Fleur Nocturne

This Nocturnal Flower should've been called China Blue – or rather, Bleu de Chine – after the fragrance launched in 1925 by the house of Isabey, lodged in a China blue bottle designed by the legendary Julien Viard. But when Isabey's owners decided to re-launch the scent, the name Bleu de Chine had been snapped up by another brand. So Fleur Nocturne it is, for a fragrance as tight-grained and creamy-smooth as the most luxurious silk crepe, flowing on the sinuous silhouette of a 1930s film star, its delicate apricot hues lighting up petal-flesh skin.

Like Isabey's previous scent Gardenia, Fleur Nocturne revives the opulence and full-blown glamour of classic French perfumery: an aromatic shimmer of mandarin melding into the fragrant juiciness of peach and apricot underlining the fruity facets of jasmine; the slightly soapy, lemony touch of magnolia balancing out the lazy Southern Belle lushness of gardenia. Solar notes add a powdery, tropical-flower tinge to the vanilla drydown, barely darkened by patchouli.

With its ample, long-lasting sillage, Fleur Nocturne will sail you through nights as tender and glorious as a Scott Fitzgerald heroine in the Riviera moonlight.

Perfumer's Word

" The head note, made of Mandarin blended with the Apricot tree Flower and White Peach, provides this delightful feeling that one is holding an exceptional scent with noble and precious ingredients.  The note then plunges into a heart of Jasmine, Magnolia and Gardenia that can only be found in perfumes of rare quality. The ground note will leave a powerful wake, elegant and intensely sensual, thanks to a combination of Solar notes, Vanilla and Patchouli. "

Fleur Nocturne  Notes

Mandarin, apricot tree flower, white peach, jasmine, gardenia, magnolia, solar notes, vanilla, patchouli