Midnight Poison (2007)
by Christian Dior

A rose-based oriental fragrance. Very sharp rose opening but once that settles it's all good stuff from there. Drydown is a dark and resinous patchouli and amber and is very sweet as a result. Projects very well. Voluptuous.

Midnight poison has a citrusy and sharp scent with a stunning mix of rose and patchouli.
I think of this smell as the smell of a daring, dangerous, and mysterious woman. It is more suitable in the evening.

It has a very deep, masculine and long-lasting scent. I think it would smell great on men.
Patchouli lovers need to give it a try. My husband loves patchouli and this perfume is one of his favourite perfumes.

It is an Oriental - Woody type of perfume. It suits ladies more than girls.
If you like it you should try Elle by YSL, because they smell very similar to each other (like I said in my Elle review).

I agree with those who think Midnight Poison is suitable for a man. I believe a man should wear a so-called feminine perfume if he smells good in it. And of course, a woman should wear a man's cologne if she can handle it! I tried Midnight Poison for fun because I liked the fragrance on the blotter. On me, it smelled rather woody and masculine but not very "chic". In fact, it reminded me of spruce beer!!! Don't get me wrong, it is not a bad fragrance. It is just not "great" on me. I still think it is a quality perfume and I am sure some women (and men) smell wonderful in it.

At first spray, maybe for 3 seconds, it smelled of the original Poison (fruit and spice). But poof! ... that disappears completely. Strangely I detected the heart first, strong notes of rose and patchouli. Not the dry earthy type like in Voleurs de Roses or even SJP' Lovely; but softer certainly because of the amber/vanilla mix. I also smelled right after that some sort of peach or prune wich further rounds the edges of the patchouli. It's only after about 10 minutes that I experienced the sparkling topnotes of bergamot and orange. Of course bergamot is not your typical citrus, bergamot isn't acid or bitter; it's much softer, which I'm sure even makes the composition even rounder. Still for all this round feminity I smell spice and it's not coming from the patchouli, I wonder what it is...?

Though Midnight Poison could be a chypre with its bergamot-rose-patchouli accord, I would say it's rather a fresh floriental or a fruity nouveau chypre. It lasts and lasts.

Now that Dior finished with it's overdose of promotion, it's time to discover Midnight Poison. It's not that a big success and you don't smell it everywhere.

If you like this one I strongly recommend to look for Elle by Yves Saint Laurent as they have a lot in common. Elle is also sexy but somewhat sleeker. As I said in my Elle review: If Elle is a YSL smoking suit, than Midnight Poison is a black lace push-up bra.

I'm in love with Midnight Poison. I think this is very much suitable for a man. I've been asked by men and women what the aftershave I'm wearing is.
To me the top note is an explosion of Patchouli, and I can't get enough of it. Then the rose appears, and I'm in heaven. I've tried both the "elixir" (where patchouli+caramel=burnt, but not at all in a bad way) and the EdP, and prefer the EdP. Oh, and the bottle is absolutely stunning.
The extrait is smoky dirty patch.

Midnight Poison, on me smells sadly of flowers in full bloom on a compost heap; it's sickly sweet in a saccharine way. From that point on there is no change whatsoever.
I'm quite dissapointed as I truly adore the original Poison. It's not nearly as unique and compelling as the original. To me it feels much more generic, and that is something that, from a perfume in the poison line, I cannot accept.

*sigh* me and Midnight Poison have no chemistry together. Alas.