One of the greats!!!!
My mother wore this fragrance when she was young. It has a very unique smell and it is indeed timeless.
Caron Narcisse Noir was created by Ernest Daltroff in 1911 for the House of Caron, and the movie Sunset Boulevard and Gloria Swanson shrouded it in dark crazy, conjuring up what the perfume smelled like - dark, sensuous, a little dangerous and not exactly all there - in a good way!!
Centered around sunny orange blossom, Narcisse Noir covered this flower with the Dark Side of the Moon, amped it up with civet to make it roar with a little sex. This scent smolders in a dark, edgy craziness that isn't for everyone, but it is a perfume of its period.
This is the VINTAGE EDC, eau de cologne version of this scent.
Fragrantica: " a beautiful, thick, heady, creamy, musky floral with incense. There's a bit of a medicinal vibe to this as well. For that reason as well as the sweet, thick florals, I would out this in the same family as L'heure Bleue or LouLou.. It's like L'heure Bleue's devilish, sexy, older half-sister. It's by no means the same, but it gives a similar feeling."
Fragrantica: "This is a young blonde in old hollywood, bottled...Very elegant, very graceful, somewhat timeless yet highly reminiscent of [how I imagine] times long gone but longingly remembered. More beautiful than it is sexy..."
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| Perfume Name | Caron Narcisse Noir |
| Year Introduced | 1911 |
| Perfumer | Ernest Daltroff |
| Gender | Unisex |
| Notes | Orange blossom, lemon, bergamot, and petit grain; rose, jasmine, and jonquil; Persian black narcissus, musk, civet and sandalwood |
My mother wore this fragrance when she was young. It has a very unique smell and it is indeed timeless.
A more polite one than the pure parfum. Less animalic, less skanky. Unfortunately :-)