10 perfumes in similar style to Lumiere Noire Pour Femme by Maison Francis Kurkdjian

This perfume story is part of Brocard's fairytale queens and princesses series. This flowing shadowy rose perfume haze was inspired by the charachter of The Black Swan/Odile from the Swan Lake story. Odile, the dark alter ego protagonist who was not as innocent as she pretended to be, but a beautiful dark magic sorceress.

Black Swan is the slow rich magic of dark rose in the company of violet, patchouli and sandalwood.

Perfumer: Alienor Massenet (the nose befind most of the Memo perfumes and Maison Martin Margiella's Jazz Club among others)

The Orange Extraordinaire collection.

An homage to the role of spices in Western perfumery, history and culture. Naturally it’s a majestic aromatic flow of cinnamon and ginger, with numerous sparks of pepper and a rich incense background.

DRUNK SAFFRON

UNHOLY OUD

BURNT ROSES

ZEST Z&T

DGAF

DRUNK LOVERS

SMOKIN’ GUN

SEX & COGNAC

Fragrance: Luscious green gardens roll out before you, the distant blue of the sea is only a short walk away and the weekend is nearly here. There is a buzz of energy and excitement in the air of new beginnings and adventures that are yet to be. This is Folkestone Green, a swirling mix of green herbs, fresh air and good times.

Wild Herbs, Coastal Plants, Green Grass and Fresh Open Spaces

The Orange Extraordinaire collection.

A perfume inspired by Isaac Newton, apples, afternoon tea and the invisible forces that pull people closer.

This perfume is the first experiment of the house for their new extraordinaire line (not that they ever favored ordinary or safe).

Firstly, Experimentum Crucis has the most extraordinary projection and longevity as well as a novel multidimensional architecture of a formula. As you wear it, a scented dimension of Experimentum Crucis comes into being around you. No wonder, as the inspiration behind the perfume is the extraordinary Isaac Newton, the theory of gravity and the setup of universe.

To balance the perfume’s amazing projection, its character is quite transparent. It’s made up of elusive soft woods, a hint of waxy apple skin aroma, a shade of distant gentle tea rose and some spicy sparks. All notes are amalgamated together into a nebulous aromatic galaxy.

Delivering complex layers of fruits, woods and florals with a leathery background. Bountiful roses and tea-like rosehip fuse creating a shimmering floral effect. While earthy patchouli is balanced with bright tones from orange and raspberry. Musk underlines the edible quality which is enriched by warming amber. Overall the effect is a spiced and leathered rose that makes for a seductive impact.

Perfumer: Alexander Olsson

This creation delivers a diffusion of sweet woods and earthy green tones. It is generous and bountiful in it's layers. Tonka beans and vanilla create a seductive yet subtle gourmond effect while earthy patchouli balances the sweetness. An unusual green note sparkles in the background created by sandalwood and fennel. At the forfront liqorice and anis seed entwine with rich florals to a deliciously spicy fragrant impact.

Perfumer: Sfean J.A.

A collaboration with Miguel Matos.

A retro fougere infused with petrichor; aromas of narcissus, hay, and sandalwood floating in the warm summer rain.

Inspired by the idea of a decadent encounter on the dancefloor of a nightclub in the glamorous jet-set Acapulco of the late 1970s, ELLA (and it’s masculine companion piece, ÉL) hark back to a time when hedonism was rife and to a climate where long, drawn out sun soaked days turn into adventurous nights.

Typically defined as a perfume with a citrus opening, a labdanum heart and a musky oak moss base, the chypre accord is, frankly, the stuff of legend and Arquiste’s ELLA aims to take that classic structure and ramp up the idea of a vivid sexual attraction by making it more animalistic. The civet, ambergris and the accord of cigarette smoke in the base provide that very human aspect in spades when the fragrances dries down, but what really characterises the scent are it’s floral aspects. With the use of Turkish rose, jasmin absolute, curupita, angelica root and carrot seed there’s a delicate balance that manages to smell light and sweet and yet seedy all at the same time.

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Persolaise on Ella in 'How 70s is Your Scent' in Sunday Times: "A bold, assertive dose of honey and woods wrapped in mosses."

Origin is an ode to the earliest aspects of universe and the earliest pioneers of fragrance. Using a combination of the oldest ingredients in perfumery, Origin expands like a galactic explosion of matter, conceding to the serenity of a new universe.

In the heart Egyptian jasmine and Turkish rose unfurl revealing a surprisingly delicate scent. Vanilla bourbon provides sweetness to the base that is complemented by the earthiness of Patchouli heart whilst the Indian papyrus oil leaves Origin with a lasting ancient and exotic quality.