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Some of us like our fragrances “Noir”, but all of us love “Film Noir”.  Film noir is not easily defined. The actual words come from French and mean "black cinema.”… Some argue that it is a genre, while others say that the best film noir movies have of a tone or mood in the film, or that film noir is more of a visual style.

Movie Poster for "The Postman Always Rings Twice" 1981 is a remake of the 1946 classic (starring Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange)

Made popular in the USA in mid 1940s-50s by such directors as Orson Welles, Billy Wilder and Alfred Hitchcock, many “dark” films, “neo-noir” came about in the 70s-90s and were shot in color. Match our CaFleureBon team with what we think is one of the best film noir movies and win last month’s spilled perfume.

Clayton Ilolahia, Guest Contributor: Dark Passage (1947)

Sandi Lundberg, Associate Contributor: The Big Heat (1953)

Drew Chafee, Contributor Night of the Iguana (1964)

Hernando Patrick Courtright, Senior Contributor:  Lost Highway (1997)

Sebastian Jara, Sr. Contributor: Chinatown (1974)

Gail Gross, Senior Editor: The Third Man (1949)

Ermano Picco, Contributor: Rebecca (1940)

Aaron Potterman, Contributor: Drive (2011)

Elise Pearlstine, Sr Contributor: L.A. Confidential (1997)

Lauryn Beer, Senior Editor: Pulp Fiction (1994)

Ida Meister, Senior Editor: Fargo (1996)

Danu Seith-Fyr, Contributor: Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte (1964)

Robert Herrmann, Senior Editor: The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)

Michelyn Camen, Editor in Chief: Vertigo (1958)

For our Best Film Noir Movies Draw:

WORLDWIDE: 90 ml bottle of Map of the Heart Pink Heart v.6 

WORLDWIDE: Nishane B-612

WORLDWIDE:  100 ml Ye Ye Equus No 8

WORLDWIDE: sample of Mona Di Orio Nabataea

EU, USA, and Canada: Jacques Fath Essentials 50 ml of Green Water

EU, USA and Canada: Tonnato Profumi 100 ml of Viburnum 

EU, USA and Canada: 100 ml bottle of Le Galion L’ame Perdue

USA: 60 ml bottle of A Lab on Fire  Hallucogenic Pearl

If a reader matches us correctly, they automatically win three prizes they asked for (country restrictions) and if no one guesses correctly, the draw is TOTALLY random. Each entry must include the name of the editor or contributor, (i.e. Robert Herrmann Best Film Noir Movie is…) to be eligible and of course you must be a Registered CaFleureBon reader click here, and use your registered name. You can only enter once on the same IP. You can list as many as you want.

What are some of your best film noir movies?  Draw closes 7/26/2018

We announce the winners only on site and on our Facebook page, so Like  Cafleurebon and use our RSS Blog FEED…or your dream prize will be just spilled perfume