Lalique · 2006

Encre Noire

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5

VersionEau de Toilette

Fresh, resinous cypress over dark, earthy vetiver in three shades, drying to soft, musky cashmere woods.

Lalique says

You’ll smell cypress, Vetyveryl Acetate, haiti vetiver, bourbon vetiver, Cashmere Wood and musks.

More from Lalique’s description

It also mentions Vetiver, Haitian vetiver and Musk.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Encre Noire’s scent picture, a draft: cypress, vetyveryl acetate, cashmeran (cashmere wood), musks drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Encre Noire, top notes: Cypress, Vetyveryl acetate

Dry-downwhat stays

Encre Noire, dry-down: Cashmeran (cashmere wood), Musks

What’s inside it

What the label names

5 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender1 florals1 spices

Herbs & lavender1

Spices1

2 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell2

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

DelinaParfums de Marly · shares vetiver, Cashmeran and cashmere knit$410 for 75 ml
ReasonsAmouage · shares vetiver, Cashmeran and cashmere knit$475 for 100 ml
Bergamote 22Le Labo · shares vetiver and cashmere knit$348 for 100 ml

Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.