In Milan, I finally got my nose on all the Akro perfumes and I finally got the hype. All of the scents are created for concepts that are part of people’s lives – they’re so easy to relate to. You don’t have to imagine a far-off locale or an obscure movie reference. Sometimes, the idea is as approachable as your morning cup of coffee. Akro is the brand created by perfumer Olivier Cresp, who perhaps is best known for creating Angel by Mugler. The brand’s initial concept was to create perfumes that were inspired by addictions, such as coffee, booze, and smoking. Night was part of that collection, simply referring to a night out.
This is a perfume that needs to be worn on skin to be appreciated. It gives off wafts of fresh rose which shine brighter thanks to the cumin that it’s paired with. On paper, the cumin is sweaty, almost urinous, but those qualities are subdued on skin. It’s like the cumin gives a halo effect to the rose, making it shine brighter than it would on its own. I get why Night is hard to love – rose perfumes aren’t everyone’s thing, and neither is cumin. Furthermore,
Night isn’t the only scent that pairs these two: Amouage Epic Woman and Le Labo’s Rose 31, but the rose in this is more luminous and the cumin potent and without its spicy facets. It’s pretty basic as far as rose perfumes go, but it’s still fun to wear.
