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Nombre Noir has a huge cult following and is a huge piece of perfume history. : \u003cstrong\u003eTOP NOTES:\u003c\/strong\u003e Aldehydes, Coriander, Bergamot, Marjoram and Rosewood. \u003cstrong\u003eHEART NOTES:\u003c\/strong\u003e Rose, Geranium, Orris, Jasmin, Ylang Ylang, Carnation, Lily of the Valley, Basenotes: Sandalwood, Vetiver, Honey, Amber, Musk, Benzoin, and Tonka.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShiseido Nombre Noir -\u003c\/strong\u003e Shiseido hired Serge Lutens away from Christian Dior in 1980 and in 1981 Nombre Noir was created by nose Jean-Yves Leroy (it was the only fragrance he ever created), one of Shiseido's in-house perfumers, under the artistic direction of Serge Lutens and Yusui Kumai. 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It was difficult to source ingredients economically (especially the osmanthus), the damascone which was used in large proportions degraded easily when exposed to the light, and the packaging was said to have leaked out a fortune in product. It was rumored that Shiseido lost money on every bottle. There does not seem to be an exact date that Shiseido halted production on Nombre Noir but Kafkaesque and Luca Turin both believe it was around 1984.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLong discontinued and increasingly hard to find, stories have it that bottles were recalled upon its discontinuation and run over with a bulldozer. Luckily some bottles escaped this fate and are still floating around, and we were lucky enough to find one. We are decanting from an old stock bottle that has been sitting in its original box for the last 30+ years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn an article about Nombre Noir from Kafkaesque\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eWhat made it shoot into the stratosphere of legend was Luca Turin. He reverentially called it \"one of the five great fragrances in the world,\" seemingly in the annals of perfumery, and he publicly mourned its loss in Chandler Burr's 2004 book, \"The Emperor of Scent\". It changed everything. People flocked to eBay, and prices for what little stock remained after Shiseido's purge went through the roof.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHere is what Luca Turin wrote about Nombre Noir in the New York Times\u003c\/strong\u003e in an article entitled 'The Secret of Scent' on December 3, 2006 (taken from his book The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell\")\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"In 1981, at the age of twenty-seven, I moved from London to Nice. .....\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eEarly the following year, during one of my periodic visits to the Galeries Lafayette, I noticed a shiny black arch in the corner of the perfume \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003efloor. This was the brand-new walk-in stand for a Japanese company I'd never heard of called Shiseido, and it showcased their first 'western' fragrance: Nombre Noir. I still remember the black-clad sales attendant spraying it from a black glass octagonal bottle on to my hand.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"story-body-text story-content\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe fragrance itself was, and still is, a radical surprise. A perfume, like the timbre of a voice, can say something quite independent of the words actually spoken. What Nombre Noir said was 'flower'. But the way it said it was an epiphany. The flower at the core of Nombre Noir was half-way between a rose and a violet, but without a trace of the sweetness of either, set instead against an austere, almost saintly background of cigar-box cedar notes. At the same time, it wasn't dry, and seemed to be glistening with a liquid freshness that made its deep colours glow like a stained-glass window.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"story-body-text story-content\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe voice of Nombre Noir was that of a child older than its years, at once fresh, husky, modulated and faintly capricious. There was a knowing naivety about it which made me think of Colette's writing style in her Claudine books. It brought to mind a purple ink to write love letters with, and that wonderful French word farouche, which can mean either shy or fierce or a bit of both. I immediately bought a very expensive half-ounce in a little square black bottle. It bore the initials SL for a mysterious name: 'Serge Lutens'. A few months later my girlfriend took it with her when we parted, and soon after the fragrance was discontinued. Little did I know at the time that I would have to wait twenty years before smelling it again.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"story-body-text story-content\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn an interview with Serge Lutens\u003c\/strong\u003e on www.howtospendit.ft.com from an article entitled Seducer of the Senses, Mr. Lutens was quoted:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"story-body-text story-content\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Part of the problem was that it took an inordinate amount of the extremely expensive natural osmanthus to make it, another part of the problem was that, to quote scent connoisseur and writer Luca Turin, the \"maniacally luxurious packaging\" of a \"black octagonal glass Chinese bottle nestled in exquisitely folded black origami\". 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The lucky few that have smelt the Discontinued masterpiece are witnesses of its perfection: nothing available now comes near. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNombre Noir \u003c\/strong\u003eis not a dark fragrance. It is a luminous and abstract scent. It opens with a very strong and abstract aldehyde accord that seems to hold captive a rose in its heart. The combination of intensity and light brings to mind a marble sculpture. Although it is bright and almost translucent it has a volume and weight that are disproportionate to the impression it creates. Although it looks light enough to lift like a feather it is in reality unmovable. I have never encountered this combination of lightness and strength in another perfume. From a distance it smells velvety but up close it has a peppery sting. The rose itself is an over-ripe red bloom with its petals wide open exposing sweet and powdery golden anthers. What is more vivid in this rose is not the photorealism of the rose scent itself but the reality of the velvety texture of its petals. It is not sweet but it has a mature fruitiness, a fuzzy, sticky abstract fruitiness. As time passes the red rose becomes paler and whiter. Softer and younger. Underneath the topnotes there is this exquisite, old-fashioned  heart of iris, vetiver and greenness that supports the top and lifts it like a balloon. In the drydown the abtract rose is still there but now it is fresh, pale and coupled with a delicate suede note. Nombre Noir has nothing to do with darkness. It is all about regeneration. Watching its development is like watching a slow motion video of a bud blooming and dying, but in reverse. Maturity is followed by youth, freshness and potential. This is not a beautifully done rose dominant fragrance because everything about this flower is abstract. 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Oh swoon!!!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFragrantica - Such an unusual and extraordinary fragrance; cool, primordial, soothing. some smart forester\/perfumer needs to get busy with the pine cones and needles.getting tired of having to rev up my scent memory to visit you Inoui. I keep pining away for you to return.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFragrantica - If there ever was a perfect fragrance for autumn, this would be the one. I believe it's the pine needles note is what I find most enthralling. It isn't a sweet little wide-eyed girl scent but that of an energetic Powerhouse Woman of the 80's who knew where she was going and would climb mountains without complaining to get there. She was a beauty who walked with the brisk gait of confidence and would go nose-to-nose with the good ol' boys in the Board room. What a classic this one was, and how devastating it was when they took it off the market.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's a chilly scent. There's nothing soft or warm about it except the memories it leaves behind. It's all business. EL's Aliage is similar to this one but simply doesn't carry off the \"class\" that Inoui exudes. I stocked up on this when I could and have become a hoarder. It was criminal to discontinue this classic of classics. Long live its memory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFragrantica - Discontinued! I remember this one so well, strong, intense like nothing else. I loved it so much and have never found anything close. It was a seductive fragrance that wouldn't let go. I wanted to wear it all the time, and then it was gone, discontinued. I mourned for this one. I'd wait in line to buy this one again. Just thinking about it makes me all emotional, sad and angry and hopeful that some day it will return.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFragrantica - Wow! Beautiful! Like being in my favourite of all places - the damp, rich-smelling, bush, early in the morning. All the trees, floor\/earth\/leaves etc..... 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