Aether Arts Perfume Midnight Sugar

Aether Arts Perfume Midnight Sugar art courtesy of the brand

Sneaking out to with friends at 16 years old to see Bo Diddley with his famous box guitar live in concert was the first of many musical highlights in my life. I’ve been lucky to see amazing rock, classical, jazz, and many other fabulous musical events. My husband and I have already taken our young son to his first Lollapalooza festival. Both music and perfume are ways of transforming and ornamenting time. I recently experienced a wonderful fragrance that explores this synergy: Aether Arts Midnight Sugar by-award winning artisan perfumer Amber Jobin.

Artisan Perfumer Amber Jobin of Aether Arts Perfume

Amber Jobin created Aether Arts Perfume Midnight Sugar after being inspired by her favorite, private, after-hours music club called the SugarKube. According to Amber, the venue didn’t open until 11pm and the party went on until 6am the next morning. With a legendary sound system and a tight-knit community of serious music lovers, if the beat didn’t keep you on your feet, there was always plenty of coffee and smokes. Midnight Sugar recreates this happening ambiance and is perfect for all of your late-night rendezvous or when you just want to find your sweet spot.

Aether Arts Perfume Midnight Sugar inspired by her experience at the Sugarkube in Colorado, courtesy of the brand

Midnight Sugar opens with a crisp Meyer lemon rind whose energetic lift starts the night off on a high. Dark sugar brings gourmand sweetness to the fragrance, hitting just the right balance of dynamic sugariness. The black coffee note is fabulous in this fragrance. It adds an adult aspect to the blend that is welcome and sustaining. Tobacco adds nuance and complexity to the blend with aspects of hay, almond, and a touch of animalic sweetness.

Aether Arts Perfume Midnight Sugar dries down with a soft rounded sandalwood, smoky vetiver, and earthy oud accord. The sweet-soft and expansive dry down of this fragrance is a wonderful portrait of the best parts of a great musical experience. When one’s consciousness is dispersed in the music and you feel at one with others sharing the experience, it is a sublime moment of emotion and art. Midnight Sugar approaches this floating feeling in its dry down with airiness of smoky vetiver, cushion of luxurious sandalwood, and earthy-body connection of oud. For music-lovers out there, this is a joyful fragrance experience!

Note from Aether Arts Perfume: “Aether Arts Perfumes are at Extrait/Perfume Strength in a voile format (sprayable oil) and available in both sprays and roller style bottles.”

Notes: Meyer Lemon Rind, Dark Sugar, Black Coffee and Tobacco Accord, Sandalwood, Vetiver, and Oud Accord

Disclaimer: I was gifted a bottle of Midnight Sugar perfume, opinions my own

– Rachel K. Ng, Senior Contributor

Thanks to the generosity of Amber Jobin at Aether Arts Perfume we have a draw for one 2ml bottle of Midnight Sugar for one registered CaFleureBon reader USA ONLY. YOU MUST REGISTER and leave a comment on this site, with what appeals to you about Aether Arts Midnight Sugar based on Rachel s review. Draw closes 10/15/2023

See my review of ÇaFleureBon x Aether Arts Perfume cyBorg Queen here 2023, which was created in collaboration with Michelyn to celebrate ÇaFleureBon’s 13^th anniversary and my review of Aether Arts Perfume Kittens and Cream here.

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Senior Editor Lauryn Beer’s exploration of Aether Arts Perfume Hive Mind, 2022.

Editor-in-Chief Michelyn Camen’s journey as Creative Director for Circe in Queen.

Robert Herrmann’s (RIP) experience of ÇaFleureBon and Aether Arts Perfume collaboration Touchstone in 2017, which was composed for CaFleureBon’s 7^th anniversary.

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11 comments

October 12, 2023 at 5:02 pm
AromaDulce73 says:
As I DJ myself I can appreciate when she said in this article that “Both music and perfume are ways of transforming and ornamenting time”. Music & fragrances go hand in hand for me. The notes sound amazing: sugar, coffee, tobacco! Sounds like a good time to me.

Los Angeles Ca USA
October 13, 2023 at 1:52 pm
Elizabeth Hatton says:
The tobacco and oud mixed with sugary citrus sounds so delightful! I imagine a neon pink color against a starry night vivid in the heart of the midnight Sugar Aether arts perfume. It sounds magical! From Portland, OR USA.
October 13, 2023 at 2:12 pm
rmsssss says:
Midnight Sugar sounds like such an interesting combination of slightly gourmand but also earthy notes – I love coffee scents and am very intrigued to try this one! I’m in MN, USA.
October 13, 2023 at 3:15 pm
castlemicro says:
Hello from Florida, and thank you to Rachel for the review!

Midnight Sugar sounds quite audacious and unique — I’d love to give it a try.
October 13, 2023 at 7:34 pm
mdellaroc says:
Although I am an introvert at heart and music quickly zaps my energy reserves, this scent sounds like it might just get me excited. In maryland
October 13, 2023 at 7:57 pm
Annika says:
I’m really interested in that dark sugar note. Obviously sugar/sweet fragrances can be cloying but the combination with the coffee and tobacco makes me believe this is a sophisticated gourmand. The pop of Meyer lemon and woody vetiver base sounds like a sweet fragrance for an adult. I’m in the US.
October 13, 2023 at 10:00 pm
Frank G says:
What appealed to me about Aether Arts Midnight Sugar is how it was inspired by Amber Jobin’s favorite, private, after-hours music club called the SugarKube in Colorado. Thank you for the opportunity. From New York, USA.
October 14, 2023 at 6:38 am
helenlam says:
Ah this brings back fond memories of seeing concerts at small clubs in my youth and then the experience of the after hours decisions of how to get home! Was it still night or morning? The sweetness and the coffee, tobacco, and vetiver bring back uncannily accurate memories of those times. I’d love to give this a sniff to see how it sits for me!

Thanks for the giveaway. I live in the USA.
October 14, 2023 at 1:36 pm
Lindsay says:
The black coffee note that Rachel describes sounds wonderful….I am a sucker for coffee in my scents! I’m from Colorado!
October 14, 2023 at 3:20 pm
Teresa C says:
Ah, the days I could stay up all night, dancing!! This perfume sounds like a wonderful flash back! Plus the notes are right up my alley.
October 14, 2023 at 6:36 pm
mmerline says:
Along with Dawn Spencer Hurwitz, I’m always surprised by how prolific Amber Jobin is, launching new perfumes at a brisk pace. Her vision is also unique and personal. Midnight Sugar is a similarly compelling—citrus rind with black coffee, tobacco and hay against those gourmand notes, all over a stout, smoky wood base. Really interesting interpretation of long a night out at the club, and this use of a black coffee note is unusual. I’d love to try Midnight Sugar. Thanks for the review, Rachel.

I’m in the USA.