Nuit d'Orchidee

I was excited to see this listed for sale above, and aghast when I saw the prices!! I love concentrees, and some of my all time favorite YRs are Elixir de Parfums (Ode au Reve and Yria XDP). This smells wonderful, but at that price they can keep it! If all this has in it is orchid, it is the darkest most magical orchid ever! As many of you know, I love my florals heavy and dark, with some nice aged feel or some swirling incensey notes...this is all that and more! This is floral and darkly rich with a scent that is truly intoxicating. It has an oriental feel without being too woody, resiny or smoky. I almost want to say I detect galbanum or even oakmoss in this. It has the feel of dark silk, and has the most absolutely rich muskiness that is not animalic and goes perfectly with my skin. My mother asked me what cologne I had on one day, when I said "Nuit d'Orchidee by Yves Rocher" she did NOT believe me! There is something in this wonderous fragrance that just comes alive on my skin, it has that vintage feel (styrax, maybe...or aged woods) and is so dark it almost smells like a scent Malificent (the dark fairy from Sleeping Beauty) would wear. Strong, beautiful and severe, but given to rich and grand things and mysterious...very mysterious! Sillage: great Longevity: excellent Overall: 5/5 A magical treasure! This has everything I ever wanted in a perfume and more. This is just what the perfume-doctor ordered and I WILL have a FB of this, or else a nice decant. Of all the fragrances (vintage or otherwise) I have smelled from this House, THIS is by far my favorite!! This has the richness and elegance of Yria Elixir, and the woodiness and dreaminess of Ode au Reve and so very much more...as it is vintage, stronger and absolutely more complex and divinely gothic and arcane...like the reflection of an orchid in a dark looking glass.

This is a beautiful floral, lovely, subtle - it really makes me want to keep smelling my wrists (and I usually prefer a more green scent). This is definitely an evening scent (orchids somehow always seem to be). Sillage is just slightly enough to notice in passing but stays very close. Not for everyone, certainly, but if you like a delicate and subtle scent this one is definitely worth trying. Beautiful dark blue bottle too! In fact, it is Saturday evening, I'm wearing some now (refreshed over Orchidee which I wore this morning), and hubby has commented several times how lovely I smell this evening, and he is usually oblivious to all but a few special fragrances......seems he likes this one too! A thumbs up for this scent, and its daytime sister.

A fantastic orchid perfume. It's very similar to the original Orchidee but with a sensual twist to it. It's deeper and has a hint of a musk to it. Strange but even though all it has listed are orchids these are no ordinary orchids. These orchids lean toward the exotic rainforest or the deepest jungles. They are very deep and heady though not sinus clogging and brain jamming heady that you get from some of the perfumes today. This is one of Yves Rocher's best scents. It gives a scent of exotic, mysterious, and intriguing sensuality to it. If you want an unforgettable scent for that magical evening and a night to remember this is the perfect scent. If.... you can find it.

I am a male aged 53. Also have been a collector of fragrances for 15 years, mostly vintage. This is a perfect unisex floral perfectly suited for evening wear, or any other time of day or season. In my opinion. Such a beautiful spicy floral, so well balanced and ouzing class , refined and not too loud. Also, pre-barcode vintage can be found in the UK for around £25 IMHO I would much rather wear this than Tom Ford at nearly 10 x the price. I have a number of bottles and notes really stand the test of time exceptionally well

I remember Nuit d'Orchidée was a deep and warm perfume. I was very young, my mother had Orchidee and Nuit d'Orchidee. Both were too attractive for a young girl, so my mother gave me the empty bottles which were very nice too. In my souvenirs Nuit d'Orchidee was stronger than Orchidee, and it seemed to be "magical" because of the bottle. I would like to find both of them now. Please Yves Rocher : launch these perfumes again ! I'm pretty sure I would still love them.

I adore this fragrance, which is described as "Fruity Green Floral Vanillic Spicy." It is the "night-time" version of Orchidee and has a lovely, bright spiciness added to the soft sweetness of regular Orchidee that I find most alluring. On me, this scents lasts quite some time, so I guess the lasting power must have something to do with body chemistry. It is discontinued, but VERY rarely one can find it on eBay.

Thank you Action for this delightful fragrance. I agree that this is perfect for special moments; it's rich, dark and deep but never rises above the skin (at least on me). So it can only be smelt by someone who is really close. Give him a nice treat as he gently nibbles your ear and caresses your neck. I'm saving this wonder in a bottle for when i get married; i'm sure he will love it. wink.

Hi Dark Curls, You are sooo right! The Yves Rocher vintages are highly complex compositions, and therefor have a lot more notes than registrered here. But maybe Yves Rocher limits the information here for outsiders to publish. Make no mistake, YR vintages are masterpieces! Good luck! Action

I bought this blue baby about 15 y ago, but 5 y ago l gave this and many more nice perfumes away because somebody called me a horder.... -Cry, baby, Cry... I have learnt a lot about the wort of perfumes since than, and all good things is already said about this perfect beauty :))

This would be the 'Demon' part of the regular 'Ange' Orchidee. But as much as I love this one too, the regular 'Ange' Orchidee really really stole my heart.. But for a bit variety, this one is really excellent as well!

Well, Yves Rocher vintages are quite pricey on Ebay. So if you won a big bottle and you do want to earn money, you can always put it on ebay. A.

Wauw Gypsy, you should really start writing and like I said before, throw Turin from the throne! GREAT REVIEW!!

Wow It is soooo wonderful and nostalgic at the same time. To me it's one of the best orchid perfume

Category: Floral, woody, powdery Notes: Sprays on incredibly alcoholic and takes a few minutes to develop any real discernable notes. There is a very dark and heavy floral that eventually emerges, although I wouldn’t immediately identify it as the sort of modern orchid I am familiar with. Perhaps a vintage version of an orchid - the modern orchid is light, refreshing, slightly aquatic and to me very reminiscent of freshly cut cucumber with a floral touch - this? Intensely floral with prominent rose, water hyacinth and gardenia, or perhaps tuberose. While this claims to be a one note fragrance it definitely isn't. In the mids and base I detect some sort of wood or resin - I’m leaning towards a soft and sensuous sandalwood, with perhaps just a touch of amber. It is floral, musky, a little powdery and perfectly sweet. While the overall scent impression is definitely that of a vintage floral, it is not deep vintage and I think one of the more approachable scents to start off with if deeper vintages are a bit too challenging for you, like they have proven to be for me. Vibe: Oil massage. Sweaty, glistening skin. Riding crop. Mrs. Robinson. Melted candlewax. Bubble bath. Hardwood floors. Unfurnished apartment. Handyman. Homoeroticism. Wet clay. Skin-tight pencil skirt or dress. Slender hands. Sillage: 7.5/10. Moderate to strong projection - as always when I try on a scent for the first time I only do one spray on my wrist, because I want to see how it holds up with minimal use. This is definitely very potent, even with just the one spray, and I can imagine has quite a massive scent bubble and trail if used more generously. Longevity: 8/10. Will deliver at least 8 hours of good wear, after that the sillage unfortunately quickly diminishes but I still think it’s a pretty good performance for a budget level eau de toilette. Wear: Day or night, but I’d say it’s darker, sensual nature makes it lean heavily in the direction of evening wear. I wouldn’t say this is off limits for office wear as it isn’t loud or obnoxious, and while it is quite sultry it isn’t raunchy or offensive - that being said it is perhaps better suited for an AW if you’re an office worker, but totally work wear approved if you work as say a bartender or another night-life kind of job. In my opinion this is as feminine as they come and I wouldn’t freely recommend it for men, but could potentially work if layered with something a bit more masculine. Definitely more suited for a maturer age range, I’d say the ideal is somewhere between 35-60. Overall rating: 7/10. Honestly, I didn’t think I would like this as I haven’t had a great track record with vintage fragrances. I expected the same sort of muddled, musty smell that I find a lot of older scents have (I’m guessing it’s the heavy-handed use of oakmoss, which isn’t my favorite) but instead this is oddly refreshing and deeply sensual. I’m getting an opulent mix of florals, a sexy, smooth sandalwood and a pure resinous sweetness without any piney undertones. It is sultry, dark and utterly seductive. In some ways it reminds me of Calvin Klein My Euphoria as they share a similar DNA with the more dark variant of the orchid note paired with sandalwood - My Euphoria, however, is a lot more modern, bright and fruity by comparison. When sniffing my wrist, I imagine this being worn by a smoking hot woman in her late 40’s to mid 50’s. She’s tight-lipped, serious, with a stare so intense it’ll make you start sweating. Threatening aura - a little scary, but very intriguing. She likes to boss people around, at work and between the sheets, and if you didn’t see the appeal in calling your older lover “mommy” before - now you do. Either that or the butch lesbian with the same sort of intense aura who you’ll pine over as you watch them repair your AC in the blistering heat. Overall there's something deeply homoerotic (lesbian) about this fragrance. All in all, this is not a fragrance for a meek, gentle woman. This scent calls for a wearer who will make just about everyones knees, gay or straight, buckle a little when she passes by. I really enjoy this scent, and while I love a good femme fatale type scent, I’m not entirely sure this is for me - yet, anyway. I could totally see myself wearing this when I’m older, but for now I feel it may have a little too much gravitas and serious energy linked to it to make total sense. That being said, I’m going to try this out a few more times before deciding whether it’s a keep or if we need to part ways, for the moment being. Regardless of how that goes I will definitely return to this again when I’m old enough to classify as a MILF, as Nuit d’Orchidee is just too sexy to deny. Who would wear it?: Gillian Anderson. Corky in Bound (1996).

Surprised there's so little info on this. Created 1988. Now another discontinued lost jewel. top notes: galbanum, Sugarplum. Something takes your breathe like a taste of blood and sharp cold air in the mouth. Very exciting. Maybe Cade? heart notes: orchid and spices.A complex weave. There's clove bud /carnation. Some dark magic going on. This juice could make you very very bad. The sweet creamy vanilla serves to disguise something wicked. Witchery lies beneath. Base: cedar, oak moss, vanilla, tonka bean, musk... Night Orchid is a balm dark flourish with resinous depths of the forest at night. This fruity green floral and spicy vanilla, perfectly balanced, is a mysterious and nostalgic scent. It's rich deep and creamy with hints of danger and enchantment. Somehow Poison and others of that ilk never did it for me. Trying too hard. D'Orchidee for me is what I imagined they should be. Powerful, enticing drawing you in to a dark forest subduing all fear until the roots of the trees ensnare your limbs and entrap but by then, who cares. When you wake it lingers mocking making you want to lick your own skin but whatever it drove you to do? It was worth it. Vampire ladies probably wear this stuff.

I got a vintage Nuit d'Orchidee . I don't know how vintage it is because it doesn't have a box, it's a 60 ml spray bottle. Gosh, what a classic beauty from the 90s! It is clearly inspired by Poison and Lou Lou with whom it shares the same style, vibe and some notes. Although the fragrantica only lists the orchid, I declare on my own responsibility that there would be plum or at least plum blossom, carnation, some cloves, maybe some amber and labdanum and a touch of unburnt incense. NdO is the latest arrival in the world and has the clearly defined Yves Rocher DNA. Unlike LouLou, which has a mature, maybe even slightly old-fashioned air, NdO is as modern as possible while also having a mysterious and sophisticated air. Compared to Poison, it is more spicey. It starts with a fruity floral, after which the resins and spices appear, more intense at the beginning, then diffused between the flowers. The whole mixture is very homogeneous and creamy, without any roughness. It projects moderately and holds up really well for an eau de toilette. It's versatile, it can be worn on any occasion, just adjusting the number of sprays applied.

Nuit d'Orchidee is a cuddly comfort floriental made for home seduction a late saturday evening when the children finally are put to sleep. I see her carefully closing the childrens doors, passing the vanity just to take a couple of drops for her pulsepoints. And then one for the cleavage, before she goes back to the living room where her hubbie is half asleep on the couch. Nuit'd Orchidee slightly reminds me of old Cacharels but is not as edgy (or nasty some might say). Think Lou Lou without the bitter anis and a bit lighter on the powder... I wish I had the notes. There is a mote of acridness in the scent which makes me believe that there is cedar in this dark blue bottle. And some sandalwood for the silky powdery warmth. The topnotes are quite alcoholic as mentioned before, but it soon settles down to this beautiful dark flowery orchid scent that has an airy quality from micro powdery wood. It is really very nice, but perhaps a bit linear for my taste. I'm not very familiar with YR frags but this one is really well crafted.

I went looking for a more articulated scent pyramid and found the following: "wild berries, sparkling mandarin and waterlily blend wonderfully with the heart of honeysuckle, gardenia petals and jasmine sambac" in an ad. The base notes aren't specified, but this gets us a little closer to the composition! I agree with my fellow Fragranticans, this is definitely a "purple" scent! I find it muskier and less fruity than the original Orchidee, but also spicier. Personally, I prefer the clarity of the original, the lightly juicy fruit that maintains a realistic head space, and doesn't tip into sweetness or thickness. Nuit d'Orchidee is lovely, and worth a try. Musky, spicy, not darker so much as heavier, the sultry sister of Orchidee, meant for evening wear. Soft, powdery, mysterious, it leaves you wondering what will happen next.

after reading reviews on here, i was really intrigued with this scent and i finally snagged a mini bottle of this on ebay recently. it's a sweetish floral scent at first, and a few minutes later, a powderiness comes through to tame the florals a bit, and now this seems more obviously orchid-scented to me than it did at first. there is some tonka in here maybe? and other grounding notes to the orchid, but nothing super heavy. i love floral-orientals and this is one of them. it's definitely a nighttime scent, and i love the orchid-vanilla combination, it's not too sweet and the balance with the vanilla and other basenotes is lovely. it has a very slight tropical feel to me, i could see wearing this on a summer evening with a flower in your hair.

Gorgeous, soft and gentle flowers, unexpected beautiful find, lasting and elegant, discontinued of course. Doesn't have synthetic notes common in modern perfume. It has some opulent body in style of Jill 4 or Poison original, not that strong, but similar, unfortunately it does have a development, flat oriental with touch of sweetness. I had it for a few weeks but parted with it, I have too many frags that are more interesting for me, trying to keep a number under control.