Midnight Poison (2007)
by Christian Dior

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.

I don't hate it, but don't completely like it either. At first it is very heavy and nauseating scent that made me want to scrub it off immediately. Unfortunately I was at the mall and couldn't. Eventually, the very strong smell of synthetic leather wore away and left a smell that kinda reminded me of Brittney Speares Midnight Fantasy (funny how both names have midnight in them). The color, the name, and even the juices bear an uncanny resemblance to each other - the plum-ey sweetness with florals and clean patchouli. Go smell them and you will know what I mean! I do not like to buy celebrity fragrances because of many different reasons. Maybe that's why I don't like this one, or maybe it is the horrific smell in the opening notes. The scent may be wearable for some but I don't think it is for me. I'm still not sure about this one.

The top note is patchouli, and it gradually softens and sweetens into the orangey/rosy/vanillic (which is not listed above so maybe that’s amber) drydown. I like that it has this backward development. The patchouli is there throughout, but soft and friendly. A man could wear it too. I’m sniffing it now on my cotton turtleneck from earlier in the day and loving it. It’s a scent I want to inhale deeply and find deeply satistfying, like a barn scent mixed with sweet perfume and fresh country night air. I agree with the liniment remark, it does have a bit of that about it. There's a simplicity about it, yet I also think it's quite elegant. Like this one a lot.

Gee I really am a sucker for those blue glass bottles. This bottle is really beautiful, dark, holdable and lovely. The perfume itself has topnotes which don't immediately beguile me - a bit too Diorsy, a bit all over the place, but it fades down to a beautiful and unusual incense smell which makes it worthwhile for me.