Fragonard · 2001
Belle de Nuit EDP
Longevity
Long-lasting5-8 hours
Projection
ModerateFills your personal space
Polarising
Mixed
floral
powdery
romantic
soft rose petal perfume with plum musk
Scent Notes
Floral / Rose
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About This Perfume
Fragonard Belle de Nuit smells like soft rose petal perfume with plum musk. It opens with gardenia, ylang-ylang and mirabilis, moves into rose, violet and geranium and settles on dried plum and musk. It reads unisex.
This eau de parfum works across all four seasons and is a daytime scent. It suits date nights. Released in 2001.
Wearers report that it lasts a solid half day on skin, and projects to about arm's length.
Is it right for you?
- Best for: anyone after something floral and powdery for date nights.
- Sample first if: rose is new territory for you.
- Skip if: you dislike powdery fragrances.
Around $97.
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Concentration
EDP
Occasion
Date
Projection
Moderate
Gender lean
Leans feminine
The verdict
Best for
Best for
- Date
The Brand
Fragonard
Fragonard is a Grasse-based perfumery founded in 1926 and named after the 18th-century painter Jean-Honoré Fragonard, whose family was from Grasse. The house still runs a working perfumery museum on-site. Across 50 Fragonard perfumes, the price spread is about $49 to $180. Mentions are highest for Fragonard Jasmin Perle de Thé, followed by Fragonard Belle d'Amour and Fragonard L'Air de Grasse.
A closer look at the picks
For Fragonard Jasmin Perle de Thé (Eau de Parfum, 2026), expect sunlit jasmine tea and soft powdery woods: bergamot and lemon up top, guaiac wood, white musk and cedar underneath. Fragonard Belle d'Amour (2024) comes across as fresh green rose petals with sweet bergamot, with angelica and bergamot at the start and vanilla, cedar and amber at the base. Fragonard L'Air de Grasse (Eau de Toilette, 2026) reads as citrus-sweet roses, powdery and fresh, opening on mandarin orange and drying down to patchouli and iris.
The Scendira brands page has every house, and floral perfumes are the nearest families to the picks above.
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FAQ
Common questions.
It smells like soft rose petal perfume with plum musk. It opens with gardenia, ylang-ylang and mirabilis, moves into rose, violet and geranium and settles on dried plum and musk.
Wearers report that it lasts a solid half day on skin, and projects to about arm's length.
It works across all four seasons. It is a daytime scent. It suits date nights.
It reads unisex.
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