Some people may be more sensitive to some of its facets resembling organic glue or burning plastic, but to me it's just burning wood. Personally I think the best use for this is a night out on a cool fall night not winter but reminds me of fall time. First, because the similarities are close enough that the Lalique fragrance does give me some of what I love about Sycomore, and thus I can use it as a substitute at least sometimes, which allows me to save the Sycomore for special occasions.

Both of them moderately liked them, and my mother, lover of floral aquatic scents, snagged my sample of Encre Noire. I enjoy Encre Noir A L’extreme, it’s a really difficult fragrance to pull off that has initial cypress (I don’t know how to describe it, but it’s unique) and dry wood notes, dries down after 45 mins to earthy vetiver and incense. If you're very familiar with pine forests like I am then this will not smell "dark" to you, it will smell like freshly cut heart wood.Rather than surrounding and supporting and blending the smoky vetiver-cypress accord like Sycomore, ENALE doubles down on it. The second because, well I’m quite vulnerable to the winter bleus, and reading all those reviews it pretty much sounded like this would make them even worse.

You can find samples and decants of Encre Noire EdT at Scent Decant, Scent Split, and MicroPerfumes. This as an intensified and enriched version of the famous original Encre Noir and adds a extra layer of depth and seductive intrigue to the rich woody formula which and gained so much acclaim from fragrance aficionados. I don't have a very sophisticated nose, having only recently come into the fragrance world, but I do pick up a little bit of the Cyprus, Patchouli, and Incense. I give myself a generous few sprays of Encre Noire a L’Extreme, it is always the absolute perfect choice for days like this, there’s something, deeply solemn and moody, yet remarkably grounding about it. Masculine and full of personality, Lalique's Encre Noir eau de parfum is a hymn to vetiver and a praise to modernity.Anyway, i have to agree, “Encre Noire Pour Homme” is a fantastic fragance, i am on my fourth bottle.