Noir de Noir (2007)
by Tom Ford

I never thought rose could be this dark. The oud certainly casts a shadow over the rose and I totally see why this scent has been named a dark entity. It is very intriguing and certainly meant for special evening occasions where you would want to be noticed as daring and mysterious.

People may believe this is feminine owing to the rose, but believe me, the 'darker' ingredients make up for this by truly injecting testosterone into the petals.

7th January, 2012.

He says, "I'm smelling something I don't normally smell when I come into your office. Feet? Dog? What's that smell?" I scramble for skin, shove my wrist to his nose. He says, "That's it, I should have known better."

It was Tom Ford Noir de Noir.

27th December, 2011.

ts quite nice, winey, plasticy (truffle accord?), and slightly sweet; definitely a darker rose when compared to Lyric Man. I heard that it is an amped up version of Bond's Westside. I really like it, although it does feel a little bit like a less rosy and more restrained Une Rose from FM if that makes any sense.

If you want to go for something even more over the top, check out Une Rose from Frederic Malle. It is boozier, earthier, more chewy but more winey at the same time (some will find it acetoney).

8th November, 2011.

it can smell very fem on a man, but if you have the self confidence you absolutely can wear it and smell good wearing it. A true unisex colgone that smells exactly the same from the bottle or from the skin.

21st October, 2011.

Love this perfume. I could care less if a man or a woman wears this. I am sure now that I prefer a floral scent to just about anything and the mids nail it. The base notes are long and edible with my nose and it's my nose, not yours, that counts.

29th September, 2011.

Gypsy parfumista on Fragrantica put it best in her review below that Noir de Noir is "the queen of flowers...in her darkest aspect". This is ROSE, but a dark, brooding, foreboding rose with no hint of romance whatsoever. Vanilla and saffron swirl beneath the surface and restrain NdN from going despairingly dark, but the patchouli and oakmoss keep the blend in its entirety thick, rich, and with only a pinprick of light. This is not Cinderella, this is her evil stepmother: cruel, haughty, and without remorse or regret. The sweet and innocent best keep away. Noir de Noir layers quite well with Tuscan Leather if you wish to make it more masculine (NdN is too feminine on its own to sit well on a man) and/or you wish to quash that last remnant of light and make it completely dark.

27th August, 2011.