Caron's Nuit de Noel
"Auntie Mame is a froth of whipped cream and champagne and daydreams and Nuit de Noël perfume. She's not mortal at all." Patrick Dennis
This is a masterpiece fragrance. It has all the darkness, gloom and melancholy that I adore in a perfume. The notes are rose absolute, jasmine, ylang ylang, lily of the valley, iris, saxony moss, sandalwood, licorice, leather and iodine.
This is also one of my favorite perfume bottles. I found a vintage empty bottle in Yellow Springs, Ohio. You would have thought by my reaction that I had stumbled across a Hermes Birkin for $100.
Here is one of my favorite reviewers, Manon on makeupalley, take on the fragrance:
"Nuit de Noel, widely regarded as Ernest Daltroff's masterpiece, is rumored to have been suggested by his longtime partner, Félicie Wanpouille, who adored Christmas Eve and the scent of warm furs and incense. Launched in 1922, Nuit de Noel is forever associated with the Roaring Twenties, which is odd, considering that this is, as others have noted, a most quiet and reflective fragrance. Yet the warm, woody tone does easily lend itself to the image of smoky, wood-paneled speakeasies. The famous woody accord is based on "Mousse de Saxe," a blend of geranium, licorice, leather, iodine, and vanillin. Daltroff was not afraid to use strong synthetics. Nor was he afraid to use the Saxe in both the base and heart of Noel, in addition to adding a 25% level of sandalwood, plus dashes of rose absolute, jasmine, ylang ylang lily of the valley and iris. Perfumer Guy Robert admits to using Nuit de Noel's back note in his Madame Rochas and Caleche. It was also used in Chanel N° 19, and influenced Habanita, Bois des Iles and Shocking. What is amazing is that the composition is so balanced and smooth and...quiet. If you tend to like brash or noticeable fragrances, then look elsewhere. On the other hand, if you like subtle, provocative scents, you might want to try this one".-makeupalley manon
Manon started many lemmings for me when I joined Makeupalley.
How can you not want to try this after reading this review?
Question for Makeupalley members: Who are your favorite reviewers?
photos: Fashion Era and Yahoo
Labels: Caron, Makeupalley, Manon Reviews, Perfume
posted by Annieytown @ 11:40 AM
6 Inspired Comments
6 Inspired Comments:
What a gorgeous review!!! I have to say that most of my review-reading on MUA is makeup (not fragrance) although I've gotten so much excellent advice reading the fragrance board there. As far as reviers, Jojoba and Enjoythesilence both seem to put a lot of infomation, experience and help into their reviews. There are so many others, tho, impossible to name them all! :)
It's a lovely fragrance review, and if I weren't sure it would be a fool's errand to seek the fragrance in my dusty border town I would commence the search for that perfume today.
My favorite reviewer is Thatwhitecat. I believe she is now a blogger (Cognoscented, if my detective work is correct), but I still look up her MUA reviews when I need a lift to the spirits. She has such a fine sense of the absurd and she's unafraid to let it loose in her reviews.
Lips today are my oft-neglected MAC Lipglass in Pink Grapefruit, a cheery, shimmery, in-your-face coral-leaning-to-orange. I'm going to attempt to keep it on there and reapply as necessary, something I find difficult to remember to do.
Wishing all a lovely and fragrant Wednesday. I'm Mure et Musc Extreme scented today.
Dear manon always has such lovely reviews! Victoria's reviews (of Bois de Jasmin) are like poetry. There are so many other reviews, I can't remember them all. I always read hirondelle's because she is my scent twin.
I go to MUA for reviews, but I've never been regular enough to notice who's who. :( Oh, but I would love to find this and try it! The Auntie Mame reference drew me right in, and the association is wonderful. That's one of my favorite movies of all time, and Patrick Dennis, who wrote the book, also wrote one of my favorite books ever, called Genius. It's the funniest thing I have ever read, and sadly, finding a copy of it is probably more difficult than finding that vintage bottle of Nuit de Noel...a literary lemming!
My fave reviewer is skandelouslala
Manon was formative for me, too, and she sent such cute and thoughtful swap packages with teas and things. Thanks for remembering her. Since blogs arose out of the mist I kind of abandoned MUA but your post makes me want to revisit it. Nuit de Noel was one of the perfumes reviewed on MUA to start my true perfume education.
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