L'Etoile Noire

L'Etoile Noire is my favorite from Olibere line. It is the fragrance, which embraces the darkness and the light, which takes you to a mysterious surreal dream, where beauty shines among the shadows, and the reflections of stars kiss the deep black waters. This fragrance a mystical journey. A journey home... It is a smoky, dark, quite heavy fragrance, which has something light in it. It does open differently on men and women. On me it is a powdery-smoky female fragrance with the prominent notes of tobacco, patchouli, tonka bean, vanilla and rose. On my man it is a smoky-spicy-citrusy fragrance with a very little sweetness. Give it a try!

Well, this one is really interesting how fast it changes in the first 30 seconds! I get a spicy peppery sharp citrus blast at first, and then it very quickly softens to a spicy smooth still peppery to my nose, rose vanilla tobacco. It smells dark and woody and spicy and creamy and smoother after the initial impression subsides. Its powdery and smoky and definitely not transparent smelling - its veiled with something gauzy and ethereal. Its really interesting. The tobacco is toasty and there is a zestyness that elevates the dusty tobacco to keep it fresh. its not dark-sombre, its dark-comforting. I think I like it, and I'm going to use up the 0.7ml dabber I have completely to find out! 30 minutes in: I didn't love it as much as I thought I might. In the dry down it stayed much too peppery and spicy and I wanted to wash it off.

I thought this had oud in it during my sniffing. That is definitely there and needs to be listed as a note. Fresh and light due to aquatics, citrus mixed with oud, amber, patch and cedar. Huge in the top but quickly becomes a soft scent like Jul et Mad's Amour de Palazzo does.

On me this comes across as fresh and spicy initially which quickly settles to a cedar rose Tonka tobacco vanilla marvel. Wears close to the skin. Refined classy exceptional taste. It will get compliments but only from those who get close to you. Leans masculine. It starts wearing off quickly but fortunately settles in - the dry down for about 3 hours. I like F_As review below

When i first sniffed this fragrance I never thought that it contain tobacco! It is more of a woody citrus and kind of oud as well! It begins dark with huge doses of wood and oud then calms down a bit and goes to patchouli rose and spices. It's quite different from the line and quite interesting.