Une Nuit Nomade - Jardins de Misfah | Review

Founded by Alexandra Cubizolles and Philippe Solas around 2015, and built on the idea of “olfactory travel,” where each perfume captures the feeling of a specific place rather than just a list of notes, Une Nuit Nomade immediately captured my interest. Story-driven and good packaging? Sign me right up!

Inspired by their shift away from corporate life into a more intentional, travel-led lifestyle, the brand blends storytelling, emotion, and subtle spirituality into its creations. Its collections are structured around destinations like Bali, Oman, Montauk, and South Africa, with each scent representing a fleeting moment or memory tied to that location. Collaborating with multiple perfumers, the house maintains variety while keeping a cohesive identity rooted in poetic narratives and understated French elegance.

Une Nuit Nomade sits in the approachable niche space - artistic but wearable, appealing to people who value atmosphere and storytelling as much as scent itself. Its emphasis on authenticity, aesthetic presentation, and conscious choices, such as reduced packaging options, further reinforces its identity as a thoughtful, experience-driven brand rather than a purely commercial one.

The perfume we're discussing today is the extrait version of Jardins de Misfah, and it came out a year ago. It is deeper and smoother and smells like baklava with a whole bunch of almonds, all dredged generously in rose syrup mixed in with a rich honeyed sweetness that doesn't hurt your sinuses. It becomes powdery in the drydown but in the most delightful way. It's rich, warm, delicious and rosy in the nicest way and makes for a great date night scent. Out of the three that I've tried from the extrait line, this one leans the least masculine and is also my favorite.

The presentation and the bottle are both beautiful. The cap is magnetized which I honestly think should be the norm at this point because nothing beats the satisfying click of a magnetized cap coming down on the atomizer. Plus, there's a nice weight to it. Given the current heatwave and other unpleasant weather conditions, it tends to become a skin scent on me after about three hours. I don't mind though, because I carry a decant whenever I step out. Projection is fair, about six odd feet, and it does leave a nice scent trail. It's more of an evening scent rather than being a daytime number. I do really, really enjoy it.

Perfumer Jérôme Di Marino - whose latest works include Wavechild by Room 1015 and Burberry Her Elixir de Parfum amongst many, many others - does this sort of opulence really well.

I'm a huge fan.