Tom Ford · 2012

Noir

The houseFor men

VersionEau de Parfum

Bergamot and black pepper over violet, powdery iris and rose, warming into vanilla, patchouli, vetiver and resinous benzoin.

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Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Noir’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, violet, iris, black pepper, benzoin, opoponax drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Noir, top notes: Bergamot, Violet, Black pepper, Lemon verbena, Caraway, Pink pepper, Geranium

Heartas it settles

Noir, heart: Nutmeg, Rose, Clary sage

Dry-downwhat stays

Noir, dry-down: Iris, Benzoin, Opoponax, Amber, Patchouli, Vetiver, Civet, Vanilla, Oakmoss, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

13 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 & lavender5 florals1 sweet1 amber & resins1 spices1 powder1 earth & moss

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

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Wearers say

Smells like it

For about the same

ShalimarGuerlain · A few of its own wearers say it smells like Noir$175 for 90 ml

What wearers say, set beside the price each house asks. Noses differ.

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Fakhar BlackLattafa · shares bergamot, violet (sweet violet), orris, nutmeg and 5 moreabout $29 for 100 ml
Detour NoirAl Haramain · shares bergamot, violet (sweet violet), black pepper, pink pepper and 5 more$19.05 for 100 ml
Reflection 45 ManAmouage · shares orris, benzoin, opoponax (sweet myrrh), pink pepper and 4 more$550 for 100 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.