Midnight Poison by Dior

What a beautiful perfume! I never thought I’d get lucky enough to try it. I smelled it at a tasting a few days ago on a bottle a girl still had; it smells like another era if that’s even possible. I don’t see myself wearing something like this, but as always, Dior smells like Dior!

Please, Dior gentlemen, bring this back. Its admirers aren’t just buying inspirations that don’t last, project well, or even compare to the original, and there are so many of us. Re-release it! It was a jewel, and now people are buying it on resale sites for hundreds of euros!

Fragrances where you can smell so much patchouli aren’t usually my favorites. But this jewel? Nothing to say, it’s unique. Such a fine, exquisite, well-blended patchouli; I love it! I remember when I was a teenager, it was displayed at the entrance of a mall, and I, like any curious 15-year-old girl, atomized it without hesitation. Oooooh! I had the fragrance for myself until the next day; it was out of my reach back then, but I acquired it many years later, and I still treasure every leftover milliliter in my small 50ml bottle.

It took no less than three of France’s best noses to create this perfume: François Demachy, Jacques Cavallier, and Olivier Cresp. It was 2007, and the Dior house, then led by John Galliano, decided to send these three great perfumers into the dark. They, with a great collection of successes behind them, ventured bravely into a gloomy forest in search of the forbidden rose to create their darkest perfume to date, even darker than the first Poison from 1985, which was already a challenge. The clock starts striking midnight, and magically, as if it were black magic, Midnight Poison is born. This perfume features the darkest rose ever created, mixed with notes of mysterious patchouli, amber, French vanilla, bergamot, and mandarin. When you wear this perfume, you feel powerful; it’s like a spell, an enchantment, as Lola Flores would say. This perfume floats in the air, and its poison permeates everything around you. It lasts about 8 hours with a very wide and potent sillage for the first hour, then it sits closer to the skin, though you can still detect it with every movement. An absolutely incredible creation, and unfortunately, discontinued. I keep a bottle like gold in a cloth, but I also have a bottle of Perles de Lalique which is almost a clone of this.

Mysterious night fragrance… home of still stars… habitat of night sirens, witches, and vampires… air of magic on rain-soaked earth…

It’s identical to Elle by YSL, period. <3<3<3<3<3<3

It was my signature and personal fragrance for years; I’ll never forget you, Midnight Poison. Simply intense and mysterious, like few fragrances I’ve known. An explosion of patchouli and amber. It shares a bestial projection with Alien, but only in that regard. For me, one of the best Poisons. Its aldehyde and mentholated trail, due to the intensity of the patchouli and amber, made it enveloping and strange, bordering on unisex. A fragrance ahead of its time. The question we all ask ourselves… why did they discontinue it? A masterpiece.

Although it’s not my favorite Poison, it has something dark that captures you. It’s rough with a very strong patchouli note that lasts the entire life of the fragrance. In the opening, there’s a bitter bergamot accompanied by amber and a dense vanilla, not too sweet or playful, giving it a dark vibe. At first, it has a camphorated and medicinal note. The rose isn’t very perceptible but is felt; it’s a dark rose on the verge of wilting. It has a lot of power and an androgynous air; a man can wear it perfectly. It’s loved by many, as happens with discontinued scents, but it didn’t get lucky in the market; it was reformulated quickly to stop production sooner. In my opinion, it’s a bold fragrance that doesn’t aim to please everyone and has very good quality, that quality and daring that we miss in the house’s recent launches.

Persistent like few others. Bitter with a rustic wood base. Confident elegance. Modern. Unmistakable. The dark mission of the mandrake. Patchouli + patchouli + patchouli. I have it at 100%; I’d buy it again without a doubt.

What joy! I found a 10ml rollerball of Midnight Poison in a Dior box that had been gifted to me long ago and stored away in oblivion. The only Midnight I had used were samples from a perfumery where I bought the case for another fragrance, Hypnotic Sensuelle. At that time, MP seemed exotic to me but a bit masculine, and the blue bottle looked very similar to the design of a legendary Yves Rocher fragrance. MP didn’t catch my attention, even though it had the Poison seal, which, by the way, I don’t consider the best olfactory creations, nor the first in the series. As dark and poisonous as it was, it was an olfactory bomb but never worked on my skin to my liking. But this time, when I tried MP, I loved it. Maybe it’s more oily than what I remember from its launch, more delicate; perhaps it lost some solvent and the concentration changed, favoring the formula. The truth is, that patchouli with vanilla and amber is a delicious association for me, along with that fruity phase in the opening that extends with incredible projection. I’m so sad that it no longer exists in these Southern latitudes, extinguished or forgotten. Today I think it’s a Poison formula that’s still lurking. Hopefully, you can get it.

If three noses fail, it’s a disaster, but at the time they made magic with this. The gods were in a good mood. There’s no way to be more objective: it’s perfect. Many enjoyed it, and now its value has skyrocketed. It should have been our genderless Poison for Men. Cavallier and Cresp created it with Demachy: mandarin, bergamot, rose, patchouli, amber, and vanilla. At first, the patchouli greets you (some mistook it for Vick, but it settles). Then the rose emerges from that earthy darkness of the patchouli. After that, the splendor: sweet but integrated amber and vanilla, nothing gourmand or oriental. Unjustly forgotten, now it’s gold. Everyone wants it, but it never returns.

I found it at a vintage store in my city. First, I read the reviews and built a mental scent. When I received it, I couldn’t resist. At 36, my tastes have changed, and this perfume brings back memories: a dusty couple with a romantic, furtive night, souls fused. Walking into the cinema, she blushing from passion, him with masculine energy treating her like a lady. They look at each other, kiss, secrets whispered in ears… I smell perfume mixed with hormones, happiness, and simple love. It’s unisex, exotic, mysterious, bold, and timeless. I imagine it in winter with a dark dress and endless heels. It’s so peculiar that it ruins itself if used too often.

God, do they still sell it in Spain? I can’t find it anywhere and it’s INCREDIBLE. Even the sales rep liked it, and thanks to him I discovered Muse, which I absolutely love.

Yesterday I bought 100ml of the 2013 edition at a perfume store in my city. Seeing it, I couldn’t believe it. I’d read many reviews and my curiosity was piqued, but I couldn’t find it. Today I smell it for the first time, and it will be a whole event. I hope it’s top-notch, since I’m a fan of this house.

The first spray makes you realize it’s different, mysterious. You’re overwhelmed by dark, woody nuances, exotic spices, and a dirty, patchouli sweetness. It’s a fragrance of decadent patchouli and rose with a relaxing, exuberant amber. There are citrus notes at the start, but they blend well. It’s a dazzling oriental, unfortunately discontinued. It has a certain masculinity, but I think it works better on women. Midnight Poison grabs attention. It’s bold, mysterious, dark, sensual, soft, dramatic, and intriguing. I wear it only at night, almost every night, and I fall asleep with the scent of hot roses and patchouli coming from my wrists and pillow.