Found at Dusk

Top notes are blackcurrant leaves and syrup, fresh mint, juicy lime. Slowly fir needles, spicy green tomato leaf, vanilla, raspberry, and amber uncurl from the heart to create a very complex mix of notes - fruity, green, and a touch gourmand as the vanilla and amber strengthen. Earthy patchouli and musk are there on the drydown, asserting themselves only lightly. I love this, but it's weird. It's sweet and fruity, with a green and dirty undertone. If think you have to like both gourmands and green scents to like this, because it's both. I love blackcurrant, but this is not the green blackcurrant thicket of L'Ombre Dans L'eau. Nor is it the berry vanilla of Sì Fiori. This sits squarely between the two. A slice of vanilla cake under the leafy green blackcurrant hedgerow. I bought a used bottle on ebay that's half full. I have a feeling I may be buying a new one soon... ps. After writing this, I had my hand pressed to my wrist all evening long and the next day, after a full night's sleep, the basenotes are still there. I may be bumping this to my top list - and I own/have tried over 1000 perfumes! - it's just such a wonderful and comforting mix of green blackcurrant bush and comforting vanilla cookie that it makes all my endorphins go YAY. Betrand Duchafour has done it again. But it's been discontinued. I'm off to a buy some backup bottles off of fleabay.

This is beautiful, I love love love it. The mint and fir are subtle but keep things interesting. Without them, this would be just another fruity perfume. I have a number of fir/pine scents, and most are strong and masculine. Not this. This is sweet mint, sweet fir. However, for a fruity scent, it is not as sugary as I thought it would be. It's a sweet herby-ness. I get the "cocktail like quality" of the reviewer below, although this isn't boozy at all. It's more like a collection of cocktail garnishes. Interesting, but I can't imagine this being offensive to anyone. Nothing here that screams. For that reason, I think it is a fairly safe blind buy. At worst, you will be underwhelmed. Like with many Miller Harris scents, the name is nothing like the scent. I don't think of a dusky/evening perfume at all. This is a spring/summer daytime for me. I wish it lasted longer.

This is simply beautiful. It's unlike anything else in my now huge collection. I got this, a blind buy, 100ml for under £20 in TK Max and my only regret is that I didn't buy a second bottle! This is like sitting in a kitchen garden on a sunny summer evening, surrounded with lush fresh herbs and fruits. The geranium, vanilla and pepper creep in slowly and very softly. Gradually the blackcurrant get stronger and sweeter, tempered by a little musky patchouli and fir. It gradually settles into a glorious sweet, jammy blackcurrant and raspberry syrup, that brings to mind sipping a gin cocktail. Although it's sweet, it never becomes too much, thanks to the herbal and citrus notes that remain detectable throughout. I absolutely adore it. Instant love! ❤️

Very quick comment (other than: *I BLOODY LOVE THIS*): Bought it blind as I loved the notes. Spritzed yesterday morning, had a shower this afternoon, clean clothes, clean skin... and I can still smell it on my arms. It's beautiful. My assessment is that people should recognise that they become "noseblind* (a term I bloody hate) when testing a perfume: I own 1200+ bottles plus at least as many samples, and can't smell them on me after a few hours of wearing, especially if I spritz near my head.

This is one of my favourite blackcurrant predominant fragrances. The blaccurrant here is tart & sweet, supported by citrus notes and juicy raspberry. Mint and tomato leaf add some freshness to the scent. Then after a few hours Found at Dusk dries down into a warm, slightly sweet musky base with the delicious fruity notes in the background. This perfume is simply mouthwatering, uplifting and very natural smelling. It was a blind-buy and love at first 'sniff'!