L'Insomnuit 2016

L'Insomnuit by Robert Piguet
We may earn a commission when you buy from links on our site, including the eBay Partner Network and Amazon.
7.9 / 10 164 Ratings
A popular perfume by Robert Piguet for women and men, released in 2016. The scent is sweet-woody. The longevity is above-average. It is being marketed by Fashion Fragrances & Cosmetics.
Pronunciation
We may earn a commission when you buy from links on our site, including the eBay Partner Network and Amazon.

Main accords

Sweet
Woody
Spicy
Powdery
Resinous

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
PlumPlum Fir balsamFir balsam BergamotBergamot
Heart Notes Heart Notes
Orris absoluteOrris absolute OudOud Orris concreteOrris concrete
Base Notes Base Notes
Tonka bean absoluteTonka bean absolute CedarwoodCedarwood CypriolCypriol SandalwoodSandalwood
Ratings
Scent
7.9164 Ratings
Longevity
8.5146 Ratings
Sillage
7.8142 Ratings
Bottle
7.5128 Ratings
Value for money
7.220 Ratings
Submitted by Kankuro, last update on 07.10.2023.

Reviews

3 in-depth fragrance descriptions
8
Sillage
9
Longevity
7.5
Scent
Friesin

33 Reviews
Translated Show original Show translation
Friesin
Friesin
Top Review 46  
Optimization or "I'll leave it like this now"
What I find really good about aging is the arrival I do not mean to be happy when the condition is enough to arrive (that too!) .
No, I mean the arrival in life and with himself.
You've managed it so far somehow - without it being explained to you how it works - this thing with life.
It could have gone better, but also much, much worse.
Slowly you realize that living in the subjunctive is bunk, as well as it's a waste of energy to bother with "could have" and "should have".
I know by now that I'm not a better or happier person when my sheets are bright white and my dentist's bonus book is full of stamps.
Of course, I have a list of to-dos and I'm not standing still now because I think myself and my life are unreservedly awesome. But I can now better renounce perfectionist nonsense, which the world often wants to instill in us as a duty. Part of that is self-optimization-and we're getting closer to the real issue-the fragrance.
To stay in the subjunctive, as a cliché northern German, I wish I had a dark complexion, brown curls down to my butt, and glowing eyes.... Well, is not, and will also nothing more.
BUT, I could, with the help of the right scent, transpose a bit of that southern hot-bloodedness
to the Frisian neck.... I could, I did, but it doesn't fit.
That's not to say Insomnuit can't be worn by everyone, just personally I feel dressed up with a scent of this type.

'Insomnuit' was created in 2016 by Aurélian Guichard for Robert Piquet.
I will not pretend to have completely penetrated the fragrance, even though I have already been attested incompetence in this forum, I will leave the 'perfume optimization', and only describe my fragrance perception.
We have here an iris-heavy spice. The predominant iris is soft, almost velvety but still impossible to ignore. Tonka and a rum pot plum come around the corner with this ' let's -salsa- dance' move and at the latest now you understand the perfume name.
Sweet it is, loud and sexy and then oud comes in too. Surprisingly, however, the Animalik helps to save the fragrance from'm Verkitschen and gives him a foundation.
Woods I perceive no, but a continuous light cinnamon and leather note.
As tonka slowly quiets, the base becomes warmer and more restrained.
This is a really well done fragrance, who loves the iris and is not afraid of rum and tonka, will be happy for hours.
For me, it lives up to its name and leads to sleepless nights- but not the good kind...

I leave it like that now ;-)

32 Comments
6
Bottle
8
Sillage
9
Longevity
8
Scent
Violett

40 Reviews
Translated Show original Show translation
Violett
Violett
Top Review 9  
A soft bed for the queen
I was very curious about this Piguet, because he seems to have inspired the fantasy and love of writing of some commentators. Probably the comments were written during sleepless nights...
(L' insomnuit = sleepless night).
I must confess, after the first spraying I found it disappointing at first: Purple melancholy with a little bit of cream blows towards me. A sighing autumn violet in the mist... That will not rob me of sleep! Fortunately, after some time the scent picks up speed and unfolds more and more. Behold, the mist clears and the bergamot conjures up a few pale, warm sunrays and the tired violet turns into a fruity sweetness. In the fragrance pyramid there is plum, in my opinion it is more like plum jam.
Plum puree, without spices. More and more the smell is dominated by an intensive flowering, the iris. In the background the oud is discreetly added, bringing wood and a small autumn fire into play. This smells deliciously fruity, quite intense.
But all the time I have the feeling that something is missing...
The perfume gives no satisfaction, no peace. This fruity iris is beguilingly beautiful, but it simply doesn't give you peace...
I often perceive flowers in perfume as "communicative".it's as if they want to laugh, chat, sing, languish, sigh, attract attention.
While citrus scents simply smile and shine, the woods are present in quiet beauty ,and you can wallow in spices.
For my taste a flower must be well "wrapped".
For the feeling "Now it is good and a round thing", the basis is missing. Now that it is developing aromatically bit by bit, the perfume becomes pleasant, round and very appetising.
The plum jam iris queen is, so to speak, a soft bed made of the warm and spicy mixture of tonka, sandalwood, cedar...prepared, she calms down.
Now is the time to gently slumber away, but that would be a pity! Because the fragrance is so beautiful now and lasts and lasts and lasts...
So, off into the night, whatever it may be, (because that's what L'insomnuit was invented for) and let others share in the fragrance. It shouldn't be that hard, the fragrance is noticeable !
As so often, this little fragrance has grown dear to my heart through intensive occupation with it and I don't know if I can live without it...
It simply fits too well into the autumn! :-)
4 Comments
7
Pricing
6
Bottle
8
Sillage
9
Longevity
9
Scent
Mantus

198 Reviews
Translated Show original Show translation
Mantus
Mantus
Very helpful Review 11  
The Devotional Pulsating Iris
First of all, one can perceive an intense and powerful sweetish fruity note that evokes in me the image of a wonderful, freshly harvested dark purple plum.

At the same time, the plum is accompanied by a fine citric nuance, which also brings with it very delicate herbaceous features and in my opinion ensures that the plum does not appear sweet - sticky, but pleasantly brightly sweet and is due to the bergamot.

These two notes are accompanied by a light, but penetrating fresh, delicately ethereal wooden nuance, which sets a wonderful soft accent and comes from the fir balsam
The hunch, which is already perceivable subliminally at the beginning, unfolded completely a little bit later.

A very intensely dense, creamy, very fine, lovely, powdery note can now be perceived, which hides tender, flowery nuances in the background and almost drives my heart into a heart attack and makes me feel completely happy!

"Didd is' aber noch nicht' allet - This is really the crown uffjesetzt here!" :-)

The Iris - Absolue is supported by another Iris note, which seems a little more buttery, has a little more intense creamy and quite decent earthy roots and comes from the Iris - Concrete.

In the background and only in my case floating briefly in front of the skin, a very fine, from the inside warming, sweet woody, very soft resinous nuance provides a wonderful mystical depth, which gives the scent something devoted and pulsating and is due to the oud.

In the last 4 hours a smooth, creamy, very discreetly powdery, vanilla-like, softly spicy almond cream can be perceived, which thanks to the cedar wood receives a fine soft wooden background and ensures a wonderful finish.

Cypriol and sandalwood I couldn't see, but I can imagine very well that these fragrances were used for complementation.

In total, the fragrance lasts 9.5 hours on my skin.

The Sillage is conceived in the first hour in such a way that one is perceived very clearly to the 1.5 meters and then oscillates 2.5 hours on a very clearly perceptible whole arm length, before it minimizes itself in quiet steps up to the conclusion of the smell
I would like to express my sincere thanks to our perfume "ParfumAholic" for the bottling.
4 Comments

Charts

This is how the community classifies the fragrance.
Pie Chart Radar Chart

Images

11 fragrance photos of the community
More images

Popular by Robert Piguet

Fracas (Eau de Parfum) by Robert Piguet Bois Noir by Robert Piguet Casbah by Robert Piguet Bandit (1944) (Parfum) by Robert Piguet Oud by Robert Piguet V / Visa (Eau de Parfum) by Robert Piguet Bandit (2012) (Eau de Parfum) by Robert Piguet Calypso (Eau de Parfum) by Robert Piguet Baghari (Eau de Parfum) by Robert Piguet Cravache (Eau de Toilette) by Robert Piguet Futur (Eau de Parfum) by Robert Piguet Oud Divin by Robert Piguet Pacific Collection - Alameda by Robert Piguet Rose Perfection by Robert Piguet Oud Délice by Robert Piguet Bois Bleu by Robert Piguet Notes by Robert Piguet Chaí by Robert Piguet Knightsbridge (Eau de Parfum) by Robert Piguet Douglas Hannant (Eau de Parfum) by Robert Piguet