AZMAN Nocturnal Immortal held by Karl.

Among the newer vanguard of niche perfumery, AZMAN continues to command a rare distinction: an ability to craft fragrances that are at once materially opulent and philosophically resonant. AZMAN Nocturnal Immortal, their newest release, composed by Julien Rasquinet under the artistic direction of Husen Baba, is a meditation on twilight, an hour where certainties dissolve, and the sky becomes a living archive of celestial fire.

Husen Baba and Julien Rasquinet collage apped by Michelyn

The philosophical exploration of dusk is not new. Twilight has long been understood, from ancient Persia to Romantic poetry, as the threshold between mortality and the eternal. In Nocturnal Immortal, this transitory state is rendered olfactory through an interplay of luminous and sombre materials, anchored in oud — an ingredient whose history mirrors humanity’s own longing for permanence.

AZMAN Nocturnal Immortal by Karl.

The opening notes — bitter orange, mandarin, and rosemary — create a tension between clarity and shadow. The citrus spark, familiar but unsweetened, quickly cedes ground to rosemary’s austere, almost medicinal character. It recalls the ancient uses of rosemary as a funerary herb, a tribute to the persistence of memory against the inevitability of loss.

At the heart, immortelle absolute, juniper berry, fir balsam, and lavandin grosso form a resinous and aromatic chord. Immortelle, with its indomitable dryness, is no accident of composition: it stands for endurance, a plant that, even in death, refuses decay. These notes, viewed together, summon not a landscape of verdant life, but the enduring scent of a twilight forest, the fir trees casting long shadows over the cooling earth.

celestial fire (AI) Karl.

The base structure — Laotian oud, Haitian vetiver, hay absolute, and labdanum — completes the transition from bright eventide to the solemnity of night. Here, oud is treated not as a blunt force, but as an incense of ancient ceremony. In classical Arabic poetry, the night is a vast pavilion of embroidered stars, and oud is the ritual smoke rising toward it. Haitian vetiver and hay bring an earthbound grounding, while labdanum suffuses the composition with a molten, ambered resonance.

The twilight skies of antiquity were seen not merely as changing weather but as omens, mirrors of the human soul’s own transitions. AZMAN Nocturnal Immortal moves through these same stations, offering an olfactory mapping of the hour when sky and earth are briefly indistinguishable.

My first meeting with Husen Baba in 2023 confirmed what his fragrances had already suggested: a genuine pursuit of meaning over market trends. His approach is one of cultural reverence combined with a drive toward innovation, visible across the house’s portfolio but most notably, for me, in the intoxicating and genre-defying Killer Vavoom. That composition first cemented my enduring affinity for the AZMAN spirit: bold, unorthodox, yet always anchored in a deep sense of tradition.

With AZMAN Nocturnal Immortal, Baba and Rasquinet continue to advance this vision. It is a fragrance that demands attention not through force, but through a slow, inevitable gravitational pull—much like the descent of dusk itself.  It is  not a conventional “night fragrance.” Rather, it is a study of passage: from light into darkness, from being into memory. In an era saturated by instant fragrances, its layered and temporal progression feels almost radical.

As Rainer Maria Rilke observed, “The sky puts on the darkening blue coat / held for it by a thousand stars.” In Nocturnal Immortal, that coat is stitched not with stars, but with oud, fir, and immortelle: each note a handspan of twilight, each inhalation a step deeper into permanence.

Notes: Orange Bitter oil – Rosemary – Mandarin Oil – Juniper Berry Oil – Immortelle Absolute – Fir Balsam Absolute – Lavandin Grosso – Rose – Cistus Labdanum – Vetiver Oil Haiti – Hay Absolute – Oud.

Karl Topham Senior Editor.

AZMAN Nocturnal Immortal kindly sent to Karl for review purposes.  Thoughts are his own.

Please Read: Azman Majnoon Review by Nicoleta Tomsa and Azman I am Darkness Review by Lauryn Beer Killer Vavoom by Karl, which was also one of his top 10 perfumes 2022 as well as Michelyn’s Majnoon was a top ten Best of Scent for Nicoleta.

AZMAN Nocturnal Immortal courtesy of the brand

Thanks to the generosity of AZMAN we have a 50ml bottle of AZMAN Nocturnal Immortal for one registered reader in the EU or USA, You must register or your entry will not count. To be eligible, please leave a comment saying why you wish to try Nocturnal Immortal, what intrigues you about Karl’s review and where you live. Draw closes 5/12/2025.

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