Patchouli Noire Requin

Unisex
Eau de Parfum
Year: 2017

At a glance

Is Patchouli Noire Requin worth trying?

Patchouli Noire by Requin is a fragrance for women and men.

Best match
Evening, Special Occasion wear in Fall, Winter
Performance feel
Good longevity with Moderate sillage
Signature profile
amber, woody, rose with Rose, Geranium, Patchouli

The first impression

Patchouli Noire by Requin is a fragrance for women and men. Patchouli Noire was launched in 2017. The nose behind this fragrance is Sérgio Eduardo Reis. Top notes are Rose, Geranium and Patchouli; middle notes are Agarwood (Oud), Incense and Patchouli; base notes are Amber, Vanilla and Cedar.

What shapes the scent

amber 100%
woody 85%
rose 70%
fresh spicy 60%
warm spicy 50%
oud 40%
vanilla 35%
patchouli 30%
balsamic 25%
aromatic 20%

The perfumer behind it

Sérgio Eduardo Reis

Sérgio Eduardo Reis

Sérgio Eduardo Reis is a perfumer associated with the Requin brand, where he has crafted fragrances like Bergamote, Café Rose, and Patchouli Noire. His work focuses on single-note interpretations, highlighting the character of each ingredient. These compositions reflect a minimalist and refined approach to perfumery.

Notes pyramid

Top Notes

First impression · 15-30 min

Rose Rose
Geranium Geranium
Patchouli Patchouli

Heart Notes

Core character · 2-4 hours

Agarwood (Oud) Agarwood (Oud)
Incense Incense
Patchouli Patchouli

Base Notes

Lasting impression · 4+ hours

Amber Amber
Vanilla Vanilla
Cedar Cedar

The mood it creates

The Mystic Archetype: Portrait of Patchouli Noire Requin

Essence

Patchouli Noire channels the Mystic archetype, a figure who navigates the liminal spaces between worlds. The fragrance's dark heart-oud, incense, and dense patchouli-evokes midnight rituals, while rose and geranium offer fleeting glimpses of the divine. This is a scent for those who seek meaning in shadows, their intuition as finely tuned as a diviner's pendulum.

The Mystic knows that truth often wears a veil. The perfume's interplay between floral brightness and resinous depth mirrors their comfort with paradox, their ability to hold light and dark in equilibrium.

Style & Aesthetic

They wear layers of sheer black, their silhouette blurred at the edges like smoke. The scent's vanilla-amber base lingers in their scarves, a sweet counterpoint to their severity. Their space is a temple of thresholds: mirrors facing each other, candles guttering in brass holders.

A single rose floats in a bowl of tarnished silver, its petals releasing the fragrance's heart note under moonlight.

Philosophy & Values

They believe in the sanctity of the unseen. The oud in the scent is their guide-precious, animalic, a reminder that wisdom often emerges from decay. For them, every moment is an omen; they read the day like a deck of tarot cards, attentive to synchronicity.

Their practice is both sensual and austere. The geranium's green sharpness keeps them grounded even as the incense carries them skyward.

Relationships

They attract fellow pilgrims but rarely disclose their full journey. Romantic partners must accept that the Mystic's primary bond is with the ineffable-their touch is charged with the scent's cedar-vanilla warmth, but their gaze often drifts to some invisible horizon.

Their friendships are coven-like, built around shared symbols and midnight teas. The patchouli in the fragrance binds these circles, earthy and conspiratorial.

Lifestyle

They rise at unpredictable hours, compelled by dreams. The rose note lingers on their pillow as they light the first stick of incense, its smoke curling like a question mark. They collect oddities-a fox skull, a vial of mercury-arranging them into temporary altars.

Rainy days find them tracing the contours of old grimoires, their fingertips stained with ink and myrrh.

Shadow

Their esotericism can become escapism. The incense sometimes overwhelms the composition, a sign they've drifted too far into abstraction. They risk becoming a specter in their own life, their insights untethered from practical magic.

The vanilla turns cloying when they refuse to descend from the astral plane, their feet barely grazing the earth.

Conclusion

Patchouli Noire is the scent of sacred ambiguity, its layers a map of the Mystic's inner landscape. To wear it is to carry a key-one that unlocks doors most don't even perceive.