Noir Okoume

Wouahhh I am surprised to see only one comment regarding this fragrance. Clearly this one is not known by many persons. But what a composition!! And this is a unique smell. This is warm, definitely not the dry incense but powdery... the mix is absolutely perfect. I agree with Lady Money it stays close to the skin, so you might want to use it for specific moment with someone ;-). The smell is sooooo good that it would deserve a much better projection or sillage. So at the end, one down side for me would be the price, I do understand the raw materials are excellent but the lack of projection/sillage for me do not justify the price. But make no mistakes, this is a great creation.

Woody, smoky, powdery, oud-ish, perfumey, an intense night-time scent. Oh I love this! It's quite different to most perfumes I own and suits the noir label. Delving into the notelist there's smoky oolong sure, but I don't get a tea vibe overall. It's more like the toasted buckwheat that is sometimes sprinkled on top of the tea. Myrrh is here so maybe that toasted note is coming from there. This is a dark one with moody resins and woods, some lovely glints of gunsmoke and powder and what I call iris's "perfuminess". And I suspect there's an animal here, lurking in the darkness.

What a beauty! Noir Okoume starts off a bit harsh, with a sharp incense note. But it soon settles into the most gorgeous creamy, smoky iris. There is a touch of sweetness here as well. It's a realtively simple, contemplative scent. Serene, distant, almost meditative. Not a scent that changes a lot, but takes us on a beautiful journey nevertheless. It's rather close to the skin but the lasting power is pretty impressive.

This was a really interesting one! On paper it smelled like straight-up charcoal, to the extent that I was pretty hesitant to try it on skin. I'm glad I did though, as it's a completely different scent worn. Still smoky, but so much softer, creamier, and gentler. This is a rare smoky scent that speaks more to relaxation and comfort than bonfires and barbecues. I really like it! I will say it doesn't really match any of the notes given. Not that it *doesn't* smell like them either, but if you told me to guess the notes I don't think I'd have picked oolong, orris, etc. It's just a generally nice, warm, "brown" sort of scent. Edit: Have tested this a few times and it's a tricky one! Sometimes I get the creamier, softer facets I mentioned above. Other times it smells a little more oud-y or something. Definitely sample before buying.

I'm having trouble distinguishing any 'real world ingredients', whatever that may be, but what I'm getting is familiar synthetic notes. I'm getting new shoes (specifically new Nike sneakers), a standard 'green' note, and something quite fragrant/aromatic. There's a stock 'musk-woods', it kinda reminds me of something likely used in Nasomatto scents, and something with a quasi-citrus top note. Regardless, I'm not 100% feeling it, it just comes across a little too 'regular' -- I'm looking for WEIRD and peculiar. Smelling this, I feel it's too office-safe. It might work for you, but it's not something I would go for.