Versace · 2004 · Antoine Lie

Crystal Noir

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

VersionEau de Parfum

Cardamom, pepper and ginger warming a creamy gardenia with peony and orange blossom, sinking into amber, sandalwood and musk.

Versace says

You’ll smell cardamom, pepper, ginger, gardenia, peony, orange flower, amber, sandalwood and musk.

More from Versace’s description

It also mentions Musks.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Crystal Noir’s scent picture, a draft: cardamom, black pepper, ginger, gardenia, peony, orange flower drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Crystal Noir, top notes: Cardamom, Black pepper, Ginger

Heartas it settles

Crystal Noir, heart: Gardenia, Peony, Orange flower

Dry-downwhat stays

Crystal Noir, dry-down: Amber, Sandalwood, Musk, Coumarin (tonka)

What’s inside it

What the label names

8 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.

1 citrus4 florals1 sweet1 spices1 powder

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

Not for the smell3

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Detour NoirAl Haramain · shares cardamom, black pepper, gardenia, sandalwood and 1 more$66.67 for 100 ml · about a third of Crystal Noir’s $158
AniNishane · shares cardamom, ginger, sandalwood and cashmere knit$375 for 100 ml · about twice Crystal Noir’s $158
AurumAjmal · shares gardenia, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), sandalwood and cashmere knitabout $47 for 75 ml · about a third of Crystal Noir’s $158
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.