Nocturnes

The brand is responsible for numerous successes such as Fleur de Rocaille, Lady Caron, Yatagan, not to mention the timeless Pour un Homme of 1934… In 1981, Caron unveiled Nocturnes. While this may at first seem like an odd name for a perfume, Nocturnes allows free rein to the imagination… It would seem that Nocturnes plunges us into dusk, just as night begins to fall.

Caron's musical score

If Caron decided to name its perfume Nocturnes, it was not only to echo dusk. It turns out that Nocturnes is also the name of a famous work by Chopin. Nocturnes is a fragrance to be read like a musical score: one closes one's eyes and plays… One then glimpses a woman dressed in black, immersed in a dark landscape and carried away by Chopin's music. Nocturnes transports us to a world between dream and reality. This composition is an ultra-feminine whirlwind that makes us spin round and round. Nocturnes is a magical impulse ready to seduce anyone who approaches it once night has fallen...

The luminous notes of Nocturnes

Nocturnes is defined as an aldehydic floral. Perfumer Roger Pellegrino was tasked with creating a fragrance built around flowers. Nocturnes opens on the sparkling notes of orange and orange blossom. These are paired with aldehydic accords that bring a breath of freshness. The heart is filled with Stephanotis, one of the most powerful varieties of Madagascar jasmine. It then blends with ylang-ylang and tuberose, and with the most feminine of flowers, rose. The base carries us into an intense, woody sillage thanks to the presence of patchouli and vetiver. Vanilla and sandalwood envelop the whole in a soft sensuality. As for the bottle, it is sober and elegant. Rectangular in shape, it reveals its yellow-colored juice. It is topped with a shiny white cabochon for added elegance.

With a rich heritage of great olfactory signatures, the house of Caron presents a new success, Nocturnes. This one carries us into dusk, where everything is mysterious and improbable. If Nocturnes invites the imagination to work, it also plays a musical score. Nocturnes is the name of a score by Chopin, and Caron's perfume is discovered the way one discovers musical notes, one after another. The notes of Nocturnes are floral and luminous. They call for a gentle enchantment, a nocturnal enchantment.