Vetrarian Lalique - Encre Noire Eau De Toilette Spray, aromatic fragrance, Multi color, 3.3 Fl Oz

This was a blind buy; yet to my surprise it has drawn compliments—not just from friends, but even from baristas and strangers at coffee shops. But you have to be open minded to enjoy this. You have to be open to experiences not familiar to you.The scent doesn’t pretend to be a realistic forest—there’s no honest soil, no moss dripping with life. Instead, it feels more like the ghost of nature, something left behind. Imagine the brittle skeleton of a wooden house, abandoned long ago, eaten hollow by termites, the air still holding the faint sweetness of rot. It’s not green in the way of fresh leaves, but green in the way of cut grass left to wilt in the rain, half-alive and half-decaying.There’s a gothic aura here, like a storm-washed cathedral of scent. The rain doesn’t revive it, but instead softens it, blurring edges until what's left is strange and spectral. That's the beauty: it doesn’t smell like forest, and yet it captures something rare, a mood you don’t often find in fragrances made for crowds.I usually pair it with others.

As others have stated this is a vetiver heavy scent. I would compare it to Red Vetiver or Terre D’hermes in that regard. However, while those two fragrances lean citrus this leans green due to the cypress and musk. Noir, despite its name, doesn’t strike me as a very dark or dank scent - that would be reserved for ELO’s Ombré which smells like the moments after rain stops outside of an old castle.Both silage and longevity are acceptable and the dry down a few hours in is a sweet wood skin scent. Given the lower price point you can reapply it if you feel that it has faded too much. Personally I use 2-3 full sprays for the day and call it good. This lasts approximately 4-6 hours in total.If you enjoy YSL, BDC, Sauvage, Wanted, (insert popular frag here) you will be disappointed. If you’re expecting “this is something goth Dracula would wear!” like some have stated on fragrance review sites you may also be disappointed. It's not that deep.If you’re curious and are considering a blind buy I'd suggest going for it. This scent isn't as decisive as people say online. Worse case scenario you can wear it in the fall and the bottle will easily last for a few seasons.

Let me start by saying I wasn't sure what I was expecting as it was a bit of a blind buy. I read about it on a comment on a reddit thread of all places about scents that reminded them of the roaring twenties. I was looking for something woody/subtle for the colder and darker days. From the reddit comment, I read that Encre Noire was woody, almost like walking through a damp forest on a rainy day. That description intrigued me enough to try it out. I bought it on Amazon almost right after without ever having smelled it before.Anyway, I'm pleasantly surprised by Encre Noire. From the first spray on my wrist I knew it was the type of scent I've been looking for to round up my meager collection. Straight away Lullaby by The Cure came to my mind from the first whiff, and I don't mean that in the stereotypical way, as if to say this scent is only for goths, something to wear at a deathsday party, or at a funeral. It's just that it's subdued and moody in its profile and that intrigues me more. It does have the rain forest smell, but I'd say it's a bit smokey as well. I feel like it's a scent that I could wear everyday and not feel like a walking fragrance shop. It's clean, moody, and quite unique. I don't think I've ever smelled anything like it before on anyone.Anyway, the true kicker in all this is that it's relatively cheap. There's not much to lose in trying it out. If you don't like it, then it's not like you blew through a hundred, or hundreds, of dollars on some scent. I spent around $30 for my bottle. However, I'm quite happy with it and I see myself buying it again once I finish the bottle.

Scent wasn't like I thought, not for me.

Lives up to the good reviews. I was hesitant because Bentley Intense for Men (also by Nathalie Larson) was a synthetic mess to my nose. Happy to say that Lalique’s Encre Noire is just a beautiful damp Vetiver fragrance. Can’t go wrong if you like Vetiver.

I don't regret my purchase, infact this is a great deal for the size of the bottle. If you love this scent you'll be able to bask in it but after wearing it for a few days I'm still not sure it will be a long term thing for me. I ordered it based on a trusted recommendation and It has all the notes I usually love in masculine scents but it has an undertone that smells a little like something's burnt or was dug up from the ground or maybe a hint of Body oder.The person who recommended it to me loves it, saying "this is what I imagine vampires would smell like" and wears it often and I think he smells great so I have a theory that it mixes with your natural scent and if the two don't mingle well you might not like it.I will say that I thought I accidentally sprayed too much and was afraid people would comment on it at work but my coworker couldn't smell it until we were close so that was a bonus on my book, plus the longer I wore it the better it smelled.All in all it was a good purchase, I think it's especially good for people who like natural smells but also that "masculine musk" present in most of those perfumes, maybe just try the smaller bottle first hehe

I get compliments on it all the time, also the bottle makes me feel cool like I'm some sort of cool guy or something which I'm really not but I smell like one.