Iris De Nuit by Heeley

Silent, cold and impersonal as the ambience of a shadowy inner garden in the court of an old sinister building at late afternoon in november....., that's what i thought at the beginning, or better, before testing specifically it on my skin. What about now? I write it's a smooth, softly musky and rounded ambery-violet with a nocturnal and opaque iris and patterns of powder, soap and musky smoothness. More violet than iris anyway and the latter comes out almost laundry just at the end. The combination of angelica, iris and violet is sophisticated, enigmatic and shadowy. The smell is natural, aromatic and a bit boise'. The beginning is characterized by an aromatic smell of anise (angelica) surrounding the rooty and floral smell by the vintage link of treacherous violet and noble iris. The chord is regal and consistent because of the balancing and warming role of ambrette seeds that tames the angles of roots and florals and undertates the cold of the floral-grass-angelica chord. A central note of carrot impresses a botanic temperament that isn't anyway sharp and angular. The base is balanced with a perfect combination of sharp woods, musk and ambergris. A note of musky cedarwood is notable in the dry down. This fragrance is very similar to the stunning Iris Silver Mist which with it shares many elements (carrot, violet, cedar, incense, amber, iris etc) but the Lutens's scent (hard to smell, i found it just in Tokyo) is slightly spicier, denser and creamier. The scent itself is averagely sharp and strictly balanced with a subdued melliuence in order to privilege the nature.