There's something about Nocturnes. While I can be fond of some aldehydic florals from a safe distance, I usually prefer not to wear them because if the age-old reason: They're not "me". I prefer thicker, darker compositions, enigmatic personalities and more spunk. Nocturnes, maybe one of the most famous misnomers in perfumery (other than Victoria's Secret Very Sexy), is not that perfume.
Creature of the night? Not this one. It's too rosy-cheeked pretty, more cashmere twin-set than black velvet dress with a slit up-to-there, and completely lacks cleavage. I can't help but remember that old quip about Caron being the wife's perfume while Guerlain is for the mistress. I'm a Guerlain girl through and through.
But it's not all sunshine and roses, because Nocturnes is the girl he married after he left you. The memories, the longing and a certain hint of sadness are there, peeking behind the giggly aldehydes and roses, as the scent moves into a smooth musky-vetiver drydown. It's not so girly then, not as simple and uncomplicated as it appeared at first. It still doesn't develop a cleavage, but even if it's not completely me, given the right circumstances, I can pretend for a while.
The notes according to Jan Moran are a bit questionable, considering, for example, the little fact that cyclamen (despite being a long lost relative of violet) is pretty but doesn't smell like much:
Top: Aldehydes, bergamot, mandarin, greens
Heart: Rose, jasmine, ylang-ylang, tuberose, stephanotis, lily of the valley, orris, cyclamen
Base: Vanilla, amber, musk, sandalwood, vetiver, benzoin
My money is on this (from couleurparfum.com ):
Top: Orange, Aldéhydes, Fleur d'oranger
Heart: Jasmin, Rose, Tubéreuse, Ylang-Ylang
Base: Vanille, Santal, Vetiver, Musc
Creature of the night? Not this one. It's too rosy-cheeked pretty, more cashmere twin-set than black velvet dress with a slit up-to-there, and completely lacks cleavage. I can't help but remember that old quip about Caron being the wife's perfume while Guerlain is for the mistress. I'm a Guerlain girl through and through.
But it's not all sunshine and roses, because Nocturnes is the girl he married after he left you. The memories, the longing and a certain hint of sadness are there, peeking behind the giggly aldehydes and roses, as the scent moves into a smooth musky-vetiver drydown. It's not so girly then, not as simple and uncomplicated as it appeared at first. It still doesn't develop a cleavage, but even if it's not completely me, given the right circumstances, I can pretend for a while.
The notes according to Jan Moran are a bit questionable, considering, for example, the little fact that cyclamen (despite being a long lost relative of violet) is pretty but doesn't smell like much:
Top: Aldehydes, bergamot, mandarin, greens
Heart: Rose, jasmine, ylang-ylang, tuberose, stephanotis, lily of the valley, orris, cyclamen
Base: Vanilla, amber, musk, sandalwood, vetiver, benzoin
My money is on this (from couleurparfum.com ):
Top: Orange, Aldéhydes, Fleur d'oranger
Heart: Jasmin, Rose, Tubéreuse, Ylang-Ylang
Base: Vanille, Santal, Vetiver, Musc
The title of this post is taken from an Echo & Bunnymen song, which like Nocturnes, hails from the eighties. We could give the emo kids of this generation a run for their money and black clothes.
This review is of the vintage parfum extrait. My bottle is a late 80s/very early 90s creation. Rumor has it that none of the Caron scents are what they used to be, so your mileage may vary.
Images: couleurparfum.com
This review is of the vintage parfum extrait. My bottle is a late 80s/very early 90s creation. Rumor has it that none of the Caron scents are what they used to be, so your mileage may vary.
Images: couleurparfum.com
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