Une Nuit Magnetique The Different Company for women and men

I get no blueberries at all, but I get a strange mixture of plums and patchouli, which does not smell good to me. This stage lasts maybe for two hours. Towards the end the smell changes and it´s more pleasant. However, I would appreciate more sweetness in it.
So it´s a no from me.

Sun and femininity in a bottle. Smooth, slightly warm sweet floral suitable for autumn or early spring. It is like being in the sun surrounded by sunflowers and a flower garden sitting on a warm yellow blanket eating the smoothest honey you ever had.

It radiates on arm' length so most suitable for special times with your loved ones. The sweetness must be coming from the plum, it's as if flowers were swimming in fruit syrup, I can't smell any fresh notes listed here. There is nothing screechy about it, it must be the smoothest scent that I own. Christine Nagel is one of my favourite perfumers.

I'd been wanting to try this one for a while, and I have to say, I'm a bit disappointed with it. This smells like a celebrity perfume you'd find at your local drug store...actually, this could be a sibling to J.Lo Glow Afterdark. In the opening, I mostly get amber, woods, sweet synthetic fruits, and musk. As it develops I get the ginger, and then this largely turns into a heavy, syrupy sweet patchouli, musk, and woods. It's not at all what I would expect for niche and niche prices.

Fructose overdosed plum jam

On my wrist this is a more demure version of Prada Amber. I don't get ginger or blueberries. Some rose, but mostly a nice, clean, dryer-sheet accord. Which I like. But it tells you something about Luca Turin's prejudices that this gets a rhapsodic 5-star review in the 2018 Guide but Prada Amber Homme gets a one-line dissmissal in the 2008 Guide.

It’s so weird, I was just contemplating this earlier today; I sprayed this before I left my place to meet a friend and thought “I can pick up the ginger and plum, but blueberries? nothing.” I’m not mad about it, it’s still such a beautiful scent!
Then leaving my friends place, I ordered an Uber and chuffed back a cigarette before it picked me up and instinctively afterwards decided to spray myself before the ride arrived and I don’t know if it was because I was outside, but all I smelled was blueberry waffles.
Anyhoo, that’s all just a side note. Performance is okay, I’ve had better. Christine Nagel is a wizard who has the ability to make whatever she touches smell ethereal but I’d say this is cute compared to her other achievements.

Gorgeous. Smells like an ultra-expensive shampoo. Like the kind where people beg the company to make a fragrance that matches their $88 haircare. Fun, feminine, and flirty. Lightly skanky florals, fruits, and a good ambery woody backbone. More of a daytime thing.

Blueberry-tuberose-patchouli is definitely not for me. It's all I am able to smell. I like plum better with other floral notes than with spicy ones. Ginger doesn't bring anything good to the party.

May have tried this because Luca Turin gave it a bunch of stars in his book even though I’m usually not a fan of florals. Turns out there’s enough ambery backbone in this to keep things interesting. The blueberry top note in this is great - addictive, fun, and fruity without feeling too twee. For someone whose usual wardrobe is amber resin patchouli and woods this is the perfect summer weight perfume. Une nuit magnetique is substantial without feeling heavy, with excellent longevity and sillage. My skin eats up most perfumes plus I typically under spray, but this one has gotten me several compliments!

I really like this one. It reminds me of Natori, which has pretty plum and floral notes on top of a patchouli-amber-musk base. I think I might enjoy Natori a touch more, but this is a great option, since I think Natori is discontinued? Anyway, an easygoing reach for any day or night.

It smells only 10 minutes.

It smells like fine wine.

Probably as close to sweet fruity floral I can go, but alas, I'm accepting they are not for me.
Maybe I'm too used to luxurious, thick ambers and scents loaded with real flower absolutes but it feels cheap and synthetic to me too. As far as the genre goes, this is a nicely composed, reasonably priced option, and one of the very rare synthetic fruity florals I don't find cloying - but it does nothing for me.

Smells like hot red wine for me. I don't like it. Thick scent

A mix between Tom Ford's plum japanaise balsamic plum, during the first two hours of performance, and the spicy, ambery white flower dry down of M.Micallef's Edenfalls.
Its performance is moderate.
I find it more daytime than nighttime, although quite versatile, so it could also be a good companion for summer nights.
The mixture of notes at times borders on the medicinal.
I liked the perfume (drying more than starting), although I already have other perfumes in my collection that occupy the place that this one could occupy. Of course, this brand can sometimes be found at a good price in some perfumeries, so it could be a slightly cheaper option for those who like plum japanaise.

Scent: 8
Longevity: 8
Chairage: 5
Versatility: 8
Originality: 8
Overall: 8

I find this so special and beautiful. It has a disarming and precious, feminine character. I can't overstate how much the blueberry is such a head-quirking surprise while the white florals are fresh and sensual, absolutely enchanting, and slightly musky for the first three hours and powerfully so after the 4+ hour dry down. The base notes read warm (amber-musk) and blend very, very smoothly and roundly beneath the blueberry florals stationed at the top. Something about this communicates a shy bravery.Tthe sheerly oriental base informs you that it isn't your "florals-floral"; I know that as someone who dislikes floral-dominant scents, somewhat because of their boneless and accessible connotation, Une Nuit Magnetique speaks to my desire to enchant through vulnerability. Its sweetness is apparent, but in more of a fresh, true, juicy way rather than a sugared, overripe, or gourmand, making it the perfect middle ground between solicitously sweet and too reserved. Sheer, fresh, and robust. I think it is a decidedly feminine scent and has an excellent 8-hour wear time with very workable projection. The "creative young woman who doesn't wear fragrances to impress goes on a first date" type energy. I'm the last person to be impressed by a white floral, but this captures a character so loveable I can't help but embrace it!

This one is the most beautiful from the whole collection. It a dark plum with light smoke and sour rose fragrance. Like a night version of Dior Ambre Nuit. Some people mention that Une Nuit is a classy version of Dior Poison.
Or better said a mixture of Dior Poison, Dior Ambre Nuit and Gaultier II.
The first version (2014) of Une Nuit is strong. But it simply don`t last all night long. Projects for 1-2 hours and stays for 6 hours. A rich and delightful amber-plum fragrance.

It's a deep, creamy, balsamic, dark berries.
Very beautiful, but, unfortunately, only about 2h on skin.
On clothes stays much longer, with some spiced notes.

I've been eyeing Un Nuit Magnétique for a long time cause I'm desperately looking for a warm and balsamic dark berry scent. Not berries with some tree-sappy woods or sweet berry jam, something really creamy and resinous. Unfortunately this is not it, and I really tried to love it, as it was a blind buy. I actually do smell the blueberries, plums and the lovely benzoin note I was looking for, but there is so much more going on that distracts me from their beauty.

For one the ginger is really bracing and sharp. It's a full blast of ginger, not just a little bit, to me it's the most dominant note in this fragrance. There is a certain rough quality to the scent, maybe also from the woods and patch, that makes me understand why some categorize it as masculine. At times it feels scratchy in the back of my throat. On the other hand the florals have a very traditional and feminine feel to them. The blend of rose, jasmine and tuberose makes me think of ladies' perfumes from long times past and dusty rose potpourri. The whole fragrance doesn't feel as sweet or warm as I would like it to be, instead I would describe it as dry and almost prickly.

It's not that I dislike it, it's okay, I wouldn't mind smelling it on someone else and at least it's a complex mix of contrasting scent profiles. I just wish I got more benzoin and amber, less dry woods and old-fashioned flowers. This is not what I would want to smell like, my search continues.

I have also tried DKNY Delicious Night and I don't think these two are that similar, Delicious Night is sweeter with no rose and has more of a musky nighttime vibe. Despite the name I don't think Un Nuit Magnétique is a fragrance for evening use only, especially in the cooler seasons it could easily be worn daily. Just not by me.

You're nostalgic for this scent and you don't even know it yet. This smells like everything I love about fruity florals of the early aughts. I see the Clinique Happy and DKNY Delicious Night up there and there's ONE more scent from that time that DAMNIT is not coming to me, but this scent reminds me so much of. Is it Tommy Girl? I totally think it's Tommy Girl.

It's like Tommy Girl x Clinique Happy x DKNY Be Delicious Night -- yet very REFINED.

I'm a 38 year old female and wear Caron Tabac Blond in winter. I was looking for a summer fragrance and this is the one. For me it feels warm, is not as bold as Tabac Blond, but I would not describe this as subtle either. It smells delicious and sweet, in a sophisticated way.

This perfume is a rollercoaster ride through the land of scents! I got myself a decant, and applied it onto clean skin. Immediately, the fruity scents greet you, I had flashbacks to summer picnics with friends and family. A little bit of fresh green accords come through, with floral and warm amber notes in the background pleasantly but not overpoweringly existing.

The scent feels ever so slightly feminine-leaning to me, but I suppose the amber-resin support in the background makes this a good perfume for masculine-identifying people, as well. I think scent-and-gender distinctions are illogical, anyway, so take that with a grain of salt.

The perfume does a good job of retaining a balance between floral-rosey scents, and the benzoid. Price-wise, it's definitely not bad, and I would wear it to an afternoon downtown, during daytime on vacation, or even a casual evening with friends and/or family.

I blind bought this in my search for something interesting and fortunately, it's lovely.
It has similar vibes as Decadence or Poison or even my love Mirage from Oriflame. This is another interpretation of that dark mysterious energy. It's a boozy tart dark fruit jam done well. Packaging vise - the heavy bottle cap gives it luxurious vibes.

Update: Is there a skank note in this? I don't even know what that smells like, but there is definitely something alternative going on here. Still a love though.

Love from the opening to the dry down, hands down one of the best fruity orientals. Warm plum and blueberry, acompanied by sweet and soft ginger. With all this laying on an ambery, rosey benzoin base. Definitely leans masculine and its for the colder weather.

I think this does a lot of interesting and pretty things on its way to the drydown, but it's the drydown I really love. It takes a very different route to get to a very similar destination to Dune, and I own quite a bit of Dune, and if I want to smell like this, it will be Dune I reach for.

But I do like it, and I'd recommend giving it a go.

-Linear scent.
-Leans masculine.
-Contains distinct plum-tuberose notes
-Shares a similar vibe to Creed's Jardins d’Amalfi. (They're not quite the same, but I imagine that someone who likes Jardin d'Amalfi would love this too.)
-Not fbw. (-)

Thank you, Christine Nagel! This is one of my favorite creations from The Different Company. A very nice slightly smoky plum and rose. It's strong yet not imposing. If love had a smell, it would smell like Une Nuit Magnetique. I find very versatile for any occasion or season. I'm a man and I love it!

Une Nuit Magnetique is truly deserving of its name - a perfume in which plum, ginger, airy amber, woody accords, and some other magical notes which I can’t pinpoint, are so seamlessly blended that it is extraordinarily mesmerising, elegant and feminine. Perfect for this time of year, but it smells so delicious that I’m sure that I’ll be wearing it in all kinds of weather. I can’t believe that The Different Company were hiding such an underrated gem of a perfume, this is the perfect autumn amber-floral scent.

Sweet and fruity. I get lots of plum, ginger and benzoin, but this has so much going on it's hard for me to pick up all the notes separately. I'm still not sure if I like it on me: I wasn't blown away by this (although pleasant) scent, but for some reason I couldn't stop smelling my wrist. It definitely smells nice, maybe it's just not for me personally. Certainly a "like", probably never will be a "love".

After further experience, I get a plum-tuberose accord reminiscent of the original Dior Poison. But with the added balsams, ginger, and prominent jasmine, and hints of earthy patchouli and abstract warm woods, with just a hint of deep rose encircling all, this is its own masterful blend.

The fruit, balsams (very ambery ones), and florals are so well done that I spritz this on each night before bed, as it’s a Dream Fragrance. Cozy Comfort, Draws Me Into Itself. Magnetic Subtleties.

I get a lot of jasmine and tuberose in this one. The tuberose, having it's usual candied quality, gives this perfume a fun almost gourmand vibe. My sample doesn't seem fruity, a little spicy balmy moreso. Lasts 8+ hours!

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It's no way a gourmand or dessert related fragrance, don't be fooled by blueberries - it's not an actual berry, more fantasy variation on blueberry subject.
It starts with spicy woody plum, a bit masculine I would say.
Then ginger and patchouli get prominent.
But all the ingridients are so masterfully mixed, you don't get any of them into your face, just nuances, creating really beautiful woody plummy sensual cocktail.
It reminds me of Tom Ford Plum Japonais which I own and love, really similar.
Must try for plum note lovers :)

I'm a man who loves masculine scents and I count this as one of them--albeit in a unique way. It's a seduction fragrance.

It's not gourmand, but...

You make a simple dessert to share with the woman you love. It's a ramekin of freshly baked blueberries and ripe plums, drizzled with honeyed amber and Crème Anglaise, lightly spiced with stem ginger, with white jasmine tea steeping on the side.

That's a magnetic night.

The room smells like love.

Longevity, Sillage, and Uniqueness are off the charts. More men must try this. It's a hug around you, a comfort, and a cozy sexy night.

Une Nuit Magnetique is an elevated take on the fruit-chouli genre. This is from Christine Nagel, the perfumer who brought us Miss Dior Cherie, Armani Si, Mauboussin, and other giants in this category. Une Nuit Magnetique is her only fragrance for The Different Company, and I personally think it reflects more on Nagel as a perfumer than it does The Different Company as a house.

The opening of Une Nuit Magnetique drips syrup like stewed blueberries, ripe and sugared, ready for canning. Theres a bite of gingeriness, but not overwhelming. Then the heartnotes rapidly spirals into a blueberry-patchouli-amber trifecta, which smells fashionably sparkly but also slightly noir. In the deep drydown, a woodsy (cedar, to my nose) base emerges, anchoring the fragrance in place and still discernable even after a shower. Overall, Une Nuit Magnetique smells chic, even a little bit edgy, but totally daytime-appropriate despite its name.

Protip: I enjoyed my sample Une Nuit Magnetique the most when exercising -- I find that the body heat and hint of sweat really makes this perfume blossom and pushes the cedar forward to add class to the fruit-chouli.

I'm honestly a little surprised that The Different Company added this to their lineup. Other scents I've tried from their range were much more polarizing and extreme. This one is okay, but doesn't evoke anything in particular from me. Personally, this doesn't push the envelope nearly enough to command my interest (or justify its price).

I get absolutely no fruit. Not plum nor blueberry.

This is an intense powdery, balsamic, amber patchouli on me. The amber part is heavy on benzoin and not too sweet. The sweetness I detect comes from the powdery musk. Might be my nose, might be my chemistry.

There's some slight tuberose impression in the middle, and the drydown is a pretty generic musk.

To me this is NOT a blueberry dominant frag, but plum and ginger are quite pronounced. I find it both uplifting and energizing. A somewhat abstract melange of pleasant notes that come together quite artfully, in keeping with Christine Nagel creations. Great sillage, moderate longevity. For me it is reminiscent of Twilly.

Full disclosure: I’m not a fruity floral fan. So much to my surprise I don’t dislike Une Nuit Magnetique, it’s very wearable.

Where I disconnect is with the blueberry note, voted here as the dominant note. This past summer I helped pick 30 plus pounds of blueberries. I made pies and other goodies with my berries. I know what a blueberry farm smells like, some varieties being more fragrant than others....and this is not it.

On my skin the plum note is more obvious, then florals emerge. Both ginger and bergamot are apparent from the start, but this turns midway into a pretty fruity floral. I think this is a very well made perfume, but it’s not impressive to me. That’s a welcome relief as I already have more perfume than I’ll be able to wear in my lifetime.

Shower Gel...

But wait.. There's more!

While it does remind me of shower gel. Don't take that in a derogatory sense.

The fragrance begins with a burst of blue. Blueberry and plum. It then quickly mellows out into a blend of white florals, under a candied blend of amber-y benzoin and ginger.

The finale--which can be found in the mid--includes an output from creamy patchouli, woody notes and a pinch of dark rose (kind of reminds me of the jammy rose from Portrait Of A Lady).

All in all, the fragrance is nice. To the untrained nose, it won't be a hit. But for those who love and appreciate fragrances, give this one a try based on uniqueness alone.

It's interesting to read other reviews, to read their perceptions of its various notes. I don't think this is sweet at all. Upon the first spray, to me, it's quite bracing. And what must be ginger and bergamot is what I smell. Although, I can't pick out the ginger, nor the bergamot individually, but being familiar with bergamot, I'm pretty sure that is what I must be getting. It's mysterious and why I like it, I cannot really explain. After a while, it's no longer so "bracing", but I still get the same scent, but slightly evolved, still mysterious to me because I can't identify other notes. It is so lovely but not very long lasting - about 4-5 hours. This is after 3 days of wearing it. I think I want it, mainly because it's so different from my other perfumes, and I enjoyed it so much while it lasted.

Exceedingly pleasant sweet-fruity-floral. This fragrance must have a dozen stages of development; there are also so many notes that it smells almost entirely different each time I take a whiff.

My nose is simply not well-trained enough to tackle this hydra. The experience of wearing this left me baffled but consistently engaged. Is it dominantly fruity? Wait, no, this is a white floral, right? Balsamic, really? Now, that must be some kind of rose...

I will leave up to you whether this is a masterpiece of chaos or a chaotic mess. It definitely smells GOOD.

I won't call it a sweet scent.I didn't like it when first sprayed,I thought it's more on the masculine side with it's woody-spicy undertone but after a while benzoin rounded some of sharp edges and it became more feminine and I could enjoy blueberry in it.
I don't dislike it's drydown.a nice fruitchouli but I don't love it so that I'd add it to my wantlist

This had a sophisticated opening and it stayed lightly. But in the drydown, it lost the sophistication and became like ordinary.

Mix of various notes. It's like an orchestra playing many single, separate tunes. Not bad. Not especially good either.

This is an opulent bouquet, bringing to mind the Rococo movement -- Jean-Honoré Fragonard's lady on The Swing. If you enjoyed Byredo's Bullion, you may like this too. While not identical, it's like stewing up a planet-sized pot of Plums, before it goes supernova.

Une Nuit Magnetique was another step in the quest for Benzoin. A masochistic move, given that patchouli, amber, and tuberose are my personal kryptonites. While the patch is bordering 'too strong' for this patch-averse, it's still a beautiful blend, and I can't help applying in small doses.

Several reviewers regard this as a 'light' frag, with 'poor sillage'. Has there been a reformulation? I can't go beyond 1 spray without it filling a room, and it's certainly too much for a workplace. Should have listened to Shenandoah. It's a lovely frag, but the Benzoin is nowhere near the level of upvote it got on the reviewer-pyramid.

The scent is luxurious and sophisticated, but not gourmand to me. A light summer scent.

Thank you Christine Nagel, for another beautiful creation. Amazing perfume. Luxurious, elegant, sensual and sophisticated. Masterpiece!

This is not scent usual or simple . It is rich scent , luxurious. Warm but of chypre. On the skin 6-10 h. Beautiful.

Really lovely scent. Not so unigue ( it is similar to many trendy scents ) but is is really a magical perfume.

I can feel bergamot but it is not a typical fresh fragrance. It is rather heavy scent, available for night :)

I meant to just sample this fragrance; but through circumstances I some how bought this perfume. I am so happy this happened. It is unique, lovely, long lasting, not overly sweet, not overly strong - but I can smell it when I wear it and so can the person I hug or pass when walking by. I have received wonderful reviews; it's been a long time that my husband complimented me when he smelled it; and for the first time - it didn't matter. It made/makes me happy. It's a treat I'd like to wear more often but price makes it more "a wait for a special gift". But, who says you shouldn't gift yourself?!

Parfum Very beautiful!! I like so much.. Now I'm loving it, is well-balanced, and the blueberry ginger together is something magical and hypnotic! the opening is really nice, modern and magnetic! Catches you,it drags, without being too intrusive, it stays with you, like a magnet... Sensual and warm, this parfum makes me feel alive,gives me energy and happiness! I love. The sillage is normal, longevity on me about 5-6 hours..advice for the cold months! Good!.


Sillage: 6/10
Longevity: 7/10
Scent: 9/10

Overall: 9/10

My current crush. I tried it for the first time more than an year ago, and it was love at first smell. I was searching for a nice tuberose (I'm in love with this flower, but most of the tuberose based scent I tried turned acidic on my skin after 15 minutes), and the lady shown this.
I simply had to buy it. Smells like heaven, intense and intoxicating but not too strong.
It's sensuous and complicated, pleasant and different. The tuberose is nicely tangled with the deep scent of benzoin. The plum gives it some gourmand taste.
Fall- winter fragrance, it warms you with its unique balance

I think of this as "my perfume".

The are very few scenarios in which the nights filled with blueberries and plums can be magnetic. However, with proper imagination, you may enjoy this fruity summer fragrance with a touch of musk and benzoin. Soft, linear and unremarkable. A "like" but does not stand out.

I can not feel any aroma of this fragrance which I had raved about. Everything is very light, very faded .... the smell is pleasant but both the sillage and longevity are really poor.

This is marvelous--the best blueberry perfume I have ever smelled. The perfume is rather linear on me, which is fine since I loved it right from the start. I am so impressed that I could smell blueberry strongly all the way to the end!

I would describe this perfume as juicy blueberry jam, just the right sweetness, with a nice woody/benzoin base. Not nearly sweet enough to be a gourmand nor immature scent. The florals are abstract; they are there somewhere in the background.

Ginger seems a bit strange here. It is earthy and dry, more like jatamansi (spikenard) or ginseng, which helps cut any sweetness from the blueberry. Seems strange to mix this earthy element with blueberry, but the end result speaks for itself. It's fantastic! It is also very feminine, a little flirtatious.

Sillage is just right. It wafts up to my nose from my wrists all day long without bombarding those around me. Lasts easily 12+hours.

This is a beauty!

I'm a fan of this house, and my benzoin addiction compels me to try anything that lists benzoin as a note, so I was excited to try this fragrance. I can bit gun-shy of 'fruity florals,' but the blueberry-plum combo seemed a bit more exotic to me, with a reduced chance of going 'fruity pebbles' on my skin, so I decided to give it a whirl.

The opening on me consisted of a prominent blueberry-plum jamminess, with a hint of ginger and a big, satisfying shot of benzoin. I also got a distinct, but absolutely demur, patch note that served mostly to smooth and unite the other notes. This is not a patch-heavy fragrance on my skin.

The floral notes come in at a secondary stage for me, along with a touch of musk and wood. I am getting mostly tuberose, but its sheerness, combined with the musk and woods, gives it a bit of the Nuits de Tuberose feel for me. The jasmine isn't distinct for me, but I do get vague glimpses of rose in the later drydown.

In the later stages, I'm disappointed that many of the 'basenotes' have come in early and already disappeared on my skin. I don't get any benzoin here (BOO), and the patch and wood have also receded. What's left for me is a perfectly nice, sheer, floral-musk with an undercurrent of plum. It's soft and light enough to work well in warmer weather. I will be curious to revisit in colder weather. I sure do wish my skin had held on to the opening stages a lot longer.

Overall, I'd give it a 4/5 in the early stages for the early entrance of the gorgeous basenotes and the balance of unsweetened fruity notes, and a 3/5 afterwards for the nicely balanced, sheer, but not remarkable floral musk it becomes. I hope to retest in the fall to see if my experience changes in cooler weather.