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Nuit de Sable — BDK Parfums
BDK Parfums

Nuit de Sable

  • Unisex
  • Eau de Parfum

With Nuit de Sable, BDK Parfums composes a warm and intense oriental spicy fragrance. It opens on cardamom, nutmeg and cumin, reveals rose at its heart and rests on a base of sandalwood, tonka bean, ambroxan and white musk.

Main accords

Pyramid & evolution

  1. Opening First minutes

    Cardamom · Nutmeg · Cumin

  2. Heart ~30 min to 2 h

    Rose

  3. Base Several hours

    Sandalwood · Tonka bean · Ambroxan · White musk

Top notes

Heart notes

Base notes

What its composition says

  • 3 materials on top, 1 in the heart, 4 in the base: the three stages are of comparable size.
  • Cumin: its rarest material, which only 36 of the 1,980 perfumes analysed in the catalogue contain — about one in 55.
  • White musk: conversely, one of the most widely used materials in the catalogue — 50% of the analysed perfumes contain it.
  • Spicy, floral, woody, gourmand, amber and musky: 6 registers of raw materials share its palette, with spicy supplying 3 of 8.

Frequencies measured on the Olfact catalogue only.

Scent profile

Estimates derived from the composition — not measured.

Wear time Excellent
9 h and more estimated on skin
Projection Powerful
a trail that arrives before you and lingers after

Ideal seasons

  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Autumn
  • Winter

Time of day

  • Day
  • Evening

Made for cool to cold weather — below 15 °C (59 °F).

Ideal occasions

  • Dates & seduction Its warm, sensual facets play the card of closeness.
  • Evenings & nights out A present trail that holds its own when the light drops.

Avoid if…

  • you like to stay discreet or work in a confined space.
  • you shun warm, opulent trails, especially in summer.

If Nuit de Sable by BDK Parfums seduces, it is through its enveloping warmth: a sensual trail that settles in and that you want to find on yourself again.

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