Black iris is the national flower of Jordan, the place I called home for over a decade.
Testimonials For this Batch:
A few simple words: Wow wow wow wow!!!!
Reviews of Iris Noir (previous batches)
Do you have any Iris Noir parfum? At all—anywhere?? Please??? I hope you do understand my desperation!
OMG Iris Noir is a thing of beauty, I was blown away with this one. It has a real “regal” feel about it, I could just imagine a very important person from a passed gone era wearing this… What a delightful scent.
The Iris Noir Pure Parfum is a very very nice and special scent with soft animalic touch. I am very convinced and enthusiastic about the fragrance. Thank you for this lovely scent and also for the sample of Purple Sumatra. The Iris Noir attar smells a little bit different to the Iris Noir Pure Parfum on my skin. The attar is more sweet, the Pure Parfum is more adult and luxurious, I think that’s because I like the Pure Parfum more.
Iris Noir is incredible, it reminds me of the Mut’aaf where the air is thick with fragrance and this silent buzzing. It smells of musk and flowers. It’s spicy and I smell blossom. It reminds of me of the night of Rabi when the air is scented and the moon is hanging so low in the sky, you could reach out and touch it. It smells of the desert night air. Its smells of the old city of Fez on a warm night, walking down the narrow streets. It smells of the Sheikh’s gathering.
I blind bought the Iris Noir after reading reviews and let me tell you it did not disappoint. It truly is one of the most gorgeous creations on the market, period. I can’t wait for the night to fall as I believe it is a nocturnal creature.
The scent opening reminds me of Hajar Aswad. The dry down of Borneo Zen. Although you have to search for the Borneo through the cloud of Iris Root. It’s certainly a very sophisticated scent and one I am going to enjoy over a long period of time.
When I first applied it, I could tell it was very dark and dense but hard to say for me whether I liked it or not until, around 20 mins later, it started to unfold… I remember I was driving at that moment and I had to turn off the radio so I could focus on that magnificent scent opening up to me. It felt like I was in some other dimension almost, in a bubble of pure joy. Scent was heavenly, raw, strong and delightful.
Very well done and beautiful. So far from today’s low standard fragrances.
Iris Noir comes off like a vintage perfume, something you might imagine Guerlain made decades ago.
I’d call it a white floral chypre with iris being the centerpiece. It’s creamy and buttery with musk playing a strong role. I also get aromatic spices like oregano, thyme, rosemary and pepper… also some citrus, rose and jasmine, moss, resins and agarwood of course. No aldehydes with Iris Noir being natural, but it has that uplifting feel anyways.
It’s very well blended and difficult to pick out notes so I’m probably wrong on a lot of it, but even so I doubt anyone will be disappointed with Iris Noir, it’s amazing.
“Iris noir” es una bomba olfativa, su salida es muy intensa, nunca había olido el Iris en esta forma y con esta potencia, puede llegar a abrumar al ponértelo, pero al cabo de un rato se suaviza, dejando un aroma empolvado, amaderado y a cuero realmente único, que va contigo durante muchas horas, su duración es increíble. No podia perderme esta interpretación literalmente oscura del Iris por “Ensar Oud”.
When I applied it initially I thought it would be the first wrong blind buy with Ensar Oud. “This is too strong, smells good but too strong,” was my initial reaction. A few minutes in, however, it mellowed down and I love the way it develops over time. I made a red eye flight as a result—it has been over 24 hours since I applied Iris Noir! I doubt if anybody else can still smell it, but there is this beautiful scent on my skin that makes me not want to take a shower. Definitely a keeper and will order a second bottle for my strategic reserve.
Thank you so much for Iris Noir — takes me back 50 years. This is a kind of root I have grown up with although not black, but very dark violet. My grandpa had a small area beneath the red and blackcurrant bush where he grew a couple of iris plants, and took care quite a lot. Where I live now, we only have Iris siberica, a blue-blossomed plant, in some spots, growing wild. I am fond of root fragrances…
Now this is how a perfume should be.
For a good number of us the note of iris is either irredeemable or just pleasantly boring. Iris Noir changes that game entirely. It opens with a stunning three-dimensional floral. Buried within its base is something strong and potent, indiscernible yet ever present: a gloriously booming woody note.
As the journey goes on, sandalwood and oud announce themselves with a timeless grace alongside the florals. It is almost baffling to the nose how rich and nuanced these notes are. Words like ‘sweet’, ‘floral’, and ‘woody’ can be used but they don’t serve to do the experience justice.
Ethereal and rich this sparkles on the nose. Vibrant, sharp notes dancing alongside smooth and relaxed ones. There is a stunning series of contrasts within this experience: light and dark. Tropical and spiritual. Introverted and exploding outwards, reaching into the cosmos. It is as bright as either sunlight or starlight, depending on your mood. Fun yet deeply soulful. It plays on the skin like a beautiful Zen ko-an: unable to be understood by the intellect but able to be fully experienced beneath the words.
This really is magnificent.
It is very, very nice. The dry down smells very much like Oud Extraordinaire. I have worn Dior Homme Intense and Tom Ford’s Black Orchid, and was expecting to smell an Iris comparable to those. But this is different. I like it.
So, I got another bottle while it’s on sale… I almost never do this and it may be the 3rd time or so I’ve ever bought more of anything.
Why? Because it’s that good It’s a true 5-star fragrance, and very few exist in the world. From what I’ve tried less than .1% are in this league. Some of the things that make the difference:
- It has balance from beginning to end, and is great all the way through.
- It’s not too loud and not too soft, it doesn’t project in a way that’s impossible to escape but instead has a sillage that makes it intriguing.
- It’s suitable for almost every occasion.
- It has a human element to it, an enhancement of body odor but not so close that it’s mistaken for someone who doesn’t shower enough.
- It doesn’t lean too much toward the masculine or feminine.
- It’s never fatiguing, rather something that could be worn every day.
While there are a lot of excellent fragrances, Iris Noir is a standout and in the top few of anything I’ve ever tried