By Night Black

By Night is a nice and smooth incensy-coniferous, slightly citrucy at the opening, fresh-spicy scent suitable for warm weather, day and night. It feels quite masculine but women could aslo wear it imo. It's cousins are Wild on Wood by Rasasi, Eden Palace Herve Gambs, TF Grey Vetiver, Encre Noire A L'Extreme Lalique. It opens with a light citrusy vibe followed by subtle coniferous notes and noticeable incense note, same as in Lalique's Extreme. There's also at the background a discreet greeny sub-sweet vibe but the citruses in the blend are stronger than that. After some hours the only I can feel is a nice slightly citrusy-smoky juniper vibe, quite manly smell imo and close to the Eden Palace by Herfe Gambs minus the incense. Dominant notes are juniper, incense, bergamot, cypress, mild mate, very mild mandarine/lavender, faint fig leaf. I can't detect rose or jasmine here. Not even traces. Performance is moderate overall. Sillage is moderate, projection is soft. It doesn't project much but it's there, discreet and elegant. My bottle is different. Black color with marble cap.

A juniperous woody composition with Cedar and Cypress joining the choir gently supported by fruits and florals. I can understand the associations to Mediterranean gardens that reviewers have, but to me By Night Black is a walk in a Scandinavian mixed forest on a warm, early summer day. The dry down is very discrete, cedary with a creamy touch of incense lingering behind the trees. My main problem with By Night Black is that for me sillage drops rapidly and in a few hours it has allmost dissapered completely.

Just sampled this today. I think this is a really great scent. Reminds me of sitting in a hot and sunny italian garden witha twist of incense.

On one well-known English-language fragrance resource, this perfume was recommended as one that beautifully captures the scents and atmosphere of the Mediterranean - closer to the Greek coast, since the fig leaf note is especially intense here. It truly feels as though you are instantly transported beneath dense fig trees wrapped in the coolness of the night sea, exuding an unimaginable abundance of aromas, while above you the starry sky flickers through the leaves overhead. Cicadas in the silence, bliss, languor, sultry warmth and coolness at the same time... At first, the fragrance is powerful, fruity and woody; then it quickly diffuses into a light haze of incense and woody shadows, only occasionally, pleasantly and almost mystically, reminding you of itself with subtle flashes.

Not a great fragrance for men - too much jasmine and rose hip overpowering the woodsy notes. The citruses are not well balanced. I think this perfume needs more vanilla, coco, chocolate or labdanum rather than rose hip. Scent: 6/10 Longevity: 7/10 Sillage: 6/10 Cost ratio: 0/10 Overall: 4.75/10 This frag is a disaster imo, which is sad since this house has put out some scents that are ok. They fact that they call themselves niche is not an excuse to charge a price that is higher than a Byredo for instance. They should slash their price by 3 and they will have better sales I guarantee.