Soir d'Оrient

Wow. Soir d’Orient is an absolutely PHENOMENAL perfume. I saw this as someone who owns over 100 perfumes, having sampled many more than that. I like Sisley. I have Eau du Soir and Soir de Lune. I thought that those two were the best perfumes from the house of Sisley...before I tried this. It’s a difficult perfume to describe actually. All I can say about it is itt is 100% gorgeous, classy, timeless, sophisticated, interesting, and downright stunning. This scent is addictive. I think you must try it to believe. This is a very, very special perfume. I prefer Soir d’Orient to the other two Sisley perfumes I have. This one is just so, so, so beautiful. I wish I could do it more justice in my description, but all I can say is there is nothing bad about this perfume. It’s just gorgeous. The scent is so natural and beautiful and u issue. I haven’t smelled anything like it. In the first day of my wearing no it I got several compliments, but I don’t even care about that. Just smelling it myself, I realize how gorgeous and special this is. This is not a conservative mature perfume. Anyone at any age can wear this. It’s not a boring scent, but it’s universally likeable as a classy fragrance. It’s so dreamy and feminine, without being overly sweet and obtrusive. It’s so timeless I hope I never ever run out of this. This is just top of the line. Any woman in the world could wear this and feel like a princess, it is that classy and sophisticated, without being uptight and unapproachable. It is absolutely, undeniably stunningly beautiful and alluring. This is so feminine, beautiful, classy, and feminine, that it is sexy in a very refined way. Soir d’Orient is a stunning perfume meant for a confident, intelligent woman, a natural leader that embraces her femininity. Any woman who wears this will instantly feel magnificent. This is a very special fragrance, which I hope never goes out of style. A real gem.

Eau du Soir needs no introduction. Sisley’s mythical perfume is (still) one of the most elegant and beautiful chypres. Exhilarating. Regal. Stunning. To quote one of Lancôme’s best moisturizers of the past (Vivifiance); Vivifiant! Soir d’ Orient is Eau du Soir at dawn. While it launched when the Oud craze was taking off, it doesn’t include Oud, or at least it doesn’t pretend to be an Oud scent. Instead, it’s midnight. When Eau du Soir undresses, under the spell of a burning candle, Soir d’Orient comes to life. Galbanum, the common thread, is surrounded by rich rose. Herbal geranium. Resins and incense and myrrh, all brought to life by lemon and bergamot. It’s a smoky, oriental, lavish take on the chypre original, with the emphasis on a huge, brooding rose. They’re the same but not. They share the same elegance, the same class. While one is a proper chypre, the other is the version +18. When the lights go out and only candlelight (and the moon) illuminates the night. A sensuality akin to Emanuelle in the first films. Soir d’Orient is lavish, rich and mesmerizing. It doesn’t pretend to be something it’s not, instead it is very good at what it is. A darker, night version of the original, lost in the corridors of an Andalusian castle. It haunts while it taunts. Truly, a perfume worthy of a black bottle and night in its name. Sisley, don’t lose your class!

A profoundly beautiful creation, Soir d'Orient turned out to be a holy grail of sorts for me, as I was on the pursuit for a rose incense. An added bonus for my nose is one of my other favorite notes: geranium. I have Ai incense from Blackbird, and this eau de parfum closely resembles the dark, lush ambience of that incense. The opening has that hallmark galbanum that seems to be thematic of Sisley fragrances (see Eau de Campagne), but here, it is paired with saffron, imparting this almost tannic, astringent quality that soon yields to a black pepper. Here, an almost trigeminal effect occurs, as the roses and the geranium leaves bloom with radiance. However, this is not sunshine radiance but more an opalescence in an ocean of onyx. I am in a temple in some primeval woods, incense envelops me, something feels almost cabalistic. I am not merely writing a review in my spare time between work, but I am elsewhere. This is the elsewhere that perfumes can often take us, when we want to escape the here and now, we want to be the embodiment of this elsewhere. The dry down is one of repose: mossy, earthy, gentle, reassuring. This is not a scent for the provocateur so much as its for the dreamer. Masculine on men, feminine on women. Top shelf.

utterly beguiling, intoxicating, rich, heady perfection. spicy, sharp, deeply incense-y, but there's also a gorgeous non-gourmand floral sweetness when i smell my arm more closely. i feel little need to analyze this perfume based on its component notes; they simply add up to a masterful, unique whole, which is to me the sign of an excellent perfume. i absolutely loved this when it first came out and i tested it on a whim in a department store (i knew nothing about sisley's fragrances at the time). i couldn't stop thinking about it. but oh, that price! i finally managed to buy it at an affordable price and am so glad i did. one thing (and one note, i guess) that i will mention: when i was a kid, i had a scratch and sniff book in which the one patch i was drawn to *absolutely* the most, admist the strawberry and other entirely forgettable (and synthetic-smelling) scents was... maybe frankincense, i think? i could NOT stop smelling it — i found it absolutely intoxicating. it smelled like church incense (i discovered later — i'm not christian). i realize with soir d'orient that i've finally found *that* scent.

What a fantastic composition. My skin brings out the top notes far more than when sprayed I sniffed it on paper. On paper, it comes across as somewhat similar to the highest-end, Middle Eastern rose-oud blends. However, the bergamot, galbanum, pepper, incense, and saffron (to a lesser extent) really dominant on the skin. It's surprisingly bright, despite have a wondrously dark body underneath. As it evolves, the middle and base notes move forward, especially the rose and incense. Somehow, despite being a strong fragrance with quite a bit of attitude, it is remarkably well-balanced through all phases. It does not come across as garish or neurotic. I recently bought a (somewhat irresponsibly) large haul of blind buys based on research, and this is one of my favorites. I got a .25 oz travel atomizer, but will likely buy a full bottle when I run out, despite the higher price point. This is one of those times when I can absolutely smell the expertise and craft that went into this high-quality beauty. Unisex, maybe leaning a bit feminine. Composition: 9/10 Longevity: 7.5/10 Overall experience: 9/10