Day For Night

This is a generic mass appealing amber.... I rate it a 9/10 Wait what? Yes! This whole olfactories line is not all that unique, rather they succeed in capturing the Prada aesthetic of modern, clean, powdery, but still so stylish and sleek. This fragrance is thin and transparent for an amber but i forgive it because the transparency let’s Daniela Andrier play with and highlight the smallest details, a whiff of leather, is that smoke? Caramel? But all this in an amber that you could wear just about year round exempting the hottest days. There’s a clean powdery feel behind it all, though I wouldn’t classify it a clean or powdery scent. Interestingly depending on the wear I get a dominant Benzoin note and other times I pick up just the beginning of a civet, maybe from the leather, at that point it hints at a designer musc ravageur, tho still very different. Very designer so I understand the lower rating. Also if you can only have a few bottles maybe this one isn’t the unique scent you need. But if you want a super wearable, compliment getting amber, that still has enough quality and finesse to keep an experienced nose satisfied this is a great choice. In a way I understand the person who said they see this as a $100 fragrance not a $300, the genre and style would suggest a $100 price tag, but the quality and the perfect balance would be impossible to find at a lower price. A big love for me. Who do I recommend this to? Anyone looking for a super easy to wear and Easy to like amber for just about all occasions but who are constantly dissatisfied with designer offerings. Also for this that already have a lot of niche and want a dumb reach for “wasting sprays” this is a great one to have just because even tho it doesn’t require much attention it is superb quality and blending.

Nice light transparent amber. So what’s the big deal? Usually when an amber goes “light” it means going really soft and vanilla. Less incense and less darker resins like labdanum. Day for Night is not that. Rather it not only incorporate rich true enveloping amber but goes a step further and includes a dark incense and a sour leather. Except then it makes them totally transparent, it reduces the opacity of the ingredients and leaves than as just a wisp supported by a transparent powdery and musky modern base (reminiscent of an “amber” like Prada black but then you add a real full amber on top). It’s a beautiful fusion of old and new. It’s not cheaply modern, but creatively so. The final effect is that from far you get a soft modern pleasing amber, that almost has caramely, appley, cinamonny touches, but doesn’t really. But when you zoom in and sniff it’s composed of very rich dark and leathery elements. One of my favorite ambers, but be warned it takes a while to understand... at first it seems too simple and flat, but then you realize the “designer modern base” is actually supporting a half powered classic amber and leather, and then wow, you realize why they called it Day for Night, both elements come together beautifully

I hated that I spent so much money on it to begin with because, next to so many others, it doesn’t smell like much and seems way too subtle for that hefty price tag. It’s now, coming back to clothes that were sprayed with it and smelling my skin hours later that I have developed an appreciation for how delicious it smells even if it doesn’t announce you when you walk up or leave a trail behind you. Anyone getting close to you however will know you smell amazing.

This is one of my favorite amber perfumes, and my favorite in the Olfactories Line. Day for Night is airy, and sheer; like a thin veil of decadent amber. It's definitely one of those perfumes that others will smell on you more than you smell on yourself. The sillage whispers to you throughout the day- just then you think its gone, the most beautiful sweet, slightly boozy, amber-vanilla will waft up, then disappear again.

Not really a gourmand, but an airy spicy ambery suede, minimal vanilla and with a dusty sweetness. Light and fine like silk scarf. I love Daniela Roche Andrier's creations!