Anamalic? Fecal? By the Fireplace? What?? No.... These reviews are so bad it's embarrassing. This is not animalic, nor fecal and it certainly smells absolutely nothing like By the Fireplace. It opens with a bone dry incense, a bit spicy, a bit dark and then quickly becomes all about a soft suede/leather note which persists through the heart and drydown whilst the incense takes a back seat. The oud in this fragrance is softer than soft, it's barely an oud fragrance at all in my opinion. It's not challenging or difficult at all, the smoke is a subtle suggestion alongside the fleeting incense accord and the leather is clean as clean can be. It's a lovely scent though, a very polite, easy to like leather that will stand out from the usual night-time crap due to its lack of sweetness which puts it a cut above in class. Nothing groundbreaking, it's essentially the same suede-like leather note that is in a lot of the LV scents, but that single accord made front and centre, whilst a subtle incense and dark woods base hover fleetingly in the background. I like it, but a decant is good enough for me for now, which is a shame because I love the bottle.
Nuit de Feu is one of my absolute favourite incense fragrances and I want a bottle so badly. Structurally, this is one of the more simplistic scents from Louis Vuitton, but that doesn’t make it boring in the slightest. This is an overdose of brooding, smoky incense backed up by an incredibly smooth and rustic leather. Alongside this is a thick, resinous dose of oud and a hint of animalic musk to create something primal and alluring. The quality of ingredients is fantastic as usual, and the blending and master craft of perfumery here is brilliant. Definitely one of the more underrated releases from the brand, won’t match up to everyone’s tastes but for me this is an exquisite perfume with exceptional lasting power.