its a big winner. One of my favorites from a house that I thought I was bored of. 8.5/10

Wow, I LOVE this. I was cleaning out my sample stash and found a decant of this from years ago. My goodness it's amazing. Why didn't I try this sooner? I didn't want to love it because the notes seem so weird, but I just do. At first I get a blast of delicious caramel, but a grown up caramel- sweet but not artificial or cloying. Then when the carmel softens, I get the gunpowder and the milk. I cannot describe the gunpowder. It's just there, kind of like the smell of ground up rocks or something. I don't know, but along with the milk, it's smooth, creamy, cozy, and delicious, yet grown up. When it dries down, the woods blend in perfectly with the creamy milk. I'm in heaven. I think the reason I like this so much is that I love gourmands, but I am sort of over the teenager-type, sickly sweet sugar bombs I used to go for. I like a masculine/grown up edge to my sweets, and this does it. Well done. Shame it's been discontinued.

OH MY GOD !!! It has been a minute since I wore this, large collection and all, but DAMN, this is so Goooood! I think I only stopped wearing it because it was discontinued and rare/expensive, but honoring something by not using it is a sick/destructive way to show appreciation. This is going back into my After Hours rotation. COMMENT ON NOTES This is no milky frag, it's smoooth but it you're looking for milk you'll be disappointed! This is sweet Honey caramel and gunpowder smoke with a cedar base. The milk and orchid notes are only to balance and smooth. The drydown is rich, sweet, and agressive! (Please see my previous review for greater detail.) My only experience has been the golden octagon bottles and official carded spray sample from the Explosions d'Emotions collection. I have no knowledge of the reformulation in the black bottle with white label.

I would like to thank my wonderful swap partner for the chance to try this. Let me preface by saying it is absolutely a true stunner and a lovely warmer weather scent. My bottle is the clear glass shorter one in the white box. Upon first spritz I was somewhat nervous. It had a medicinal type vibe. But that vanished in about 10 seconds to all of the notes mentioned on the top of the page. This is a unisex fragrance but a female can very easily pull this one off if she enjoys gourmand smokey scents. I don't feel it to be masculine at all however I would not be turned off smelling this on a male at all. The presentation box is Phenomenal. A stunning white soft felt type box and the bottle within is equally beautiful. All done in a very unisex style. This is definitely going to be a new favorite of mine. And by the way, mine has incredible lasting power.

Oh she's UNIQUE. I hated this at first. But after looking at the notes list, I get it. Wear this to a Beauty Influencer Brunch or when you meet Rihanna, but don't tell her what it is or it'll be the next Fenty fragrance! This one made me realize I like gunpowder notes. Gunpowder adds that addictive odd sharpness (at opening) to a fragrance, if that's your thing. It eases to the background quickly. Once it completely dries down, everything blends to smell like watermelon-scented lip gloss in the tin. I also typically do not like orchid notes. NOT longwearing. It's a sophisticated, subtle gourmand that wears / fades / dries down way too fast for it to be a good investment. I'm conflicted because it's unique. The milky, sweet caramel is perfectly balanced with orchid and cedar. I think I'm gonna have to get it.

Stunning masterpiece from one of my favorite perfumer’s, Bertrand Duchaufour. I get all the main notes — caramel, cedar, milk and orchid — and the note that sets this scent apart from others, gunpowder. It’s this note that adds to the contradictions: soft but powerful to sexy but aloof. And it’s gunpowder that gives this scent mysterious connections to metal, smoke and incense. I owned another gunpowder dominant perfume, ELDO's Fin Du Monde but I ended up letting it go. It was just too sharp, too harsh and difficult to wear. I didn’t find it enjoyable though I respected the daring exploration of notes. Amour Nocturne is still firmly in the niche bucket, but what makes it a better perfume is that it’s wearable art. This is a beautiful and complex perfume, it stays close and I love it that way.

It 'an explosion of color,sensuality and surprises you now!! This parfum definitely high level, and unique. I've never heard anything like it,here the perfumer B.Duchaufour created this beautiful scent, which is a veritable "explosion" of pyrotechnical known gourmand and at the same time "dusty" (Thanks to gunpowder). The orchid and cedar give an accent sublime composition, making this perfume phantasmagorical with a veil of mystery. The caramel note is the most noticeable. Good for cold days of autumn or winter... With this fragrance I can once again to confirm the great talent that is B.Duchaufour, surprised me so much... has created this masterpiece hard to forget ,really beautiful. Highly recommended!!! Sillage: 6/10 Longevity: 8/10 Scent: 10/10 Overall: 10/10

I love L'Artisan Dzing! Amour Nocturne smells nothing like it, but I'm quickly falling for it, too. Why one makes me think of the other is this... Both of these fragrances give me the feeling of being at an old-time carnival. Dzing is the big top tent, animals and all that goes along with them. Amour Nocturne is the mid-way. Freshly made caramel apples, buttery popcorn, a breeze brings the scent from the wooden rollercoaster. They've fired off the fireworks, and that oh so lovely gunpowder floats all around me. It is night time, and I'm holding hands with my handsome "crush". Will he kiss me? How could he not? He loves sweet things ;) and he has a thing for going to the shooting range with his dad. Love and fun. That's Amour Nocturne to me.

Amour nocturne opens with a blast of smoky, metallic gunpowder. Unlike many perfumes with "weird" notes, you can actually make them out clear as day here. However, that blast of gunpowder only lasts for a few seconds, quickly giving way to delicious creamy vanilla and realistic caramel. The gunpowder still lingers in the background but it is now only a shadow of what it started as, and rather than having a pronounced metallic scent, it just adds a nice coolness that makes the whole composition smell like... ice cream! Vanilla ice cream with caramel swirls. It's not exactly what I'd expect from a perfume called Amour Nocturne, but I love it. PS. I actually got a compliment on this today, and believe me when I say I NEVER get compliments.

This is a superb nutty lactonic. Korrigan also has this note, and it's catnip to me. The same gunpowder as Chinatown, and again, that gunpowder note is a favourite. All the Explosions series are very distinctive, but this is the one I really picked out and bought 3 bottles of. It lasts all day too. I've also smelled this nutty milky note in some fig scents, but I'm relieved there's no fig present here. I notice cedar is often backing up lactonic scents, it must be a natural partnership, because this is smooth. Another Duchaufour stroke of genius. Not a blind buy - you have to want that nutty milk - but I'm a big fan. And again if you like this, Korrigan is a logical next step. Yum x

I received my decants of this line from the magic world of perfume lovers a few years ago and instantly loved them all, which was at the time very much against the general consensus. But I love sweet rich perfumes and I found I wanted full bottles as I ran out. Lo and behold they started showing up at the discounters! This one is probably my favourite. I adore the strange metallic gunpowder note juxtaposed with milky caramel and rich florals. The quality is great, it lasts and projects. I hope many other perfume lovers have found these for good prices, although considering the stratospheric costs now in the perfume world they were good value even at original price!

Wow, this is still developing on my skin at the moment, but I knew from the past experience of Douchafour's signature style that this would excite my senses! I crave fragrances with the slightest juxtaposition of notes. I read with interest the descriptions given by others and couldn't wait any longer for the contrast of sweet and full caramel, softened and lifted at once by the milky notes, the deliciousness edible sweetness made fresh and new with the sharpness of the gunpowder note which clears the palette and gives you another bite of dessert all at once. I'll be sniffing this happily as I close my eyes for sleep tonight. Love it.

Very sweet and feminine incense-y gunpowder on the first blast, that mellows down to a sweet and gourmand caramel milk with a twist... The equivalent of pastel goth in a perfume. It’s actually pretty strong. Definitely something that you need to wear for yourself and savour. It can be your little secret ;) It’s cute, it’s comforting and it’s very wearable. Too bad it’s been discontinued, it’s absolutely incredible and really unique ! I’ve never ever smelt anything like it before. In my opinion, completely blind buy safe and worthy. My sibling told me it made them hungry so I suppose it falls right into gourmand territory :)

This fragrance is absolutely beautiful. Very unique. So unique I’ve searched my hardest to come across another fragrance that smells like it. It’s sweet but not cloying. Where some sweet fragrances almost feel sticky this one is dry. The caramel in this is so DELICIOUS. The milk in this is quiet. It’s so beautiful, I wish I had more words to describe this masterpiece. I have a small sample and use it sparingly because it seems like every full bottle of this has disappeared from the face of the earth lol. If anybody on here is trying to let go of their full bottle contact me 🥹 I will gladly take it off yall hands 🥹

This is a scent to my mind that pushed the envelope of starting a decade of perfume smoke, caramel, Autumn burn piles, zipless sex, Armageddon, and fire. Totally abstract and masterful evocations of thoughts and feelings expressed in perfume form. I was so pleased to see someone popping up a review for one of these. It reminded me of how much I love and treasure my bottles bought cheap from fragrance*** many years ago because hardly anyone liked them. This particular one is on my desert island list. It doesn’t smell like being by a fireplace or playing with red stuff. It’s as perfect as a Rothko painting.

I'm so surprised by this one. It's the scent of being calm, cool and collected. It is a scent that truly tells a story - very unique to me. Most of the time I'll have a spray and make a judgement. This left me without an opinion - but rather deep in thought. Nocturne/night is definitely a good description here. Armor is fitting as well - so strange. Not so much the smell, but the feelings which are evoked. If you try this - do yourself a favor and forget about notes, longevity, silliage and all that bs - instead, experience this without judgement and see what comes into your mind. Very intriguing. 7/10

A very interesting fragrance. I was supplied with a 2ml spray by the company when it came out, but I ignored it till now, but the minute I smelled it, I thought, I bet that's Duchaufour. He has a way with fragrance. With this, I don't get what the notes list - I get a huge dose of hawthorn, lilac and privet blossom, suffused with gunpowder. It also has a saffron-in-milk quality. I could wish this was rather stronger for an EDP but it is very beautiful and I did succumb in the end and buy it because I became a bit obsessed with it. Beautiful box, btw, at least on the first version with the squat bottle.

Ì got a sample of this perfume and I must say, I love it ! It is sweet (but not overbearingly sweet), very warm, rich (like butter), and smoky. It's almost inviting in its subtlety. If I were a man, and hugged a woman who wore this on her neck... Ahem ! If you like spices and woody perfumes, you might like this. I do realize that there are no spices in this fragrance, but I am reminded of those when I smell this. Is it the gunpowder ? Not many people seem to like the smell of gunpowder. Therefore, I would suggest sampling this before buying. It's definitely an unique smell. Give it a try if you can !

Lately I have a total crush on this perfume. I find myself using it all the time. The opening is a blast of peppery notes, almost too heavy to distinguish what's what. After a few minutes, it tames and calms down a bit, and the sweetness emerges. During summetime's hot weather I hardly wore it, but when I did, the sweetness was mainly milky and tart. Came winter, I get this sweet and tad salty caramel that makes it both yummy and gorgeous. Wearing it on a daily basis, it's surprisingly close to the skin on the longrun and inoffensive to others. Sorry not sorry, I just love it.

Definitely reminds me of Book the expressive version (black bottle, white font, no plus or minus) throughout the entirety of the scent, most especially in the beginning. At first I was like hmmm... didn’t know what to think. And didn’t look at the notes beforehand either. But now that 10 minutes have passed it’s like Book, not so inky, but blended with a mild sweetness. It’s unique despite its similarity to Book, and I want it for its small differences. Really happy to have received a sample of this for free from somebody, too bad this stuff looks very expensive. 😭

Ok, I think I am getting obsessed with this scent. The gunpowder is uncanny! It is smoky, slightly metallic and sulphurous, but only eough to lend mystery, complexity, and depth over the otherwise juvenile hot milk and caramel. Burning rocks, hot milk, a faint sweetness I guess is attributed to caramel but could also easily be the milk's lactose, condensed and rendered addicting in a primal sense. It is stunning in my opinion and so well done. I prefer it OVER noir exquis for whatever it's worth. It is more original, interesting, and sexy to me.

Mmmm smoky, yeah I can see that. Caramel I guess so but it's not sweet or syrupy, more like a vanilla cream caramel. Again not sweet. Under the caramel lies some spice, just enough to keep me interested. Goes on beautifully and continues to develop over hours leaving a lovely woody musky trail with a hint of vanilla. A wrist smeller for hours. Don't get why others aren't raving...maybe a née replacement to my beloved dolce vita. Maybe a more complex and gourmand tam Dao? If you love dolce and other sandalwoods, give this a try.

i don't know how this couldn't be a LOVE for anyone who tries it! I read somewhere that this perfume compared to Dzing!, one of my favorites, and that is true but i'll explain why: they smell nothing alike, but they both have that certain character to them- so intriguing, so good! i mean character in a good way! this is an unforgettable perfume! the caramel and the gunpowder work so well together i can't believe it! this is gourmand but soo much sophistication! Another win for Lartisan

Amour Nocturne makes me anxious. The caramel and milk notes are so warm and comfortable but then the gunpowder and cedar sneak in there and smell SO WRONG. It's the opposite of how you'd expect a fragrance to progress. The more you smell it, the more dissonant and ugly it gets. Sweet, but with a memory of violence and bloodshed. Like eating toffee on a still-smoking battlefield. I can't smell it too long without getting fearful. It's an absolute masterpiece.

So surprising! So strong in the beginning and harsh, but suddendly so nice and soft. Voluptuous and womenly. However it's not too big to wear. Gunpowder is the point, it sends, shots the bullet to your senses. Without it it woud be same as anything less remarkable. L'amour and death. Nothing less. Beautiful is too small word. Toffee and gunpower. Hunting with dogs and the coffee at camp fire. Red nails and the hunting outfit.

Received a sample of this. Love at first sniff ! floral/cedar....lactonic caramel vanilla...spice?...If the gun powder is here...I am not sure what it is "supposed" to smell like...lol...but maybe it is adding a "zing" to the other notes. IMO....a more classic/vintage-y vibe to this scent. Unique. The performance "seems" better than some of the other L'Artisan's in my collection.....so far. Full bottle worthy for me. LOVE !

I love this. I don’t get cedar nor orchid but it’s just full on milky, rice-like gunpowder. It’s such a weird blend that reacts so well to my skin chemistry. After a while it will turn into a peppery coconut with a warm skin smell. I don’t wear this to work or on first dates but rather it’s a special smell to be worn around the right, invited people, just because of how intimate and exposing it feels to wear it.

Very nice fragrance . Well blended i get milky caramel on the top and then you get soft incense / smoke i also get the orchide in the middle of the scent and in the very drydown i get a soft smell of that gunpowder blended with that milky caramel very nice scent from one of my favorite perfumer 👍 Hard to find tho i do not know if it is discontinued, i hope not. Very happy to have a bottle of this :)

Un profumo unico ed indescrivibile: apertura pepata e fumosa che precede un cuore latteo, dolce di caramello ed appena un poco legnoso. La nota polverosa (dovuta alla polvere da sparo) rimane presente e ben si accompagna alla dolcezza del latte caramellato a creare un qualcosa di unico. Fragranza inusuale, particolare, che si ama o si odia. Ed io la amo.

Another beautiful and unique scent from this line. This is the third I've tried and loved after Rappelle Toi and Tea for Two, and now I think I'll have to try them all! It smells like caramel cream, orchids, and fireworks. All in perfect harmony. It's so beautiful and intriguing. Reminds me of summer nights at the beach watching fireworks as a child.

Love this... If I didn't know the notes I would have to say this is a whisper soft smoky vanilla with honey. Now that I'm familiar with the notes I can say that they got this right - almost perfectly right. It's a soft, trailing - lightly sweet and milky vanilla/caramel with a smokey gunpowder trail that makes it sharp, cold and memorable. 9/10

Love at first sniff! Amour nocturne is a delicate caress, a gentle and comforting touch. It's a cup of hot milk with a touch of caramel. Not too sweet, a little bit of smokiness. This fragrance is so original yet so essential, a pure masterpiece. To me, this is the best of the three Explosions d'Emotions. Unforgettable

Located in US. Still ISO a bottle, a partial of any amount, or a decant! 🥺 Message me if you want to work out a deal! 🙏 Was gifted a sample in 2022 (joke’s on me, eh?). I was able to find ONE BOTTLE for sale in the US on eBay... But I could not afford it at the time and it very quickly sold...

It's an unusual scent that wears well, but I'm not sure I feel good in it. On me it's caramel and milk and, yes, gunpowder overload. This note is a bit too prominent on my skin. Medium sillage, over 8h longevity - the technicalities are as they should be.

Holy moly this is gorgeous. Very sexy and spicy and smoky - I feel as though lots of perfumes have tried for this exact scent and missed the mark. Love at first sniff. Update: but it does not LAST! The longevity on this is actually pathetic :(

The overall impression I get with this is the olifactory equivalent to the taste of salted caramels. If you are into that sweet and salty flavor then perhaps you will find a similar vibe here like I do. 4 out of 5.

This is smoked caramel & little cedar. I don't mind gun powder notes at all, they somehow flow very well in this composition. Very well done fragrance! Sweet & smoky - love it!

It smells of fireworks on the night sky and carmelised milk. Explosive joy and sweetness. Perfect stranger I fell in love with. It's my new flag perfume.

I want this so bad. If anyone in the US is selling a bottle even if it just has 5 or 10mL in it, I want it. Or a decant. Please. I need Amour Nocturne.

Womanity in an autumn version?!? I don't know what provokes in me this comparison, but the first time i smelled it, my first though was "womanity".

I want to buy this, so please if you are selling, reach out to me! It is one of my favorite fragrances.

Anyone know if this has been discontinued?

I mean WOWZERS! The gunpowder mixes with the caramel and somehow it just works, giving the caramel a creamy smokiness. And am I crazy, or do I pick up coconut?! It's a absolutely banger. The cedar is there at the bottom. The 3 notes ( orchids have no smell i have no clue why people claim them as notes in perfumery) along with the milk blend perfectly together creating such a unique dark and smoky ever so slightly gourmand deliciousness. It is everything I look for in a fragrance. Well almost everything. The second I sniffed it I was ready to leap online and buy a FB. Unfortunately, before I had even made it to the L'Artisan Parfumeur website, I realized I could scarcely smell anything anymore. And I sprayed half of a 1.5ml sample all over myself. A good 10 or more sprays. I'm not anosmic to it, as I can pick it up when my nose is pressed right up to my hand. I'm getting nothing on my shirt which is odd. Usually my skin eats perfume while my clothes hold it longer. I want a bottle of this very much, but its hard to justify dropping $200 + on such a weak formula. I like my fragrances beast mode, and I really expected, with the combation of notes, that this one was going to be a better performer. I could seriously cry, as it is so beautiful and unique. I could have seen this one becoming a signature for myself, as I feel it's wearable in all seasons. I don't know, maybe I just got a bad sample or the sample needs to settle after its trip across the continent. I will leave it to settle for a few weeks and try it again and update.... EDIT: Happy to report that the sample did indeed need to settle in after its long journey. I tried it again a few weeks later and the performance was much better. Good solid projection for about 4-5 hours. I found a NIB 50 ml bottle on eBay for around $100 and couldn't be happier with it.