Lumière Noire Pour Homme

I am reveling in pleasure this morning, just chilling at home, wearing Lumiere Noire PH. My #1 fragrance by quite a margin ! My whole review just got erased, oh well... I was wearing it today for a special occasion. I realized it has a fresh, soapy quality. Maybe the rose or cinommon have a fruity tone. It gives that clean out of the shower smell, but still stays very refined and classy. A beautiful, exquisite, refined fragrance of contrasts. A soft spicy, very fresh, allmost fruity rose, with perfectly blended patchouli and cinnamon, smooth, slightly sweet and soapy, but nothing jumps out, very well blended, potent quality essences used I'm sure. Then you do get a lovely touch, of a slightly bitter green artemesia. I don't get much patchouli actually, after the rose, the artemesia and cumin are strongest. The Patchouli vaguely blends in with the darker notes, to give a slightly woody and masculine base. The fragrance wears very clean and sheer, yet the projection and longevity are solid. PS, I'm trying to discover LN today, thinking on the meaning of a fragrance accord. I over sprayed today, and it wasn't bad, but it took 20 minutes to come into the harmony that is awe inspiring. The masterfull perfumer has come up with a masterpiece here, and the key is in the blending of 5 great notes, a harmonious accord is struck, thinking of music. As those 5 notes of light and dark are struck, with not one note standing out alone, but a creation of several unique fragrance accord. I havnt discovered it fully, but I'm learning , and that's the fun of it... Ah, it is a rose fragrance at the heart, but an embelished rose. I love it when a fragrance has strong floral notes, but is still masculine, it's not easy, and this one does it. Like Givenchy Insense, another example of a masterpiece in the category of men's floral fragrances. Also Creed Royal Mayfair is a great masculine rose frag. I have written 200 reviews and have a complete collection of my 50 or so top fragrances. Lumiere Noire Pour Homme is the crown jewel of my collection, awesome. Thank you Francis Kurkdjian. A note to Francis Kurkdjian: I heard he dosn't think of himself as an artist, or perfumery as art. I think for me this fragrance and Narciso Rodriguez for him, are great works of art. Two minimalist fragrances 5 notes and 4 respectively, The accords are so beautifully creative that I'm inspired and touched emotionally by these two compositions of his. Is not this the best aspect of what art may do, to inspire? Rating: 10/10 God bless you. John 3:16

Lumiere Noire Pour Homme demonstrates the genius of Francis Kurkdjian. After smelling the cheap abomination that is Le Male, I prematurely placed blame on the nose (Kurkdjian) rather than the house (Gaultier). How wrong I was. Gentlemen, do you like roses? Not garden roses, pink roses, or the roses that you would buy in the flower shop, but the idea of roses? In Western culture, rose is a representation of love and attraction. Not sex, not immediate seduction, but love in all its tenderness and doe-eyed elegance. This feeling is precisely what Francis Kurkdjian has managed to capture with his masculine rose, and it is indeed glorious. Lumiere Noire opens with an invitation, aromatic, fresh, and clean - rose underpinned by the green herbaceous quality of artemisia and light patchouli. As it dries down, the rose and herbs soften, falling into the background, as a background of spice (cinnamon, caraway, and a hint of clean cumin seed) rises to the surface. This is a representation of the process of love - the invitation (the offering of a token of love, the rose), followed by acceptance (the scent of warm spice on the skin). One of my favorite YouTube and Fragrantica reviewers, mrzayas81/Estebanz, likes to describe romantic fragrances as follows: "Like falling in love for the very first time". Nothing describes Lumiere Noire better. This is a fragrance that will inspire poets. In terms of performance, Lumiere Noire provides a subtle yet noticeable aura. Projection is moderate for the first couple of hours, with moderate to low sillage (depending on one's skin). All of this seems to be by design. For romantic settings, such intimate performance is perfect. Wear Lumiere Noire around someone for whom you care deeply. Pair with a polished look, lively conversation, and your most tender embrace. Smell: 10/10 Longevity: 6-8 hours Projection: 1-2 hours Sillage: Low to moderate Compliment Factor: High If Lumiere Noire were a song, it would be "Il Libro Dell 'Amore" by 2Cellos (feat. Zucchero).

What an incredibile scent... The first time I sprayed this on it almsot brought tears to my eyes. I was hooked right off the bat, but as experience taught me, its always best to live with a fragrance for some time before commiting to a full bottle, especially with these kind of prices. I went trough 2x2ml samples and I finally decided that this marvel will soon be added to my collection! I love what Francis K. brings to the table, a luminescent and unique take on the rose-patchouli combo. This smells like nothing else in this world. A few weeks ago I hugged my girlfriend after spraying myself with it and she went to the grocery store. Upon her return she told me she got compliments from some guy who seemed shocked by how good she smelled. Its an eau de toilette that acts like an eau de parfum! The artemisia plays an important role in this creation, its the link between the brightness of the rose and the darkness of the patchouli. Adding the necessary green note that balances out the perfume and creates a light and airy yet present effect. This is easily the best perfume in the MFK line, along with the unknown Ciel de Gum, quite a task considering the competition. Ladies and gentlemen (yes this perfume also works on women) if you wish to leave a mark and impress your friends and acquaintances, look no further. Lumière Noire is the type of perfume that is almost too beautiful to be worn, like an Ermenegildo Zegna suit or that Chanel dress that you only use for special occations. Amazing.

Artemisia is the strongest note for me, and I love the earthy, herbal, bitter green smell of it. It is balanced, the (light), with the rose and aldehydes, that give it a clean, airy, and soapy vib. This has all ways been in my top 3 frags, of 400 that I reviewed. It's very intriguing, as there is no single note, that is easily picked out. They are all amazing fragrance accords. When I first discovered this a few years ago; I was still new to niche fragrances. I didn't pick out aroma chemicals and aldehydes as much as I pick them out now. This uses aroma chemicals quite a bit, but overall it comes off quite natural. It's like Le Labo Santal 33 in that way. These two frags use aroma chemicals in the best way. Both are in my top 5. I am someone who likes mostly all natural realistic notes in perfumery, as Diptyque uses in most of their frags. The rose is not feminine here, because you have the cumin and patch. Artemisia (worm wood) plays an important role, as a sharp slightly bitter green note, offsetting the dainty Rose note. I think there is a sneaky anamalic accord in here. It makes it alluring; like a castoreum, cinnamon, rose accord. There is no heavy anamalic skankiness, stays very airy throughout. PS: Just got a good deal on a backup bottle. It smells great and fresher than my bottle from 2016. There have been rumors on YouTube saying this has been reformulated, and is unrecognizable. Wrong, they may have gotten a spoiled sample, or something... Rating 10/10 God bless. John 3:16

So I asked for some samples of any of the MFK fragrances today and I received this as one of them...I was quite happy as I've reserved my judgement on many of them as I need to sample properly on my skin. When I read the accompanying card had you been there you'd have seen my slightly pained expression and my disappointment would've been palpable. Rose & patchouli? Really? Not that I dislike either note but having no prior knowledge I'd kinda hoped for something different. Well...to my dismay I absolutely love lumiere noire!!! At last a male rose scent that is better than Cartier or serge Lutens to give two examples and you know why? Because this isn't all that rosy!!! A very gentle composition that has a magnificent opening for me, the rose is used perfectly the patchouli is minimal but evident straight away and gives an almost chocolate quality which works so well with the rose. I genuinely don't like Rose based fragrances (unless very very dark) for men as a rule but the rose in this is so subtle and refined it's totally acceptable to my nose. Lightly spiced, and with a very vague almost bitter, animal quality to it...everything about this says quality, balance and harmony this is not just another bad rose scent for men this one is very very good and I would probably wear it as could most women. The problem here is the price...unless I was crying out for a very lightweight rose scent in my collection(which I'm not) I just wouldn't bother.