What does Al Ambra Noctis smell like?
Three spices open Noctis: cinnamon, cardamom and nutmeg, with grapefruit as the only fresh note beside them. Cinnamon is the sweet, warm one, cardamom is cooler and almost lemony, nutmeg is dry and woody. The grapefruit keeps the start from being heavy.
The heart is a single note, lavender, the clean aromatic herb. Under it the base is the longest layer: amber for warmth, sandalwood for a creamy wood, patchouli and vetiver for an earthy, rooty depth, and licorice, a dark sweet root with an aniseed side that is not often named in note lists.
What Al Ambra says about Noctis
The brand calls Noctis a modern oriental and describes it as spicy, warm and woody. It is one of the scents Al Ambra reserves for autumn and winter: evening wear, formal occasions and winter outings are the uses it names. The projection is given as moderate to strong.
Who is Al Ambra Noctis for?
According to the product title, Noctis is a men's scent. Its list will speak to you if warm spice is your thing: cinnamon, cardamom and nutmeg, cooled once by lavender, then set on amber, sandalwood and two earthy woods. Licorice is the note to check first. If you like aniseed, it is a reason to choose Noctis; if you do not, it may be the reason to pass. Women who wear spicy woods will find nothing on this list that a label should keep from them.
Al Ambra Noctis Extrait de Parfum, 100 ml: size and concentration
Noctis belongs to a small group: of the 28 extraits de parfum in this guide, nine come in 100 ml (3.4 fl oz), and this is one. The brand lists no 50 ml. The oil richness is high in the brand's rating, and the blend style French-inspired. For what separates this type from an eau de parfum, see what extrait de parfum means.
Al Ambra Noctis compared with its closest siblings
Half of Noctis is in Green Forest too: cinnamon, cardamom, grapefruit, patchouli and vetiver. The other half sets them apart. Noctis has nutmeg, lavender, amber, sandalwood and licorice, all warm or sweet-leaning. Green Forest has bergamot, black currant, ginger, citron and pink pepper, all bright or sharp. Green Forest is the smaller bottle, a 50 ml extrait, and the brand's title calls it unisex. Think of it as the brighter reading of the same spices.
Ambra Nuit and Noctis are both listed for men in 100 ml, one as an eau de parfum, the other as an extrait. They share cardamom, amber, sandalwood and vetiver. Ambra Nuit then turns to oud, rosewood, vanilla and tonka, so its weight is in wood and sweetness. Noctis has no oud; it has cinnamon, nutmeg, grapefruit, lavender, patchouli and licorice. Spice leads in Noctis, wood in Ambra Nuit.
With Blue Grotto the common ground is amber, sandalwood, patchouli and vetiver, four of the five base notes of Noctis. The rest could hardly differ more. Blue Grotto has lemon, marine notes, blue ginger, apple and incense, the makings of a sea-water scent. Noctis has cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg, grapefruit, lavender and licorice. Blue Grotto is a 50 ml extrait listed as unisex. The pair shows that one set of woods can carry a cool scent as well as a warm one.
Where to buy Al Ambra Noctis in Europe
Noctis is not part of what FragranceGems, an independent reseller, sells today. The shop's request page tells it which scents people want. Use it if you like; it costs nothing and binds nobody. Two of the shop's scents touch Noctis at one point each. The earthy pair of its base, patchouli and vetiver, is in Black Forest Elixir, alongside fruit and orange blossom. The grapefruit is in Black Forest, with ambroxan. Neither has cinnamon, lavender or licorice, so the spiced core of Noctis is not covered.
Request Noctis at FragranceGemsA request is not an order, and it is no promise that the shop will add the scent.
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