PRODUCTS:
Encre Noire by Lalique (cover scent) X 3 dabs, 1X to wrist and 2 X neck
IS (2X strength) X 2 to neck and hair
Location: Hardware store, Walm*rt
Historically, I am not a cologne guy.
I mean the first cologne I ever worn is Ammo, if you insist on calling it a cologne. I was tempted recently to try different products to cover neroli which is ok, but not always the odor I wish to send out in all circumstances. I know there are other fragrances offered by AD, but I’d like to fly with my own wings on this.
I don’t pretend being an expert nose able to pick up every single note in a fragrance or things like that. One thing sure, I know whether I like it or not. And I can describe the ambiance and vibe it gives out. So I will share my findings in a very simple and humble way. I will do it in own journal if it’s ok with you because I will almost always use mones also when I’ll use fragrance… I wear mones all the time
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My first try today has been with Encre Noire by Lalique. The name is french for ‘Black Ink’. The product is nicely packaged in a monolithic, cold and sinister looking bottle. But that goes pretty well with the spirit of the fragrance. If it was music, it would be “Bela Lugosi’s dead” by Bauhaus, for sure. That perfume makes me feel like that star vampire in True Blood or something. It gives out a mysterious, fascinating, almost foreboding vibe.
I only tried a very small quantity, 3 dabs: one to a wrist and two to the neck. The first breath after application was confusing, it was like a cigarette smoker let out a puff in my face, and I am not a smoker, so my first impression was Pfeeeeouuu… But after 5 minutes at most, the scent turned into something that reminded me of an aromatic cigar smell, sweet (as in sugary) but not overwhelming, and altough I don’t smoke, I can appreciate a good cigar. I noted also an etheric note that had light freezing effect in my nose, but I was sniffing my wrist from very close. Just couldn’t stop sniffing like every two minutes. Delicious. After an hour, a subtle cypress tone came out, wet forest ambiance, the cigar smell went to sleep for about an hour leaving only cypress. I applied the IS (hair and wrist) and I drove to the hardware store and once I got there, man, the sweet cigar thing came back strong with a bang. I would turn around and backtrack in an aisle, and I would smell my own sillage. This is crazy and potent stuff. Nothing overbearing though. I went to walmart and a 10/10 looking brunette cashier, maybe 22, gave me the “sweet eye” and I don’t get those usually with IS alone, especially if the girl is out of my league like this one was. I made flyby past lots of women, and a few of them stopped right where they were, stopping their carts abruptly. The fragrance most efficiently covers neroli, that’s for sure, even with IS in my hair. Almost twelve hours after application, I still have a sweet, more musky, but fainter, odor on my wrist.
I like this fragrance very much and I will wear it again for sure. I am crazy about its dark ambiance. I would not wear it with MX297
. With A314 it would probably kick ass, if I get my hands on that grail someday. In the meantime, I’ll probably try it with IG.
Youtube link: youtube.com/watch?v=vEtHsVTDBI8