Encre Noire

what a unique scent, so many scents today are very sweet and Encre noire really has decided to be different in that regard, its very musky, there's a bitterness, there's wet wood that is petrifying, there's cypress near a waterlogged swamp, and vetiver. i find it interesting how few ingredients notes are listed for it on fragrantica and pretty much each of those are apparent. some fragrances have the longest line of ingredients and you only smell a few, this is the opposite. few aspects yet smells complex. i like how complex it is in darkness, others may not smell it as sweet or pleasant, but for myself its thoughtful. the evenings out in fall and winter by yourself when you feel like an enigima a faceless void in society this scent really gets you at peace being different. big question : does it smell like black ink? sort of, maybe many of us are not familur with dipping into a pool of black ink we don't really know that smell, but its close, old paper and fresh black ink perhaps but it wont be the first association.

this grew so much on me, at first i was dissapointed because i didnt get rainy dark forest that i expected, i expected something more similar to l extreme probably. It opens up freshly with cypress and pencil shavings then it settles into cozy dampy woody musky scent that makes think of rainy forest or wet soil, and its little smoky too. It really did grew on me, i don't think i ever tried better fragrance than this one but its me. I would recommend this to people who like earthy, woody and melancholic minimalistic fragrances, it does smell depressing in some way, its rather melancholic than depressing, there is something cozy in it and calming, like you are at somewhere cozy watching rain pouring through the window near the forest where atmosphere is foggy, its kind of windy and whole sky is behind the clouds.

My favorite ever. This is essentially an Iso-E-Super, vetiver, and soft musk bomb. There's a cypress top note that gives it an piney, fresh opening in a way that fits the theme. But it goes away within 30 minutes and becomes this soft musky, lightly sweet, skin like diffusive scent. Hyper-masculine. Very reserved. People will be able to smell you, but in a very subtle way. Because of the compounds involved, wearing more only increases the distance people will smell you from, not the intensity of the smell. It remains an extremely mysterious scent. It truly does make you smell like all the best parts of a damp forest. Absolutely perfect for people that don't like smelling "cologney". 10/10, beautiful scent.

My first impressions: spicy and intense. I had to sit with this scent for a while and think about it, but the longer I smelled it: dark forest, cold forest. It won't be suitable for women who like light scents. This one is very intense, specific, dark, gothic, masculine, and melancholic. It can linger on the nose with a very spicy scent, but the longer you smell it, for example, on the skin, there's something comfortable, light, and pleasant about it, just like a forest. A fragrance definitely for men, but also for strong, dark women who like to leave the crowd without smelling of coconut or vanilla.

Encre Noire smells almost like walking down a cobblestone path through a forest on a cool autumn day. It’s not one of those fragrances that are meant to lure another person’s attention. It’s an introspective scent that transports you to another time & place. I think opinions on EN can be very polarizing because there are basically two types of people: the people who wear fragrances for the purpose of smelling good for other people, and the people who wear fragrances because they enjoy the sensory experience in itself. EN is definitely more for the latter kind of person.