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Encre Noire

Name: Encre Noire Eau de Toilette (EDT)
Brand: Lalique

Lalique · Eau de Toilette (EDT) · 2006

Woody · Woody Aromatic Designermasculine

≈ $40 · 100ml · approx. retail

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Widely regarded as one of the best modern vetiver fragrances, Encre Noire by Nathalie Lorson is a dark, brooding, minimalist composition built almost entirely around cypress and layered vetiver. Its inky, earthy character and outstanding value have made it a perennial favorite recommendation in men's fragrance communities since 2006.

Woody Aromatic Earthy Musky Green

The scent

Top notes

The opening · first 15 minutes

Cypress

Heart notes

The core · the next few hours

Vetiver

Base notes

The dry-down · what lingers

Woods Musk

Best for

FallWinterDailyOfficeEvening

Perfumer

Nathalie Lorson

French · 39 in collection

Born in Grasse and now a master perfumer at Firmenich (dsm-firmenich), Nathalie Lorson trained at the Roure Bertrand Dupont school and is celebrated for rich, sensual blockbusters, most famously co-creating YSL Black Opium, for which she won the 2015 Prix International du Parfum.

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