Dose it short: longevity 8, sillage 7, and the cumin up top punishes a heavy hand — two sprays cover a whole evening. Too loud for the office with the spicy accord at 62 and the animalic at 50: keep it for evenings, dinners and dates, and go light when wearing it casually. Autumn and winter, where rose at 85 and patchouli at 74 settle without weighing things down. Reads mostly masculine.
MF
Maison Francis Kurkdjian
Lumière Noire Pour Homme
EDP · 2009
Perfumer · Francis Kurkdjian
Not rated yet — be the firstA rose carried by cumin, which pulls it out of the floral register: the petal texture stays, but a bodily warmth sets in within minutes. Patchouli then takes over and drags the whole thing dark and earthy. The masculine half of a pair whose feminine counterpart, Lumière Noire Pour Femme, is the more floral of the two.
Main accords
Rose
Patchouli
Spicy
Animalic
Earthy
Woody
Notes
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Top
Heart
Base
Performance
Longevity
8/10
Sillage
7/10
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Best for
Season
AutumnWinter
Occasion
EveningEverydayDate
Gender
Man-leaning unisex
Woman
Man
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