Night Call by Ex Nihilo bottle
Ex Nihilo

Night Call

3.8/5 · 50 votes Unisex 2017
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Longevity3.9/5
Sillage3.9/5
Day29
Night82
Winter100
Fall59
Spring24
Summer6
Our take

Night Call asks a lot before it gives anything back. The opening is a dry, almost dusty sesame that feels more like walking into a kitchen mid‑baking than a polished perfume salon. It takes patience to wait out that savory edge, and some will turn away before the scent settles into its true shape. For those who stay, the reward is a resinous benzoin that melts into a thick tonka bean base, creating a rounded amber that feels heavy on the skin. This is not a casual spritz for a bright afternoon. It is a deliberate choice for a narrow kind of evening, the kind spent on a dimly lit street where the air is crisp and the pavement reflects the glow of shop windows. The person who wears it steps out intending to be noticed, and the scent carries well enough to make that happen without ever feeling loud or aggressive.

The composition suits someone who enjoys a sweet, warm spicy profile that leans fully into vanilla and aromatic resin rather than fresh citrus or clean musk. It stays close for a good while and then expands into a presence that fills the space around the wearer, making it ideal for a coat collar on a cold night out. Those who prefer a light, airy trace or a fragrance that disappears politely by lunch should look elsewhere, because this one has a weight that pulls the attention toward it. It demands a certain confidence to carry the sesame through the first few minutes, and the tonka ensures the memory lingers long after the initial dustiness fades into the background of a heavy, amber‑driven

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