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Lalique Encre Noire Eau de Toilette

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I enjoy it because it’s complex and is a little rough around the edges, think: the silent guy in the leather armchair, black suit and tie, top button undone-vibe. Bastet: I love both Encre Noir and the Guerlain Vetiver, and would have a hard time choosing between the two. I don't know why it's rated to be geared towards the evening so heavily over the day, I find it so rejuvenating spraying this on to get the day started with some outdoorsy activity.

L'essenza di cipresso è il cardine, pulita, genuina, come una passeggiata lungo i colli senesi di prima mattina. it gives me the "ink smell" vibe (encre noire = black ink) mixed up with the gorgeous Vetiver and the smokey incense. It was freezing when I first smelled this though, and it is raining today, which does seem to compliment this fragrance much much more.With the moderate, around 4-5 hours longevity on my skin, it dries down nicely with the distinctive DNA of the main perfume but with fresher patchouli tones. My biggest negative is that for some reason I go noseblind to this one much faster and more often than other fragrances.

I do love using pure vetiver oil after the shower together with sesame oil and it smells divine, however, it is also rather resinous and sticky, a spray would be so much more convenient. While there are some obvious differences between Sycomore EDT and EN a l’Extreme (ENALE), I am very glad that I made this purchase.I get the smoky vetiver initially, something green but hard to identify as cypress, which after a while simply culminates in a cool, sweet, comfortable drydown. An absolutely wonderful Cypress, a light breeze of Bergamot, then some more Vetiver and the sandalwood/patchouli remnants on the skin at the end. The fragrance opens with a heavy hit of cypress, blended with slightly spicy elemi, and translucent vetiver. Interesting and unique scent with unfortunate longevity of 1-2 hours after which it is not even a skin scent - it's gone.

You can almost hear the light sprinkle of the raindrops as they pitter-patter against the leaves and foliage around you. I spray it on my wrist at night whilst watching Cadfael and enjoy sniffing it off my wrist for 30 minutes before it disappears. It won’t draw compliments like some other crowd pleasing fragrances, but people certainly do notice it. I have previously tried Encre Noire Sport, and the smoky vetiver in it did remind me somewhat of the central note in Sycomore.after an hour or so, a stinky furry mammal comes out to play and secretes all over this beautiful piece of wood. Both are excellent, but what makes Encre Noire stand out to me is that it’s completely dry, non-sweet, without being raspy or sharp. This can be quite strong when first sprayed which can be quite overwhelming however this calms down within 15 minutes or so to it’s true level. These first 5-10 minutes are a bit too much for me personally, but once it settles it is really beautiful.

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