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- Perfumer: Jacques Guerlain
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   |  EdT (vintage)Its not so bad, but nothing that I particularly fancy. I wouldn’t wear it myself, and if I would smell this on some woman, I presume it wouldn’t do anything special for me. Smells very balsamic to me. Siam benzoin, amber, galbanum, iris and bitter-green moss with a hint of white flowers are the key players to my nose. Classical, mature and in some specific ways very much dated oriental-chypre hybrid. 03 February 2009 |
   | Sigh. Undoubtedly a classic, but not for me. I tried the pure parfum--the ingredients and craft are beyond reproach (and it lasts as long as the other Guerlains), but it's just not my thing. I'm no oriental lover, and this definitely comes across as a spicy oriental to me, rather than a dry chypre, as other reviewers have found. I agree that gender distinctions are especially meaningless when it comes to the classic Guerlains. I have tried them all at this point, and my favorite is unquestionably Habit Rouge! Vol de Nuit is absolutely worth a try. Maybe I will come around to it someday. 22 November 2008 |
  | I loved the book vol de nuit. So this should have been tried. but not fascinated as did while reading Saint Exupery. The opening is bitter heavy and dries down spicy amber. I have enjoyed the iris and oakmoss a bit but they are not heady and the fragrance on the whole is too old and spicy and too heavy for my fair skin. Compared to her elder sisters mitsouko and le heure bleu this is more wearable. But may be it should have worn in a costume ball and when you dress in the way the grandaunt of your grand mother does. May be a darker skin and a man should carry this better. but no way thump goes up... 02 July 2008 |
  | I'd love to love it but I'm afraid I can't pull off the hesperidic accord. Fruits, and especially apples, are a bad idea on my skin. I like the vintage chypre opening, but then it just turns too sweet and fruity for my taste, sweet and fruity in a cool and watery way which is especially bad. I'm learning to love the classics, but this is a bit on the musty side for me. I like it better on my wrist, where the green sharp chypre dominates, than on my chest, where the watery fruit notes dominate. I might learn to love it. We'll see... 21 February 2007 |
 | Personally, I find it a tad soapy. I can see how it would be considered very sophisticated when it just came out, but - although a classic - I don't see it as timeless. Yes, I have it. Yes, I use it. But it's never one I immediately go to when in doubt. 02 February 2006 |
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| I can take or leave the old-fashioned woodsy spiced musk scent of Vol de Nuit. It smells uninteresting on my skin. It is definitely for iris lovers. Iris overpowers every other note and I'm not a real iris fan. While I will not become a loyal wearer of Vol de Nuit- I envy those that this scent agrees with. 05 December 2005 |
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