Matière Noire LOUIS VUITTON Eau de Parfum

I love this fragrance, I’m perfume collector, this one is on my top list… A fragrance that I will have always on my wardrobe…

In essence, the first hour of Matière Noire on my skin is a sugary, fruity red rose, but the interplay between secondary and tertiary notes makes an intriguing exercise: streaks of rubbery oud, a handful of green, earthy, dust-like patchouli and cassis, the later even provides a touch of warm animalicness and some jamminess of natural ripen fruits, even a fleck of fizzy incense woodsiness or ginger-like watery spiciness occasionally popping up, all handled with elegance and translucency, a recurring pattern of these new LV fragrances.

Unfortunately, the dry down on my skin doesn't seem to inherit the dynamic of the opening. The peripheral notes soon die down, leaving only ripen yet sharp cassis and clean patchouli to assist the now dusty sugary rose, which then soon turns fruity jammy and swallows the patchouli and cassis whole. The overall effect is of the dry down of conventional, friendly, even limpid rose patchouli.

The sillage is soft, and the longevity is around 9 hours. With the addition of oud and its manifesting in the opening, Matière Noire does seem a bit darker than the rest of the collection, but overall, it's still relatively bright and translucent. I thoroughly enjoyed the lively opening and would recommend it as an pleasant, modern fruity rose patchouli, but I can't help thinking that, there are also other fragrances with a less steep price, having more character or offer a similar understated elegance.

I got this as a tester while buying some sunglasses from LV. I have ti admit this is the BEST rose fragrance I ever smelled 😍

I am not a fan of rose perfumes as they smell soapy and heavy, but this one is sweet and ambery at the same time. Very non-synthetic and very deep. When I smell it I get this beautiful image in my mind of a warm summer night, breezy, with dark blue sky and red and pink roses in full bloom. It is so sexy and feminine yet strong. It lasts for hours! I can’t wait to buy the full bottle 😍😍😍

I took delivery of my LV Matière Noire fragrance with a couple of samples of the new range thrown in.

The packaging is utterly sublime if a little OTT. If you've seen love actually and the scene in the department store you'll know what I mean. But I do feel spoilt.

Matière Noire opened with a rather generic and disappointing Aqua note (I detest Aqua frags - sorry) but (and thank God) settled within a few minutes to a floral, powdery yet spicy confection. I say confection because I feel like I've been dusted with icing sugar. This is really really REALLY good juice on my skin.

It usually takes me several attempts to fall for a fragrance but right out if the blocks (plus the few minutes I mentioned) and I'm loving it.

So the opening is something I dismissed. Followed by a sweet trance inducing aroma that is beautifully feminine.

Really classy.

I absolutely love this. It remains my favorite scent for years now.

Such a warm, beautiful, deep scent. It's sugary while not being overpowering. The black currant and oud is stunning and complex.

To me, there is nothing like this fragrance. It is stunning. Gourmand but not overpowering.