Alibi

Green, wet, earthy, resinous vetiver rounded off on a smoky cashmere leathery base. It shares similarities to the original Encre Noir, but Alibi is more natural smelling, more complex, and smoother -- no rough edges, no bergamot bitterness. Like Encre Noire, this is not an everyday scent, but definitely one to pull out on a cold, and rainy grey day.

I am a fan of woody and leathery fragrances, I think it's a great combination. This fragrance is even more than great, it's perfect, it's a bottle you'll always want to have on your shelf. It's such a natural, soft and balanced fragrance that is more manly.

I guess it can be hard to hide vetiver in a fragrance. Same here - it’s the first thing I notice about Alibi. Initially, it’s paired with salt. I don’t get much citrus or cypress wood out of this. As the salt fades, the vetiver still continues with what I am probably perceiving as cedar and something a tad sweet. Slowly, throughout wearing this, the vetiver dies down for the most part and there’s an interesting pairing of a rugged but sweet base with the leather, cashmere wood and benzoin. I found the projection to be noticeable but not relentless. Out of the several wears of this sample, this lasted for several hours on me. I’ll eventually pick up a bottle sometime in the future. I don’t really see this as unisex - this seems plainly masculine to me.

I’m glad I took only a decant of this frag. It’s an art, but way too feminine on my choice. Resembles wet ground with tons of leaves on it, with great vetiver notes. It’s a garden after the rain! Patchouli isn’t very smooth here, just pure and natural. And I like salty notes which add interesting shades to cedar ones. All in all, I really like this frag, but again - it’s too feminine and light for me personally.

Not a novelty but good. In this I distinguish the bacon at the opening, the peat with a whiskey effect, elemi, leather, sour vetiver and cypress in abundance. I also have the same caschmere wood that I find in Mastin. Overall pleasant,elegant,with so many notes, a simple idea and long longevity. Unisex ??? for me this screams man but I could imagine a woman in black, with tie, hat and cigar in hand ... why not?