Sun Bleached

After my initial spray when the solvent dissipated and the fresh, musked, and slightly warm spice notes came out, my first thought was “I recognize this”. I could not put my finger on it, so I just closed my eyes and kept sniffing. I was suddenly transported to the washing room in father’s bayside house and then it hit me: this smells like vintage Barbasol shaving cream foam! And that’s not an insult. There is a reason Barbasol has lasted through the ages. When I was little I used to always sneak a spray of my father’s Barbasol on my hand because I loved the fresh but spiced smell and the soft cream on my skin. My father is sadly no longer here, so this scent experience was personally a welcome one. Sun Bleached is absolutely unisex — it is fresh, musky and spiced with a soft and creamy version in the dry down — but I think it would be charmingly fresh on a man. If a man wore this and walked by me I would for sure turn my head, obviously because of my personal association, but also because of the practical, clean but pleasantly spiced vintage nod of the fragrance.

This one has grown on me, after initially finding it a bit dull, I'm now enjoying how comforting and stress relieving it can be and reaching for it more often than I'd expected to! I love clean scents in general, and am always a sucker for a good laundry scent, and this one is really well done - a pile of clean laundry dried by the sun, exactly as the name describes. I probably wouldn't upgrade to a full size after finishing my 25 ml, as it doesn't beat Byredo's Blanche as my all time favorite clean scent, but - I'll enjoy the remainder of time with the travel size and see whether my feelings for it become deeper. I love the aldehydes in Blanche and love the musky-powderiness of Sun Bleached. For now, a really enjoyable, easy to wear, great for everyday choice. Performance is moderate.

opening: powdery, warm soap. actually, a wonderful choice of name. idk if there’s actually soap in this or if my nose is playing games, but i smell a dove soap bar. and it’s fleeting, not overwhelming. i would say the scent is quite simple; it doesn’t change much throughout the wear. when i first smelled it, i thought there was something wrong with it; something in it made me feel sick. it’s not there anymore, though, and it has grown on me quite a bit. i would expect CdG to make something like this; i didn’t expect it from une nuit nomade. the most disappointing thing about this is the performance. it doesn’t last long. it does project surprisingly well for the duration of the wear, but it doesn’t last that long to begin with.

Often times, most fragrance houses offer a dumb-reach in their lineup. Sun Bleached is Un Nuit’s interpretation of an easy to wear/every day fragrance. Clean and smooth but intriguing at the same time. I usually don’t care for easy to wear scents, but Sun Bleached has persuaded me into getting a full bottle. I would pair this with a more daring outfit to counter the subtlety of the aroma. If you like musky fragrances, give this chance; this gives off a multi musk experience with hints of creamy floral tones from the sandalwood and white flowers. Spring mornings in a bottle.

This is very nice! It definitely smells reminiscent of freshly laundered linen that you just brought in after hang drying it in the sun. Solar musks and cotton accord are the main impressions. Clean, fresh, mass appealing. It’s quite airy and consequently really sings in the warmer months, but there are light vanillic/ambery facets in the drydown that make it applicable for any season. I wish it projected a little more, it sticks very close to the skin after the first 30 minutes or so. Lasts as a skin scent for most of the day, however!

One of my favorite “clean” scents. Sun Bleached smells less like fresh laundry in the sun to me and more like a you’re just out of the bath and taking meandering stroll through a garden of heady white florals. Either way, it’s definitely a great out of the shower scent for when I just want to feel fresh and clean. I love how it performs in the warmer weather, it never comes across as too overpowering or laundry-like to me. Great longevity for me, moderate sillage.

How interesting... This is a transportive fragrance for me and it reminds me of a summer cottage. It’s hard to describe, but it’s unlike anything I’ve smelled before in this genre of fragrances. There is familiarity here, but there’s something unique about this one. Side note: I think it is very pleasant and I look forward to giving it a full wearing to determine if it's FBW. Because It very well may be from what I'm experiencing.

Realy beautiful clean and radiant perfume but still complex creation. Love Une nuit nomade perfumes. Great blends, very affordable and different options of bottles to pick up depens on a budget and smells expensive. Jerome di Marino is another great perfumer of young generation who does gorgeous perfumes and can create longlasting fragrances with beautiful persistent silage and projection.

Fresh, clean laundry, just hung up, still damp, smelling beautifully. Fantastic summer scent! I have an obsession with clean musky fragrances and I think I won't even try to stop myself from buying a full bottle of this. Because some days all you want is to smell clean and bright and happy. Like you absorbed all the sunshine that paled the colours.

One of the most interesting clean linen scents I’ve tried. It starts fresh and a little citrusy, like laundry that has just come out of the drier. It develops into a sun soaked clean linen scent. It’s basically the cleanest of musks with a lot of brightness and a little spice on the dry down.

Fresh, clean, perfect for the office. Your skin but better. Inoffensive, perfect for all occasions and all seasons. I can smell Clean Linen, musk, white flowers. Similar to Blanche by Byredo, etc. 1 picture? White t-shirt! 10/10 I love it!

Subtle soft white creamy florals and clean musk that gives it a lively laundry scent . Fresh linen sitting out still hung warmed up by the sun on a breezy sunny day . Full bottle worthy

This smells like you have taken a shower with a Chanel no 5 soap, and put on a clean white shirt that’s been hanging out in the sun. Makes me feel clean and calm

Love this scent. Smells so clean and innocent. It’s actually quite strong so don’t overspray this one.

beautiful, clean and floral. this smells really sophisticated to me, especially when it dries down.

Absolutely a beautiful sun soaked clean linen scent, totally unique in its category. Love!

Amazing! Fresh laundry, bubble bath, baby lotion, fresh linen, fresh air. Perfection.

The perfect soapy, clean and creamy scent I have been searching for.

Had a sample of this and even though at first whiff it didn’t really win me over I wanted to try and wear it out for a couple of days. I’m not sure if I’ll buy a full bottle quite yet but I can say that the more I wear it the more I’m appreciating it. Sun bleached is a lovely, perfectly musky, “clean laundry” type of fragrance. I’m not usually a big fan of white flowers, mainly because they tend to go bitter really quickly on my skin, but I have to say i didn’t mind them at all in this fragrance, the scent is delicate and balanced. It reads very dry, almost powdery to me which makes me state that, even though it feels like it should be a predominantly summery perfume, I would see myself wearing this pretty much all year ‘round. I honestly might just be influenced by the days I’ve just spent with this perfume on my skin, but I feel like the perfect condition to wear sun bleached is a sunny winter day. I was also surprised at how long lasting it was, I was expecting it to fade away in maybe 3/4 hours but at the moment I’m at hour 8 and even though it’s certainly not leaving a trail behind me (honestly it never really did, I don’t think, not much anyways) it’s still perfectly perceivable on my skin.

As others have noted, this smells like a generic laundry detergent. I like it, though it is not very special. The fragrance is unisex, although I'd say it leans towards feminine because it's relatively sweet at the beginning. If you want to smell like freshly washed linen, this is for you. Just to be clear, in my opinion it does not have a linen accord, does not smell of any particular type of textile; it merely reminds of washed clothes because of the association with scented laundry detergents. If you're used to a more special detergent it might not remind you of fresh clothes. Overall the fragrance is rather weak and does not have much sillage, but that's what I would expect from a fragrance like that. You could spray it on clothes to give it more longevity. People might ask you what washing powder you're using then.