L'Heure de Nuit

Guerlain does not break down the notes of L’Heure de Nuit by tier. The house highlights three materials, orange blossom, vanilla, and white musks, around a powdery base designed for lovers of L’Heure Bleue.

Orange blossom and heliotrope in the heart

At launch, Guerlain paired heliotrope with touches of orange blossom for a marshmallow effect, powdery and veiled with a gourmand note, Vosnaki reports. Orange blossom takes the place that carnation and neroli hold in the 1912 formula.

Iris, vanilla, and white musks in the base

The white musks blend with the iris and vanilla closes the composition. Dunckley finds a softer, more powdery version of L’Heure Bleue, centered on iris, whose treatment he praises as typical of the house.

What the house does not mention

The bergamot, anise, peach, jasmine, and rose sometimes associated with L’Heure de Nuit appear neither at Guerlain nor among the critics. Only the five materials named by the house and Vosnaki count here.